Suggested remit: To appraise the clinical and cost effectiveness of pirtobrutinib for untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

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:
6397

Provisional Schedule

Committee meeting:
06 October 2026
Expected publication:
24 February 2027

Project Team

Project lead
Leena Issa

Email enquiries

If you have any queries please email TACommC@nice.org.uk

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors
Eli Lilly (pirtobrutinib)
Others
Department of Health and Social Care
 
NHS England
Patient carer groups
Blood Cancer UK
 
Leukaemia Care
Professional groups
Association of Cancer Physicians
 
Cancer Research UK
 
Royal College of Physicians
 
Royal College of Radiologists
 
UK CLL Forum
Associated public health groups
None
Comparator companies
AbbVie (venetoclax) (confidentiality agreement signed, participating)
 
AstraZeneca UK (acalabrutinib) (confidentiality agreement signed, participating)
 
BeOne Medicines UK (zanubrutinib) (confidentiality agreement signed, participating)
 
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (ibrutinib) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating)
 
Roche (obinutuzumab, rituximab) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating)
General commentators
All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre
 
British National Formulary
 
Department of Health - Northern Ireland
 
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
 
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
 
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
 
Scottish Medicines Consortium
 
Welsh Government
Relevant research groups
Institute of Cancer Research

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
06 March 2026 Invitation to participate
14 January 2026 - 11 February 2026 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators
14 October 2024 Note - Note added to the project documents
08 August 2024 Note - Note added to the project documents
14 February 2024 In progress. Scoping commenced.
30 January 2024 Awaiting development. Status change linked to Topic Selection Decision being set to Selected
30 January 2024 Topic selection

For further information on our processes and methods, please see our CHTE processes and methods manual