AUTHOR=Gan Yena , Shi Fenghao , Zhu He , Han Sheng , Li Duoduo TITLE=Adebrelimab plus chemotherapy vs. chemotherapy for treatment of extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer from the US and Chinese healthcare sector perspectives: a cost-effectiveness analysis to inform drug pricing JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pharmacology VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2023.1241130 DOI=10.3389/fphar.2023.1241130 ISSN=1663-9812 ABSTRACT=The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a recently approved firstline therapy (adebrelimab plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone) for patients with extensivestage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) in the US and China, and to estimate the reasonable range of adebrelimab price from the decision-makers.Methods: Several partitioned survival models were built to compare the cost and effectiveness of adebrelimab plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone over a 10-year time horizon. Clinical efficacy and safety data were extracted from the CAPSTONE-1 trial. Costs and utilities were obtained from previously published studies. Sensitivity, scenario and subgroup analyses were performed to explore the uncertainty of the model outcomes.