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Model-based cost-effectiveness estimates of testing strategies for diagnosing hepatitis C virus infection in people who use injecting drugs in Senegal

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  • Léa Duchesne

    (iPLESP - Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - SU - Sorbonne Université)

  • Gilles Hejblum

    (iPLESP - Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - SU - Sorbonne Université)

  • Ndèye Coumba Toure Kane

    (Hôpital Aristide-Le-Dantec)

  • Richard Njouom

    (Centre Pasteur du Cameroun - Pasteur Network (Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur))

  • Toni Thomas-d'Aquin

    (CeDreS - Centre de recherche et de Diagnostic sur le Sida [Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire] - CHU de Treichville - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Treichville [Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire])

  • Raoul Moh

    (UFHB - Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny [Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire], Programme PAC-CI - ANRS France Recherche Nord & sud Sida-hiv hépatites)

  • Babacar Sylla

    (CIC - CHU Bichat - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, IMEA - Institut de médecine et d'épidémiologie appliquée [AP-HP Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard] - AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard [Paris] - AP-HP - Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP))

  • Nicolas Rouveau

    (ANRS - Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le Sida et les Hépatites Virales)

  • Alain Attia

    (CHU de Yopougon - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Yopougon Attié [Abidjan])

  • Karine Lacombe

    (CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP] - AP-HP - Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) - SU - Sorbonne Université, iPLESP - Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - SU - Sorbonne Université)

Abstract

Background: Scaling-up the access to hepatitis C virus (HCV) diagnostics for people who use injecting drugs (PWID) is essential to reduce the HCV incidence in low and middle-income countries. Methods: A decision tree model was developed to compare the cost-effectiveness of 12 strategies for diagnosing HCV in Senegal with a health sector perspective. Strategies included HCV-Ab screening and confirmation of viraemia (based on HCV-RNA or HCV core antigen detection) or only the latter step. Laboratory assays and decentralized tools (point-of-care (POC) tests and dried blood spot (DBS) samples) were included. The base-case assumed a 38.9% seroprevalence, as reported in the PWID population of Dakar. Results: Compared to the cheapest strategy (POC HCV-Ab followed by POC HCV-RNA (S5)), one strategy remained un-dominated in the base-case: POC HCV-Ab followed by venepuncture-based laboratory HCV-RNA (S3). Above a lost to follow-up testing rate of 2.3%, combining POC HCV-Ab with HCV-RNA on DBS (S4) became more cost-effective than S3. Above this threshold, a single-step POC HCV-RNA (S12) was also found un-dominated (ICER to S5=€3,297.50). S5, S12 and S4 cost €14.21, €17.03 and €36.55/screened individual. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (€/additional true positive case) were 2,164.82 (S12 versus S5) and 3,297.50 (S4 versus S12). Whenever HCV seroprevalence reached 55.5%, S12 became more cost-effective than S5. Moreover, S4 required a budget 2 to 2.5 times higher than S5 or S12 for diagnosing 90% of HCV-infected PWID in Dakar. Conclusion: A two-step POC-based strategy (S5) would be the most cost-effective option among those proposed in this study for diagnosing HCV in PWID in Senegal. This study illustrates how the lack of secure financing and of data on PWID in LMICs, render difficult to identify the most sustainable strategy in those countries, as well as its implementation.

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  • Léa Duchesne & Gilles Hejblum & Ndèye Coumba Toure Kane & Richard Njouom & Toni Thomas-d'Aquin & Raoul Moh & Babacar Sylla & Nicolas Rouveau & Alain Attia & Karine Lacombe, 2020. "Model-based cost-effectiveness estimates of testing strategies for diagnosing hepatitis C virus infection in people who use injecting drugs in Senegal," Post-Print hal-02543434, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02543434
    DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.102613
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    1. Léa Duchesne & Gilles Hejblum & Richard Njouom & Coumba Touré Kane & Thomas d’Aquin Toni & Raoul Moh & Babacar Sylla & Nicolas Rouveau & Alain Attia & Karine Lacombe, 2020. "Model-based cost-effectiveness estimates of testing strategies for diagnosing hepatitis C virus infection in Central and Western Africa," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(8), pages 1-18, August.

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