M Prokes
A comparison of effectiveness of TNF antagonists adalimumab, infliximab and etanercept in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was made, which was derived from studies provided abroad based on routine clinical practice. The calculation of cost-effectiveness of each TNF antagonist for Czech Republic was made on the basis of Dutch DREAM registry of patients with RA (Kiewit et al, 2008). The prices of therapy of all three TNF antagonists are similar in the first year of treatment of patients with average weight, in the second year the price of infliximab is lower, but only in the case of patients where the doses do not reach 4 amp...
January 2009: Vnitr̆ní Lékar̆ství