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Meta-analysis and economic evaluation of LH-RH agonists depot formulations in advanced prostatic carcinoma
Hoechst Marion Roussel Canada Research Inc., Laval, Quebec
Aug  1998 (Vol.  5, Issue  3, Pages( 585 - 594)

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  • The present study compares the relative efficacy, safety and cost of therapy of the following LH-RH agonists: buserelin acetate (Suprefact® Depot, Hoechst Marion Roussel), goserelin acetate (Zoladex® LA, Zeneca Pharma Inc.), and leuprolide acetate (Lupron® SR Depot, Abbott Laboratories Inc.). To support the conduct of a cost-minimization analysis in patients with advanced prostatic carcinoma their comparable efficacy and safety was first assessed using a meta-analysis technique. The absence of statistically significant differences among the 2 major end points, survival and progression-free survival was confirmed. The cost-minimization analysis for the depot formulations was conducted from the perspectives of the provincial formulary and the Ministry of Health, and considered 2 time horizons: 1 year, and mean survival time of 2.5 years. Cost differences among LH-RH agonists were sensitive to changes in dosing interval and patient survival time but, even when these parameters were varied, for a general population of patients with advanced prostate cancer, buserelin remained the most cost-saving treatment alternative among LH-RH agonists.