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Cheema ZM, Gomez LC, Johnson N, Laflamme OD, Rabin HR, Steele K, Wallenburg J, Leong J, Cheng SY, Quon BS, Stephenson AL, Wranik WD, Sadatsafavi M, Stanojevic S. Measuring the burden of cystic fibrosis: A scoping review. J Cyst Fibros 2024; 23:823-830. [PMID: 38044160 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2023.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cystic fibrosis (CF) contributes a significant economic burden on individuals, healthcare systems, and society. Understanding the economic impact of CF is crucial for planning resource allocation. METHODS We conducted a scoping review of literature published between 1990 and 2022 that reported the cost of illness, and/or economic burden of CF. Costs were adjusted for inflation and reported as United States dollars. RESULTS A total of 39 studies were included. Direct healthcare costs (e.g., medications, inpatient and outpatient care) were the most frequently reported. Most studies estimated the cost of CF using a prevalence-based (n = 18, 46.2 %), bottom-up approach (n = 23, 59 %). Direct non-healthcare costs and indirect costs were seldom included. The most frequently reported direct cost components were medications (n = 34, 87.2 %), inpatient care (n = 33, 84.6 %), and outpatient care (n = 31, 79.5 %). Twenty-eight percent (n = 11) of studies reported the burden of CF from all three perspectives (healthcare system (payer), individual, and society). Indirect costs of CF were reported in approximately 20 % of studies (n = 8). The reported total cost of CF varied widely, ranging from $451 to $160,000 per person per year (2022 US$). The total cost depended on the number of domains and perspectives included in each study. CONCLUSIONS Most studies only reported costs to the healthcare system (i.e., hospitalizations and healthcare encounters) which likely underestimates the total costs of CF. The wide range of costs reported highlights the importance of standardizing perspectives, domains and costs when estimating the economic burden of CF.
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- Zain M Cheema
- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Cystic Fibrosis Canada, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Community Health, and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Department of Community Health, and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Department of Community Health, and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Division of Respirology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Community Health, and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; Department of Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Respiratory Evaluation Sciences Program, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Community Health, and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
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Guyot E, Reynaud Q, Belhassen M, Bérard M, Dehillotte C, Lemonnier L, Viprey M, Van Ganse E, Burgel PR, Durieu I. Health care resource utilization preceding death or lung transplantation in people with cystic fibrosis: HCRU before transplant or death in cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros 2024; 23:903-909. [PMID: 38480112 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2024.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 09/20/2024]
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BACKGROUND We studied the health care resource utilization (HCRU) and associated costs in the year preceding LT in pwCF or death without LT, and we estimated the overall cost of LT. METHODS We performed a linkage between 2006 and 2017 data from the French CF Registry (FCFR) and the French health claims database (Système National des Données de Santé; SNDS). The HCRU and associated costs were described the year before LT or before death without LT, and two years after LT. RESULTS Among the 7,671 patients included in the FCFR, 6,187 patients (80.7 %) were successfully matched to patients in the SNDS (males (m): 51.9 %, mean±SD age at the end of follow-up: 24.6 ± 13.6). Overall, 166 patients died without LT (m: 47.6 %, age at death: 30.4 ± 14.5) and 767 patients with primary LT (m: 48.2 %, age at transplantation: 28.0 ± 9.1) were identified. HCRU was lower among patients who died without receiving LT, with marked differences in the cost of hospital stays. The mean total cost per patient was €66,759 ± 38,249 in the year before death, €149,374 ± 62,678 in the year preceding LT, €63,919 ± 35,399 in the first year following LT, and €42,813 ± 39,967 in the second year of follow-up. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that HCRU was two times lower in the year before death in non-transplant pwCF than in the year before LT, which may reflect inappropriate care of CF in patients who died without receiving LT. It also shows the cost associated with LT.
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- Erika Guyot
- PELyon, PharmacoEpidémiologie Lyon, 210 avenue Jean Jaurès, 69007 Lyon, France.
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- RESearch on HealthcAre PErformance (RESHAPE), INSERM U1290, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 8 avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France; French National Cystic Fibrosis Reference Center (constitutif), Service de médecine interne et de pathologie vasculaire, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Lyon Sud, 165 Chemin du Grand Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France; ERN-Lung Cystic Fibrosis Network, Frankfurt, Germany
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- PELyon, PharmacoEpidémiologie Lyon, 210 avenue Jean Jaurès, 69007 Lyon, France
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- PELyon, PharmacoEpidémiologie Lyon, 210 avenue Jean Jaurès, 69007 Lyon, France
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- Association Vaincre la Mucoviscidose, 181 Rue de Tolbiac, 75013 Paris, France
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- Association Vaincre la Mucoviscidose, 181 Rue de Tolbiac, 75013 Paris, France
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- RESearch on HealthcAre PErformance (RESHAPE), INSERM U1290, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 8 avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France; Département des Données de Santé, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 162 avenue Lacassagne 69003 Lyon, France
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- RESearch on HealthcAre PErformance (RESHAPE), INSERM U1290, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 8 avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France; Service de Pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 103 Grande Rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69002 Lyon, France
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- ERN-Lung Cystic Fibrosis Network, Frankfurt, Germany; Université ParisCité, Inserm U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France; Department of Respiratory Medicine and French National Cystic Fibrosis Reference Center, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- RESearch on HealthcAre PErformance (RESHAPE), INSERM U1290, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 8 avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France; French National Cystic Fibrosis Reference Center (constitutif), Service de médecine interne et de pathologie vasculaire, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Lyon Sud, 165 Chemin du Grand Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France; ERN-Lung Cystic Fibrosis Network, Frankfurt, Germany
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Smith C, Lowdon J, Noordhoek J, Wilschanski M. Evolution of nutritional management in children with cystic fibrosis - a narrative review. J Hum Nutr Diet 2024; 37:804-814. [PMID: 38664916 DOI: 10.1111/jhn.13298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Nutrition has played a central role in the management and outcomes of people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) since the 1970s. Advances in therapies and practices in recent decades have led to a significant change in the patient landscape with dramatic improvements in life expectancy, as well as quality of life, bringing with it new issues. Historically, cystic fibrosis was a condition associated with childhood and malnutrition; however, changes in patient demographics, nutritional assessment and fundamental nutritional management have evolved, and it has become an increasingly prevalent adult disease with new nutritional challenges, including obesity. This paper aims to describe these changes and the impact and challenges they bring for those working in this field. Nutritional professionals will need to evolve, adapt and remain agile to the wider range of situations and support required for a new generation of pwCF. Specialised nutrition support will continue to be required, and it will be additionally important to improve and optimise quality of life and long-term health.
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- Chris Smith
- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Brighton, UK
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hadassah, Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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McElvaney OJ, Heltshe SL, Odem-Davis K, West NE, Sanders DB, Fogarty B, VanDevanter DR, Flume PA, Goss CH. Adjunctive Systemic Corticosteroids for Pulmonary Exacerbations of Cystic Fibrosis. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2024; 21:716-726. [PMID: 38096105 PMCID: PMC11109904 DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202308-673oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Rationale: Pulmonary exacerbations (PEx) remain the most common cause of morbidity, recurrent hospitalization, and diminished survival in people with cystic fibrosis (PWCF) and are characterized by excess inflammation. Corticosteroids are potent, widely available antiinflammatory drugs. However, corticosteroid efficacy data from randomized controlled trials in PWCF are limited. Objectives: To determine whether adjunctive systemic corticosteroid therapy is associated with improved outcomes in acute CF PEx. Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of Standardized Treatment of Pulmonary Exacerbations 2 (STOP2), a large multicenter randomized controlled trial of antimicrobial treatment durations for adult PWCF presenting with PEx, that included the use of corticosteroids as a stratification criterion in its randomization protocol. Corticosteroid treatment effects were determined after propensity score matching for covariates including age, sex, baseline forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), genotype, and randomization arm. The primary outcome measure was the change in percentage predicted FEV1 (ppFEV1). Symptoms, time to next PEx, and the incidence of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) were assessed as secondary endpoints. Phenotypic factors associated with the clinical decision to prescribe steroids were also investigated. Results: Corticosteroids were prescribed for 168 of 982 PEx events in STOP2 (17%). Steroid prescription was associated with decreased baseline ppFEV1, increased age, and female sex. Cotreatment with corticosteroids was independent of treatment arm allocation and did not result in greater mean ppFEV1 response, longer median time to next PEx, or more substantial symptomatic improvement compared with propensity-matched PWCF receiving antibiotics alone. AEs were not increased in corticosteroid-treated PWCF. The total number of SAEs-but not the number of corticosteroid-related or PEx-related SAEs-was higher among patients receiving corticosteroids. Conclusions: Empiric, physician-directed treatment with systemic corticosteroids, although common, is not associated with improved clinical outcomes in PWCF receiving antibiotics for PEx. Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT02781610).
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- Oliver J. McElvaney
- Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Medicine and
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- Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; and
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- Department of Pediatrics and
- Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Medicine and
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Perkins RC, Sawicki GS. High deductible insurance plans impart economic burden for people with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol 2023; 58:1798-1801. [PMID: 36858451 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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- Ryan C Perkins
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Desai S, Zhang W, Sutherland JM, Singer J, Quon BS. Factors associated with frequent high-cost individuals with cystic fibrosis and their healthcare utilization and cost patterns. Sci Rep 2023; 13:8910. [PMID: 37264136 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35942-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a progressive multi-organ disease with significant morbidity placing extensive demands on the healthcare system. Little is known about those individuals with CF who continually incur high costs over multiple years. Understanding their characteristics may help inform opportunities to improve management and care, and potentially reduce costs. The purpose of this study was to identify and understand the clinical and demographic attributes of frequent high-costing CF individuals and characterize their healthcare utilization and costs over time. A longitudinal study of retrospective data was completed in British Columbia, Canada by linking the Canadian CF Registry with provincial healthcare administrative databases for the period between 2009 and 2017. Multivariable Cox regression models were employed to identify baseline factors associated with becoming a frequent high-cost CF user (vs. not a frequent high-cost CF user) in the follow-up period. We found that severe lung impairment (Hazard Ratio [HR]: 3.71, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.49-9.21), lung transplantation (HR: 4.23, 95% CI, 1.68-10.69), liver cirrhosis with portal hypertension (HR: 10.96, 95% CI: 3.85-31.20) and female sex (HR: 1.97, 95% CI: 1.13-3.44) were associated with becoming a frequent high-cost CF user. Fifty-nine (17% of cohort) frequent high-cost CF users accounted for more than one-third of the overall total healthcare costs, largely due to inpatient hospitalization and outpatient medication costs.
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- Sameer Desai
- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, #166 - 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Desai S, Zhang W, Sutherland JM, PhD JS, Zhou X, Quon BS. Economic burden of cystic fibrosis care in British Columbia. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY, CRITICAL CARE, AND SLEEP MEDICINE 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/24745332.2023.2176797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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- Sameer Desai
- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia and St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia and St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Sagaser KG, Malinowski J, Westerfield L, Proffitt J, Hicks MA, Toler TL, Blakemore KJ, Stevens BK, Oakes LM. Expanded carrier screening for reproductive risk assessment: An evidence-based practice guideline from the National Society of Genetic Counselors. J Genet Couns 2023. [PMID: 36756860 DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.1676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
Abstract
Expanded carrier screening (ECS) intends to broadly screen healthy individuals to determine their reproductive chance for autosomal recessive (AR) and X-linked (XL) conditions with infantile or early-childhood onset, which may impact reproductive management (Committee Opinion 690, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2017, 129, e35). Compared to ethnicity-based screening, which requires accurate knowledge of ancestry for optimal test selection and appropriate risk assessment, ECS panels consist of tens to hundreds of AR and XL conditions that may be individually rare in various ancestries but offer a comprehensive approach to inherited disease screening. As such, the term "equitable carrier screening" may be preferable. This practice guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for ECS using the GRADE Evidence to Decision framework (Guyatt et al., BMJ, 2008, 336, 995; Guyatt et al., BMJ, 2008, 336, 924). We used evidence from a recent systematic evidence review (Ramdaney et al., Genetics in Medicine, 2022, 20, 374) and compiled data from peer-reviewed literature, scientific meetings, and clinical experience. We defined and prioritized the outcomes of informed consent, change in reproductive plans, yield in identification of at-risk carrier pairs/pregnancies, perceived barriers to ECS, amount of provider time spent, healthcare costs, frequency of severely/profoundly affected offspring, incidental findings, uncertain findings, patient satisfaction, and provider attitudes. Despite the recognized barriers to implementation and change in management strategies, this analysis supported implementation of ECS for these outcomes. Based upon the current level of evidence, we recommend ECS be made available for all individuals considering reproduction and all pregnant reproductive pairs, as ECS presents an ethnicity-based carrier screening alternative which does not rely on race-based medicine. The final decision to pursue carrier screening should be directed by shared decision-making, which takes into account specific features of patients as well as their preferences and values. As a periconceptional reproductive risk assessment tool, ECS is superior compared to ethnicity-based carrier screening in that it both identifies more carriers of AR and XL conditions as well as eliminates a single race-based medical practice. ECS should be offered to all who are currently pregnant, considering pregnancy, or might otherwise biologically contribute to pregnancy. Barriers to the broad implementation of and access to ECS should be identified and addressed so that test performance for carrier screening will not depend on social constructs such as race.
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- Katelynn G Sagaser
- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Pavilion for Women at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Genetics & Genomic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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Rousset-Jablonski C, Dalon F, Reynaud Q, Lemonnier L, Dehillotte C, Jacoud F, Berard M, Viprey M, Van Ganse E, Durieu I, Belhassen M. Cancer incidence and prevalence in cystic fibrosis patients with and without a lung transplant in France. Front Public Health 2022; 10:1043691. [PMID: 36483264 PMCID: PMC9723348 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1043691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Cystic fibrosis (CF) care and the life expectancy of affected patients have substantially improved in recent decades, leading to an increased number of patients being diagnosed with comorbidities, including cancers. Our objective was to characterize the epidemiology of cancers between 2006 and 2017 in CF patients with and without a lung transplant. Methods Medical records of CF patients from 2006 to 2016 in the French CF Registry were linked to their corresponding claims data (SNDS). The annual prevalence and incidence rates of cancers were estimated from 2006 to 2017 in CF patients without lung transplant and in those with lung transplant after transplantation. Results Of the 7,671 patients included in the French CF Registry, 6,187 patients (80.7%) were linked to the SNDS; among them, 1,006 (16.3%) received a lung transplant. The prevalence of any cancer increased between 2006 and 2017, from 0.3 to 1.0% and from 1.3 to 6.3% in non-transplanted and transplanted patients, respectively. When compared to the general population, the incidence of cancer was significantly higher in both non-transplanted [Standardized Incidence Ratio (SIR) = 2.57, 95%CI 2.05 to 3.17] and transplanted (SIR = 19.76, 95%CI 16.45 to 23.55) patients. The median time between transplant and the first cancer was 3.9 years. Among the 211 incident cancer cases, the most frequent malignant neoplasms were skin neoplasm (48 cases), lung cancers (31 cases), gastro-intestinal (24 cases), and hematologic cancers (17 cases). Conclusion The overall burden of cancer in CF patients is high, particularly following lung transplantation. Therefore, specific follow-up, screening and cancer prevention for CF patients with transplants are necessary.
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- Christine Rousset-Jablonski
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Research on Healthcare Performance (RESHAPE), INSERM U1290, Lyon, France,Department of Internal Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Groupe Hospitalier Sud, Lyon, France,Département de chirurgie, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France,*Correspondence: Christine Rousset-Jablonski
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Research on Healthcare Performance (RESHAPE), INSERM U1290, Lyon, France,Department of Internal Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Groupe Hospitalier Sud, Lyon, France
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- PELyon, PharmacoEpidemiologie Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Research on Healthcare Performance (RESHAPE), INSERM U1290, Lyon, France,Health Data Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Research on Healthcare Performance (RESHAPE), INSERM U1290, Lyon, France,PELyon, PharmacoEpidemiologie Lyon, Lyon, France,Respiratory Medicine, Croix-Rousse University Hospital, Lyon, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Research on Healthcare Performance (RESHAPE), INSERM U1290, Lyon, France,Department of Internal Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Groupe Hospitalier Sud, Lyon, France
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Thorat T, McGarry LJ, Bonafede MM, Limone BL, Rubin JL, Jariwala-Parikh K, Konstan MW. Healthcare resource utilization and costs among children with cystic fibrosis in the United States. Pediatr Pulmonol 2021; 56:2833-2844. [PMID: 34138523 PMCID: PMC8456795 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Adverse health impacts of cystic fibrosis (CF) can be present in children before respiratory complications are observed. Children with CF show progressive health decline, with increasing lung function decline in adolescence. This study aims to quantify the healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and costs attributable to CF by comparing children with CF with the general pediatric population. METHODS This retrospective, cross-sectional, observational study compared HCRU and costs among children with CF in the US with demographically similar children without CF (comparison group) over a 12-month period using administrative claims data spanning 2010-2017. Analyses were conducted by insurance type (commercially insured [COM] and Medicaid insured [MED]) and stratified by age (<2 years, 2 to <6 years, 6 to <12 years, and 12-17 years). RESULTS Children with CF (2831 COM and 1896 MED) were matched to children in the comparison group (8493 COM and 5688 MED). Higher prevalence of comorbidities was seen in children with CF versus the comparison group across all ages. Across all ages, HCRU attributable to CF was substantial (higher hospitalization rates, more outpatient and emergency room visits, and greater use of prescription medications), and there were higher associated costs (all p values < .05), in COM and MED populations. HCRU and costs attributable to CF were highest for children aged 12-17 years. CONCLUSIONS Substantial HCRU and costs are evident among children with CF across all ages, starting as young as infancy, with highest HCRU and costs among adolescents. Effective treatments from an early age are needed for children with CF.
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- Teja Thorat
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Veradigm Life Sciences, an Allscripts Healthcare LLC, Chicago, Illinois, USA.,Life Sciences, IBM Watson Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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