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A systematic review of health economic evaluation quality assessment instruments for medical devices. 医疗器械卫生经济评价质量评价工具的系统综述。
IF 2.6 4区 医学
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI: 10.1017/S0266462325000212
Ilke Akpinar, Ali Unsal, Mike Paulden, Jeff Round
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Navigating the future: horizon scanning and early dialogue in health technology assessment in Latin America. 导航未来:拉丁美洲卫生技术评估的水平扫描和早期对话。
IF 2.6 4区 医学
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI: 10.1017/S0266462325100184
Sebastián García Martí, Valentina Stacco, Andres Pichon-Riviere, Federico Augustovski, Andrea Alcaraz, Manuel A Espinoza
{"title":"Navigating the future: horizon scanning and early dialogue in health technology assessment in Latin America.","authors":"Sebastián García Martí, Valentina Stacco, Andres Pichon-Riviere, Federico Augustovski, Andrea Alcaraz, Manuel A Espinoza","doi":"10.1017/S0266462325100184","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0266462325100184","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To systematize the information and perspectives shared during the 2024 LATAM policy forum, which explored advancements in horizon scanning and early dialogue processes in the region, by analyzing the main discussion and identifying the main lessons.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This article is based on the discussions and background materials provided during the 1.5 days in-person 2024 Latin American Policy Forum (59 representatives from 11 countries). We gathered and systematized the information shared during the forum, including the results of a pre-forum survey. The Forum agenda included keynote presentations, breakout group activities, and plenary discussions to identify the main lessons and key messages from all different stakeholders' points of view.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The forum highlighted the growing recognition of the need for structured horizon scanning and early dialogue processes in Latin America. Key barriers were identified, including the absence of clear legal frameworks, limited data availability, and the need for capacity-building. Potential solutions included fostering regional cooperation, improving transparency, and creating pilot programs for early engagement. Engaging patients and the pharmaceutical industry was deemed essential for trust and foster alignment between HTA agencies and regulators.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Horizon scanning and early dialogue represent critical tools for improving health system preparedness and aligning innovation with local needs. Their implementation, however, requires coordinated efforts across multiple stakeholders, enhanced dialogue, and the development of supportive legal and regulatory frameworks.</p>","PeriodicalId":14467,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care","volume":"41 1","pages":"e42"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12257038/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144600387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Applying early health technology assessment (e-HTA) to inform investment in novel health technologies in the US. 在美国应用早期健康技术评估(e-HTA)为新健康技术的投资提供信息。
IF 3.1 4区 医学
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1017/S0266462325100275
Zizi Elsisi, William Canestaro, L Steuten, Ryan Hansen
{"title":"Applying early health technology assessment (e-HTA) to inform investment in novel health technologies in the US.","authors":"Zizi Elsisi, William Canestaro, L Steuten, Ryan Hansen","doi":"10.1017/S0266462325100275","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0266462325100275","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Evaluate how a foundation-supported fellowship employs early health-technology assessment (eHTA) to guide the development and positioning of emerging health innovations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We reviewed all eHTA reports conducted under the Fellowship from 2018 to 2021 (<i>n</i> = 10), extracting technology class, development stage, economic modeling, and recommendations. In 2023, we conducted thirty-minute structured video interviews with developers of each technology (eleven invitees, ten responses). The interview comprised Likert questions on perceived usefulness and intention to update the model in later stages, and six open-ended questions on perceived advantages, implementation barriers, and downstream actions. Likert data were summarized descriptively; open-ended responses were summarized and discussed within the research team until consensus on key themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The eHTA subject technologies were four diagnostics, three therapeutics, two predictive algorithms, and one curative device, all preclinical. Analyses used six Markov or decision-tree frameworks, four hybrid models or simulations, and six value-based-pricing scenarios. Five technologies were potentially cost-effective, three conditionally cost-effective, one unlikely to be cost-effective without stronger evidence, and one cost-effective yet unlikely to break even. Eight developers rated eHTA \"useful\" or \"very useful\"; three had already leveraged results in grant or investor materials and two planned to do so when more data emerged. Reported barriers included evidence gaps, funding constraints, and misalignment with pharmaceutical partners on codevelopment strategies; two projects were discontinued.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>eHTA supplies developers with early economic insight, but its guidance is most reliable when interpreted alongside budget impact, feasibility, regulatory, and adoption considerations.</p>","PeriodicalId":14467,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care","volume":" ","pages":"e45"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12303690/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144583925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Institutionalization of Health Technology Assessment of medical devices: a cluster analysis of EU, EEA, and EFTA countries. 医疗器械卫生技术评价制度化:欧洲国家的聚类分析。
IF 3.1 4区 医学
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1017/S0266462325100251
Mario Cesare Nurchis, Gian Marco Raspolini, Pietro Derrico, Carlo Favaretti, Matteo Ritrovato, Giandomenico Nollo, Gianfranco Damiani
{"title":"Institutionalization of Health Technology Assessment of medical devices: a cluster analysis of EU, EEA, and EFTA countries.","authors":"Mario Cesare Nurchis, Gian Marco Raspolini, Pietro Derrico, Carlo Favaretti, Matteo Ritrovato, Giandomenico Nollo, Gianfranco Damiani","doi":"10.1017/S0266462325100251","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0266462325100251","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Health technology assessment of medical devices (HTA-MDs) presents unique challenges compared to pharmaceuticals. Total MD expenditure continues to grow in Europe, and countries typically conduct their own HTA-MDs evaluations, with varying institutionalization arrangements. European Union's (EU's) HTA Regulation aims to establish collaborative clinical assessments across Member States, potentially expediting the path from EU safety certification of MDs to pricing and reimbursement decisions. This study aims to identify emergent configurations among institutionalizations of HTA-MDs in the EU, European Economic Area (EEA), and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Publicly available data were cross-sectionally collected for EU, EEA, and EFTA countries until August 2024 to allow a cross-country analysis of HTA-MDs institutionalizations. Countries were included if they had at least one publicly mandated body for HTA-MDs. Data sources were scientific databases, institutional websites, and HTA bodies' documentation. A framework of 16 elements, qualitatively describing the institutionalization of HTA-MDs, was developed based on a document review and used as a dataset for agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis to identify patterns of HTA-MDs institutionalization.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The 21 included countries formed three clusters: Cluster 1 featured regulatory-focused, legally bound HTA-MDs systems with mandatory assessments determining reimbursement decisions; Cluster 2 was characterized by regulatory functions, external expert collaboration, formal prioritization processes, and organized Horizon Scanning; Cluster 3 showed recommendatory functions, nonmandatory assessments, and limited impact on reimbursement decisions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>HTA-MDs institutionalizations could benefit from implementing prioritization processes of evaluations, establishing networks of collaborative assessment centers, and ensuring links between evaluations and reimbursement decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":14467,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care","volume":" ","pages":"e44"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12303692/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144583926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Stakeholder survey about broad elements of value in health technology assessment in Australia: industry and academia more similar than different. 关于澳大利亚卫生技术评估中广泛价值要素的利益相关者调查:工业界和学术界的相似多于不同。
IF 3.1 4区 医学
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1017/S0266462325100226
Maria Farris, Stephen Goodall, Richard De Abreu Lourenco
{"title":"Stakeholder survey about broad elements of value in health technology assessment in Australia: industry and academia more similar than different.","authors":"Maria Farris, Stephen Goodall, Richard De Abreu Lourenco","doi":"10.1017/S0266462325100226","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0266462325100226","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Researchers propose wider individual and societal benefits (or broad elements of value) be included in economic evaluations (EEs) of medicines. This study investigates opinions of Australian stakeholders regarding the inclusion of broader value elements in reimbursement decisions for medicines for rare diseases in Australia.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Stakeholders were invited via email to complete an online survey about their views on broader elements of value in HTA. Responses were summarised using descriptive statistics and compared using chi-square statistics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Forty-four respondents (academia (n=11), private sector (n=33)) completed the survey between October 2023 and May 2024. Only 27% of stakeholders agree the current information about the sources of value considered in reimbursement decisions is sufficient. Stakeholders consistently agree labour productivity (>50%), adherence (>80%), reducing uncertainty due to a new diagnostic (>70%), disease severity (>71%), value to caregivers (>70%), and equity (>70%) should be considered in HTA. The majority (>70%) agreed managed entry agreements (MEA), risk share arrangements (RSA), and multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA) be used in reimbursement decision making for medicines for rare diseases. Significantly fewer academic stakeholders (40%) versus private sector (77%), believe an increased willingness-to-pay threshold be applied to medicines for rare disease.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Academic and private sector stakeholders hold similar views when considering medicines for non-rare and rare diseases. Stakeholders favour considering more value elements in HTA than referred to in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) guidelines. This study highlights further advice is needed on the factors considered in reimbursement decisions and how that would influence guidelines.</p>","PeriodicalId":14467,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care","volume":" ","pages":"e61"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12390742/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144583927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Connecting minds and catalyzing collaboration: the interest groups of health technology assessment international. 连接思想和促进合作:卫生技术评估国际的兴趣小组。
IF 3.1 4区 医学
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1017/S0266462325100287
Antonio Migliore, Nicola Vicari, George Valiotis, Ann Single
{"title":"Connecting minds and catalyzing collaboration: the interest groups of health technology assessment international.","authors":"Antonio Migliore, Nicola Vicari, George Valiotis, Ann Single","doi":"10.1017/S0266462325100287","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0266462325100287","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health Technology Assessment international (HTAi) supports global collaboration and innovation in HTA through its dynamic network of Interest Groups (IGs). These thematic communities provide a dedicated platform for members to engage in focused, collaborative efforts that drive professional exchange, advance methodologies, and develop best practices in HTA. This commentary offers a panoramic overview of all IGs, their evolution, aim, and initiatives. By drawing on diverse stakeholder perspectives, spanning academia, clinical practice, industry, and patient communities, the IGs foster inclusiveness and extend HTAi's influence to significantly contribute to the broader HTA community. Through activities such as workshops, conference sessions, webinars, publications, and research projects, they offer opportunities for professional development and thought leadership. The IGs' cross-cutting contributions position them as engines of innovation to ensure HTAi remains at the forefront of shaping a globally relevant, responsive, and ethically grounded HTA ecosystem.</p>","PeriodicalId":14467,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care","volume":" ","pages":"e43"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12303693/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144575487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Predicting response to immunotherapy in lung cancer: an early HTA of predictive tests. 预测肺癌对免疫治疗的反应:预测试验的早期HTA。
IF 3.1 4区 医学
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1017/S0266462325100317
Tim Govers, Evelien van Well, Rik De Wijn, Michel van den Heuvel
{"title":"Predicting response to immunotherapy in lung cancer: an early HTA of predictive tests.","authors":"Tim Govers, Evelien van Well, Rik De Wijn, Michel van den Heuvel","doi":"10.1017/S0266462325100317","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0266462325100317","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Predictive biomarkers can identify patients who are more likely to respond to immunotherapy, which can guide treatment decisions. The objective of this study was to assess the potential value of predictive biomarkers in advanced NSCLC patients to guide the development of cost-effective biomarkers in this field.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A decision analytical model was constructed to compare theoretical new strategies with biomarkers to the current standard of care. The analysis was performed for three different patient groups based on PD-L1 status. Differences in health outcomes (QALYs) and costs were assessed between the current practice and these biomarker strategies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Omitting immunotherapy in NSCLC patients with a PD-L1 score < 1 percent or between 1 and 49 percent, and a negative biomarker test, could potentially reduce healthcare costs significantly a small loss in QALYs. In these groups, a biomarker test is potentially cost-effective as the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio largely exceeds a willingness-to-accept threshold of €80,000 saved per QALY lost. For patients with a PD-L1 score > 50 percent, a considerable QALY gain can potentially be realized by adding chemotherapy to patients with a negative biomarker test. However, this comes at a significant increase in costs and appears not to be cost-effective.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In general, predictive biomarkers seem to have the potential to increase the cost-effectiveness of treatment with immunotherapy in patients with advanced NSCLC. Optimal positioning of a biomarker depends on the weighing between health impact and costs.</p>","PeriodicalId":14467,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care","volume":" ","pages":"e57"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12390746/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144575488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Environmental considerations in health technology assessments performed by Canadian agencies. 加拿大各机构进行的卫生技术评估中的环境考虑因素。
IF 2.6 4区 医学
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Pub Date : 2025-06-25 DOI: 10.1017/S026646232510024X
Elodie Bénard, Komi Edem Gatovo, Jason Robert Guertin
{"title":"Environmental considerations in health technology assessments performed by Canadian agencies.","authors":"Elodie Bénard, Komi Edem Gatovo, Jason Robert Guertin","doi":"10.1017/S026646232510024X","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S026646232510024X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Globally, several health technology assessment (HTA) agencies have started to incorporate environmental considerations into their assessments, given healthcare systems' substantial environmental footprint. In Canada, two HTA agencies, the Canadian Drug Agency and the Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux, have announced measures to help mitigate healthcare's contribution to climate change. Our aim was to review reports from both agencies to identify those incorporating environmental considerations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrieved reports published between 1 May 2023 and 1 December 2024 by the two agencies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identifed 202 reports, of which eleven were included. These reports covered diverse technologies, with greenhouse gas emissions and waste production being the most frequently considered environmental dimensions. Parallel evaluation was the predominant method for integrating environmental considerations. We believe that the limited number of reports included may reflect the challenges of incorporating such considerations into HTAs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>By addressing these challenges, HTA agencies could play a pivotal role in guiding decisions that align with environmental goals.</p>","PeriodicalId":14467,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care","volume":"41 1","pages":"e38"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12226197/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144484379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Adopting life-cycle HTA: a tumor-agnostic precision oncology index economic evaluation from publicly available reimbursement reviews. 采用生命周期HTA:一个肿瘤不可知论精确肿瘤指数经济评估从公开可获得的报销审查。
IF 2.6 4区 医学
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1017/S0266462325100111
Gemma Cupples, Emanuel Krebs, Deirdre Weymann, Cheryl Ho, Dean A Regier
{"title":"Adopting life-cycle HTA: a tumor-agnostic precision oncology index economic evaluation from publicly available reimbursement reviews.","authors":"Gemma Cupples, Emanuel Krebs, Deirdre Weymann, Cheryl Ho, Dean A Regier","doi":"10.1017/S0266462325100111","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0266462325100111","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Life-cycle health technology assessment (HTA) requires an index economic model to establish how estimated cost-effectiveness evolves with emerging evidence. We developed an open-source index economic evaluation of entrectinib, a tumor-agnostic therapy with conditional market authorization. Our objective was to replicate the initial HTA report from publicly available information, aiming to identify key operational and methodological aspects for operationalizing life-cycle decision-making.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used partitioned survival analysis to determine tumor-agnostic and tumor-specific cost-effectiveness, using publicly available HTA reviews for parameterization. We estimated incremental costs in 2021 Canadian and US dollars (CAD and USD) from a public-payer healthcare perspective, quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), and incremental net monetary benefit (INMB). We assessed the impact of treatment effectiveness, extrapolation assumptions, and next-generation sequencing (NGS) costs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One-third of the parameters (<i>n</i> = 30) were unavailable in the Canadian reimbursement review and were sourced from international reviews. Tumor-agnostic incremental costs were CAD 68,451 (95 percent confidence interval: 35,466, 92,155) and USD 54,608 (28,294, 73,518), and QALYs were 0.13 (-0.42, 0.42), yielding INMB CAD -55,803 at 100,000/QALY (USD -44,518). Full extrapolation of treatment effectiveness also yielded negative INMB (CAD -66,664). Inclusion of NGS costs diminished the expected value. Heterogeneity was considerable across tumor indications.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We developed an open-source index economic evaluation to operationalize life-cycle HTA for a conditionally authorized tumor-agnostic therapy. Our findings outline key operational and methodological considerations necessary for the development of index economic models that support life-cycle HTA, offering insights into their potential integration into regular HTA and policy decision-making processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":14467,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care","volume":" ","pages":"e41"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12257039/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144475243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Actions for stakeholders to develop better real-world evidence for HTA bodies/payers decision making. 利益相关者为HTA/付款人决策提供更好的现实证据的行动。
IF 3.1 4区 医学
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Pub Date : 2025-06-17 DOI: 10.1017/S0266462325100238
Ashley A Jaksa, Alina N Pavel, Matti Aapro, Niklas Hedberg, Victoria Hodgkinson, Laurie J Lambert, Francois Meyer, Matias Olsen, Piia K Rannanheimo, Karen M Facey
{"title":"Actions for stakeholders to develop better real-world evidence for HTA bodies/payers decision making.","authors":"Ashley A Jaksa, Alina N Pavel, Matti Aapro, Niklas Hedberg, Victoria Hodgkinson, Laurie J Lambert, Francois Meyer, Matias Olsen, Piia K Rannanheimo, Karen M Facey","doi":"10.1017/S0266462325100238","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0266462325100238","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>In 2020, RWE4Decisions, a multi-stakeholder initiative commissioned by the Belgian payer, published stakeholder actions to support the generation, analysis, and interpretation of real-world evidence (RWE) to inform the decision making of health technology assessment (HTA) bodies/payers for highly innovative medicines in the European Union (EU). Since 2020, changes in the decision-making environment and advancements in RWE have created an impetus to update stakeholder actions for the EU and Canada.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>RWE4Decisions' experts led focus groups with individual stakeholder groups (HTA bodies/payers, pharmaceutical industry, clinicians, patients, registry holders, and data analytical experts). Each focus group crafted new actions for their stakeholder, then the actions were discussed and revised in a multi-stakeholder meeting, a public webinar, and a public consultation. Themes across actions and meetings were identified.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Detailed new actions for each stakeholder group are presented. Key themes identified are the need to address interorganizational fragmentation regarding secondary data use and methodologies to build robust RWE. HTA bodies/payers need to develop a common vision about the potential use of RWE. The role of the whole clinical team as primary data collectors is critical. Opportunities for scientific advice across the life cycle of a medicine are essential, and the implementation of RWE guidance related to HTA is paramount. Progress requires specific, operational actions and a collective effort by a variety of stakeholders.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Carrying out these actions will facilitate the development of methodological best practices for generating RWE to inform HTA of highly innovative medicines and build trust between stakeholders in the use of RWE.</p>","PeriodicalId":14467,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care","volume":" ","pages":"e52"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12350084/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144309925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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