兰州大学循证社会科学交叉创新实验室 Innovation Laboratory of Evidence-based Social Sciences,Lanzhou University

Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients With Barrett Esophagus and High-grade Dysplasia or Low-grade Dysplasia

2023-05-01

Purpose: Clinical guidelines recommend radiofre-quency ablation (RFA) for eradication of Barrett esophagus in patients with low-grade dysplasia (LGD) and high-grade dysplasia (HGD), but evidence on whether RFA provides good value for money is still sparse. This study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of RFA in Italy. Methods: A Markov model was used to estimate lifelong costs and consequences of disease progression with different treatments. RFA was compared with esophagectomy in the HGD group or endoscopic surveillance in the LGD group. Clinical and quality-of-life parameters were derived from a review of the literature and expert opinions, whereas Italian national tariffs were used as a proxy for costs. Findings: RFA dominated esophagectomy in pa-tients with HGD with a probability of 83%. For patients with LGD, RFA was more effective and more costly than active surveillance (incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, euro6276 per quality-adjusted life-year). At a cost-effectiveness threshold of euro15,272, the probability of RFA being the optimal strategy in this population was close to 100%. Model results were sensitive to the cost of the interventions and utility weights used in the different disease states. Implications: RFA is likely to be the optimal choice for patients with LGD and HGD in Italy. Italy is discussing the implementation of a national program for the health technology assessment of medical devices, requiring more studies to prove value for money of emerging technologies. (Clin Ther. 2023;45:426-436.) & COPY; 2023 Elsevier Inc.

研究类型
卫生技术评估
人群
混合人群
主题
["医疗服务技术","医疗服务质量"]
国家
Netherlands
来源期刊
CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS
发布日期
2023-05-01
卷号
45
DOI
10.1016/j.clinthera.2023.04.007
ISSN
0149-2918
作者
Federici, Carlo Callea, Giuditta Testoni, Pier Alberto Costamagna, Guido Trentino, Paolo Repici, Alessandro
关键词
Barrett esophagus cost-effectiveness economic evaluations high-grade dysplasia low-grade dysplasia