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Table 2 Base-case results (per 10,000 newborns)

From: 10th European Conference on Rare Diseases & Orphan Products (ECRD 2020)

 

Arm 1: No SMA screening + Symptomatic treatment for SMA

Arm 2: SMA NBS + Pre-symptomatic treatment for SMA

Arm 3: SMA NBS + Pre-symptomatic treatment for SMA with ≤ 3 SMN2 gene copies

Costs (2019 USD)

Screening costs

NA

$100,000

$100,000

Reflex test costs

NA

$31

$31

Treatment costs

$2,628,116

$3,050,056

$2,385,782

Total costs

$2,628,116

$3,150,087

$2,485,813

Effectiveness

   

QALYs

269,987.67

269,996.67

269,996.09

Incremental results

 

Arm 2 vs. Arm 1

Arm 3 vs. Arm 1

Incremental costs

–

$521,971

-$142,303

Incremental QALYs

–

9.00

8.42

Incremental costs per QALY gained

–

$57,969

Dominant

  1. NA not applicable, NBS newborn screening, QALYs Quality-Adjusted Life Years, SMA spinal muscular atrophy, SMN survival motor neuron, USD United States Dollar