Balloon cryoablation for Barrett’s oesophagus

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Balloon cryoablation for Barrett’s oesophagus in October 2020. NICE is currently updating this guidance. The new guidance will be published shortly. Until then the NHS should continue to follow the recommendations outlined in the current version of the guidance. The Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee (IPAC) will consider this procedure review and NICE will issue an interventional procedures consultation document about its safety and efficacy for 4 weeks’ public consultation. IPAC will then review the consultation document in the light of comments received and produce a final interventional procedures document, which will be considered by NICE before guidance is issued to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Status:

Awaiting development

Technology type:

Procedure

Decision:

Selected

Reason for decision:

Anticipate the topic will be of importance to patients, carers, professionals, commissioners and the health of the public to ensure clinical benefit is realised, inequalities in use addressed, and help them make the best use of NHS resources

Further information:

Review of IPG682

Process:

IP

ID number:

1507

Provisional Schedule

Interventional procedure consultation:

03 September 2025 - 01 October 2025

Committee meeting: IPAC 2:

13 November 2025

Resolution:

05 January 2026

Expected publication:

29 January 2026

Email enquiries

If you have any queries please email [email protected]

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

For further information on how we develop interventional procedures guidance, please see our interventional procedures programme manual