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Can calcium chemoprevention of adenoma recurrence substitute or serve as an adjunct for colonoscopic surveillance?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2009

Aasma Shaukat ,
Murtaza Parekh ,
Joseph Lipscomb  and
Uri Ladabaum
Aasma Shaukat
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Murtaza Parekh
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
Joseph Lipscomb
Affiliation:
Emory University
Uri Ladabaum
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
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Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the potential cost-effectiveness of calcium chemoprevention post-polypectomy as a substitute or adjunct for surveillance.

Methods: We constructed a Markov model of post-polypectomy adenoma recurrence and colorectal cancer (CRC) development, calibrated to data from prospective chemoprevention trials of fiber, calcium, antioxidants, and aspirin. We modeled four scenarios for 50-year-old patients immediately after polypectomy: (i) natural history with no further intervention; (ii) elemental calcium 1,200 mg/day from age 50–80; (iii) surveillance colonoscopy from age 50–80 every 5 years, or 3 years for large adenoma; (iv) calcium + surveillance. Patients were followed up until age 100 or death.

Results: Calcium was cost-effective compared to natural history ($49,900/life-year gained). However, surveillance was significantly more effective than calcium (18.729 versus 18.654 life-years/patient; 76 percent versus 14 percent reduction in CRC incidence) at an incremental cost of $15,900/life-year gained. Calcium + surveillance yielded a very small benefit (0.0003 incremental life-years/patient) compared with surveillance alone, at a substantial incremental cost of $3,090,000/life-year gained.

Conclusion: Post-polypectomy calcium chemoprevention is unlikely to be a reasonable substitute for surveillance. It may be cost-effective in patients unwilling or unable to undergo surveillance.

Keywords

CalciumChemopreventionColorectal cancer
Type
General Essays
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 222 - 231
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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