Cost-effectiveness of population-wide genomic screening for familial hypercholesterolemia in the United States

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BACKGROUND: Population genomic screening for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in unselected individuals can prevent premature cardiovascular disease.

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the clinical and economic outcomes of population-wide FH genomic screening versus no genomic screening.

METHODS: We developed a decision tree plus 10-state Markov model evaluating the identification of patients with an FH variant, statin treatment status, LDL-C levels, MI, and stroke to compare the costs, quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and incremental cost-effectiveness of population-wide FH genomic screening. FH variant prevalence (0.4%) was estimated from the Geisinger MyCode Community Health Initiative (MyCode). Genomic test costs were assumed to be $200. Age and sex-based estimates of MI, recurrent MI, stroke, and recurrent stroke were obtained from Framingham risk equations. Additional outcomes independently associated with FH variants were derived from a retrospective analysis of 26,025 participants screened for FH. Sensitivity and threshold analyses were conducted to evaluate model assumptions and uncertainty.

RESULTS: FH screening was most effective at younger ages; screening unselected 20-year-olds lead to 111 QALYs gained per 100,000 individuals screened at an incremental cost of $20 M. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for 20-year-olds was $181,000 per QALY, and there was a 38% probability of cost-effectiveness at a $100,000 per QALY willingness-to-pay threshold. If genomic testing cost falls to $100, the ICER would be $91,000 per QALY.

CONCLUSION: Population FH screening is not cost-effective at current willingness to pay thresholds. However, reducing test costs, testing at younger ages, or including FH within broader multiplex screening panels may improve clinical and economic value.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical lipidology - 16(2022), 5 vom: 09. Sept., Seite 667-675

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Spencer, Scott J [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Laney K [VerfasserIn]
Guzauskas, Gregory F [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Marc S [VerfasserIn]
Peterson, Josh F [VerfasserIn]
Veenstra, David L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cost-effectiveness analysis
Cost-utility analysis
Familial hypercholesterolemia
Genomic screening
Journal Article
Population screening
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 15.11.2022

Date Revised 15.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jacl.2022.07.014

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NLM344806154