Aclarion presents poster on Nosciscan cost-effectiveness

Aclarion announced their Nociscan cost-effectiveness poster will be showcased at the 45th Annual Society for Medical Decision Making meeting, October 22-25, 2023. The cost-effectiveness study comparing Nociscan to provocative discography was performed at the Center for Disruptive Musculoskeletal Innovations through a National Science Foundation grant and sponsored by Aclarion. The abstract highlights that Nociscan statistically dominates provocative discography because PD is both more costly and less effective. “An evidence-based process for accurate identification of a source for low back pain is valuable to improve cost-effectiveness of operative and non-operative management strategies,” said Leslie Wilson, PhD, Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at University of California San Francisco. “The economic model includes a decision-tree comparing Nociscan with PD based on a comprehensive set of peer-reviewed data. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio confirms that Nociscan dominates PD, with a Monte Carlo sensitivity analysis illustrating Nociscan dominates from 40-85% over a wide willingness-to-pay range. In total, Nociscan can save the US healthcare system from $283M to $441M annually.” Chronic low back pain is a global healthcare problem, with approximately 266 million people worldwide suffering from degenerative spine disease and low back pain. Conventional imaging and diagnostics provide valuable structural information but struggle to identify the source of the pathogenic pain. Low surgical success rates are common especially for patients suffering from Discogenic Chronic Low Back Pain.