Cost-effectiveness of a tailored Helicobacter pylori eradication strategy based on the presence of a 23S ribosomal RNA point mutation that causes clarithromycin resistance in Korean patients
- Authors
- Cho, Jun-Hyung; Jeon, Seong Ran; Kim, Hyun Gun; Jin, So-Young; Park, Suyeon
- Issue Date
- Apr-2019
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Inc.
- Keywords
- clarithromycin resistance; cost-effectiveness; dual priming oligonucleotide-based polymerase chain reaction; eradication; Helicobacter pylori
- Citation
- Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, v.34, no.4, pp 700 - 706
- Pages
- 7
- Journal Title
- Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Volume
- 34
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 700
- End Page
- 706
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/4614
- DOI
- 10.1111/jgh.14383
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
1440-1746
- Abstract
- Background and Aim The Helicobacter pylori eradication rate using conventional triple therapy has decreased due to clarithromycin (CAM) resistance in H. pylori. Recently, dual priming oligonucleotide (DPO)-based multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can be used to detect H. pylori and point mutations in the 23S ribosomal RNA gene causing CAM resistance. This study aimed to evaluate the success rate and cost-effectiveness of tailored H. pylori eradication using DPO-PCR. Methods The H. pylori-positive patients diagnosed by a rapid urease test or DPO-PCR were enrolled from a single academic hospital. The patients with positive rapid urease test results received a CAM-based triple regimen. In the tailored therapy group that underwent DPO-PCR testing, patients with A2142G and/or A2143G point mutations were treated with a bismuth-containing quadruple regimen. The cost-effectiveness of H. pylori eradication success was evaluated according to the average cost per patient and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. Results A total of 243 patients were allocated to the triple therapy group and 124 patients to the tailored therapy group. The first-line eradication rate of H. pylori was significantly higher in the tailored therapy group than in the conventional triple therapy group (92.7% vs 76.5%, P < 0.001). The average costs per patient for tailored therapy were $307.37 and $299.59 for first-line and second-line treatments, respectively. Compared with triple therapy, the incremental cost-effectiveness ratios of tailored therapy were $3.96 and -$3.81 per patient for first-line and second-line treatments, respectively. Conclusion In Korea, tailored H. pylori eradication using DPO-PCR may be more cost-effective than conventional triple therapy.
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