Table 2a Application to the MSAC and Duration of Assessment
App. | Description | First MSAC Meeting | MSAC Meeting – Endorsed | Minister Sign Off | Duration in Months | MSAC Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1001 | Advanced breast biopsy instrumentation | May'98 | May'99 | 12 | Negative | |
1002 | Oto-acoustic emission audiometry | May'98 | Aug'99 | 15 | Positive | |
1003 | OctreoScan¨ scintigraphy for gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours | May'98 | Aug'99 | 15 | Positive | |
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 | |
1007 | Saline infusion sonohysterography | May'98 | May'99 | 12 | Positive | |
1008 | Photodynamic therapy for skin and mucosal cancer | May'98 | May'99 | 12 | Negative | |
1009 | Sacral nerve stimulation for urinary incontinence | May'98 | Mar'00 | 22 | Negative | |
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 | ||
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 | |
1017 | Chelation therapy – for cardiovascular disease | Nov'98 | - | Ineligible | ||
1018–1020 | Hyperbaric oxygen treatment | May'99 | Feb'01 | 21 | Partial | |
1022 | Commercial-in-Confidence Application | May'99 | - | Ineligible | ||
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 | |
1025 | Provision of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) services – deferred. See Reference 02 | Aug'99 | Aug'00 | 12 | Ref 02 | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | |
1046 | Interstim for sacral nerve stimulation in patients with refractory urinary incontinence | Aug'01 | Jun'02 | 11+ | Negative | |
1047 | Endoluminal Gastroplication for the treatment of Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease GORD | Aug'01 | Jun'02 | 10 | Negative | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
1061 | Implantation of Insertable Loop Recorder for Diagnosis of Recurrent Unexplained Syncope | Mar'03 | Nov'03 | 8+ | Positive | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
1070 | An innovative patent for tobacco smoking cessation | Mar'04 | - | Ineligible | ||
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 | ||
1073 | METVIX (Commercial-in-confidence) – referred to the PBAC | Mar'04 | Withdrawn | |||
1074 | Freelight Lambda and Freelight Kappa | Mar'04 | - | Withdrawn | ||
1075 | Endoscopic ultrasound for the diagnosis and pre-operative staging of Hepato-biliary neoplasms – Refer to Application 1072 | Mar'04 | 21+ | Incomplete | ||
1076 | Transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) | May'04 | 19+ | Positive | ||
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 | |
1079 | Peripheral arterial tonometry with ascending aortic waveform analysis using the SphygmoCor system | May'04 | Mar'06 | 19+ | Incomplete | |
1080 | Radi pressure wire | Aug'04 | Nov'05 | 16+ | Incomplete | |
1081 | Uterine artery embolisation | Aug'04 | 16+ | Incomplete | ||
1082 | SIR-Spheres® for the treatment of non-resectable liver tumours | Aug'04 | 11+ | Interim | ||
1083 | Intac Implants | Aug'04 | 11+ | Negative | ||
1084 | Uro Vysion | Aug'04 | Nov'05 | 16+ | Incomplete | |
1085 | Carbon labelled urea breath test | Nov'04 | 13+ | Incomplete | ||
1087 | B-Type Natriuretic Peptide – includes 1086 | Aug'04 | 16+ | Incomplete | ||
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 | |
1091 | Minimally Invasive Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy | Mar'05 | 9+ | Incomplete | ||
1092 | Deep brain stimulation for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease | Mar'05 | 9+ | Incomplete | ||
1093 | Endovascular Neurointerventional Procedures | Mar'05 | 9+ | Incomplete |