Abstract | BACKGROUND: Cost-effectiveness analyses should be based on incremental years of life gained adjusted with a health status measure known as a utility. Measuring utilities for all subjects in a large-scale randomized trial, however, would be prohibitively cumbersome. We therefore sought to estimate utilities for all subjects from results obtained in a subset of patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied a subset of patients enrolled in a randomized trial of omapatrilat for the treatment of heart failure. Survey instruments (a time trade-off questionnaire, a visual analog scale [VAS] score of overall health perception, and the Duke Activity Status Index [DASI]) were administered to patients by mail and by telephone interviews. There was a significant (P <.0001) relationship between VAS score and utility described by the power function u=1-(1-v)q, where q=2.17 (95% CI 1.76 to 2.58). There was a significant positive correlation (r=.17, P <.04) between the DASI and utility, and a significant negative correlation (r=-.26, P <.001) between utility and New York Heart Association functional class. CONCLUSION: There is a significant relationship between the relatively easily obtainable health perception score by VAS with the more complex utility by time tradeoff for a subset of patients in a multicenter randomized clinical trial. This relationship may be helpful in examining the cost-effectiveness of new treatments for heart failure.
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Authors | Edward P Havranek, Teresa A Simon, Gilbert L'Italien, Allison Smitten, A Brett Hauber, Roland Chen, Pablo Lapuerta |
Journal | Journal of cardiac failure
(J Card Fail)
Vol. 10
Issue 4
Pg. 339-43
(Aug 2004)
ISSN: 1071-9164 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15309702
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Female
- Health Status
- Heart Failure
(epidemiology, psychology)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multivariate Analysis
- North America
(epidemiology)
- Pain Measurement
- Perception
- Statistics as Topic
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