Early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma screening in patients with chronic hepatitis B in China : a cost-effectiveness analysis

Aim: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of seven screening strategies for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients in China. Methods: A discrete event simulation model combining a decision tree and Markov structure was developed to simulate a CHB cohort aged ≥40 years on a lifetime horizon and evaluate the costs and health outcomes (quality-adjusted life years [QALYs] gained) of ultrasonography (US), alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), protein induced by vitamin K absence-II (PIVKA-II), AFP+US, AFP+PIVKA-II, GAAD (a diagnostic algorithm based on gender and age combined with results of AFP and PIVKA-II) and GAAD+US. Epidemiologic, clinical performance, utility and cost data were obtained from the literature, expert interviews and real-world data. Uncertainties on key parameters were explored through deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses (DSA and PSA). Results: Compared with other strategies, GAAD+US detected the most HCC patients at early stage, and GAAD was the screening strategy with the lowest average cost per HCC case diagnosed. Using 3× China's 2022 GDP per capita ($38,233.34) as the threshold, the three strategies of US, GAAD and GAAD+US formed a cost-effectiveness frontier. Screening with US, GAAD, or GAAD+US was associated with costs of $6110.46, $7622.05 and $8636.32, and QALYs of 13.18, 13.48 and 13.52, respectively. The ICER of GAAD over US was $4993.39/QALY and the ICER of GAAD+US over GAAD was $26,691.45/QALY, which was less than 3× GDP per capita. Both DSA and PSA proved the stability of the results. Conclusion: GAAD+US was the most cost-effective strategy for early HCC diagnosis among CHB patients which could be considered as the liver cancer screening scheme for the high-risk population in China.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Journal of comparative effectiveness research - 13(2024), 4 vom: 27. Apr., Seite e230146

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nan, Yuemin [VerfasserIn]
Garay, Osvaldo Ulises [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Xianzhong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Li [VerfasserIn]
Niu, Zhongyi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Wen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

12001-79-5
Alpha-Fetoproteins
Chronic hepatitis B
Cost–effectiveness analysis
EC 3.4.21.77
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article
Prostate-Specific Antigen
Screening
Vitamin K

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.57264/cer-2023-0146

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36905265X