Review of NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No.128; Stapled haemorrhoidopexy for the treatment of haemorrhoids

The Institute was proposing that the existing guidance should be deferred until completion of the eTHoS trial (anticipated end date March 2015).

During consultation, the majority of comments received by the Institute agreed with the proposal put forward. After consideration of all of the comments (attached as appendix A), the Institute’s Guidance Executive has decided to proceed with the proposal. We will therefore defer the consideration of a review of the original guidance until 2015. At this point the evidence base will again be assessed to ascertain the need for a review of the current guidance.

January 2011