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Primary Research (e.g. trial) |
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Verteporfin Photodynamic Therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: cohort study for the UK (Reeves) 200 pages, Volume 16, number 6 |
DOI
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10.3310/hta16060 |
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Headline: |
The verteporfin photodynamic therapy cohort study found that treatment and follow-up were much less frequent in routine clinical practice than in research trials and the cost-effectiveness was similar to the highest previous estimate. |
This report should be referenced as follows: |
Reeves B, Harding S, Langham J, Grieve R, Tomlin K, et al. Verteporfin Photodynamic Therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: cohort study for the UK. Health Technol Assess
2012;16(6).
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Project ref: |
03/36/01 |
Original project title: |
Verteporfin photodynamic therapy cohort study for the UK |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor Usha Chakravarthy, Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences,
Centre for Vision Sciences, The Queen's University of Belfast Trust
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Project Website |
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/hsru/vpdt/ |
Start Date: |
December 2003 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
February 2012
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Cost: |
£1,228,975 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY Q-methods; VERTEPORFIN Q-therapeutic-use; PHOTOSENSITIZING-AGENTS Q-therapeutic-use (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
HUMAN; COHORT-STUDIES (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484128011 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive. |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol (pdf format, 511 kbytes)
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96 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1370 |
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