Medical Devices

Allergic conditions

• Focus groups assessing patient experience with nasal spray in allergic rhinitis, analysis of results and development of a report on concept elicitation and cognitive debriefing
• Validation of the preference module of the Experience with Allergic Rhinitis Nasal Spray Questionnaire (EARNS-Q)
• Manuscript on the development of the EARNS-Q
• Regulatory support for the EARNS-Q
• Preference questionnaire on allergic rhinitis spray devices

Cardiovascular disease

• Demonstrating the value of a transcatheter heart valve in aortic stenosis
• Payer research on a device for symptomatic peripheral arterial disease
• Gap analysis of PRO measures to substantiate labelling claims in angina trials of a drug-eluting stent (DES)
• Development and validation of patient and clinician tools for myocardial infarction imaging
• Analysis and reporting of myocardial infarction imaging validation study data
• Clinician and patient satisfaction in an observational study in myocardial infarction SPECT imaging
• Validation of clinician and patient questionnaires for myocardial infarction imaging
• Demonstrating the value of a transcatheter heart valve in aortic stenosis
• General consulting on a new stent device
• Report on the cost of diagnosing vascular diseases with an MRA as the primary imaging modality

Central nervous system/neurology

• Advisory board for a clinical screening tool for overactive bladder in multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Development and validation of a clinical screening tool for overactive bladder in MS
• Validation of a brief series of questions with a subgroup of MS patients

Dermatology

• Testing PRO measures in electronic devices for rosacea

Endocrinology and metabolic diseases

• Peripheral parenteral nutrition landscape review and manuscript for a medical device for surgical recovery
• Development of a manuscript on patient perceptions of prefilled insulin delivery devices
• Consultation on a market research study on patient perceptions of pre-filled insulin pens
• Injection Pen Assessment Questionnaire (IPAQ) field study in growth hormone deficiency
• Establishing support of content validity for the modified Injection Pen Assessment Questionnaire (IPAQ) in growth hormone deficiency
• Development of an instrument to assess subject perception of two gastric bands in obesity

Gastrointestinal diseases

• Development of a global value dossier and budget impact model for capsule endoscopy for colonoscopy
• Global value dossier for a therapy device in refractory ascites
• Translation to support development of a value dossier and budget impact model in capsule endoscopy for colonoscopy
• Patient Assessment of Constipation Symptoms (PAC-SYM) and analysis of a skin patch containing an opioid pain medication
• Managing patients with stoma: Adaptation of a Quality of Life Index (QLI) questionnaire to current needs for colostomy patients

Haematology

• Development and testing of a novel web-based tool to evaluate patient preference for a reconstitution device for haemophilia A in a real-world setting

Immunology

• Strategic consultancy on physician attitudes and preferences regarding adult vaccinations
• Demonstrating the value of antibiotic resistance testing software
• Measurement strategy to demonstrate efficacy of medical devices in patients with pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) or tenosynovial giant cell tumour (dTGCT)

Infectious diseases

• Systematic literature review on the indirect protection from the HPV vaccination
• Value demonstration and implementation plan for a new HPV test
• Value pack for a HPV vaccine
• Training sales reps on an interactive model for a HPV vaccine
• Update of a budget impact model for a HPV vaccine
• Cost-effectiveness analysis of a HPV vaccine for Spain
• HTA submission for a HPV vaccine
• Manuscripts on the German and Spanish cost-effectiveness analysis of a HPV vaccine
• Analysis and reporting on the budget impact of a HPV vaccine
• Two manuscripts on an influenza vaccine for patients at risk and patients over 65 years old in France
• Conference poster on the cost effectiveness of adjuvant influenza vaccination in France
• Update of a value dossier on an influenza vaccine
• Cost-effectiveness analysis of an influenza vaccine
• Review of influenza vaccine uptake data
• Updating an economic model of influenza vaccination (phase 1) – update of a model in patients aged over 65 years in France and the UK
• Communications package for an influenza vaccine
• Economic value dossiers for influenza vaccines in a) an unprimed paediatric population and b) a primed school age population (intranasal delivery) including literature review, gap analysis and recommendations
• Economic evaluation of a workplace influenza vaccination in Russia
• Communication of the economics of an influenza vaccine
• Manuscripts on the health economics of a pneumococcal vaccine
• Brief adaptation of a Markov model for a HPV vaccine
• Adaptation of a Markov model on a HPV vaccine to Belgium
• Development of a rationale for the need for a HPV vaccine
• Communications package for an influenza vaccine
• Adaptation of an influenza vaccine model to Belgium
• Regulatory support for the validation of a questionnaire for influenza vaccination

Oncology

• Cognitive debriefing interviews to assess usability of an ePRO device for use in forthcoming clinical trials in ovarian cancer

Ophthalmology

• Formal recommendations on a regulatory briefing document for intraocular cataract lenses
• Development of a PRO questionnaire to assess implantation of an intraocular lens in cataract patients
• Cognitive interviews for the development of a PRO to assess intraocular lenses in cataract patients
• Scientific dissemination of the patient-reported intraocular lens questionnaire
• Etiology and meta-analysis of posterior cacular opacification comparing two lens types
• Support on the intraocular cataract lenses (IOL) Expert Focus Group
• Manuscript on HRQoL trial results of a new lens

Respiratory system

• Global value dossier update and e-v@luate upload for an asthma device
• Value proposition for a new metered dose inhaler to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Structured literature review and qualitative interviews with payers/HCPs on a device for COPD
• Development of a mini global value dossier for an asthma device
• Structured literature reviews for paediatric wheeze detection
• Rapid structured literature review of nebulisation inhalation efficiency in paediatric asthma and other respiratory conditions
• Validation of the preference module of the Experience with Allergic Rhinitis Nasal Spray Questionnaire (EARNS-Q)
• Manuscript on the development of the EARNS-Q
• Focus groups assessing patient experience with nasal spray in allergic rhinitis, analysis of results and development of a report on concept elicitation and cognitive debriefing
• Regulatory support for the EARNS-Q
• Preference questionnaire on allergic rhinitis spray devices
• Update to the pilot inference model for an inhaler used in the treatment of asthma
• PRO strategy support for an inhaler treatment for COPD
• Exit interviews on a connected inhaler system for asthma

Surgery and wound care

• Training in a manual compression device for surgery
• Strategic review of European market access potential for a surgical device
• Value demonstration on a new wound care technology and the cost of pain management, allowing data to be tailored for local markets and local payers
• AMCP dossiers for several surgical products
• Identification of data inputs for a Canadian budget impact model in surgery

Urology and urogenital diseases

• Systematic review of lithotripters for ureterolithiasis

Women’s health

• Manuscript publication on a monthly contraceptive device
• Modification, development and validation of an existing tool in order to explore satisfaction and tolerability for an intrauterine device (IUD) versus oral contraceptives
• Modification of the EVAPIL-R in order to explore tolerability for an intrauterine system (IUS) versus an implantable contraceptive

Other

• Value strategy training on access to medical devices
• Panel and presentation on PRO research on medical devices