[Which medico-economic approaches must be taken to evaluate the impact of costly molecules in oncology? The model of Herceptin in the breast metastatic cancer].
In an era where health care expenditure control is a necessity, weighing a new treatment's cost against its added benefits is of crucial importance. These medico-economic analyses may be planned for the evaluation of new molecules in their daily use. Different methods may be used. The medico-economic evaluation of a drug can be performed with the use of clinical studies or modelization techniques. "Clinical studies" include the following methods: randomized trials, so-called "experimental", non-randomized studies, and observational studies. This classification follows a downward evolution of both the investigator's intervention power and the level of proof. Finally, modelization is becoming a commonly used tool. Randomized trials are the "gold standard" but the other, more pragmatic study types, providing a lesser degree of proof can complete the evaluation of a new molecule. One must find the best compromise between the study's objectives and the study type.
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Christell
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Département d'information médicale, UMR 5823 CNRS, Centre hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Lyon, France. christell.ganne@chu-lyon.fr
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D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000068878:Trastuzumab