- 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
Stereotactic radiotherapy (Cyberknife®), proton beam therapy and irreversible (electroporation Nanoknife®) for localised prostate cancer (PCa): a systematic review. Update 2024
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Judit Erdös, Louise Schmidt
Duration: 02/2024 – 07/2024
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No.: 107/1. Update: https://eprints.aihta.at/1530/
Bewertung medizinischer Einzelleistungen – MEL 2024
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project co-operation: AIHTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: November 2023 – March 2024
Publications: Evaluation of individual medical procedures - Reports
Image-guided spinal injections in treatment of chronic spinal pain: an overview of evidence-based guideline recommendations and specific focus on guidance techniques
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project team: Mirjana Huic (first author, HTA/EBM Center, Croatia), Gregor Götz (second author, AIHTA, Austria)
Duration: April 2023 – October 2023
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 156: https://eprints.aihta.at/1477/
Robot-assisted surgery: A systematic review of effectiveness and safety in thoracic and visceral surgery
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Lucia Gassner, Nicole Grössmann-Waniek
and Michaela Riegelnegg
Duration: April 2023 – August 2023
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 108: https://eprints.aihta.at/1461
Evaluation of individual medical procedures - MEL 2022
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project co-operation: AIHTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: November 2021 – March 2022
Evaluation of individual medical procedures - MEL 2023
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project co-operation: AIHTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: November 2022 – March 2023
Publications: Evaluation of individual medical procedures - Reports
Update of long COVID care pathways and structures
Project leaders: Sarah Wolf
Project team: Sarah Wolf
Project duration: April 2022 – September 2022
Language: English with German summary
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 135b Update: https://eprints.aihta.at/1408/
Contrasting the evidence from pivotal trials with the real world evidence (RWE)
Project team: Andrea Titieni-Schuhmann , Gregor Goetz
Project team ALL: Andrea Titieni-Schuhmann, Anja Panhuber
Project team DLCBL & PMBCL: Anja Panhuber, Gregor Götz
Duration: April 2022 – November 2022
Language: English with German summary
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 146: https://eprints.aihta.at/1415/
Wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) therapy as prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients at risk – Update 2022
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project team: Gregor Goetz
and Bernhard Wernly
Duration: May 2022 – August 2022
Language: English with German Summary
Publication: Decision Support Document No. 103/2. Update 2022: https://eprints.aihta.at/1407/
Long-term sequelae after SARS CoV-2 disease
Project leaders: Sarah Wolf
Project team: Sarah Wolf, Judit Erdös
Duration: April 2021 – November 2021
Language: English (with German summary)
Publications:
HTA Project Report No 135a: https://eprints.aihta.at/1321
HTA Project Report No. 135b: https://eprints.aihta.at/1342
