11th Annual European Congress: Preliminary Program

Program - Sunday 9 November 2008
8:00-12:00
Pre-Congress Short Courses
12:00-13:00
Exhibits & Poster Presentations Viewing – Session I
13:00-13:10
WELCOME FROM THE ISPOR PRESIDENT

Chris L. Pashos, PhD, 2008-2009 ISPOR President & Vice President, HERQuLES, Abt BioPharma Solutions, Inc. Lexington, MA, USA

13:10-13:20
WELCOME TO GREECE

John Yfantopoulos PhD and the Greek Advisory Committee

13:20-13:30
CONGRESS INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES

Uwe Siebert MD, MPH, MSc, ScD, and John Yfantopoulos PhD, Program Planning Committee Co-Chairs

13:30-14:45
First Plenary Session
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in Europe – Is Harmonization Possible?

Health technology assessment (HTA) is a multidisciplinary process that summarises information about the medical, social, economic and ethical issues related to the use of a health technology in a systematic, transparent, unbiased, robust manner. Its aim is to inform the formulation of safe, effective, health policies that are patient focused and seek to achieve best value [ref: EUnetHTA]. European countries have established independent evaluation processes for health technologies. Whereas a health technology’s clinical outcomes are less country-specific, economic, ethical and legal aspects of a technology are more country-specific. Although initiatives to harmonize European evaluation processes are underway such as the EUnetHTA, individual countries still have different HTA requirements. This plenary session will focus on the diversity in HTA processes, and their use in decision-making, as well as efforts to harmonize these HTA processes in Europe.

Uwe Siebert MD, MPH, MSc, ScD Moderator:
Uwe Siebert MD, MPH, MSc, ScD,
Professor/Chair, Department of Public Health, Medical Decision Making and Health Technology Assessment at the University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, i.T, Austria
Speakers:  
Peter Sawiki MD, PhD Peter Sawicki MD, PhD
Director, Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), Cologne, Germany;
Louise Longworth PhD Louise Longworth PhD
Senior Research Fellow, School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK;
Finn Boerlum Kristensen MD, PhD Finn Boerlum Kristensen MD, PhD
Director & Professor, Danish Centre for Health Technology Assessment, National Board of Health, Copenhagen, Denmark; Adjunct Professor, University of Southern Denmark; Project Leader, European Network for HTA (EUnetHTA)
14:45-15:15
Break, Exhibits & Poster Presentations Viewing – Session I
15:15-16:15
Podium Presentations - Session I
 
Economic Evaluations I 
EE1 DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENTS OF COMPLEX HEALTH CARE DECISIONS: DOES HIERARCHICAL INFORMATION INTEGRATION OFFER A SOLUTION?
Van Helvoort-Postulart D1, Dellaert B2, Van der Weijden T3, Von Meyenfeldt M1, Dirksen CD1
1Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 3Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands 
EE2 STANDARDIZED TYPE 2 DIABETES COMPLICATION COSTS FROM US COMMERCIAL PAYERS TO BE USED IN MODELING THE LONG-TERM ECONOMIC OUTCOMES OF DIABETES COMPLICATIONS
Minshall ME1, Pelletier EM2, Smith PJ3, Forma FM4
1IMS Health, Noblesville, IN, USA, 2IMS Health Consulting, Watertown, MA, USA, 3PharMetrics, a unit of IMS, Watertown, MA, USA, 4Novo Nordisk Inc, Princeton, NJ, USA 
EE3 VARIATION IN DIRECT MEDICAL COSTS BY DISEASE SEVERITY AMONG PERSONS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C VIRUS
Davis KL1, Mitra D1, Medjedovic J2, Beam C3, Rustgi V4
1RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, 2Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, 3Human Genome Sciences, Inc, Rockville, MD, USA, 4Georgetown University Medical Center, Fairfax, VA, USA 
EE4  CAREER INTERRUPTIONS AND SICK LEAVES AMONG FIBROMYALGIA PATIENTS 
Le Lay K1, Boussetta S1, Moldofsky H2, Taieb C1
1Pierre Fabre, Boulogne, France, 2Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology, Toronto, ON, Canada 
 
Performance of HTA Agencies
HT1  A SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK FOR COMPARING METHODS, PROCEDURES, AND IMPACT ACROSS HTA AGENCIES 
Schwarzer R, Siebert U
UMIT - University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall i.T, Tirol, Austria 
HT2  UPDATE OF RESULTS AND OUTCOMES OF NICE SINGLE TECHNOLOGY APPRAISALS - ECONOMIC CRITICISMS 
Karia R, Plested M, Cann K, Zwaferink H
Heron Evidence Development Ltd, Letchworth Garden City, UK
HT3  A COMPARISON OF REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION AND REJECTION IN FOUR HEALTH TECHNOLOGY APPRAISAL SYSTEMS: NICE, SMC, CADTH AND PBAC 
Cann K, Karia R, Plested M, Samuels E
Heron Evidence Development Ltd, Letchworth Garden City, UK 
HT4  HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS: ARE THEY RELEVANT TO CLINICAL PRACTICE? 
Zhang B1, Van Staa TP2
1General Practice Research Database, London, Middlesex, UK, 2General Practice Research Database, London, UK 
 
Medical Device Economic Evaluations 
MD1  HEALTH ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CONTINUOUS SUBCUTANEOUS INSULIN INFUSION COMPARED TO MULTIPLE DAILY INJECTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TYPE 1 DIABETES IN POLAND 
Clegg JP1, Wéry E1, Karamalis M2, Pokorski J2, Mlynarski W3, Valentine WJ1, Goodall G4
1IMS Health, Allschwil, Switzerland, 2Medtronic Poland Sp. z o.o, Warsaw, Poland, 3Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland, 4IMS Health, Basel, Switzerland
MD2  COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND BUDGET IMPACT ANALYSIS OF ENDEVOR® DRUG-ELUTING STENT COMPARED TO BARE-METAL STENTS AND CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY IN SPAIN 
Rodriguez Barrios JM1, Moreu J2, Cequier A3, Brosa M4, Vazquez N5, Hernandez J6, Crespo C7, Brasseur P8
1Medtronic Iberia, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2Virgen de la Salud Hospital, Toledo, Toledo, Spain, 3Belvitge Hospital, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 4Oblikue, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 5Juan Canalejo Hospital, A Coruna, A Coruna, Spain, 6Malaga Clinic Hospital, Malaga, Malaga, Spain, 7Oblikue Consulting, Barcelona, Spain, 8Medtronic Sarl, Tolochenaz, Switzerland 
MD3  COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LUMBAR DISC ARTHROPLASTY VERSUS LUMBAR FUSION FROM A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM'S PERSPECTIVE IN AUSTRIA 
Tuschel A, Meissl M, Ogon M
Orthopaedic Hospital Vienna Speising, Vienna, Austria 
MD4  UNCOVERING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF) IN PATIENTS WITH STROKE OF UNDETERMINED AETIOLOGY: COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ADDING IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITORS (ICMS) TO THE DIAGNOSTIC PATHWAY 
Murthy A1, Tsintzos S2
1Medtronic International, Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland, 2Medtronic International Trading Sarl, Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland 
 
Mental Health I (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Europe) 
MH1  HOW MUCH SHOULD WE BE PREPARED TO PAY FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)? 
Schlander M1, Schwarz O1, Hakkaart-van Roijen L2, Jensen PS3, Persson U4, Santosh PJ5, Trott GE6, MTA Cooperative Group _7
1Institute for Innovation & Valuation in Health Care (InnoVal-HC), Eschborn, Germany, 2Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 3Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, 4The Swedish Institute for Health Economics, IHE, Lund, Sweden, 5Institute of Child Health - Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK, 6University of Wuerzburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany, 7National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA 
MH2  THE SUSTAINED DIAGNOSIS OF ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD: A MEDICAID STUDY 
Chen H, Sudharshan L
University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA 
MH3  COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LONG-ACTING METHYLPHENIDATE FOR TREATMENT OF ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN FINLAND: AN EVALUATION BASED UPON A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL (RCT) 
Schlander M1, Hjelmgren J2
1Institute for Innovation & Valuation in Health Care (InnoVal-HC), Eschborn, Germany, 2Janssen-Cilag AB, Sollentuna, Sweden 
MH4  HEALTH SERVICE EXPENDITURES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH AND WITHOUT ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) IN GERMANY – IMPACT OF COEXISTING CONDITIONS 
Schlander M1, Schwarz O1, Trott GE2, Viapiano M3, Bonauer N3
1Institute for Innovation & Valuation in Health Care (InnoVal-HC), Eschborn, Germany, 2University of Wuerzburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany, 3Kassenaerztliche Vereinigung Baden-Wuerttemberg, Karlsruhe, Germany 
 
Quality of Life/Preference-Based Measures I
QL1  AGGREGATION OF DATA FROM MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND CULTURES: REPORT FROM THE ISPOR TASK FORCE ON TRANSLATION AND LINGUISTIC VALIDATION 
Wild D1, Martin M2, Hareendran A3, von Maltzahn R1
1Oxford Outcomes Ltd, Oxford, UK, 2Health Research Associates Inc, Seattle, WA, USA, 3Pfizer, Ltd, Sandwich, UK 
QL2  TRANSLATION OF THE COLUMBIA SUICIDE SEVERITY RATING SCALE (C-SSRS) FOR USE IN 33 COUNTRIES 
Fernandez N1, Grataloup G1, Posner K2
1Mapi Research Institute, Lyon, France, 2New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA 
QL3  ACCESS TO HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (HRQL) INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR TRANSLATIONS IN THE LIGHT OF EMEA RECOMMENDATIONS 
Anfray C, Emery MP
Mapi Research Trust, Lyon, France 
QL4  PREDICTING EQ-5D, SF-6D AND 15D UTILITIES FROM EORTC QLQ-C30 DATA  
Kontodimopoulos N1, Paliouras D2, Pappa E1, Papadopoulos AA3, Aletras VH4, Niakas D1
1Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece, 2Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessalonica, Greece, 3Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece, 4University of Macedonia, Thessalonica, Greece
16:15-16:30
Break, Exhibits & Poster Presentations Viewing – Session I
16:30-17:30
Podium Presentations – Session II
Cardiovascular Disease Evaluations
CV1  WHAT IS THE CLINICAL BENEFIT OF PREVENTING NON-FATAL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONS? 
Eisenstein EL1, Cowper PA1, Bae JP2, Kong DF1, Ramaswamy K3, Anstrom KJ1
1Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA, 2Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 3Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Parsippany, NJ, USA 
CV2  A NEW MEASURE FOR ASSESSING HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (HRQOL) IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: AF-QOL 
Arribas F1, Ormaetxe JM2, Peinado R3, Fernandez C4, Ramírez P4, Badia XB5, Lara N5
1Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, 2Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, 3Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, 4MEDA Pharma, Madrid, Spain, 5IMS Health, Barcelona, Spain 
CV3  PREDICTED OPTIMAL LIPID VALUE ATTAINMENT WITH THE CO-ADMINISTRATION OF FENOFIBRIC ACID AND A STATIN COMPARED TO STATIN MONOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE LIPID ABNORMALITIES 
Sorensen SV1, Webb SF2, Burge RT2
1United BioSource Corporation, Bethesda, MD, USA, 2Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, USA 
CV4  COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF IVABRADINE IN STABLE ANGINA PATIENTS IN THE THE NETHERLANDS 
Nuijten MJ1, Redekop WK2
1Ars Accessus Medica/Erasmus University Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 
 
Economic Evaluations II 
PRS8 TOTAL COSTS OF TOBACCO FOR SOCIETY – WHAT ARE THE RETURNS ON INVESTMENTS FOR DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL INTERVENTIONS?
  Reissell E1, Herse F1, Väänänen JJP1, Linden K2, Kotomäki T2, Parvinen PMT1
  1Nordic Healthcare Group, Helsinki, Finland, 2Pfizer Oy, Helsinki, Finland
   
EE6  COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ADDITION OF RITUXIMAB TO FIRST-LINE CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT REGIMENS IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA IN THE UK 
Ray JA1, Carr E1, Geary U2
1F. Hoffmann - La Roche, Basel, Switzerland, 2Roche Products Limited, Hertfordshire, UK 
EE7  ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PROPHYLACTIC CERVICAL CANCER VACCINATION IN ITALY: THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL 
Cavallo M1, Cipriani F2, Demarteau N3, Gerzeli S1, Marocco A2, Bamfi F2
1Bocconi University, Milano, Italy, 2GlaxoSmithKline Spa, Verona, Italy, 3GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Wavre, Belgium 
EE8 COST EFFECTIVENESS OF CAPECITABINE IN COMBINATION WITH OXALIPLATIN (XELOX) COMPARED TO FOLFOX (5-FU, LV, OXALIPLATIN) FOR THE TREATMENT OF METASTATIC CARCINOMA OF THE COLON OR RECTUM (CRC) FROM A UK NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS) PERSPECTIVE 
Millar DR1, Ducournau P2, McDonald A3
1Roche Products Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK, 2F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland, 3Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK 
 
Mental Health II (Schizophrenia in Europe) 
MH5  EFFECT OF A NURSE TELEPHONE FOLLOW-UP ON THERAPEUTIC ADHERENCE OF PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA 
Maurino J1, Montes JM2, Saiz Ruiz J3, Claret J4, Diez T1
1AstraZeneca, Madrid, Spain, 2Hospital del Sureste, Arganda del Rey, Spain, 3Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, 4Fundació Hospital de Día Nou Barris, Barcelona, Spain 
MH6  ADHERENCE, PERSISTENCE, COSTS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS: RESULTS FROM THE COMETA STUDY 
Mantovani LG1, Ferrannini L2, Mencacci C3, Pirfo E4, Bernareggi M5, Giustra MG5, Berto P6, Sturkenboom MC7, Scalone L8
1University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy, 2Mental Health Department ASL 3, Genova, Italy, 3Mental Health Department, Milan, NA, Italy, 4Mental Health Department G. Maccacaro, Torino, NA, Italy, 5Janssen-Cilag SpA, Cologno Monzese, Milan, NA, Italy, 6PBE consulting, Verona, Italy, 7Erasmus University Medical Center, Soest, The Netherlands, 8Centre of Pharmacoeconomics, Milan, Italy 
MH7  PATIENT REPORTED OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IN GERMANY: A MIXED METHODS APPROACH TO CAPTURING THE PATIENT'S PERSPECTIVE 
Kinter ET1, Rudolph I2, Schmeding A2, Bridges JF1
1Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2Janssen-Cilag GmbH, Neuss, Germany 
MH8  DIRECT COST OF TREATING PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN GREECE: REAL-WORLD DATA FROM THE ELECTRONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA TREATMENT ADHERENCE REGISTRY (E-STAR) 
Geitona M1, Kousoulakou C2, Ollandezos M3, Papanicolaou S4, Athanasakis K3, Tsiantou V3, Kyriopoulos J3
1University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, 2Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research, Athens, Greece, 3National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece, 4Janssen-Cilag Pharmaceutical SACI, Athens, Attika, Greece 
 
Modelling in Economic Evaluation 
MO1  ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MARKOV MODELS VERSUS DISCRETE EVENT MODELS FOR SIMULATING PATIENT FLOWS 
Al MJ1, Welte R2
1Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2GlaxoSmithKline, Munich, Germany 
MO2  INCORPORATING CALIBRATED MODEL PARAMETERS INTO SENSITIVITY ANALYSES: DETERMINISTIC AND PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES 
Taylor DC1, Kruzikas D2, Pawar V3, Gilmore K1, Naik S1, Weinstein MC4
1i3 Innovus, Medford, MA, USA, 2GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 3Innovus Research, Inc, Medford, MA, USA, 4i3 Innovus Research Inc., Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 
MO3  COMPARING METHODS OF DATA SYNTHESIS: UPDATING PARAMETERS OF AN EXISTING PROBABILISTIC COST-EFFECTIVENESS MODEL 
Oppe M, Al MJ, Rutten-van Mölken MP
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 
MO4  TRANSFERABILITY OF MODEL-BASED ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS: THE CASE OF TRASTUZUMAB FOR THE ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF HER2-POSITIVE EARLY BREAST CANCER IN THE THE NETHERLANDS 
Joore MA1, Tjan Heijnen V1, Severens JL1, Novák A2, Oron U3, Pompen M3, Essers BA1
1University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2Anovák-Services, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, 3Roche Netherland BV, Woerden, The Netherlands 
 
Quality of Life/Preference-Based Measures II
QL5  COMPARISON OF EQ-5D AND HUI3 IN PATIENTS WITH TINNITUS 
Maes IH1, Joore MA1, Cima RF2, Vlaeyen JW2, Anteunis LJ1
1University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands 
QL6  ROLE OF DISEASE SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS IN THE MEASUREMENT OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS 
Narvilkar P, Mahajan A, Dimri S, Kumar R, Sehgal M
Heron Health Private Ltd, Chandigarh, India 
QL7  INTERPRETING SCORES ON THREE COPD PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES 
McKenna SP1, Twiss J1, Meads DM1, Revicki D2, Pokrzywinski R3, Gale R4
1Galen Research, Manchester, UK, 2United BioSource Corporation, Bethesda, MD, USA, 3United Biosource Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 4Novartis AG, Horsham, UK 
QL8  COMPARISON OF CANCER-RELATED FATIGUE USING A ONE- VERSUS FOUR-WEEK RECALL PERIOD
Lai JS1, Cook K2, Stone A3, Beaumont J4, Cella D4
1Evanston Northwestern Healthcare/Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, 2University of Washington, Houston, TX, USA, 3Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA, 4Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL, USA 
17:30-18:30
Poster Author Discussion Hour – Session I
17:30-19:30
Exhibitors’ Open House Reception
17:45-19:15
ISPOR Eastern European Chapters Forum
Real World Data for Pharmacoeconomic Evaluation in Central and Eastern European Countries & Croatian Current Issue in Vaccination - Epidemiological and Pharmacoeconomical Approach
(Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic and Croatia)
The forum will focus on optimal use of real world data and transferability of economic evaluations, including methods, clinical and economic results. The session is intended to facilitate the international collaboration among professionals in countries with similar backgrounds and geographic locations. In addition, ISPOR-Croatia will address the vaccination issues currently facing their country.

Moderators: Zoltán Kaló MD, BE, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor & Programme Director, Health Economics Research Centre, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; Tomáš Doležal MD, PhD, MuDr, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, 3rd Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague,Czech Republic
Speakers: Ljubica Besker-Ivasovic MD, PhD, Executive Master Sanitary Economy and Management, Capoclinica, Clinica S. Anna, Bellinzona, Switzerland; Tomas Tesar PharmD, PhD, MBA, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia; Tomasz Hermanowski PhD, Professor of Warsaw Technical University Business School, Warsaw, Poland; Zoltán Kaló MD, BE, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor & Programme Director, Health Economics Research Centre, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; Tomáš Doležal MD, PhD, MuDr, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, 3rd Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague,Czech Republic


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