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Cost-effectiveness of Canakinumab for Prevention of Recurrent Cardiovascular Events
Author(s) -
T S G Sehested,
Jenny Bjerre,
Seul Ku,
Andrew Y. Chang,
Alison Jahansouz,
Douglas K Owens,
Mark A. Hlatky,
Jeremy D. GoldhaberFiebert
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jama cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2380-6591
pISSN - 2380-6583
DOI - 10.1001/jamacardio.2018.4566
Subject(s) - medicine , canakinumab , quality adjusted life year , cost effectiveness , disease , anakinra , risk analysis (engineering)
In the Canakinumab Anti-inflammatory Thrombosis Outcome Study (CANTOS) trial, the anti-inflammatory monoclonal antibody canakinumab significantly reduced the risk of recurrent cardiovascular events in patients with previous myocardial infarction (MI) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels of 2 mg/L or greater.

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