Rituximab: a review of its use in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, low-grade or follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

GM Keating - Drugs, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Rituximab (MabThera®, Rituxan®) is a chimeric mouse anti-human CD20
monoclonal antibody. This article reviews the use of intravenous rituximab in the treatment of …

Rituximab maintenance for the treatment of patients with follicular lymphoma: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

L Vidal, A Gafter-Gvili, G Salles… - Journal of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
In a previous systematic review and meta-analysis of five randomized controlled trials
comparing rituximab maintenance with no maintenance (observation or rituximab at …

Are high drug prices for hematologic malignancies justified? A critical analysis

J Chhatwal, M Mathisen, H Kantarjian - Cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the past 15 years, treatment outcomes for hematologic malignancies have improved
substantially. However, drug prices have also increased drastically. This commentary …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment patterns and health care costs in commercially insured patients with follicular lymphoma

NH Fowler, G Chen, S Lim, S Manson… - Journal of Health …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Few studies have estimated the real-world economic burden such as all-cause
and follicular lymphoma (FL)-related costs and health care resource utilization (HCRU) in …

[PDF][PDF] The development and validation of a measure of health-related quality of life for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: the functional assessment of cancer therapy …

FJ Hlubocky, K Webster, J Cashy, J Beaumont… - …, 2013 - downloads.hindawi.com
Background. The individual concerns of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) patients require
identification and assessment during clinical research proposing to measure patients' …

Adjusting for drug wastage in economic evaluations of new therapies for hematologic malignancies: a systematic review

K Lien, MC Cheung, KKW Chan - Journal of Oncology Practice, 2016 - ascopubs.org
Purpose: As costs of cancer care rise, there has been a shift to focus on value. Drug wastage
affects costs to patients and health care systems without adding value. Historically, cost …

[HTML][HTML] A practical guide for using registry data to inform decisions about the cost effectiveness of new cancer drugs: lessons learned from the PHAROS registry

HM Blommestein, MG Franken, CA Uyl-de Groot - Pharmacoeconomics, 2015 - Springer
Decision makers increasingly request evidence on the real-world cost effectiveness of a new
treatment. There is, however, a lack of practical guidance on how to conduct an economic …

Cost effectiveness of rituximab maintenance therapy in follicular lymphoma: long-term economic evaluation

E Deconinck, H Miadi-Fargier, C Le Pen, P Brice - Pharmacoeconomics, 2010 - Springer
Background: Rituximab maintenance therapy was shown to significantly extend overall
survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with or without rituximab: cost-effectiveness and value of information based on a 5-year follow-up

EJO Soini, JA Martikainen, T Nousiainen - Annals of oncology, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Rituximab induction together with CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin,
vincristine, and prednisone) and rituximab maintenance (RCHOP-R) resulted to significant …

An evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of rituximab in combination with chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the UK

JA Ray, E Carr, G Lewis, R Marcus - Value in health, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: In this study, the cost-effectiveness of rituximab was evaluated in comparison
with commonly used chemotherapy regimens for patients with advanced follicular lymphoma …