Suggested remit: To appraise the clinical and cost effectiveness of obecabtagene autoleucel within its marketing authorisation for treating relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
 
Status In progress
Technology type Medicine
Decision Selected
Reason for decision Anticipate the topic will be of importance to patients, carers, professionals, commissioners and the health of the public to ensure clinical benefit is realised, inequalities in use addressed, and help them make the best use of NHS resources
Process STA Standard
ID number 6347

Provisional Schedule

Committee meeting 09 April 2025
Expected publication 25 June 2025

Project Team

Project lead Celia Mayers

Email enquiries

External Assessment Group Warwick Evidence, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors Autolus (obecabtagene autoleucel)
Others Department of Health and Social Care
  NHS England
Patient carer groups African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust
  Anthony Nolan
  Black Health Agency for Equality
  Blood Cancer UK
  Cancer 52
  Cancer Black Care
  Cancer Equality
  Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia Support Association
  DKMS
  Helen Rollason Cancer Charity
  Independent Cancer Patients Voice
  Kevin Kararwa Leukaemia Trust
  Leukaemia Cancer Society
  Leukaemia Care
  Leukaemia UK
  Macmillan Cancer Support
  Maggie’s Centres
  Marie Curie
  South Asian Health Foundation
  Specialised Healthcare Alliance
  Tenovus Cancer Care
  WMUK
Professional groups Association of Anaesthetists
  Association of Cancer Physicians
  Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
  British Blood Transfusion Society
  British Geriatrics Society
  British Institute of Radiology
  British Oncology Pharmacy Association
  British Psychosocial Oncology Society
  British Society for Haematology
  British Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  British Transplantation Society
  British Society of Interventional Radiology
  Cancer Research UK
  NHS Blood and Transplant
  Royal College of General Practitioners
  Royal College of Nursing
  Royal College of Pathologists
  Royal College of Physicians
  Royal College of Radiologists
  Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  Royal Society of Medicine
  Society and College of Radiographers
  UK Clinical Pharmacy Association
  UK Oncology Nursing Society
Associated public health groups Public Health Wales
  UK Health Security Agency
Comparator companies AAH Pharmaceuticals (dasatinib, imatinib)
  Accord UK (cytarabine, filgrastim, fludarabine, imatinib, pegfilgrastim
  Amarox (imatinib)
  Amgen (blinatumomab, filgrastim, pegfilgrastim)
  Aurobindo (Milpharm) (imatinib)
  Chugai Pharma UK Ltd (lenograstim)
  Cipla EU (imatinib)
  Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (imatinib)
  Hospira UK (cytarabine)
  Incyte Biosciences UK (ponatinib)
  Mylan (dasatinib)
  Napp Pharmaceuticals (pegfilgrastim)
  Novartis (imatinib, tisagenlecleucel)
  Pfizer (cytarabine, filgrastim, idarubicin, inotuzumab ozogamicin)
  Sandoz (dasatinib, filgrastim, imatinib, pegfilgrastim)
  Sanofi (fludarabine)
  Teva UK (dasatinib, fludarabine, lipegfilgrastim)
  Viatris UK Healthcare (dasatinib)
  Zentiva (dasatinib)
General commentators All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre
  Allied Health Professionals Federation
  Board of Community Health Councils in Wales
  British National Formulary
  Care Quality Commission
  Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for Northern Ireland
  Healthcare Improvement Scotland
  Hospital Information Services –Jehovah’s Witnesses
  Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
  National Association of Primary Care
  National Pharmacy Association
  NHS Blood and Transplant
  NHS Confederation
  Scottish Medicines Consortium
  Welsh Government
  Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee
Relevant research groups Cochrane Haematological Malignancies Group
  Genomics England
  Institute of Cancer Research
  Leukaemia Busters
  Lymphoma Research Trust
  MRC Clinical Trials Unit
  National Institute for Health Research

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
05 September 2024 Invitation to participate
11 July 2024 - 08 August 2024 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators: 6347
11 July 2024 In progress. Scoping commenced.
22 January 2024 Awaiting development. Status change linked to Topic Selection Decision being set to Selected

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