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8.1 Cytotoxic drugs

8.1 Cytotoxic drugs
 mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma in adults after 2 or more systemic therapies. It is recommended only if the company provides   back to main menu

         8.1 Cytotoxic drugs
               Drugs for cytotoxic-induced side-effects  
               RED           Calcium Folinate
                                  injection 3mg/1ml, 10mg/ml, 15mg/2mL
               AMBER     Calcium Folinate tablets 15mg
               RED           Calcium Levofolinate injection 10mg/mL
               RED           Dexrazoxane (Savene®) intravenous infusion
               RED           Mesna injection 1g/10mL 
               RED           Mesna tablets 400mg
 
              8.1.1 Alkylating drugs 
              RED           Busulphan tablets 2mg
              RED           Carmustine implant 7.7mg
              RED           Chlorambucil tablets 2mg
              RED           Cyclophosphamide 
                                tablets (25mg Named Patient), 50mg
                                injection 200mg, 500mg, 1g,
                                infusion 2g, 4g
 
              RED           Estramustine capsules 140mg
              RED           Ifosfamide injection 1g, 2g 
              RED           Lomustine capsules 40mg
              RED           Melphalan tablets 2mg, injection 50mg
 
              RED              Treosulfan with fuldabrine [Trecondi]
              NICE TA640  Recommended as an option for conditioning treatment before allogenic haematopoietic stem cell transplant 
                                   (all-HSCT)for people with malignant diseases for whom a reduced intensity regimen, such as low-dose busulfan 
                                   with fludabrine would be suitable.
 
              RED             Chlormethine gel 160microrams/g [Ledaga®]                                                     NHS England Commissioned
              NICE TA720  Recommended as an option for treating early stage mycosis fungoides-type cutaneous T-cell lymphoma in 
                                   adults, only if the company provides chlormethine gel according to the commercial arrangement.
 
               8.1.2 Cytotoxic antibiotics 
               RED           Bleomycin injection 15000units/vial
               RED           Doxorubicin injection 10mg/5ml, 50mg/25mL 
               RED           Doxorubicin liposomal injection 50mg/25mL     (NICE indication only) 
               RED           Doxorubicin beads (DebTox® TACE) 
               RED           Epirubicin injection 50mg/25mL
               RED           Idarubicin capsules 10mg
               RED           Liposomal cytarabine-daunorubicin - recommended as an option for untreated therapy-related acute myeloid
                                  leukaemia with myelodysplasia-related changes in adults - as per NICE TA552           NHS England Commissioned 
               RED           Mitomycin injection 40mg
               RED           Mitoxantrone injection 20mg/10mL
               RED           Pixantrone Injection 29mg (NICE TAG306 use only) 
               RED           Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride (Caelyx®) - as monotherpay recommended (within its marketing 
                                 authorisation) as an option for treating recurrent ovarian cancer NICE   TA389) 
               RED           Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride (Caelyx®) - in combination with platinum recommended as an 
                                  option for treating recurrent ovarian cancer NICE TA389   
 
              8.1.3 Antimetabolites
              RED           Oral azacitidine (Onureg)                                                                                             NHS England Commissioned 
              NICE TA827 - recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for maintenance treatment for acute myeloid 
                                     leukaemia in adults who:
                                       > are in complete remission, or complete remission with incomplete blood count recovery, after induction 
                                          therapy with or without consolidation treatment, and
                                       > cannot have or do not want a haematopoietic stem cell transplant.
              It is recommended only if the company provides oral azacitidine according to the commercial arrangement
 
             
RED           Capecitabine tablets 150mg, 500mg (NICE indication only)
 

              RED           Cladribine                                                                                                                      NHS England Commissioned 
              NICE TA493 - replaced by NICE TA616
              NICE TA616  an option  for treating highly active multiple sclerosis in adults, only if the person has:
                            > rapidly evolving severe relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, that is with at least:
                                   >  2 relapses in the previous year and
                                   >  1T1 gadolinium-enhancing lesion at baseline MRI or a significant increase in T2 lesion load compared with a   
                                        previous MRI, or 
                                   >  relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis that has responded inadequately to treatment with disease-modifying 
                                        therapy, defined as 1 relapse in the previous year and MRI evidence of disease activity.

              RED           Cytarabine injection 100mg/1mL
              RED           Fludarabine tablets 10mg, injection 50mg
              RED           Fluorouracil injection 500mg/20mL, 2.5g/100mL
              RED           Fluorouracil cream 5% - for use in Basal cell carcinoma
              RED           Gemcitabine injection 200mg, 1g
              RED           Mercaptopurine tablets 50mg  NB (AMBER for Crohn's and UC only, otherwise RED)
              AMBER     Methotrexate tablets 2.5mg
              Shared Care
               RED           Methotrexate injection 50mg/2mL, 5mg/2mL,  tablets 10mg
               RED           Azacitidine injection 100mg
               RED           Pemetrexed (disodium) injection 100mg, 500mg   recommended as an option for maintenance treatment  
                                 of  locally advanced or metastatic non‑squamous non‑small‑cell lung cancer in adults as per
                                 NICE  TA402  (replacing TA309)             
              RED           Pemetrexed (disodium) - maintenance treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer as per NICE TA190 (updated 
                                 August 2017)                                       
 
8.1.4 Vinca alkaloids and etoposide 
RED          Etoposide capsules 50mg, 100mg, injection 100mg/5mL
RED           Vinblastine injection 10mg
RED           Vincristine injection 2mg/2mL
RED           Vinorelbine injection 10mg/1mL, capsules 20mg, 30mg
 
 
8.1.5 Other antineoplastic drugs  

 
 
 
RED               Abemaciclib 
NICE TA563   Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, with an aromatse inhibitor, as an option for treating locally
                       advanced or metastatic, hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) - negative
                       breast cancer as first endocrine-based therapy in adults. (only recommended if the company provides it according to
                       the commercial arrangement.                                                                                                         Cancer Drugs Fund
NICE TA579   Abemaciclib with fulvestrant - this guidance has been replaced by NICE TA725 [15th September 2021]
                                                                 
NICE TA725  Abemaciclib with fulvestrant is recommended as an option for treating hormone receptor-positive, human
                      epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in adults who have had
                      endocrine therapy only if: 
                        > exemestane plus everolimus is the most appropriate alternative to a cyclin‑dependent kinase 4 and 6 (CDK 4/6) 
                           inhibitor and
                        > the company provides abemaciclib according to the commercial arrangement.
                                                                                                                                                                                  NHS England Commissioned
RED               Abemaciclib [Verzenios]
NICE TA810   Abemaciclib with endocrine therapy is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for 
                      adjuvant treatment of hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, node-positive early breast cancer in adults whose
                      disease is at high risk of recurrence, defined by the following clinical and pathological features:
                             > at least 4 positive axillary lymph nodes, or
                             > 1 to 3 positive axillary lymph nodes, and at least one of the following criteria:
                                        -  grade 3 disease (defined as at least 8 points on the modified Bloom-Richardson grading system or 
                                            equivalent), or
                                        -  primary tumour size of at least 5cm.
                        See full guidance                                                                                                                             NHS England Commissioned

RED               Acalabrutinib [Calquence®]
NICE TA689   Recommended as an option, as monotherapy, for untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) in adults, only if:
                         >  there is a 17p deletion or TP53 mutation, or
                         >  there is no 17p deletion or TP53 mutation, and fludarabine plus cyclophosphamide and rituximab, or 
                             bendamustine plus rituximab is unsuitable, and
                      the company provides the drug according to the commercial arrangement.                        NHS England Commissioned

RED               Alectinib 
NICE TA536   Recommended as an option for untreated anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive advanced non-small-cell
                       cancer in adults.                                                                                                                               NHS England Commissioned
 

RED              Alpelisib [Piqray] plus fulvestrant
NICE TA816  Recommended as an option for treating hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, PIK3CA-mutated, locally
                      advanced or metastatic breast cancer in adults, only if:
                           >  their cancer has progressed after a CDK4/6 inhibitor plus ab aromatose inhibitor and
                           > the company provides alpelisib according to the commercial arrangement
                     This guidance updates and replaces TA652 on apelisib with fulvestrant [terminated appraisal]
                                                                                                                                                                                NHS England Commissioned

RED               Arsenic trioxide
NICE TA526   Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for inducing remission and consolidation in
                      acute promyelocytic leukaemia  (characterised by the presence of the t[15;17] translocation or the PML/RAR-alpha 
                      gene) in adults with:   
                            > untreated, low-to-intermediate risk disease (defined as a white blood cell count of 10x10³ per microlitre or less),
                               when given with all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA)
                            > relapsed or refractory disease, after a retinoid and chemotherapy                           NHS England Commissioned
RED              Asciminib [Scemblix]
NICE TA813  Asciminib is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating chronic-phase Philadelphia
                      chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia without a T315l mutation after 2 or more tyrosine kinase inhibitors in
                      adults. It is recommended only if the company provides asciminib according to the commercial arrangement.
                                                                                                                                                                                   NHS England Commissioned

RED              Atezolizumab 
NICE TA520  For treating locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer after chemotherapy.
                      Recommended as an option in  in adults who have had chemotherapy (and targeted treatment if they have
                      an EGFR- or ALK‑positive tumour), only if:
                          >     atezolizumab is stopped at 2 years of uninterrupted treatment or earlier if the disease progresses and
                          >     the company provides atezolizumab with the discount agreed in the patient access scheme. 
                                                                                                                                                                                (NHS England Commissioned)   
NICE TA525  For treating locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma after platinum-containing chemotherapy
                      Recommended as an option in  only if:
                          >     atezolizumab is stopped at 2 years of interrupted treatment or earlier if the disease progresses and   
                          >     the company provides atezolizumab with discount agreed in the patient access scheme
                                                                                                                                                                              (NHS England Commissioned)
NICE TA584 Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab, carboplatin and paclitaxel is recommended as an option for metastatic non- 
                      squamous on-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)in adults:
                         >   who have not had treatment for their metastatic NSCLC before and whose PD-L1 tumour proportion score is
                              between 0% and 49% or
                        >   when targetted therapy for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-positive or anaplastic lymphoma kinase 
                              (ALK)-positive NSCLC has failed.
                      It is recommended only if:
                        >   atezolizumab and bevacizumab are stopped at 2 years of uninterrupted treatment, or earlier if there is loss of
                             clinical benefit (for atezolizumab) or if the disease progresses (for bevacizumab) and
                       >    if the company provides atezolizumab and bevacizumab according to the commercial arrangements.
NICE TA638 Atezolizumab with carboplatin and etoposide is recommended as an option for untreated extensive-stage small-cell
                      lung cancer in adults, only if:
                      >    they have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1, and
                      >    the company provides atezolizumab according to thecommercial arrangement
 
NICE TA639 Atezolizumab with nab-paclitaxel is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, for treating triple negative, 
                     unresectable, PD-L1-positive, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in adults whose tumours express PD-L1 at a 
                     level of 1% or more and who have not had previous chemotherapy for metastatic disease. It is recommended only if 
                     the company provides atezolizumab according to the commercial arrangement
NICE TA666 Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab is recommended as an option for treating advanced or unresectable hepatocellular 
                     carcinoma [HCC] in adults who have not had previous systemic treatment, only if:
                     >  they have Child-Pugh grade liver impairment and an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group [ECOG] performance
                         status of 0 or 1 and
                     >  the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement                               (NHS England Commissioned) 
NICE TA705 Atezolizumab is recommended within its marketing authorisation, as an option for untreated metastatic non-small-cell
                    lung cancer in adults if:
                      > their tumours have PD-L1 expression on at least 50% of tumour cells or 10% of tumour-infiltrating immune cells
                      > their tumours do not have epidermal growth factor receptor or anaplastic lymphoma kinase mutations and
                      > the company provides atezolizumab according to the commercial arrangement.    (NHS England Commissioned) 
NICE TA823 Atezolizumab is recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund as an option for adjuvant treatment after
                     complete tumour resection in adults with stage 2 to 3a non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose:
                     > tumours have the programmed cell death ligand‑1 (PD‑L1) biomarker expression on 50% or more of their tumour 
                        cells and
                     > whose disease has not progressed after platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy.
                     It is recommended only if the company provides atezolizumab according to the managed access agreement.
                                                                                                                                                                                      Cancer Drugs Fund

RED               Axicabtagene ciloleucel therapy
NICE TA872   Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma or primary
                       mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma in adults after 2 or more systemic therapies. It is recommended only if the company provides
                       axicabtagene ciloleucel according to the commercial arrangement.                                       NHS England Commissioned
This guidance updates and replaces NICE TA559  
                                    

RED               Axitinib 
NICE TA333   Recommended as an option for treating adults with advanced renal cell carcinoma after failure of treatment  with a
                       first line tyrosine kinase inhibitor or a cytokine, only if the compant provides axitinib with the discount agreed in the
                       patient access scheme.

RED              Bortezomib 
NICE TA129  Recommended as an option for the treatment of progressive multiple myeloma in people who are at first relapse 
                      having received one prior therapy and who have undergone, or are unsuitable for, bone marrow transplant, under the
                      circumstances listed in the guidance.
NICE TA228  Bortezomib and thalidomide for the first-line treatment of multiple myeloma:
                      1. Thalidomide in combination with an alkylating agent and a corticosteroid is recommendaed as an option for the first
                      line treatment of multiple myeloma in people for whom high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplantation is 
                      considered inappropriate
                      2. Bortezomib in combination with an alkylating agent and a cortiscosteroid is recommended as an option for the
                      first-line treatment of multiple myeloma if:
                                      > a high dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplantation is considered inappropraite and
                                      > the person is unable to tolerate or has contraindications to thalidomide
NICE TA311  Recommended as an option within its marketing authorisation, that is, in combination with dexamethasone, or with
                      dexamethasone and thalidomide, for the induction treatment of adults with previously untreated multiple myeloma,
                      who are eligible for high-dose chemotherapy with haematopoietic stem cell transplant.
NICE TA370  Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma in 
                      adults for whom haemotopoietic stem cell transplantation is unsuitable.

RED              Bosutinib (Bosulif)
NICE TA401  Recommended as an option, within its marketing authorisation, for chronic accelerated and blast phase Philadelphia
                       chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukaemia in  adults, when:
                            >    they have previously had 1 or more tyrosine kinase inhibitor and    
                            >    imatinib, nilotinib and dasatinib are not appropriate and              
                            >    the company provides bosutinib with the discount agreed in the patient access scheme (as revised in 2016)

RED              Brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris®)
NICE TA524  Recommended  as an option for treating CD30- positive Hodgkin Lymphoma in adults with relapsed or refractory
                      disease only as specified in NICE TA524 
                      This guidance is a Cancer Drugs Fund reconsideration of NICE TA446  and replaces TA446 
                                                                                                                                                                        (NHS England Cancer Drugs Fund) 
NICE TA478  Recommended as an option for treating relapsed or refractory systemic anapplastic large cell  lymphoma in adults 
                                                                                                                                                                                (NHS England Commissioned)
NICE TA577 Recommended as an option for treating CD30-positive cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) after at least 1 systemic
                      therapy in adults, only if:
                        >      they have mycosis fungoides stage IIB or over, primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma 
                                or Sézary syndrome and
                        >      the company prvides brentuximab vedotin according to the commercial arrangement
NICE TA641  Recommended within its marketing authorisation, with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and prednisolone, as an 
                      option for untreated systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma in adults.                          (NHS England Commissioned)
 
RED              Brexucabtagene autoleucel (Tecartus)
NICE TA893  Recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund as an option for treating relapsed or refractory B‑cell acute
                      lymphoblastic leukaemia in people 26 years and over. It is recommended only if the conditions in
                      the managed access agreement for brexucabtagene autoleucel are followed.                 NHSE Cancer Drug Fund

RED              Brigatinib (Alunbrig)
NICE TA571  Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, for treating anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive advanced 
                      non-small-cell lung cancer in  adults who have already had crizotinib, It is recommended only if the company
                      provides it according to the commercial arrangement.                                                          (NHS England Commissioned)
NICE TA670  Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, for treating anaplastic lymphoma kinase [ALK]-positive advanced
                     non-small-cell lung cancer that has not been previously treated with an ALK inhibitor in adults
                                                                                                                                                                                 (NHS England Commissioned)

RED              Cabazitaxel 
NICE TA391  In combination with prednisone or prednisolone is recommended an option for treating metastatic hormone-relapsed
                      prostate cancer in people whose disease has progressed during or after docetaxel chemotherapy.

RED              Cabozantinib 
NICE TA463  An option for treating advanced renal cell carcinoma in adults after vascular endothelial growth factor- targeted
                      therapy.                                                                                                                                             (NHS England Commissioned)  
NICE TA516  Recommended , within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating progressive medullary thyroid cancer in 
                      adults with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic disease.                                    (NHS England Cancer Drugs Fund)
NICE TA 849 Recommended as an option for treating advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in adults who have had sorafenib, only if:
                          >  they have Child–Pugh grade A liver impairment and an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1, and
                          >  the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.
                      NICE TA849 updates and replaces NICE TA542                                                                               NHS England Commissioned
 

RED                Carboplatin injection 150mg/15mL, 450mg/45mL 

RED              Carfilzomib powder For solution for infusion
NICE TA657  Recommended as an option in combination with dexamethasone for treating multiple myeloma in adults only if:
                         > they have had only 1 previous therapy, which did not include bortezomib and
                         > the company provides carfilzomib with the discount agreed in the patient access scheme.
                     NICE TA657 updates and replaces TA457                                                                                          NHS England Commissioned
 
NICE TA695 Recommended as an option with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for treating multiple myeloma in adults, only if:
                        > they have had only 1 previous therapy, which included bortezomib, and
                        > the company provides carfilzomib according to the commercial arrangement
                    Partially updates NICE TA657                                                                                                           NHS England Commissioned

RED               Cemiplibab
NICE TA592   updated and replaced by NICE TA802
NICE TA802  Recommended as an option for treating metastatic or locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
                       in adults when curative surgery or curative radiotherapy is not suitable, only if:
                            > it is stopped at 24 months, or earlier if their disease progresses, and
                            > the company provides cemiplimab according to the commercial arrangement
                      This guidance updates and replaces NICE TA592

RED              Ceritinib 
NICE TA395  Recommended within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating advanced anaplastic lymphoma 
                      kinase positive non-small-cell lung  cancer in adults who have previously had crizotinib. The drug is recommended
                      only if the company provides it with the discount agreed in the patient access scheme.
NICE TA500  Recommended within its marketing authorisation, as an option for untreated anaplastic kinase (ALK)-positive  
                      advanced non-small-cell cancer in adults, only if the company provides it with the discount agreed in the patient
                      access scheme.                                                                                                                                (NHS England Commissioned) 

RED              Cetuximab infusion 5mg/mL  
NICE TA439  (updated Sept 2017)  Cetuximab and panitumumab is recommended, as an option for previously untreated 
                      metastatic  colorectal cancer
NICE TA473  In combination with platinum based chemotherapy is recommended as an option for treating recurrent or metastatic   
                      squamous cell cancer of the head and neck in adults only.                                                  (NHS England Commissioned)  

RED              Cisplatin injection 50mg 

RED              Crizotininb  capsules 200mg, 250mg                                                                        
NICE TA406  Recommended as an option, within its marketing authorisation, for untreated anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive 
                      advanced non-small-cell cancer in adults.                                                                        (NHS England Commissioned) 
NICE TA422  An option in previously treated anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive advanced on-small-cell lung cancer in adults 
NICE TA529  Recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund as an option for treating ROS1- positive advanced                    
                      non-small-cell lung cancer in adults only if the conditions in the managed access agreement are followed. 
                                                                                                                                                                        (NHS England Cancer Drugs Fund)

RED              Dabrafenib   
NICE TA321  Recommended as an option, within its marketing authorisation, for treating unrescectable or metastatic BRAF V600
                      mutation-positive melanoma [only if the company provides darafenib with the discount agreed in the patient access
                      scheme.
NICE TA544  Dabrafenib with trametinib is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, an option for the adjuvant treatment 
                      of resected stage III BRAF V600 mutation-positive melanoma in adults as per                 (NHS England Commissioned)   
NICE TA898  Dabrafenib plus trametinib is recommended as an option for treating BRAF V600 mutation-positive advanced 
                      non-small-cell cancer in adults, only if:
                           > it is used as first-line treatment of advanced stage cancer, and
                           > the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.
                     This guidance updates and replaces NICE TA564

RED              Dacomitinib tablets 45mg (Vizimpro®)
NICE TA595  Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for untreated locally advanced or metastatic
                      epidermal growth factor receptor [EGFR] mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer in adults. It is recommended
                      only if the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.                      (NHS England Commissioned)

RED              Daratumumab
NICE TA510  This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE TA783
                                                                                                                       
NICE TA573  This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE TA897 
                    
NICE TA763 Daratumumab plus bortezomib, thalidomide and dexamethasone is recommended, within its marketing  
                     authorisation, as induction and consolidation treatment for untreated multiple myeloma in adults, when an 
                     autologous stem cell transplant is suitable.                                                                          NHS England Commissioned
NICE TA783 Daratumumab monotherapy is recommended as an option for treating relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma in 
                     adults who have had a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulator, and whose disease progressed on the last
                     treatment, only if:
                                 > they have daratumumab after 3 treatments and
                                 > the company provides daratumumab according to the commercial arrangement
                     Replaces NICE TA510
NICE TA897 Daratumumab with bortezomib and dexamethasone is recommended as an option for treating multiple myeloma in 
                     adults, only if they have had just 1 previous line of treatment and:
                               > it included lenalidomide or
                               > lenalidomide is unsuitable as a second-line treatments and
                               > the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.
                      This guidance updates and replaces NICE TA573                                                                       NHS England Commissioned

NICE TA917 Daratumumab with lenalidomide and dexamethasone is recommended, within its marketing authorisation,
                     as an option for untreated multiple myeloma in adults, when an autologous stem cell transplant is unsuitable. 
                      It is only recommended if the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.
                                                                                                                                                                                 NHS England Commissioned

RED              Dasatinib 
NICE TA425  Dasatininb is recommended as an option in treating only chronic- or accelerated-phase Philadelphia-chromosome-
                      positive chronic myeloid leukaemia in adults. [Replaces NICE TA241]                                     (NHS England Commissioned)
NICE TA426. Dasatinib is recommended as an  option for untreated chronic-phase Philadelphia- chromosome-positive   
                      chronic myeloid leukaemia in  adults [Replaces NICE TA251}                                                    (NHS England Commissioned) 

RED              Dacarbazine injection 1g 

RED              Dinutuximab beta
NICE TA538  Dinutuximab is recommended as an option for treatin g high-risk neuroblastoma in people aged 12 months and
                      over whose disease has at least partially responded to induction chemotherapy, followed by myeloablative therapy 
                      and stem cell transplant                                                                                                                    (NHS England Commissioned) 

RED              Docetaxel injection 20mg/0.5ml, 80mg/2ml (NICE indications only) 
 

RED              Dostarilumab 
NICE TA779  Dostarilumab is recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund as an option for treating advanced or recurrent 
                      endometrial cancer with high microsatellite instability or mismatch repair deficiency in adults who have had 
                      platinum-based chemotherapy. It is recommended only if the conditions in the managed access agreement are 
                      followed,                                                                                                                                                Cancer Drugs Fund

RED              Encorafenib 
NICE TA562  Encorafenib with binimetinib is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating           
                      unresectable or metastatic BRAF V600 mutation-positive melanoma in adults.                   (NHS England Commissioned)
NICE TA668  Encorafenib plus cetuximab is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating 
                      BRAF V600E mutation-positive metastatic colorectal cancer in adults who have had previous systemic treatment.
                                                                                                                                                                                    (NHS England Commissioned)

RED              Entrectinib [Rozlytek]
NICE TA643  Recommended within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating ROS1-positive advanced non-small-cell 
                      lung cancer in adults who have not had ROS1 inhibitors.                                                      (NHS England Commissioned)
NICE TA644  Recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund as an option for treating neurotropic tyrosine receptor kinase
                      [NTRK] fusion-positive solid tumours in adults and children 12 years and older if;
                           > the disease is locally advanced or metastatic or surgery could cause severe health problems and 
                           > they have not had and NTRK inhibitor before and
                           > they have no satisfactory treatment options                                                                         (Cancer Drugs Fund)

RED              Eribulin solution for injection 0.8mg/2ml, 1.32mg/3ml.  
NICE TA423  Eribulin is recommended as an option for treating  locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in adults who have
                      had 2 or more courses  of chemotherapy.    (replaces NICE TA250)                                         (NHS England Commissioned)  

RED              Erlotinib tablets 25mg, 100mg, 150mg (NICE indication only) 
NICE TA374  Erlotinib is recommended as an option for treating  locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer 
                      that has progressed after prior chemotherapy.                                                                           (NHS England Commissioned) 

RED              Everolimus  2.5mg, 5mg, 10mg  tablets,
NICE TA421  in combination with exemestane is recommended as an option for treating  advanced breast cancer after
                      endocrine therapy                                                                                                                             (NHS England Commissioned)
NICE TA432  recommended as an option for treating  advanced renal cell carcinoma that has progressed during or after treatment 
                      with vascular endothelial growth factor targeted therapy, only if the company provides it with the discount agreed in
                      the patient access scheme.                                                                                                             (NHS England Commissioned)   
NICE TA449  unresectable or metastatic neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) of pancreatic origin in adults with progressive  disease.
                                                                                                                                                                                    (NHS England Commissioned) 
 

RED              Fedratinib [Inrebic] capsules 100mg
NICE TA756  Recommended for use within the Cancer drugs Fund as an option for treating disease-related splenomegaly of
                     primary myelofibrosis, post-polycythaemia vera myelofibrosis or post-essential thrombocytopenia myelofibrosis
                     in adults. It is recommended only if:
                         > they have previously had ruxolitinib and
                         > the conditions in the managed access agreement for fedratinib are followed.
                                                                                                                                                                                        Cancer Drugs Fund

RED              Gilteritinib [Xospata] 40mg tablets
NICE TA642  Recommended as an option for treating relapsed or refractory FLY3-mutation-positive acute myeloid leukaemia in 
                      adults only if the company provides gilteritinib according to the commercial arrangement.
                                                                                                                                                                                    (NHS England Commissioned)
 
RED             Glofitamab [Columvi]  2.5mg,10mg concentrate for solution for infusion
NICE TA927 Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating relapsed or refractory 
                     diffuse large B‑cell lymphoma in adults after 2 or more systemic treatments.
                     Glofitamab is only recommended if the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.
                                                                                                                                                                                     NHS England Commissioned

RED         Hydroxycarbamide capsules 500mg - unlicensed use for psoriasis in adults. Specialist initiation only. 
                      

RED              Gefitinib tablets 250mg 

RED              Gemtuzumab oxogamicin
NICE TA545  with daunorubicin and cytarabine is recommended as an option for untreated de novo  CD33-positive acute myeloid
                      leukaemia in people aged 15 years and over.                                                                            (NHS England Commissioned) 

RED           Ibrutinib capsules 140mg as an option for treating chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in adults who have had at least 1
                  prior therapy or, who have a 17p deletion or TP53 mutation, and in whom chemotherapy is unsuitable as per
                  NICE TA429                                                                                                                                         (NHS England Commissioned)   
                  Ibrutinib NICE TA491 this has been updated and replaced by NICE TA795 [BLACK TRAFFIC LIGHT:
                    
RED           Ibrutinib is recommended as an option for treating relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma in adults  only if they 
                  have had 1 previous line of therapy and the company provides ibrutinib with the agreed discount in the commercial
                  access agreement with NHS England  as in NICE TA502                                                            (NHS England Commissioned) 

RED          Ibrutinib with venetoclax  is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for untreated chronic
                 lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) in adults. This is only if the companies provide both drugs according to the commercial 
                 arrangements. NICE TA891                                                                                                             NHS England Commissioned

RED           Idelalisib (Zydelig®) tablets 100mg, 150mg - as an option in NICE TA359 for treating chronic  lymphocytic leukaemia


RED               Imatinib [Glivec]
NICE TA326  Recommended as an option as adjuvant treatment for up to 3 years for adults who are at high risk of relapse
                      after surgery for KIT (CD117)-positive gastrointestinal stromal tumours, as defined by the Miettinen 2006 crtieria
                      (based on tumour size, location and mitotic rate).
NICE TA425  This guidance replaces NICE TA421                                                                                          (NHS England Commissioned)  
                
NICE TA426  Recommended as an option for untreated,  chronic-phase Philadelphia-chromosome- positive chronic myeloid 
                      leukaemia in adults
                      [Replaces NICE TA251]

RED                  Ipilimumab IV infusion 5mg/mL (NICE indications only as below) 
NICE TAG319   as an possible treatment in previously untreated advanced (unresectable or metastatic)  melanoma 
 NICE TA268     as a possible treatment for people with previously treated  advanced (unresectable or metastatic) 
                         melanoma.

RED                  Irinotecan concentrate for infusion 20mg/mL (NICE indication only) 
 

RED                Isatuximab [Sarclisa®]                                                                                                              (NHS England Commissioned)   
NICE TA658  Isatuximab plus pomalidomide and dexamethasone is recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs fund,  as an  
                     option for treating relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma in adults who have had lenalidomide and a 
                     proteasome inhibitor, and whose disease has progressed on their last treatment, only if:
                           >  they have had 3  previous lines of treatment
                           >  the conditions in the managed access agreement for isatuximab plus pomalidomide and dexamethasone are 
                               followed.

RED              Ixazomib with lenalinomide and dexamethasone {Ninlaro)
NICE TA870  Recommended as an option for treating relapsed or refractory multiple  myeloma in adults, only if:
                        > they have had 2 or 3 lines of therapy and
                        > the company provides ixazomib according to the commercial arrangement.
This guidance updates and replaces NICE TA505                                                                                               (NHS England Commissioned)  
                                             
 

RED               Larotrectinib
NICE TA630   Recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund as an option for treating neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase
                       (NTRK) fusion-positive solid tumours in adults and children if:
                             > the disease is locally advanced or metastatic or surgery could cause severe health problems and 
                             > they have no satisfactory treatment options
                       It is recommended only if the conditions in the managed access agreement for larotrectinib are followed

RED               Lenvatinib is recommended as an option for untreated, advanced, unrescetable hepatocellular carcinoma in adults,
                      as per NICE TA551                                                                                                                              NHS England Commissioned
RED               Lenvatinib with everolimus for previously treated advanced renal cell carcinoma as an option as per NICE TA498 
                                                                                                                                                                                    NHS England Commissioned
RED               Lenvatininb and sorafenib recommended as options for treating progressive, locally advanced or metastatic
                      differentiated thyroid cancer (papillary, follicular or Hurthle cell) in adults whose disease does not respond to 
                      radioactive  iodine - as per NICE TA535                                                                                          NHS England Commissioned
 
RED               Lenvatinib with pembrolizumab is recommended as an option for untreated advanced renal cell carcinoma in adults, only if:
                                 > their disease is intermediate or poor risk a defined in the international Metastatic Renal cell Carcinoma Database Consortium criteria and
                                 > nivolumab with ipilimumab would otherwiae be offered and
                                 > the companies provide lenvatinib and pembrolizumab according to the company arrangements
                       See NICE TA858                                                                                                                                 NHS England Commissioned
 

RED               Lorlatinib tablets 25mg, 100mg {Lorviqua)                                                                                   (NHS England Commissioned) 
NICE TA628   Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) - 
                       positive advanced small-cell lung cancer in adults whose disease has progressed after:
                                >  alectinib or ceritinib as the first ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor or
                                >  crizotinib and at least 1 other ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor

RED               Lutetium (177Lu) oxodotreotide recommended as an option for treating unresectable or metastatic, 
                      progressive, well-differentiated  (grade 1 or grade 2), somatostatin receptor-positive gastroenteropancreatic 
                      neuroendocrine tumours in adults - as per NICE TA539                                                             (NHS England Commissioned)

RED              Midostaurin 
NICE TA523  Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option in adults for treating newly diagnosed
                      acute FLT3-mutation-positive myeloid leukaemia with standard daunorubicin and cytarabine as induction therapy,
                      with high-dose cytarabine as consolidation therapy, and alone after complete response as maintenance therapy
                      (patient access scheme)                                                                                                                                             NHS England Commissioned
NICE TA728  Midostaurin as monotherapy is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating
                     aggressive systemic mastocytosis, systemic mastocytosis with associated haematological neoplasm, or mast cell
                     leukaemia in adults. It is recommended only if the company provides midostaurin according to the
                     commercial arrangement.                                                                                             NHS England Commissioned

RED             Mobocertinib
NICE TA855  Mobocertinib is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating locally advanced or 
                     metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after platinum-based chemotherapy in adults whose tumours have 
                     epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion mutations. It is recommended only if the company provides 
                     it according to the commercial arrangement.                                                              NHS England Commissioned

RED              Neratinib tablets 40mg (Nerlynx)
NICE TA612  Recommended as an option for the extended adjuvant treatment of hormone receptor-positive,
                      human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive early stage breast cancer in adults who completed 
                      adjuvant trastuzumab-based therapy less than 1 year ago only if:
                           > trastuzumab is the only HER2‑directed adjuvant treatment they have had, and
                           > if they had neoadjuvant chemotherapy-based regimens, they still had residual invasive disease in the breast or
                              axilla following the neoadjuvant treatment, and
                           > the company provides neratinib according to the commercial arrangement.                   (Cancer Drugs Fund)

RED              Nilotinib capsules 150mg, 200mg as an option for untreated chronic-phase Philadelphia-chromosome- positive 
                     chronic myeloid leukaemia in adults as per NICE TA426   Replaces NICE TA251                      NHS England Commissioned
RED              Nilotinib capsules 150mg, 200mg option in treating only chronic- or accelerated- phase Philadelphia-
                     chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia in adults as per NICE TA425  Replaces NICE TA241
                                                                                                                                                                                    NHS England Commissioned

RED              Niraparib   
NICE TA528  This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE TA784
NICE TA673  Recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund as an option for maintenance treatment for advanced 
                      (FIGO stages 3 and 4) high-grade epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer after response to
                      first-line platinum-based chemotherapy in adults. It is recommended only if the managed access agreement
                      for niraparib.                                                                                                                                                   (Cancer Drugs Fund)
NICE TA784  Recommended as an option for treating relapsed, platinum-sensitive high-grade serous epithelial ovarian, fallopian
                      tube or primary peritoneal cancer that has responded to the most recent course of patinum-based chemotherapy
                      in adults. It is recommended only if:
                           > they have BRCA mutation and have had 2 courses of platinum-based chemotherapy, or
                           > they do not have a BRCA mutation and have had 2 or more courses of platinum-based chemotherapy, and
                           > the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.
                      This guidance updates and replaces NICE TA528                                                                          NHS England Commissioned

RED               Nivolumab 
NICE TA384   intravenous infusion 10mg/ml is recommended as an option by NICE for treating advanced (unresectable or metastatic) melanoma. 
                      
NICE TA400.  in combination with ipilimumab is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating
                      advanced (unresectable or metastatic)  melanoma in adults, only when the company provides ipilimumab with the
                      discount agreed in the patient access scheme.  
NICE TA417  recommended as an option for previously treated advanced renal  cell carcinoma in adults.
                      (updated September 2017 after a change  to the commercial arrangements)
NICE TA462  recommended as an option for treating relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma in adults after autologous                         
                      stem cell transplant and treatment with brentuximab vedotin. (updated September 2017 after a change to the 
                      commercial arrangements)    
NICE TA484   recommended for use within the Cancer drugs Fund as an option for treating locally advanced or metastatic       
                      non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer in adults after chemotherapy
NICE TA490  Replaced by NICE TA736
NICE TA581  This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE TA780
NICE TA655  Recommended as an option for treating locally advanced  or metastatic squamous non-small-cell lung cancer in 
                      adults after chemotherapy, only if:
                            > it is stopped at 2 years of uninterrupted treatment, or earlier if their disease progresses and 
                            > they have not had a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor before.                                              
                        [Replaces NICE TA483]                                                                                                                 NHS England Commissioned
NICE TA558  recommended as an option for the adjuvant treatment of completely resected melanoma in adults with lymph node
                      involvement or metastatic disease. It is recommended only if the conditions in the managed access agreement are 
                      followed.                                                                                                                                             Cancer Drug Fund
NICE TA684   Recommended as an option, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for the adjuvant treatment of completely
                       resected melanoma in adults with lymph node involvement or metastatic disease. It is recommended only if the
                       company provides nivolumab according to the commercial arrangement.                         Cancer Drug Fund
NICE TA707   Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, for treating unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic 
                      oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in adults after fluoropyrimidine and platinum-based therapy. It is 
                      recommended only if the company provides nivolumab according to the commercial arrangement.
                                                                                                                                                                                NHS England Commissioned
NICE TA716   Recommended as an option [plus ipilimumab], within its marketing authorisation, for treating metastatic
                      colorectal cancer with high microsatellite instability [MSI] or mismatch repair [MMR] deficiency after fluoropyrimidine-
                      based combination chemotherapy only if the company provides nivolumab and ipilimumab according to the
                      commercial arrangement.                                                                                                           NHS England Commissioned
NICE TA736  Recommended as an option for treating recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
                      in adults whose disease has progressed on platinum-based chemotherapy, only if:
                           > the disease has progressed within 6 moths of having chemotherapy and
                           > the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement                         NHS England Commissioned
                      [Replaces NICE TA490]                        
NICE TA746  Recommended within its marketing authorisation, for adjuvant treatment of completely resected oesophageal
                     or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer in adults who have had residual disease after previous neoadjuvant 
                     chemoradiotherapy. It is recommended only if the company provides nivolumab according to the
                     commercial arrangement.                                                                                                 NHS England Commissioned
NICE TA780  Nivolumab with ipilimumab is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for untreated advanced
                      renal cell carcinoma in adults:
                        >  whose disease is intermediate or poor risk as defined in the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
                            Database Consortium criteria and
                        >  only if the company provides nivolumab with ipilimumab according to the commercial arrangement.
                        This guidance updates and replaces NICE TA581                                                                     NHS England Commissioned
 
NICE TA857   Nivolumab with platinum- and fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy is recommneded, within its marketing 
                       authorisation, as an option for untreated HEr2-negative advanced gastric, gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma in 
                       adults whose tumours express PD-L1 with a combined  positive score (CPS) of 5 or more. Nivolumab is only r
                       ecommended if the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.    NHS England Commissioned
NICE TA865   Nivolumab with fluoropyrimidine-based and platinum-based combination chemotherapy is recommended as an 
                       option for untreated unresectable advanced, recurrent, or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in adults 
                       whose tumours express PD‑L1 at a level of 1%  or more. It is recommended only if:
                           > pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy is not suitable
                           > the company provides nivolumab according to the commercial arrangement.
                                                                                                                                                                                  NHS England Commissioned
NICE TA876   Nivolumab with chemotherapy is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for the neoadjuvant 
                       treatment of resectable (tumours at least 4 cm or node positive) non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in adults. It is only 
                       recommended if the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.
                                                                                                                                                                                     NHS England Commissioned

RED              Obinutuzumab [Gazyvaro]
NICE TA513  Recommended as an option for untreated advanced follicular lymphoma(that is, first as induction treatment
                      with chemotherapy, then alone as maintenance therapy), only if:
                                  > the person has a Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index score of 2 or more
                          > the company provides obinutuzumab with the discount agreed in the patient access scheme
                                                                                                                                                                                  NHS England Commissioned)

RED               Olaparib [Lynparza]
NICE TA381   Recommended as an option by NICE for maintenance  treatment of relapsed, platinum- sensitive, BRCA mutation-
                       positive ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer after response to second-line or subsequent platinum-based 
                       chemotherapy, 
NICE TA598   Recommended as an option for maintenance treatment of BRCA mutation-positive advanced ovarian, fallopian
                       tube or peritoneal cancer after response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy 
                                                                                                                                                                                          Cancer Drugs Fund
NICE TA620   Recommended as an option for the maintenance treatment of relapsed, platinum-sensitive, high grade epithelial 
                       ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer in adults whose disease has responded to platinum-based 
                       chemotherapy  only if:
                         > they have a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation
                         > they have had 3 or more courses of platinum-based chemotherapy and 
                         > the company provides olaparib according to the commercial arrangement                           Cancer Drugs Fund
 
NICE TA693  Olaparib plus bevacizumab is recommended as an option for use within the Cancer drugs fund as an option for  
                     maintenance treatment of advanced International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics [FIGO] stages 3 and 4) 
                     high-grade epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer in adults when:
                       >  there has been a complete or partial response after first-line platinum-based chemotherapy plus bevacizumab, and
                       >  the cancer is associated with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD).                        Cancer Drugs Fund
 
 

RED               Osimertinib  [Tagrisso]             
NICE TA653   Recommended as an option for treating epidermal growth factor receptor T790M mutation-positive locally advanced
                       or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer in adults only if:
                          > their disease has progressed after first-line treatment with an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor and
                          > the company provides osimertinib according to the commercial arrangement
                       [Replaces NICE TA416]                                                                                                             (NHS England Commissioned )
 
NICE TA654   Recommended within its marketing authorisation, as an option for untreated locally advanced or metastatic 
                       epidermal growth factor receptor mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer in adults.
                       [Replaces NICE TA621]                                                                                                             (NHS England Commissioned )
 
NICE TA761   Osimertinib is recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund as adjuvant treatment after complete tumour 
                       resection in adults with stage 1b to 3a non‑small‑cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumours have epidermal growth 
                       factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 (L858R) substitution mutations. It is recommended only if:
                            > osimertinib is stopped at 3 years, or earlier if there is disease recurrence or unacceptable toxicity and
                            > the company provides osimertinib according to the managed access agreement.
 
 
 

RED            Oxaliplatin injection 50mg, 100mg (NICE indication only)                           

RED                Paclitaxel injection 30mg/5ml (NICE indication only)                     
RED                Paclitaxel Iv infusion - in combination with platinum as an option for treating recurrent ovarian cancer  in - NICE TA389
RED                Paclitaxel as albumin-bound nanoparticles with gemcitabine for untreated metastatic pancreatic cancer 
                         - an option by NICE TA476 (replaces TA360)

RED    Palbociclib 
NICE TA495   Recommended within its marketing authroisation, with an aromatase inhibitor, as an option for treating
                       hormone receptor-positive , human epidermal growth receptor 2-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast 
                       cancer as initial endocrine-based therapy in adults.
NICE TA619   this NICE TA has been updated and replaced by NICE TA836
NICE TA836   Palbociclib plus fulvestrant is recommended as an option for treating hormone receptor‑positive, HER2‑negative 
                       locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in adults who have had endocrine therapy only if:
                         >  exemestane plus everolimus is the most appropriate alternative to a cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) 
                             inhibitor and
                         >  the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.
                                                                                                                                                                         NHS England Commissioned

RED           Panitumumab is recommended, as an option for previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer as per NICE TA 439 
                  (updated Sept 2017)

RED            Panobinostat 20mg tablets - recommended as an option by NICE for treating v multiple myeloma after at least two 
                   previous treatments. NICE TA380 

RED           Pazopanib Tablets, f/c - recommended as a first-line treatment option for people with advanced renal cell carcinoma 
                   in NICE TA215 

RED           Pegaspargase as an option for treating acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children, young people and adults only when 
                   they have untreated newly diagnosed disease, (as part of antineoplastic combination therapy) as recommended                                   in NICE TA408 

RED           Pembrolizumab
NICE TA428   Recommended as an option for treating locally advanced or metastatic PD-L1-positive non-small-cell lung cancer in
                       adults who have had at least one chemotherapy.                                                            (NHS England Commissioned) 
NICE TA519   Recommended as an option for treating locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma after 
                       platinum-containing chemotherapy. 
                      This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE technology appraisal guidance 692.
NICE TA522   recommended for use within the Cancer drugs Fund as an option for untreated locally advanced or metastatic
                       carcinoma in adults when cisplatin-containing chemotherapy is unsuitable
                       (Guidance updated July 2018: The European medicines Agency restricted the use of pembrolizumab for untreated
                       urothelial carcinoma. It should now only be used in adults with high levels of PD-L1. For more information, see the
                       summary of product characteristics for pembrolizumab).                                                 (NHS England Cancer Drug Fund)
NICE TA531   Recommended as an option for untreated PD-L1 positive metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer  in adults whose 
                       tumours express PD-L1 (with at least 50% tumour proportion score) and have no epidermal growth factor receptor
                       - or anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive mutations.
                       (replaces NICE TA447)                                                                                                           (NHS England Commissioned)  
NICE TA540   Recommended as an option for treating relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma in adults who have had
                       brentuximab vedotin and cannot have autologous stem cell transplant                   (NHS England Cancer Drug Fund) 
NICE TA553   Recommended for use within the Cancer Drug Fund as an option for the adjuvant  treatment of Stage III melanoma 
                       with lymph node involvement in adults who have had complete resection.             (NHS England Cancer Drug Fund)
NICE TA557   Recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund, with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy, as an option 
                       untreated, metastatic, non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in adults whose tumours have no epidermal
                       growth factor receptor (EGFR)- or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive mutations. 
                                                                                                                                                                         (NHS England Cancer Drug Fund) 
NICE TA600   Recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund, with carboplatin and paclitaxel, as an option for untreated
                       metastatic squamous non-small-cell lung cancer in adults only if:
                          > pembrolizumab is stopped at 2 years of uninterrupted treatment, or earlier if disease progresses, and
                          > the company provides pembrolizumab according to the managed access agreement
                                                                                                                                                                        NHS England Cancer Drug Fund
NICE TA661  Recommended as an option for untreated metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell 
                     carcinoma in adults whose tumours express PD-L1 with a combined positive score of 1 or more. 
                                                                                                                                                                           NHS England Commissioned 
NICE TA683  Recommended as an option with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy for untreated, metastatic, non-squamous 
                      non-small-cell lung cancer in adults whose tumours have no epidermal growth factor receptor-positive or anaplastic
                      lymphoma kinase-positive mutations. This is only if:
                          > it is stopped at 2 years of uninterrupted treatment, or earlier if the disease progresses and
                          > the company provides pembrolizumab according to the commercial arrangement     (Cancer Drug Fund)
NICE TA709  Recommended as an option for untreated metastatic colorectal cancer with high microsatellite instability (MSI) or 
                      mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency in adults, only if:
                           >   pembrolizumab is stopped after 2 years and no documented disease progression, and
                           >   the company provides pembrolizumab according to the commercial arrangement.
NICE TA737  Pembrolizumab with platinum- and fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy is recommended, within its marketing     
                      authorisation, as an option for untreated locally advanced unresectable or metastatic carcinoma of the
                      oesophagus or HER2‑negative gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in adults whose tumours express PD‑L1
                      with a combined positive score (CPS) of 10 or more. Pembrolizumab is only recommended if the company 
                      provides it according to the commercial arrangement.                                                            NHS England Commissioned  
NICE TA801  Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy (paclitaxel or nab‑paclitaxel) is recommended as an option for treating
                      triple‑negative, locally recurrent unresectable or metastatic breast cancer in adults who have not had chemotherapy
                      for metastatic disease. It is recommended only if:
                           > the tumours express PD-L1 with a combined positive score (CPS) of 10 or more and an immune cell
                               staining of less than 1%, and
                           >  the company provides pembrolizumab according to the commercial arrangement   NHS England Commissioned  
NICE TA830  Pembrolizumab is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for the adjuvant treatment
                      of renal cell carcinoma at increased risk of recurrence after nephrectomy, with or without metastatic lesion resection,
                      with or without metastatic lesion resection, in adults. It is recommended only if the company provides it according to 
                      the commercial arrangement                                                                                   NHS England Commissioned 
NICE TA837  Pembrolizumab is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for the adjuvant treatment of 
                      completely resected stage 2B or 2C melanoma in people 12 years and over. It is recommended only if the company 
                      provides pembrolizumab according to the commercial arrangement                         NHS England Commissioned 
NICE TA851  Pembrolizumab is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option with chemotherapy 
                      for neoadjuvant treatment and then continued alone as adjuvant treatment after surgery for adults with triple-
                      negative:
                         >  early breast cancer at high risk of recurrence or
                         >  locally advanced breast cancer.
                      It is recommended only if the company provides pembrolizumab according to the commercial arrangement.
                                                                                                                                                                                NHS England Commissioned 
NICE TA904  Pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, for treating advanced or
                      recurrent endometrial cancer in adults:
                         >  whose cancer has progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy and
                         >  who cannot have curative surgery or radiotherapy.
 Pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib is recommended only if the companies provide them according to the commercial arrangements.
                                                                                                                                                                                NHS England Commissioned
NICE TA914  Pembrolizumab is recommended as an option for treating tumours with high microsatellite instability (MSI) or
                      mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency in adults with:
                         >  advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer that has progressed during or after a platinum-based therapy, who 
                             cannot have curative surgery or radiotherapy
                         >  unresectable or metastatic gastric, small intestine or biliary cancer that has progressed during or after 1 therapy
                         >  colorectal cancer after fluoropyrimidine combination therapy, only if they cannot have nivolumab with ipilimumab.
                       It is only recommended if:
                         >  pembolizumab is stopped at 2 years of uninterrupted treatment, or earlier if the cancer progresses, and
                         >  the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.
                                                                                                                                                                     NHS England Commissioned 

RED         Pemigatinib [Pemazyre® tablets 9mg/13.5mg]                                                                     NHS England Commissioned                     
NICE TA722  Recommended as an option, within its marketing authorisation, for treating locally advanced or metastatic 
                      cholangiocarcinoma with fibroblast growth factor receptor fusion or rearrangement that has progressed after
                      systemic therapy in adults. It is recommended only if the company provides pemigatinib according to the 
                      commercial arrangement.

RED         Pentostatin injection 10mg  

RED           Pertuzumab solution for infusion 30mg/mL - an option for the neoadjuvant treatment of adults with human epidermal 
                  growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)‑positive breast cancer, in combination with trastuzumab and chemotherapy, 
                  as per NICE TA424 
RED           Pertuzumab  HER2-positive metastatic or locally recurrent unrescetable breast  cancer in adults who have not had
                  previous anti‑HER2 therapy or chemotherapy for their metastatic disease (in combination with trastuzumab and 
                  docetaxel -  NICE TA509
RED           Pertuzumab - NICE TA569  - Recommended, with intarvenous tarstuzumab and chemotherpay, for the adjuvant 
                   treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive early stage breast cancer in adults, only if:
                          > they have lymph node-positive disease
                          > the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement
                                                                                                                                                                            NHS England Commissioned
RED         Polatuzumab vedotin [Polivy]
NICE TA649  Polatuzumab vedotin with rituximab and bendamustine is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating relapsed
                      or refractory diffuse large B‑cell lymphoma in adults who cannot have a haematopoietic stem cell transplant. 
                      It is recommended only if the company provides polatuzumab vedotin according to the commercial arrangement.                                                                                                                                                                                     NHS England Commissioned
NICE TA874  Polatuzumab vedotin with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and prednisolone (R‑CHP) is recommended for untreated diffuse
                     large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in adults, only if 
                           > they have an International Prognostic Index (IPI) score of 2 to 5
                           > the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.                    NHS England Commissioned
 

RED           Ponatinib -  Recommended as per NICE TA451 as an option for treating chronic-accelerated  -or blast - phase chronic 
                  myeloid leukaemia in adults.                                                                                                        (NHS England Commissioned)

RED           Procarbazine capsules 50mg 

RED           Radium-223 dichloride recommended as an option by NICE for treating  hormone-relapsed pro state cancer   
                  with bone metastases. NICE TA376  
 
RED          Ravulizumab [Ultomiris® conc for solution for infusion]
NICE TA698 Recommended within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria in 
                      adults:
                        > with haemolysis with clinical symptoms suggesting high disease activity, or
                        > whose disease is clinically stable after having eculizumab for at least 6 months, and
                        > the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement           
                                                                                                                                                                         NHS England Commissioned
 

 RED Regorafenib (Stivarga)
 NICE TA488 
 RED           Regorafenib recommended as an option for treating unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumours 
                   in adults whose disease has progressed on,  or who are intolerant to, prior treatment with imitinib and sunitinib
                                                                                                                                     NHS England Commissioned
 NICE TA555 
 RED           Regorafenib is recommended as an option for treating advanced unrescetable hepatocellular carcinoma in adults 
                    who have had sorafenib, only if:
                       > they have Child-Pugh grade A liver impairment and an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance 
                          status of 0 or 1 and
                       > the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement. 
 NICE TA866 
 RED           Regorafenib is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for metastatic colorectal cancer in adults who have had previous
                    previous treatment (including fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy, anti‑VEGF therapy and anti‑EGFR therapy) or when these treatments are 
                    unsuitable.  Regorafenib is only recommended if the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.
                                                                                                                                                                        NHS England Commissioned

RED    Ribociclib (Kisqali)
NICE TA496    with an aromatase inhibitor, is recommended within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating             
                        hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2‑negative, locally advanced or metastatic
                        breast cancer as initial endocrine-based therapy in adults. Ribociclib is recommended only if the company provides
                        it with the discount agreed  in the patient access scheme. 
NICE TA593    with fulvestrant, is recommended for use within the Cancer Drug Fund as an option for treating hormone receptor-
                       positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER2)-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in
                       people who have had previous endocrine therapy only if:
                              > exemestane plus everolimus is the most appropriate alternative to a cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6
                                 (CDK 4/6) inhibitor and
                              > the conditions in the managed access agreement for ribociclib with fulvestrant are followed.
NICE TA687   Recommended as an option, plus fulvestrant , for treating hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor
                       receptor 2 (HER-2) - negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in adults who have had previous 
                       endocrine therapy only if:
                           > examestane plus everolimus is the most appropriate alternative to a cyclin-depnedent kinase 4 and 6 (CDK 4/6)
                              inhibitor, and
                           > the company provides ribociclib according to the commercial arrangement                          (Cancer Drug Fund)

RED    Rucaparib
NICE TA611    Recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund as an option for maintenance treatment of relapsed platinum-
                       sensitive high-grade epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer that has responded to
                       platinum-based chemotherapy in adults, only if the conditions in the managed access agreement for rucaparib 
                       are followed.                                                                                                                                                 (Cancer Drug Fund)

RED    Ruxolitinib tablets 5mg,10mg.15mg,20mg  
NICE TA386   Recommended as an option for treating disease-related splenomegaly or symptoms in adults with primary 
                       myelofibrosis (also known as chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis), post polycythaemia vera myelofibrosis or post essential
                       thrombocythaemia myelofibrosis, only:
                         > in people with intermediate‑2 or high-risk disease, and
                         > if he company provides ruxolitinib with the discount agreed in the patient access scheme.
 
NICE TA921  Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, for treating polycythaemia vera in adults who cannot tolerate 
                      hydroxycarbamide (also called hydroxyurea) or when the condition is resistant to it. It is only recommended if the 
                      company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.                                           NHS England Commissioned
 

RED    Selpercatinib  
NICE TA742   Recommended for use within the Cancer drugs Fund, as an option for treating:
                            > advanced RET fusion-positive thyroid cancer in adults who need systemic therapy after sorafenib or lenvatinib
                            > advanced RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer in people 12 years and older who need systemic therapy after
                               cabozanitinib or vandetanib
                        It is recommended only if the conditions in the managed access agreement are followed.     (Cancer Drug Fund)
 
NICE TA760    Recommended for use within the Cancer drugs Fund, as an option for treating RET Fusion-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in adults who 
                        need systemic therapy after immunotherapy, platinum-based chemotherapy or both. It is recommended only if the conditions in the managed access agreement 
                        are followed.                                                                                                                                                            Cancer Drugs Fund
NICE TA911 Recommended with managed access as an option for treating RET fusion-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in adults, only if:
                           >  it is untreated
                           >  the conditions in the managed access agreement for selpercatinib are followed
                                                                                                                                                                                 NHS England Commissioned

RED    Sorafenib tablets 200mg  recommended as an option for treating hepatocellular carcinoma only for people with
                   Child-Pugh A liver impairment as per NICE TA474

 RED   Sotorasib 
 NICE TA781  Sotorasib is recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund as an option for treating KRAS G12C mutation-
                       positive locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer in adults whose disease has progressed on, or 
                       cannot tolerate, platinum-based chemotherapy or anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy. It is recommended only if the 
                       conditions in the managed access agreement for sotorasib are followed.
                                                                                                                                                                                           Cancer Drugs Fund

RED           Sunitinib capsules 12.5mg, 25mg, 50mg 
RED           Sunitinib capsules 12.5mg, 25mg, 50mg recommended as an option treating well, or moderately differentiated 
                   unresectable or metastatic neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) of pancreatic origin in adults with progressive  disease.
                   as per NICE TA 449                                                                                                                               NHS England Commissioned

RED           Temozolomide capsules 5mg, 20mg, 100mg,140mg, 180mg,250mg NICE TA23                          (updated March 2016) 
 

RED            Tepotinib
NICE TA789 Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating advanced non-small-cell lung cancer with 
                     NETex14 skipping alterations in adults, only if the company provides tepotinib according to the commercial
                     agreement.                                                                                                                                         NHS England Commissioned

RED           Tisagenlecleucal is recommended for use within the cancer drug fund as an option for treating relapsed or refractory
                   B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in people aged up to 25 years , as per NICE TA554       Cancer Drug Fund

RED           Tivozanib - an option in advanced renal cell carcinoma in adults as per NICE TA512            NHS England Commissioned

RED           Topotecan infusion Ovarian cancer (NICE TA91)  
RED           Topotecan infusion cervical cancer, recurrent                                                                              (NHS England Commissioned) 

RED           Trabectedin powder for concentrate 0.25mg, 1mg (Yondelis®)
NICE TA185  [updated February 2021]
                     Recommended as a treatment option for people with advanced soft tissue sarcoma if:
                     >    treatment with anthracyclines and ifosfamide has failed or
                     >    they are intolerant of or have contraindications for treatment with anthracyclines and ifosfamide
                     >    Trabdectedin is only recommended if the company provides it according to the commercial arramgement
                                                                                                                                                                                  (NHS England Commissioned) 

RED           Trametininb tablets 0.5mg, 2mg as an option by NICE for treating unresectable  or metastatic melanoma in 
                   combination with darbrafenib - NICE TA396 

RED    Trastuzumab 
NICE TA34     Trastuzumab in combination with paclitaxel (combination trastuzumab is currently only licensed for use with                
                       paclitaxel) is recommended as an option for people with tumours expressing human epidermal growth factor
                       receptor 2 (HER2) scored at levels of 3+ who have not received chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer and in
                       whom anthracycline treatment is inappropriate.
NICE TA208  Trastusumab [Herceptin], in combination with cisplatin and capecitabine or 5-fluorouracil, is recommended as an
                       option for the treatment of people with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2_-positive metastatic
                       adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastro-oesophageal junction who:
                          °  have not received prior treatment for their metastatic disease and 
                          °  have tumours expressing hig levels of HERs as defined by a positive immunohistochemistry score of 3 (IHC3 
                              positive)

RED    Trastuzumab emtansine [Kadcyla®]
NICE TA458   Trastuzumab emtansine is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating a human 
                       epidermal growth factor receptor (HER2) - positive, unrescetable, locally advanced or metastatic  breast cancer in 
                       adults who previously received trastuzumab and a taxane, separately or in combination - updated (replaces TA371).   
                                                                                                                                                                                       Cancer Drug Fund
NICE TA632  Trastuzumab emtansine is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for the adjuvant 
                       treatment of human epidermal growth g=factor receptor 2 (HER2)- positive early breast cancer in adults who have had
                       residual invasive disease in the breast or lymph nodes after neoadjuvant taxane-based and HER2-targeted therapy.
                       It is recommended only if the company provides trastuzumab emtansine according to the commercial arrangement
                                                                                                                                                                         NHS England Commissioned

RED    Trastuzumab deruxtecan [Enhertu®]
NICE TA704  Trastuzumab deruxtecan is recommended for use within the Cancer drugs Fund as an option for treating HER2-
                      positive unresectable or metastatic breast cancer in adults after 2 or more anti-HER2 therapies. It is recommended
                      only if the conditions of the managed access agreement are followed.                                    Cancer Drugs Fund
 
NICE TA862  Trastuzumab deruxtecan is recommended with managed access as an option for treating HER2‑positive unresectable or metastatic breast cancer
                      after 1 or more anti-HER2 treatments in adults. It is only recommended if the conditions in the managed access agreement for trastuzumab 
                      deruxtecan are followed.                                                                                                                     Cancer Drugs Fund

RED    Tretinoin capsules 10mg 
                  (Consultant haematologist only – use whilst waiting transfer to specialist centre - see relevant protocol)

RED    Trifluridine-tipiracil tablets 15mg, 20mg 
NICE TA405  Recommended as an option, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating metastatic colorectal cancer, 
                      that is:
                      > in adults who have had previous treatment with available therapies including fluorpyrimidine-, oxaliplatin- or 
                         irinotecan-based chemotherapies, anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents and anti-epidermal growth factor 
                         receptor agents, or when these therapies are not suitable, and
                     > only when the company provides trufluridine-tipiracil with the discount agreed i the patient access scheme
NICE TA852 Recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating metastatic gastric cancer or gastro-
                     oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in adults who have had 2 or more  treatment regimens.
                     It is only recommended if the company provides trifluridine–tipiracil according to the commercial arrangement.
This guidance updates and replaces NICE TA699                                                                                               NHS England Commissioned

RED      Tucatinib tablets 50mg,100mg
NICE TA786  Recommended with trastuzumab and capecitabine, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating
                       HER2-positive locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in adults after 2 or more anti-HER2 treatment therapies
                       only if the company provides tucatinib according to the commercial arrangement
                                                                                                                                                                      NHS England Commissioned

RED    Vemfurafenib tablets 240mg 
NICE TA269   Recommended as an option for treating BRAF V600 mutation-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma only if
                       the manufacturer provides vemurafenib with the discount agreed in the patient access scheme

RED    Venetoclax  [Venclyxto]
NICE TA487  This guidance has been updated and replaced by NICE TA796
NICE TA561  Venetoclax with rituximab - recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating chronic
                      lymphocytic leukaemia in adults who have had at least 1 previous therapy.                       (Cancer Drugs Fund)
NICE TA663   Venetoclax plus obinutuzumab is recommended as an option for untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia [CLL] in    
                       adults, only if:
                             >  there is a 17p deletion or TP53 mutation, or
                             >  there is no 17p deletion ot TP53 mutation, and fludarabine plus cyclophosphamide and rituximab [FCR], or 
                                 bendamustine plus rituximab [BR], is unsuitable, and
                             >  the companies provide the drugs according to the commercial arrangements.
                        Venetoclax plus obinutuzumab is recommended for use within the Cancer drugs Fund as an option for untreated CLL
                        in adults, only if:
                            >  there is no 17p deletion or TP53 mutation, and FCR or BR is suitable, and
                            >  the conditions in the managed access agreement for venetoclax plus obinutuxumab are followed
 
NICE TA765  Recommended as an option with azacitidine, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for unttreate acute
                       myeloid leukaemia in adults when intensive chemotherapy is unsuitable. It is recommended only if the company 
                       provides venetoclax according to the commercial arrangement.                              NHS England Commissioned
 
NICE TA787  Recommended as an option, with low dose cytarabine,  for untreated acute myeloid leukaemia in adults when 
                       intensive chemotherapy is unsuitable, only if:
                           >  they have over 30% bone marrow blasts
                           >  the company provides venetoclax according to the commercial agreement     
                                                                                                                                                                         NHS England Commissioned
NICE TA796 Venetoclax monotherapy is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, for treating chronic lymphocytic
                      leukaemia in adults:
                         > with a 17p deletion or TP53 mutation and when a B-cell receptor pathway inhibitor is unsuitable, or whose
                            disease has progressed after a B=cell receptor pathway inhibitor ir
                         > without a 17p deletion or TP53 mutation, and whose disease has progressed after both chemo-immunotherapy
                            and a B-cell receptor pathway inhibitor
                     It is recommended only if the company provides venetoclax according to the commercial arrangement
                This guidance updates and replaces NICE TA487                                                                      NHS England Commissioned
 

RED Zanubrutinib (Brukinsa)                                                                                                                       NHS England Commissioned
NICE TA833 recommended as an option for treating Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia in adults who have had at least 1                                       treatment, only if:
                        >  bendamustine plus rituximab is also suitable and
                        >  the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.
 
 
 RED Zanubrutinib (Brukinsa)                                                                                                                       NHS England Commissioned
 NICE TA931   recommended as an option or treating chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) in adults. It is only recommended if the 
                       CLL is:
                       > untreated and
                              > there is a 17p deletion or tumour protein 53 (TP53) mutation or
                              > there is no 17p deletion or TP53 mutation, and fludarabine plus cyclophosphamide and rituximab (FCR), or 
                                 bendamustine plus rituximab (BR) is unsuitable, or
                       > relapsed or refractory
 Zanubrutinib is recommended only if the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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