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azacitidine (Vidaza®)

 

Status: Excluded due to NICE appraisal

Product meets AWMSG exclusion criteria due to NICE appraisal TA218: Azacitidine for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes, chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia and acute myeloid leukaemia

Medicine details

Medicine name azacitidine (Vidaza®)
Formulation powder for suspension for injection
Reference number 33
Indication

Treatment of adult patients who are not eligible for haematopoietic stem cell transplantation with: intermediate-2 and high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) according to the International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS), chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (CMML) with 10-29 % marrow blasts without myeloproliferative disorder, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) with 20-30 % blasts and multi-lineage dysplasia, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) classification

Company Celgene Ltd
BNF chapter Malignant disease & immunosuppression
Submission type N/A
Status Excluded due to NICE appraisal
Date of issue 11/11/2008
NICE guidance

TA218: Azacitidine for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes, chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia and acute myeloid leukaemia

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