11 February 2020

November 2019 prioritisation decisions

November 2019 Specialised Services prioritisation decisions
NHS England 11 February 2020
  • Decisions on which new specialised treatments should be routinely commissioned:
    • NHS England has agreed to continue funding two stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) policies for patients with metachronous extracranial oligometastatic cancer (all ages), and for hepatocellular carcinoma (adults)
    • Temozolomide as adjuvant treatment for people with newly diagnosed anaplastic astrocytoma without 1p/19q codeletion following surgery and radiotherapy (adults)
    • Dexrazoxane for preventing cardiotoxicity in children and young people (under 25 years) receiving high-dose anthracyclines or related drugs for the treatment of cancer
    • Human coagulation factor X for hereditary factor X deficiency (all ages)
    • Canakinumab for treating periodic fever syndromes: TRAPS, HIDS/MKD and FMF (ages 2 years and older)