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Evidence-based recommendations on asfotase alfa (Strensiq) for treating paediatric-onset hypophosphatasia in babies, children, young people and adults.

Result type

Highly specialised technologies guidance

Published

1 March 2023

Evidence-based recommendations on implantation of accommodating intraocular lenses for cataract. This involves removing the clouded natural lens of the eye and replacing it with an accommodating lens to allow focusing on near and distant objects.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

28 February 2007

Evidence-based recommendations on avacopan (Tavneos) for treating severe active granulomatosis with polyangiitis or microscopic polyangiitis in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

21 September 2022

Evidence-based recommendations on peripheral nerve-field stimulation for chronic low back pain. This involves implanting electrodes in the back, connected to a neurostimulator under the skin to mask the back pain by modulating the transmission of pain signals to the brain.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 March 2013

Evidence-based recommendations on minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion surgery for chronic sacroiliac pain in adults. This involves fixing the sacrum to the ilium using 2 or 3 metal implants.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

5 April 2017

Evidence-based recommendations on pembrolizumab (Keytruda) with trastuzumab and chemotherapy for untreated locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

12 June 2024

Evidence-based recommendations on adalimumab (Humira), certolizumab pegol (Cimzia), etanercept (Enbrel), golimumab (Simponi) and infliximab (Remicade, Remsima, Inflectra). These drugs are for people with active ankylosing spondylitis or non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis .

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

1 February 2016

Evidence-based recommendations on targeted muscle reinnervation for managing limb amputation pain. This involves attaching nerves that were cut during limb amputation to other nerves in nearby muscles.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

12 June 2025

Evidence-based recommendations on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory failure in adults. This involves using a tube to carry blood from the right side of the heart and then pump it through an artificial lung where it picks up oxygen.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 April 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on avatrombopag (Doptelet) for treating primary chronic immune thrombocytopenia in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

15 December 2022

Evidence-based recommendations on selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) for primary hepatocellular carcinoma. This involves infusion of microspheres loaded with yttrium-90, which aims to deliver radiation directly into the tumour, minimising the risk of radiation damage to healthy surrounding tissues.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

23 July 2013

Evidence-based recommendations on pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for untreated PD-L1-positive metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

18 July 2018

NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on mechanical thrombectomy devices for acute ischaemic stroke .

Result type

Medtech innovation briefing

Published

30 July 2018

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for refractory neuropathic pain. This involves inserting electrode needles underneath the skin connected to a stimulator device.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 March 2013

Evidence-based recommendations on arsenic trioxide (Trisenox) for treating acute promyelocytic leukaemia in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

13 June 2018