Recommendation ID
TA322/1
Question
NICE noted that the cost effectiveness of lenalidomide compared with standard care for people with low- or intermediate-1-risk MDS associated with an isolated deletion 5q cytogenetic abnormality when other therapeutic options are insufficient or inadequate, was sensitive to whether the patient access scheme would be realised in clinical practice. The Committee agreed that it would be critical to generate evidence to support the following:
- The proportion of people who become eligible for the patient access scheme, that is, that they remain on treatment beyond 26 cycles.
- The benefit of lenalidomide after 26 cycles, that is the associated overall survival and health related quality of life for those who remain on treatment beyond 26 cycles.
Any explanatory notes
(if applicable)
None.

Source guidance details

Comes from guidance
Lenalidomide for treating myelodysplastic syndromes associated with an isolated deletion 5q cytogenetic abnormality
Number
TA322
Date issued
September 2014

Other details

Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? No  
Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register?   No  
Last Reviewed 15/10/2014