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GENETICS IN MEDICINE
Volume 24, Issue 9, Pages 1831-1846Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.05.016
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Clinical practice guidelines; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Cost-effectiveness; Lynch syndrome
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This study evaluated the health and economic impact of MMR gene-based colonoscopic surveillance for Lynch syndrome-related colorectal cancer. The most cost-effective strategy was 3-yearly surveillance from age 25 to 70 years, with variations for different MMR gene variants. This strategy effectively reduced CRC deaths and minimized unnecessary colonoscopies.
Purpose: Lynch syndrome-related colorectal cancer (CRC) risk substantially varies by mismatch repair (MMR) gene. We evaluated the health impact and cost-effectiveness of MMR gene-tailored colonoscopic surveillance. Methods: We first estimated sex- and MMR gene-specific cumulative lifetime risk of first CRC without colonoscopic surveillance using an optimization algorithm. Next, we harnessed these risk estimates in a microsimulation model, Policy1-Lynch, and compared 126 colonoscopic surveillance strategies against no surveillance. Results: The most cost-effective strategy was 3-yearly surveillance from age 25 to 70 years (pathogenic variants [path_] in MLH1 [path_MLH1], path_MSH2) with delayed surveillance for path_MSH6 (age 30-70 years) and path_PMS2 (age 35-70 years) heterozygotes (incremental cost-effectiveness ratio = Australian dollars (A) $8,833/life-year saved). This strategy averted 60 CRC deaths (153 colonoscopies per death averted) over the lifetime of 1000 confirmed patients with Lynch syndrome (vs no surveillance). This also reduced colonoscopies by 5% without substantial change in health outcomes (vs nontailored 3-yearly surveillance from 25-70 years). Generally, starting surveillance at age 25 (vs 20) years was more cost-effective with minimal effect on life-years saved and starting 5 to 10 years later for path_MSH6 and path_PMS2 heterozygotes (vs path_MLH1 and path_MSH2) further improved cost-effectiveness. Surveillance end age (70/75/80 years) had a minor effect. Three-yearly surveillance strategies were more cost-effective (vs 1 or 2-yearly) but prevented 3 fewer CRC deaths. Conclusion: MMR gene-specific colonoscopic surveillance would be effective and cost-effective. (C) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.
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