New and Emerging Health Technology Reports

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CADTH

Recent Reports from CADTH and Other HTA Agencies

These reports are available without cost at the web sites shown below:

Agence d’évaluation des technologies et des modes d’intervention en santé (AÉTMIS)

• Acticoat™ for the treatment of severe burns [English summary, full report in French]
  • Available: http://www.aetmis.gouv.qc.ca/site/index.php?id=250,917,0,0,1,0&print=1
• Place of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the management of cerebral palsy [English summary, full report in French]
  • Available: http://www.aetmis.gouv.qc.ca/site/index.php?aid=975&print=1

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)

• Obstructive sleep apnea: a palatable treatment option?
  • Available: http://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/E0008_obstructive-sleep-apnea_cetap_e.pdf
• Extracorporeal shock wave treatment for chronic plantar fasciitis (heel pain) (Part 1)
  • Available: http://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/E0009_chronic-plantar-fasciitis-part1_cetap_e.pdf
• Extracorporeal shock wave treatment for chronic lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) (Part 2)
  • Available: http://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/E0012_chronic-lateral-epicondylitis-part2_cetap_e.pdf
• Extracorporeal shock wave treatment for chronic rotator cuff tendonitis (shoulder pain) (Part 3)
  • Available: http://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/E0013_chronic-shoulder-pain-part3_cetap_e.pdf

• Photoselective vaporization for benign prostatic hyperplasia

  • Available: http://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/E0004_pvp_laser_cetap_e.pdf

Ontario Medical Advisory Secretariat (MAS)

• Nanotechnology: horizon scanning (Health Technology Policy Assessment and OHTAC Recommendation)
  • Available: http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/mas/tech/technology/tech_nano_110106.html

UK National Horizon Scanning Centre (NHSC)

• Helical TomoTherapy Hi-ART™ system for external cancer radiotherapy
  • Available: http://pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/horizon/PDF_files/2006reports/Helical%20Tomotherapy.pdf

• Charged particle therapy (CPT) in cancer treatment

  • Available: http://pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/horizon/PDF_files/2006reports/Charged%20Particle%20Therapy.pdf

US Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBS)

• Vagus nerve stimulation for treatment-resistant depression
  • Available: http://www.bcbs.com/betterknowledge/tec/vols/21/21_07.pdf

US California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF)

• Microvolt T-wave alternans testing to risk stratify patients for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement for prevention of sudden cardiac death
  • Available: http://www.ctaf.org/content/general/detail/622
• Device-guided controlled breathing as a treatment for hypertension
  • Available: http://www.ctaf.org/content/general/detail/625