Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

Application 1056

Leukoscan®: For use in diagnostic imaging of the long bones and feet in patients with suspected osteomyelitis, including those with diabetic foot ulcers

Application No.

1056

Application NameLeukoscan®: For use in diagnostic imaging of the long bones and feet in patients with suspected osteomyelitis, including those with diabetic foot ulcers
Advisory PanelProfessor John Simes
(Chair and MSAC member)
Dr Michael Kitchener
(MSAC member)
Dr Miles Beaman
(Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases nominee)
Dr Luke Connelly
(co-opted member)
Dr Barry Elison
(Australian and New Zealand Association of Physicians in Nuclear Medicine nominee)
Dr Kenneth Hume
(Australian Orthopaedic Association nominee)
Dr Ken Miles
(Royal Australian and New Zealand College Radiologists nominee)
Dr Janney Wale
(Consumers' Health Forum of Australia nominee)
Date Received by MSAC Secretariat1 February 2002
Stage 1 - EligibilityEligible
Stage 2 - AssessmentCompleted
Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the MinisterThis assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 21 May 2003 meeting.

Leukoscan® is safe and as effective as current methods of white blood cell scanning but is more costly. The MSAC recommends that additional funding is justified for patients who do not have access to ex-vivo white blood cell scanning.
Stage 4 - DecisionEndorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 8 August 2003
Stage 5 - ImplementationImplemented