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Publications

Hospital-based HTAs 2023-
Date YTA Active Substance /
Method
Intended use Recommendation
1/2023 HUS Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) Neoadjuvant therapy in the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer Yes
1/2023 HUS Sacituzumab govitecan (Trodelvy®) Advanced triple-negative breast cancer Yes
1/2023 HUS Dabrafenib (Tafinlar) + Trametinib (Mekinist) -yhdistelmähoito Treatment of advanced BRAF V600 mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer in adult patients No
1/2023 TAYS Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®) Locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer Yes
1/2023 TAYS Sacituzumab govitecan (Trodelvy®) Advanced triple-negative breast cancer Yes
1/2023 TAYS Nivolumab (Opdivo) Adjuvant treatment of esophageal cancer or gastroesophageal junction cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and surgery Yes
3/2023 HUS Nivolumab (Opdivo) + oxaliplatin-capecitabine (XELOX) -combination therapy First-line treatment for adult patients with HER2-negative advanced or metastatic gastric, gastroesophageal junction, or esophageal adenocarcinoma with a tumor PD-L1 expression CPS score of at least 5 Yes
3/2023 HUS Nivolumab (Opdivo) + fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-based chemotherapy combination therapy First-line treatment for adults with unresectable, advanced, recurrent, or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with tumor cell PD-L1 expression of at least 1% Yes
3/2023 HUS Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) As adjuvant therapy for patients with stage 2C melanoma (indication extension) Yes
3/2023 OYS Renal denervation Treatment of resistant hypertension Yes
3/2023 HUS Aptima HPV Genotype Reflex Test Detects HPV 16 and HPV 18/45 virus types separately Yes
3/2023 TAYS Esketamine Treatment-resistant depression No
3/2023 TYKS Nivolumab (Obdivo®) Nivolumab (Opdivo®) – monotherapy as adjuvant treatment for adult patients with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma Yes
4/2023 HUS Trastuzumab-deruxtecan (Enhertu®) Advanced HER2-positive breast cancer second-line treatment Yes
4/2023 HUS Cabozantinib (Cabometyx®) Third-line treatment for patients with treatment-resistant osteosarcoma or Ewing’s sarcoma Yes
4/2023 HUS Ruxolitinib (Jakavi®) Treatment of severe steroid-resistant graft-versus-host disease in children Yes
4/2023 HUS Mepolizumab (Nucala®) Adjunctive treatment for adult patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) when disease control is inadequate and no non-hematologic secondary cause has been identified. Yes
4/2023 HUS Mepolizumab (Nucala®) Adjunctive treatment for patients with relapsing-remitting or treatment-resistant eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). Yes
4/2023 HUS Imlifidase (Idefirix) Desensitization therapy for highly sensitized adult kidney transplant patients with a positive crossmatch against deceased donor tissues. Yes
5/2023 HUS Tebentafusp Treatment of choroidal melanoma Yes
5/2023 TAYS Trastuzumab-deruxtecan (Enhertu®) Metastatic HER2-positive gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, second-line treatment No
5/2023 TYKS Amivantamab (Rybrevant) Non-small cell lung cancer No
8/2023 TAYS Spesolimab Monotherapy for the treatment of flares in generalized pustular psoriasis No
8/2023 TAYS Luspatersept Red blood cell transfusion-dependent anemia associated with myelodysplastic syndrome No
8/2023 TYKS Axicaptagene ciloleusel (Yescarta) CAR T-cell therapy: axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta®) indication extension for the treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and high-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBL). Yes
8/2023 OYS Nivolumab Neoadjuvant treatment for resectable NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer) Yes
9/2023 HUS Peginterferon alfa-2a (Pegasys®) Pegylated interferon alfa-2a (Pegasys®) for the treatment of pediatric myeloproliferative disease (polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia). Yes
9/2023 HUS Axicaptagene ciloleusel (Yescarta®) Treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and high-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBL) when the disease has relapsed within 12 months of completing first-line therapy. Yes
10/2023 OYS Atezolizumab 50% and whose disease has not progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy.>As adjuvant therapy after complete tumor resection for adults with stage II–IIIa NSCLC diagnosis, whose tumors have PD-L1 expression >50% and whose disease has not progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy. Yes
11/2023 HUS Sasituzumab govitecan (Trodelvy®) For well-functioning patients (WHO 0-1) with metastatic or locally advanced hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative (HR+/HER2-) breast cancer who have previously received 2–4 lines of chemotherapy (including a taxane as the first-line treatment, at least one hormone therapy, and one CDK4/6 inhibitor treatment line). Yes
11/2023 HUS Trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) For well-functioning patients (WHO 0-1) with metastatic hormone receptor-positive or -negative breast cancer who have previously received 1–2 lines of chemotherapy and whose tumor shows low-level HER2 positivity based on immunohistochemical analysis (HER2 1+ or 2+ and ISH-negative = HER2-low). Yes
11/2023 HUS Symani Surgical System – microanastomosis robot Patients undergoing reconstructive microsurgery where a microsurgical vascular, nerve, or lymphatic anastomosis is planned, particularly those with anastomosed structures less than 2 mm in diameter. No
11/2023 HUS Mepolizumab and benralizumab IL-5 (mepolizumab) and IL-5R (benralizumab) antibodies for eosinophilic pneumonia or bronchopulmonary aspergillosis Yes
1/2024 HUS Nivolumab (Opdivo®) in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine First-line treatment for advanced urothelial carcinoma Yes
1/2024 TAYS Atezolizumab Adjuvant treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) when PD-L1 expression is at least 50% Yes
1/2024 TAYS Amoxicillin – clavulanic acid / Xilmac Antibiotic prophylaxis, infection treatment Yes
1/2024 TAYS Nivolumab Combination therapy with platinum-based chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment for resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in adults whose tumor PD-L1 expression is at least 1%. Yes
1/2024 HUS Dostarlimab in combination therapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel For the treatment of primary advanced or recurrent dMMR/MSI-H endometrial cancer. Yes
1/2024 TYKS Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in combination with fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-based chemotherapy as first-line treatment for HER2-negative gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in adults. Yes
1/2024 TYKS Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in combination with fluoropyrimidine-, platinum-based chemotherapy, and trastuzumab for locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. Yes
2/2024 HUS Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) therapy for pancreatic tumors Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) therapy for pancreatic tumors Yes
4/2024 HUS A-NRP (Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion) in organ transplantation Abdominal normothermic perfusion in organ transplantation Yes
4/2024 HUS Tisagenlecleusel (Kymriah) Tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) for adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL) who have received two or more lines of systemic therapy. Yes
4/2024 HUS Pembrolizumab in combination with trastuzumab and fluoropyrimidine-platinum-based combination chemotherapy. First-line treatment for adults with unresectable, advanced, recurrent, or metastatic HER2-positive gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, with a tumor PD-L1 ligand expression CPS score of at least 1. Yes
4/2024 HUS Tenecteplase (Metalyse®) As a thrombolytic treatment for acute ischemic stroke. Yes
5/2024 HUS Bulevirtide (Hepcludex®) In the treatment of D hepatitis. Yes
5/2024 HUS Pembrolizumab as adjuvant therapy for the treatment of radically resected high-risk clear cell renal cell carcinoma. For the treatment of radically resected high-risk clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Yes
6/2024 HUS Teclistamab Teclistamab for the treatment of relapsed multiple myeloma. Yes
6/2024 HUS Osilodrostat Osilodrostat for the treatment of severe, life-threatening hypercortisolism. Yes
6/2024 HUS ECMO ECPR (Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) ECMO-assisted resuscitation. Yes
6/2024 HUS Genetic testing Expansion of the indication for genetic testing in breast cancer patients. Yes
9/2024 OYS Tafasitamab-lenalidomid Relapsed and treatment-refractory diffuse B-cell lymphoma in patients who are not candidates for autologous stem cell transplantation. No
10/2024 HUS TS-BRCA1/2 mutation testing requirement TS-BRCA1/2 mutation testing requirement in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (MCRPC). Yes
10/2024 KYS Farisimab Treatment of retinal vein occlusion. Yes
11/2024 HUS Combination therapy of pembrolizumab and lenvatinib In anaplastic and poorly differentiated thyroid cancer. Yes
11/2024 HUS Palopegteriparatide In the treatment of chronic hypoparathyroidism in adults. Yes
11/2024 HUS Upadacitinib In the treatment of severe, drug-resistant inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children (Ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, or undifferentiated IBD). Yes
11/2024 HUS ION robot bronchoscope (Surgical Intuitive) 3 Patients with imaging or follow-up findings indicating a lung change that requires tissue sample collection for diagnosis and treatment planning. Yes
12/2024 HUS Letermovir Prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation and virus-induced disease in CMV-seropositive pediatric patients who have undergone allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Yes
9/2024 TAYS Inhaled amikacin (Arikayce) Refractory pulmonary mycobacterial infection Yes
9/2024 HUS Naldemedine (Rizmoic) Treatment of opiate constipation Yes
10/2024 TAYS Palopegteriparatide (Yorvipath) Chronic hypoparathyroidism No
12/2024 TAYS Dextrazocan (Savene) Cardioprotective drug in conjunction with the use of anthracyclines Yes
2/2025 OYS Nivolumab-ipilimumab In the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (PD-L1 < 1% group) Yes
2/2025 HUS Infliximab (s.c.) In the treatment of pediatric IBD and rheumatoid arthritis – off-label use Yes
2/2025 HUS Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) Locally advanced stage III-IVA (FIGO 2014) cervical cancer during chemoradiotherapy and as maintenance therapy after chemoradiotherapy Yes
2/2025 HUS EFTR and Ovesco-FTRD Endoscopic full thickness resection (EFTR): Ovesco Full thickness resection device (Ovesco-FTRD) Yes
3/2025 HUS Symani Surgical System Microanastomosis Robot (Reassessment) Reconstructive microsurgery patients No
5/2025 HUS Intravascular laser (The Philips Laser System – Nexcimer) Opening of blocked calcified coronary arteries and peripheral arteries Yes