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Application to the MSAC and Duration of Assessment |
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| App. |
Description |
First MSAC Meeting |
MSAC Meeting – Endorsed |
Minister Sign Off |
Duration in Months |
MSAC Outcome |
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| 1001 |
Advanced breast biopsy instrumentation |
May'98 |
May'99 |
12 |
Negative |
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| 1002 |
Oto-acoustic emission audiometry |
May'98 |
Aug'99 |
15 |
Positive |
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| 1003 |
OctreoScan¨ scintigraphy for gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours |
May'98 |
Aug'99 |
15 |
Positive |
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| 1004 |
Transmyocardial laser revascularization |
May'98 |
Aug'99 |
Sept'99 |
16 |
Negative |
| 1005 |
Visual electrodiagnosis |
May'98 |
May'01 |
Jun'01 |
25 |
Partial |
| 1006 |
Endoluminal grafting for abdominal aortic aneurysm |
May'98 |
May'99 |
12 |
Partial |
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| 1007 |
Saline infusion sonohysterography |
May'98 |
May'99 |
12 |
Positive |
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| 1008 |
Photodynamic therapy for skin and mucosal cancer |
May'98 |
May'99 |
12 |
Negative |
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| 1009 |
Sacral nerve stimulation for urinary incontinence |
May'98 |
Mar'00 |
22 |
Negative |
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| 1010 |
Intravascular extraction of chronically implanted permanent transvenous pacing leads |
Sept'98 |
Aug'99 |
Sept'99 |
12 |
Positive |
| 1011 |
Lung volume reduction surgery – for advanced emphysema |
Sept'98 |
Feb'01 |
Apr'01 |
19 |
Negative |
| 1012 |
Vertebral axial decompression therapy for chronic back pain |
Feb'99 |
May'01 |
Jun'01 |
28 |
Negative |
| 1013 |
Treatment of diseases of the inner ear using the Round Window Microcath System |
Aug'99 |
- |
Ineligible |
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| 1014 |
TransUrethral Needle Ablation for benign prostatic hyperplasia |
May'99 |
Nov'01/Mar'02 |
May'02 |
36 |
Interim |
| 1015 |
Directional, vacuum-assisted breast biopsy |
May'98 |
Aug'99 |
Sept'99 |
16 |
Interim |
| 1016 |
Samarium153-lexidronam for bone pain due to skeletal metastases |
May'98 |
Aug'99 |
15 |
Positive |
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| 1017 |
Chelation therapy – for cardiovascular disease |
Nov'98 |
- |
Ineligible |
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| 1018–1020 |
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment |
May'99 |
Feb'01 |
21 |
Partial |
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| 1022 |
Commercial-in-Confidence Application |
May'99 |
- |
Ineligible |
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| 1023 |
Placement of artificial bowel sphincters in the management of faecal incontinence |
May'99 |
Nov'99 |
Nov'99 |
12 |
Negative |
| 1024 |
Total ear reconstruction |
May'99 |
Mar'00 |
10 |
Positive |
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| 1025 |
Provision of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) services – deferred. See Reference 02 |
Aug'99 |
Aug'00 |
12 |
Ref 02 |
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| 1026 |
Near patient cholesterol testing using the Cholestech LDX |
Aug'99 |
Aug'01 |
Sept'01 |
25 |
Interim |
| 1027 |
Provision of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) services – deferred. See Reference 02 |
Aug'99 |
- |
Ref 02 |
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| 1028 |
Gamma knife surgery |
Nov'99 |
Nov'00 |
Aug'01 |
21 |
Negative |
| 1029 |
Brachytherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer |
Nov'99 |
Nov'00 |
Feb'01 |
15 |
Interim |
| 1030 |
Low intensity ultrasound treatment for the acceleration of bone fracture healing – Exogen\texttrademark bone growth stimulator |
Feb'00 |
Nov'01 |
Feb'02 |
24 |
Negative |
| 1031 |
Deep brain stimulation for symptoms of advanced Parkinson's disease |
May'00 |
May'01 |
Jun'01 |
13 |
Interim |
| 1032 |
Intravascular ultrasound |
May'00 |
Mar'02 |
May'02 |
24 |
Negative |
| 1033 |
Autogenous cartilage implantation |
May'00 |
? |
On hold |
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| 1034 |
Selective Internal Radiation Therapy for hepatic Metastases using SIR-Spheres® |
May'00 |
Nov'01/Mar'02 |
Aug'02 |
27 |
Negative |
| 1035 |
Genetic test for Fragile X syndrome |
May'00 |
Mar'02 |
Aug'02 |
27 |
Positive |
| 1036 |
Percutaneous transluminal coronary rotational atherectomy for lesions of the coronary arteries |
Aug'00 |
Sept'02 |
25 |
Partial |
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| 1037 |
Advanced breast biopsy instrumentation (Note earlier application 1001) |
Aug'00 |
Aug'01 |
Sept'01 |
13 |
Positive |
| 1038 |
Conformal radiotherapy |
Aug'00 |
Nov'01 |
Feb'02 |
18 |
Positive |
| 1039 |
Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for macular degeneration |
Nov'00 |
Aug'01 |
Sept'01 |
10 |
Partial |
| 1040 |
Anatomical biomodelling |
Nov'00 |
- |
Ineligible |
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| 1041 |
Intravascular Brachytherapy – Commercial-in-Confidence application |
May'01 |
Aug'02 |
Oct'02 |
17 |
Interim |
| 1042 |
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) |
May'01 |
Aug'05 |
55+ |
Positive |
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| 1043 |
Thyrogen\texttrademark (thyrotropin alfa) as a diagnostic agent for well-differentiated thyroid cancer |
May'01 |
Aug'02 |
Oct'02 |
17 |
Negative |
| 1044 |
Ostase immunoassay for the mass measurement of serum bone alkaline phosphatase |
May'01 |
May'03 |
Aug'03 |
27 |
Negative |
| 1045 |
Intra-articular viscosupplementation for treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee |
Aug'01 |
Mar'03 |
19 |
Negative |
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| 1046 |
Interstim for sacral nerve stimulation in patients with refractory urinary incontinence |
Aug'01 |
Jun'02 |
11+ |
Negative |
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| 1047 |
Endoluminal Gastroplication for the treatment of Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease GORD |
Aug'01 |
Jun'02 |
10 |
Negative |
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| 1048 |
Intradiscal electrothermal anuloplasty for patients with chronic low back pain due to anular disruption of contained herniated discs |
Aug'01 |
Nov'02 |
Dec'02 |
16 |
Negative |
| 1049 |
M-VAX TM – a treatment for patients with advanced stage III melanoma |
Nov'01 |
Aug'02 |
Oct'02 |
11 |
Negative |
| 1050 |
Optical Biometry |
Nov'01 |
Mar'03/Aug'03 |
Jun'04 |
31 |
Positive |
| 1051 |
Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC) Therapy |
Nov'01 |
- |
Ineligible |
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| 1052 |
Radiofrequency ablation of liver tumours |
Nov'01 |
May'03 |
Aug'03 |
21 |
Partial |
| 1053 |
Placement of artificial bowel sphincters in the management of faecal incontinence |
Mar'02 |
May'03 |
? |
14+ |
Negative |
| 1054 |
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (Resubmission) |
Mar'02 |
May'03/Aug'03 |
Aug'04 |
29 |
Interim |
| 1055 |
Hysteroscopic sterilisation by tubal cannulation and placement of intrafallopian implants |
Mar'02 |
Nov'03 |
Mar'05 |
36 |
Negative |
| 1056 |
LeukoScan® |
May'02 |
May'03 |
Aug'03 |
15 |
Partial |
| 1057 |
M2A® capsule endoscopy – evaluation of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding in adult patients |
Aug'02 |
Aug'03 |
Sept'03 |
16 |
Interim |
| 1058 |
QuantiFERON-TB Gold |
Aug'04 |
- |
Withdrawn |
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| 1059 |
Endo Venous Laser Treatment for Varicose Veins |
Mar'03 |
Nov'03 |
Aug'04 |
17 |
Negative |
| 1060 |
Bone Mineral Densitometry – Reference 19 |
Mar'03 |
Nov'04 |
- |
Withdrawn |
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| 1061 |
Implantation of Insertable Loop Recorder for Diagnosis of Recurrent Unexplained Syncope |
Mar'03 |
Nov'03 |
8+ |
Positive |
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| 1062 |
A scan for Imaging Recurrence and/or metastases in patients with histologically demonstrated carcinoma of the colon or rectum |
Mar'03 |
May'04 |
Aug'04 |
17 |
Negative |
| 1063 |
Photodynamic Therapy for Verteporfin (Visudyne) for Subfoveal choroidal neovasculanisations (Commercial in Confidence) |
Mar'03 |
Nov'03 |
Mar'05 |
24 |
Unchanged |
| 1064 |
Three dimensional magnetic electroanatomical radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia's |
Mar'03 |
- |
Ineligible |
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| 1065 |
Sentinel Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer |
Mar'03 |
Mar'05 |
Jul'05 |
28 |
Interim |
| 1066 |
Drug (Sirolimus) Eluting Stents ("Commercial-in-Confidence") – Refer to Reference 21 |
Mar'03 |
Aug'03 |
Sept'03 |
- |
Ref 21 |
| 1067 |
Genotypic resistance testing of antiretrovirals in HIV |
Aug'03 |
Aug'04 |
Mar'05 |
19 |
Negative |
| 1068 |
Prostate specific antigen (PSA) test |
Mar'04 |
Mar'05 |
Jul'05 |
16 |
Unchanged |
| 1069 |
Endoscopic ultrasound for the pre-operative staging of gastric and oesophageal neoplasms – Refer to Application 1072 |
Mar'04 |
21+ |
App 1072 |
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| 1070 |
An innovative patent for tobacco smoking cessation |
Mar'04 |
- |
Ineligible |
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| 1071 |
Measurement of international normalised ratio (INR) in general practice |
Mar'04 |
May'05 |
Jul'05 |
16 |
Negative |
| 1072 |
Endoscopic ultrasound for staging pancreatic, gastric, oesophageal and hepato-biliary neoplasms |
Mar'04 |
21+ |
Incomplete |
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| 1073 |
METVIX (Commercial-in-confidence) – referred to the PBAC |
Mar'04 |
Withdrawn |
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| 1074 |
Freelight Lambda and Freelight Kappa |
Mar'04 |
- |
Withdrawn |
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| 1075 |
Endoscopic ultrasound for the diagnosis and pre-operative staging of Hepato-biliary neoplasms – Refer to Application 1072 |
Mar'04 |
21+ |
Incomplete |
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| 1076 |
Transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) |
May'04 |
19+ |
Positive |
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| 1077 |
Sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence |
May'04 |
May'05 |
Jul'05 |
14 |
Positive |
| 1078 |
Multifocal multichannel objective perimetry (MMOP) |
May'04 |
Aug'04 |
3+ |
Negative |
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| 1079 |
Peripheral arterial tonometry with ascending aortic waveform analysis using the SphygmoCor system |
May'04 |
Mar'06 |
19+ |
Incomplete |
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| 1080 |
Radi pressure wire |
Aug'04 |
Nov'05 |
16+ |
Incomplete |
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| 1081 |
Uterine artery embolisation |
Aug'04 |
16+ |
Incomplete |
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| 1082 |
SIR-Spheres® for the treatment of non-resectable liver tumours |
Aug'04 |
11+ |
Interim |
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| 1083 |
Intac Implants |
Aug'04 |
11+ |
Negative |
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| 1084 |
Uro Vysion |
Aug'04 |
Nov'05 |
16+ |
Incomplete |
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| 1085 |
Carbon labelled urea breath test |
Nov'04 |
13+ |
Incomplete |
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| 1087 |
B-Type Natriuretic Peptide – includes 1086 |
Aug'04 |
16+ |
Incomplete |
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| 1089 |
Brachytherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer |
Nov'04 |
May'05 |
Jul'05 |
8 |
Interim |
| 1090 |
Artificial intervertebral disc replacement – previously Reference 29 |
Mar'04 |
Nov'05 |
14+ |
Incomplete |
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| 1091 |
Minimally Invasive Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy |
Mar'05 |
9+ |
Incomplete |
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| 1092 |
Deep brain stimulation for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease |
Mar'05 |
9+ |
Incomplete |
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| 1093 |
Endovascular Neurointerventional Procedures |
Mar'05 |
9+ |
Incomplete |
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Source: MSAC Web Site: http://www7.health.gov.au/msac/ – Accessed 6th Jan'06 Correct as at end Dec'05 | ||||||
O'Malley Australia and New Zealand Health Policy 2006 3:3 doi:10.1186/1743-8462-3-3 |
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