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ReviewInternational journal of technology assessment in health care2024

Lifecycle HTA: promising applications and a framework for implementation. An HTAi Global Policy Forum Task Force report.

Franz B Pichler, Meindert Boysen, Nicole Mittmann, Ramiro Gilardino, Andrew Bruce, Kenneth Bond, Rick A Vreman, Nathalie Largeron, Judit Banhazi, Daniel A Ollendorf and 3 more

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Review in International journal of technology assessment in health care, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Action Plan to Better Approximate Reality in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses.Applied health economics and health policy · 2026
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  3. A life-cycle approach to digital health technology assessment.International journal of technology assessment in health care · 2026
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  5. Beyond efficiency: reimagining health technology assessment in the age of artificial intelligence.International journal of technology assessment in health care · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Franz B PichlerConfluence Health Consulting, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1765-8487
Meindert BoysenNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), London, UK.
Nicole MittmannCanadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Healthcare, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Ramiro GilardinoMSD,Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9238-7729
Andrew BruceAmgen, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Kenneth BondInstitute of Health Economics, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7620-9375
Rick A VremanRoche, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Nathalie LargeronSanofi, Paris, France.
Judit BanhaziMenarini, Zurich, Switzerland.
Daniel A OllendorfTufts Medical Center, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Boston, MA, USA.
Mohit JainBioMarin, London, UK.
Sheela UpadhyayaLife Sciences Consultant, London, UK.
Wim G GoettschZorginstituut Nederland (ZIN), Utrecht, Netherlands.

Funding

Health Technology Assessment international
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 2022 Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) Global Policy Forum (GPF) established the goal of developing a position statement and framework for lifecycle HTA (LC-HTA), through a Task Force leveraging multi-stakeholder monthly discussions and GPF member input. The Task Force developed a working definition: LC-HTA is a systematic process utilizing sequential HTA activities to inform decision making where the evidence base, the health technology itself, or the context in which it is applied, has a potential to meaningfully change at different points in its LC. Four key scenarios were identified where it was considered that an LC-HTA approach would add sufficient value to HTA bodies and their key stakeholders to justify the additional resource burden. Based on the four scenarios, a high-level LC-HTA framework was developed consisting of (i) defining the decision problem, (ii) sequencing of HTA activities, and (iii) developing optimization criteria. Subsequently, the Task Force developed operationalization guidance for LC-HTA in a companion paper.

Indexed as

Advisory CommitteesDecision MakingTechnology Assessment, BiomedicalHealth PolicyHumansPolicy MakingHealth technology assessmentHTA policyHTA reassessmentLife cycle HTATechnology lifecycleUncertainty

Identifiers

PMID38727087
PMCPMC11569898

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