- Research areas
- High tech medicine
High tech medicine
High-tech medical interventions are placed in an area of tension due to a short life-cycle, budget constraints and efficacy/ safety aspects. These AIHTA reports support decision-making based on the best available evidence.
Research projects
POCT/ Point of Care Tests: D-Dimer and Troponin
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz, Louise Schmidt
Project team: Gregor Goetz, Judit Erdös, Louise Schmidt
Duration: April 2019 - October 2019
Suggested by: Representatives of federal states
Language: English, EUnetHTA REA
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 124: https://eprints.aihta.at/1224/
Wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) therapy as prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients at risk - Update 2018
Project team: Gregor Goetz
Project leaders: Tom Jefferson, Claudia Wild
Project team: Emilio Chiarolla, Massimiliano Orso, Gregor Goetz, Michal Stanak
This project will be conducted collaboratively with the Italian National Agency for Regional Health Services (AGENAS).
Duration: July 2018 – November 2018
Suggested by: Representatives of federal states in Austria
Language: English (Executive summary in German)
Publication: Decision Support Document No. 103/Update 2018: https://eprints.aihta.at/1186
Natalizumab as treatment for Multiple Sclerosis: a systematic review
Duration: June 2018 – September 2018
Language: English
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 112: https://eprints.aihta.at/1190/
Technology Forecast: advanced therapies in late clinical research, EMA approval or clinical application via hospital exemption
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Claudia Eder
Duration: August 2018 – November 2018
Language: English
Publication: Article
Inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide in dentistry
Duration: April 2018 – November 2018
Topic submitted by: Federation of Austrian Social Security Institutions
Language: German
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 105: https://eprints.aihta.at/1182/
External stimulation of the trigeminal nerve for the prevention and treatment of episodic and chronic migraine (Cefaly)
Project team: Sarah Wolf
& Harald Jagos
Duration: April 2018 – August 2018
Suggested by: Main Association of the Austrian Social Security Institutions
Language: English (Executive summary in German)
Publication: Decision Support Document No. 114: https://eprints.aihta.at/1177/
Robot-assisted surgery: A systematic review of effectiveness and safety in thoracic and visceral surgery
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Louise Schmidt (Joanneum Research)
& Anna Cavazzana
Duration: May 2018 – February 2019
Suggested by: Representatives of federal states
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 108: https://eprints.aihta.at/1198/
Stereotactic radiotherapy (Cyberknife®), proton beam therapy and irreversible (electroporation Nanoknife®) for localised prostate cancer (PCa): a systematic review
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Louise Schmidt, Pia Lohr
Suggested by: Main Association of the Austrian Social Security Institutions
Duration: February 2018 – June 2018
Language: German (with English summary)
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 107: https://eprints.aihta.at/1165
Evaluation of individual medical procedures - MEL 2018
Project team: Claudia Wild
Project co-operation: LBI-HTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: November 2017 – März 2018
Carbon ion beam therapy for cancer treatment: A systematic review of effectiveness and safety for selected indications
Project leader: Gregor Goetz
Project team: Gregor Götz, Marija Mitic
Duration: October 2017 – February 2018
Suggested by: Main Association of the Austrian Social Security Institutions
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 101: https://eprints.aihta.at/1174/
