TA95 and TA120 Review proposal - August 2010

NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No. 95 Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for the treatment of arrhythmias and No. 120 Cardiac resynchronisation therapy for the treatment of heart failure

Proposal to combine and plan an update to the guidance into the appraisal work programme

The planned date for review of the above guidance was July 2010.

This is the date when the Institute decides whether sufficient new evidence has emerged for the Appraisal Committee to be asked to undertake an update of the existing guidance.

The Institute has carried out a search for information relevant to these appraisals, and believes that it is appropriate for both pieces of existing guidance to be combined and updated.

In order to be completely confident that this is appropriate, we are asking   consultees and commentators with an interest in this topic, to inform us of any evidence which would suggest that an earlier review would be beneficial.  We would particularly like to be made aware of timelines around on-going research, etc. which might affect the scheduling of this review should we go ahead with the proposal following this consultation. 

Please see appendix A for a full list of the organisations we have contacted.

August 2010

• Appendix A: Matrix of stakeholders
• Appendix B: Proposal paper presented to the Institute’s Guidance Executive