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  • CUR7: What is the target population for AAA screening as well as guideline based opportunistic AAA screening in currently active mass screening programs (optionally limited to Europe)?
Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Screening
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What is the target population for AAA screening as well as guideline based opportunistic AAA screening in currently active mass screening programs (optionally limited to Europe)?

Authors: Pseudo218 Pseudo218, Pseudo73 Pseudo73

Internal reviewers: Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Lotte Groth Jensen

In many organised screening programmes the target population (those who are invited) is around 65-80 years and males. In some screening programmes additional risk factors must be present to be included to screening.

Programmes

 

NHS England:

“NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme”
  • Men are automatically invited for screening in the year they turn 65
  • Men who are older than 65, and who have not previously been screened or treated for an abdominal aortic aneurysm, can opt in through self-referral direct to the screening programme

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Trials

 

Chichester trial {14}

Women aged 65-80 years; n=9342

Mass study {15}

Men aged 65-80; n=6040

Denmark:

Viborg Trial ({16})

Men aged 64-73 years; n=12,639

Western Australian Study {17}

Men aged 65-83 years; n=41,000

Running trials

 

Denmark:

NCT00662480

Ages eligible for study: 65 years to 74 years

Genders eligible for study: male

Accepts healthy volunteers: no

Other inclusion criteria: living in the central region of Denmark

Survey results
  • Finland (under consideration, population-based)
  • Lithuania (people at high risk of cardiovascular disease)
  • Spain (only recommendations to screen 67-75 years old men with risk factors

Pseudo218 P, Pseudo73 P Result Card CUR7 In: Pseudo218 P, Pseudo73 P Health Problem and Current Use of the Technology In: Jefferson T, Vicari N, Frønsdal K [eds.]. Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Screening [Core HTA], Agenzia nationale per i servizi sanitari regionali (age.na.s), Italy; 2013. [cited 28 May 2023]. Available from: http://corehta.info/ViewCover.aspx?id=106

References

{13} UKNational Screening Committee. NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme - Information for Health Professionals. 2010 {cited 2011-12-21; Available from: http://aaa.screening.nhs.uk/getdata.php?id=219

{14} Scott RA, Bridgewater SG, Ashton HA. Randomized clinical trial of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in women. The British journal of surgery. 2002 Mar;89(3):283-5.

{15} Ashton HA, Gao L, Kim LG, Druce PS, Thompson SG, Scott RA. Fifteen-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of ultrasonographic screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms. The British journal of surgery. 2007 Jun;94(6):696-701.

{16} Lindholt JS, Juul S, Fasting H, Henneberg EW. Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms: single centre randomised controlled trial. BMJ (Clinical research ed. 2005 Apr 2;330(7494):750.

{17} Norman PE, Jamrozik K, Lawrence-Brown MM,LeMT, Spencer CA, Tuohy RJ, et al. Population based randomised controlled trial on impact of screening on mortality from abdominal aortic aneurysm. BMJ (Clinical research ed. 2004 Nov 27;329(7477):1259.