Cost-effectiveness of population-wide genomic screening for Lynch syndrome in the United States

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PURPOSE: Genomic screening for Lynch syndrome (LS) could prevent colorectal cancer (CRC) by identifying high-risk patients and instituting intensive CRC screening. We estimated the cost-effectiveness of a population-wide LS genomic screening vs family history-based screening alone in an unselected US population.

METHODS: We developed a decision-analytic Markov model including health states for precancer, stage-specific CRC, and death and assumed an inexpensive test cost of $200. We conducted sensitivity and threshold analyses to evaluate model uncertainty.

RESULTS: Screening unselected 30-year-olds for LS variants resulted in 48 (95% credible range [CR] = 35-63) fewer overall CRC cases per 100,000 screened individuals, leading to 187 quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs; 95% CR = 123-260) gained at an incremental cost of $24.6 million (95% CR = $20.3 million-$29.1 million). The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was $132,200, with an 8% and 71% probability of being cost-effective at $100,000 and $150,000 per QALY willingness-to-pay thresholds, respectively.

CONCLUSION: Population LS screening may be cost-effective in younger patient populations under a $150,000 willingness-to-pay per QALY threshold and with a relatively inexpensive test cost. Further reductions in testing costs and/or the inclusion of LS testing within a broader multiplex screening panel are needed for screening to become highly cost-effective.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 24(2022), 5 vom: 25. Mai, Seite 1017-1026

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guzauskas, Gregory F [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Shangqing [VerfasserIn]
Garbett, Shawn [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Zilu [VerfasserIn]
Spencer, Scott J [VerfasserIn]
Snyder, Susan R [VerfasserIn]
Graves, John A [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Marc S [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Peterson, Josh F [VerfasserIn]
Veenstra, David L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Colorectal cancer
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Journal Article
Lynch syndrome
Population screening
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 10.05.2022

Date Revised 21.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.gim.2022.01.017

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337590087