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The predicted impact and cost-effectiveness of systematic testing of people with incident colorectal cancer for Lynch syndrome. - PubMed - NCBI

The predicted impact and cost-effectiveness of systematic testing of people with incident colorectal cancer for Lynch syndrome. - PubMed - NCBI



 2019 Oct 8. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50356. [Epub ahead of print]

The predicted impact and cost-effectiveness of systematic testing of people with incident colorectal cancer for Lynch syndrome.

Author information


1
Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.
2
Institute of Medical Genetics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
3
Institute of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
4
University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom.
5
Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
6
Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
7
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
8
Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
9
Parkville Familial Cancer Centre, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, VIC.
10
University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
11
University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

To evaluate the health impact and cost-effectiveness of systematic testing for Lynch syndrome (LS) in people with incident colorectal cancer (CRC) in Australia.

DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS:

We investigated the impact of LS testing strategies in a micro-simulation model (Policy1-Lynch), explicitly modelling the cost of testing all patients diagnosed with incident CRC during 2017, with detailed modelling of outcomes for patients identified as LS carriers (probands) and their at-risk relatives throughout their lifetimes. For people with confirmed LS, we modelled ongoing colonoscopic surveillance.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:

Cost-effectiveness of six universal tumour testing strategies (testing for DNA mismatch repair deficiencies) and of universal germline gene panel testing of patients with incident CRC; impact on cost-effectiveness of restricting testing by age at CRC diagnosis (all ages, under 50/60/70 years) and of colonoscopic surveillance interval (one, two years).

RESULTS:

The cost-effectiveness ratio of universal tumour testing strategies (annual colonoscopic surveillance, no testing age limit) compared with no testing ranged from $28 915 to $31 904/life-year saved (LYS) (indicative willingness-to-pay threshold: $30 000-$50 000/LYS). These strategies could avert 184-189 CRC deaths with an additional 30 597-31 084 colonoscopies over the lifetimes of 1000 patients with incident CRC with LS and 1420 confirmed LS carrier relatives (164-166 additional colonoscopies/death averted). The most cost-effective strategy was immunohistochemistry and BRAF V600E testing (incremental cost-effectiveness ratio [ICER], $28 915/LYS). Universal germline gene panel testing was not cost-effective compared with universal tumour testing strategies (ICER, $2.4 million/LYS). Immunohistochemistry and BRAF V600E testing was cost-effective at all age limits when paired with 2-yearly colonoscopic surveillance (ICER, $11 525-$32 153/LYS), and required 4778-15 860 additional colonoscopies to avert 46-181 CRC deaths (88-103 additional colonoscopies/death averted).

CONCLUSIONS:

Universal tumour testing strategies for guiding germline genetic testing of people with incident CRC for LS in Australia are likely to be cost-effective compared with no testing. Universal germline gene panel testing would not currently be cost-effective.

KEYWORDS:

Cancer; Colonoscopy; Cost-benefit analysis; Digestive system neoplasms; Early detection of cancer; Genetic testing; Health policy; Neoplasms, epidemiology; Preventive health services; Public health

PMID:
 
31595523
 
DOI:
 
10.5694/mja2.50356

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