Application 1083
Intac Implants
Intac Implants
Application No. | 1083 |
| Application Name | Intac Implants |
| Advisory Panel | Dr Doug Travis (Chair and MSAC member) Dr Debra Graves (MSAC Member) Dr Iain Dunlop (Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists nominee) Dr Gerard Sutton (Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists nominee) Mr Craig Ellis (Consumers' Health Forum of Australia nominee) |
| Date Received by MSAC Secretariat | 16 July 2004 |
| Stage 1 - Eligibility | Eligible |
| Stage 2 - Assessment | Completed |
| Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the Minister | This assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 24 August 2005 meeting. The MSAC recommends that on the strength of evidence pertaining to Intrastromal corneal ring segments for ecstasia and keratoconus public funding should not be supported for this procedure. The evidence pertaining to this procedure is immature and small in volume. It is not possible to be confident that the benefits demonstrated are durable and the lack of published comparative clinical studies does not allow for any cost effectiveness analysis. |
| Stage 4 - Decision | Endorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing on 28 November 2005. |
| Stage 5 - Implementation |  |
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