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Outcomes of clinical utility in amyloid-PET studies: state of art and future perspectives

Published inEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, vol. 48, no. 7, p. 2157-2168
Publication date2021-07
First online date2021-02-17
Abstract

Purpose: To review how outcomes of clinical utility are operationalized in current amyloid-PET validation studies, to prepare for formal assessment of clinical utility of amyloid-PET-based diagnosis. Methods: Systematic review of amyloid-PET research studies published up to April 2020 that included outcomes of clinical utility. We extracted and analyzed (a) outcome categories, (b) their definition, and (c) their methods of assessment. Results: Thirty-two studies were eligible. (a) Outcome categories were clinician-centered (found in 25/32 studies, 78%), patient-/caregiver-centered (in 9/32 studies, 28%), and health economics-centered (5/32, 16%). (b) Definition: Outcomes were mainly defined by clinical researchers; only the ABIDE study expressly included stakeholders in group discussions. Clinician-centered outcomes mainly consisted of incremental diagnostic value (25/32, 78%) and change in patient management (17/32, 53%); patient-/caregiver-centered outcomes considered distress after amyloid-pet-based diagnosis disclosure (8/32, 25%), including quantified burden of procedure for patients' outcomes (n = 8) (1/8, 12.5%), impact of disclosure of results (6/8, 75%), and psychological implications of biomarker-based diagnosis (75%); and health economics outcomes focused on costs to achieve a high-confidence etiological diagnosis (5/32, 16%) and impact on quality of life (1/32, 3%). (c) Assessment: all outcome categories were operationalized inconsistently across studies, employing 26 different tools without formal rationale for selection. Conclusion: Current studies validating amyloid-PET already assessed outcomes for clinical utility, although non-clinician-based outcomes were inconsistent. A wider participation of stakeholders may help produce a more thorough and systematic definition and assessment of outcomes of clinical utility and help collect evidence informing decisions on reimbursement of amyloid-PET.

Keywords
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Amyloid-PET
  • Clinical utility
  • Diagnostic biomarkers
  • Outcome
  • Systematic review
  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Amyloid
  • Amyloidosis
  • Humans
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Quality of Life
Funding
  • FNS - [320030_169876, 320030_185028]
  • FNS - IZSEZO [188355]
Citation (ISO format)
COTTA RAMUSINO, Matteo et al. Outcomes of clinical utility in amyloid-PET studies: state of art and future perspectives. In: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2021, vol. 48, n° 7, p. 2157–2168. doi: 10.1007/s00259-020-05187-x
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