Authors' recommendations: After considering the decision determinants, OHTAC recommended against public funding of colon capsule endoscopy primarily for the following reasons. A key concern for OHTAC was whether the colon capsule would be used for screening in average-risk individuals. Computed tomographic colonography has a natural barrier to diffusion, given the need for a CT scanner. An analogous barrier does not exist for colon capsule endoscopy. OHTAC did not believe that the available evidence justifies the use of the colon capsule for screening in average-risk individuals. As the clinical evidence does not show that colon capsule endoscopy is more accurate than CT colonography, OHTAC also considered the relative costs of colon capsule endoscopy and CT colonography. Currently, colon capsule endoscopy appears to be more expensive than CT colonography.

Project Status: Completed

Year Published: 2015

URL for published report: http://www.hqontario.ca/Portals/0/Documents/eds/ohtas/recommendation-colon-capsule-endoscopy-1507-en.pdf

English language abstract: An English language summary is available

Publication Type: Not Assigned

Country: Canada

Organisation Name: Health Quality Ontario

Contact Address: Evidence Development and Standards, Health Quality Ontario, 130 Bloor Street West, 10th floor, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1N5

Contact Name: EDSinfo@hqontario.ca

Contact Email: OH-HQO_hta-reg@ontariohealth.ca

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