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  • Health Economics
  • Clinical Trial Design
  • Adaptive Platform Trials

Background:

  • Adaptive platform trials (APTs) offer enhanced efficiency and accelerated decision-making in clinical research.
  • Limited evidence exists on the integration of health economic evaluation (EE) studies within APTs.
  • Understanding EE planning and conduct in APTs is crucial for resource allocation and translational research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and synthesize published evidence on the planning and conduct of economic evaluations (EEs) alongside adaptive platform trials (APTs).
  • To explore how health economic methods are utilized within the flexible design of APTs.
  • To assess the efficiency and outcomes of embedded EEs in APTs.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of electronic databases, clinical trial registries, and other sources up to November 2024.
  • Inclusion of APTs with planned or conducted EE analysis and accessible core protocols.
  • Narrative synthesis of extracted information from protocols and health economic analysis plans, with appraisal of strengths and limitations.

Main Results:

  • Seventeen APTs planned to embed EEs; fifteen (14%) had published EE results or accessible protocols.
  • EEs were primarily secondary objectives, with centrally planned methods for platform domains and efficient long-term data collection.
  • No EEs were planned during interim analyses; value of information analysis was limited.

Conclusions:

  • Nearly one in five APTs included plans for embedded EEs, demonstrating growing integration.
  • APTs leverage health economics methods for outcomes beyond cost-effectiveness, including resource prioritization and data collection.
  • Platform-level, centrally planned EE methods indicate a focus on methodological efficiency in APTs.