Suggested remit: To appraise the clinical and cost effectiveness of serplulimab with carboplatin and etoposide within its marketing authorisation for untreated extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer.

Status:
In progress
Technology type:
Medicine
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
Process:
STA Standard
ID number:
6346

Provisional Schedule

Draft guidance: 1:
30 July 2025 - 20 August 2025
Committee meeting: 2:
10 September 2025

Project Team

Project lead
Kate Moore

Email enquiries

If you have any queries please email [email protected]


External Assessment Group:
Newcastle NIHR TAR Team, Newcastle University

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors
Accord Healthcare (serplulimab)
Others
Department of Health and Social Care
 
NHS England
Patient carer groups
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Professional groups
Association of Cancer Physicians
 
Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists
 
British Thoracic Oncology Group
 
Cancer Research UK
 
Royal College of Physicians
 
Royal College of Radiologists
Comparator companies
Accord Healthcare (cisplatin, carboplatin, gemcitabine)
 
AstraZeneca (durvalumab)
 
Consilient Health (carboplatin) - not participating
 
Hospira UK (cisplatin, carboplatin, gemcitabine) - not participating
 
Roche Products (atezolizumab)
 
Sandoz (cisplatin) - not participating
 
Sun Pharmaceuticals (gemcitabine) - not participating
 
Synchrony Pharma – part of CNX Therapeutics (gemcitabine) - not participating
General commentators
All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre
 
British National Formulary
 
Department of Health - Northern Ireland
 
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
 
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
 
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
 
Scottish Medicines Consortium
 
Welsh Government
Relevant research groups
Institute of Cancer Research

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
09 July 2025 Committee meeting
26 November 2024 Invitation to participate
12 September 2024 - 10 October 2024 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators: 6346
12 September 2024 In progress. Scoping commenced.
05 September 2023 Awaiting development. Status change linked to Topic Selection Decision being set to Selected

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Consultation in progress

Consultation documents