February 2025 HTA ESIG meeting - minutes

· February 4, 2025

SIG meetings

Date/time

04-February-2025 13:00-14:00 CET

Agenda

  1. Admin updates (5min)
  2. Member/subteam/guest driven topic (15min)
  3. EU HTA – info sharing and updates (5min)
  4. 2025 HTA ESIG targets (30min) (all)
  5. Events and conferences (5min)
  6. AOB

1. Admin updates

  • PSI/Moore: MS Teams collaboration solution for SIGs
    • Access for all SIG members (Moore to manage access)
    • Opportunity for subteam collaboration spaces (channels/subchannels)
    • Go-live expected Q1 2025

2. Member/subteam/guest driven topic (15min)

Surrogate endpoint recommendations (Lara)

  • Whitepaper (NICE/CDA etc): Surrogate endpoints in cost-effectiveness analysis for use in health technology assessment
  • HTA SIG perspectives - how can we operationalize statistically?
    • Subteam to put together overview: reach out to Lara
    • Action Lara: invite author(s) of whitepaper for SIG presentation
    • PSI webinar? Or both (we will target a local SIG presentation first - then revisit the webinar idea)

HTA ESIG active subteam overview (Milana)

Why?

  • Improve visibility/make it easier for members to find subteams aligned w/interests
  • Will talk more subteams in 2025 target discussion

How?

  • Asked for updates from the subteams that we think are active
  • If we have missed a subteam, let us know!
  • Subteam overview is here

Next steps

  • Action Milana: finalize the current subteam overview
  • Action subteam leads: provide input to Milana on request about ongoing work

3. EU HTA – info sharing and updates (5min)

4. 2025 HTA ESIG targets

2024 targets - which to carry over/update/delete?

  • Targets from 2024 are here

  • Related to SIG objective #1:
    • ✔ Deepen SIG dialogue around EU HTA readiness & strategic role of statisticians
  • Related to SIG objective #2:
    • ✔ Review and comment on methods and procedural guidelines for HTA
    • (✔) Strengthen Social Media communication on HTA statistics/role of HTA statisticians
    • ✔ Successful ½d HTA addition to the EFSPI Regulatory Workshop 2024
  • Related to objective #3
    • ✔ High SIG visibility at PSI 2024 and ISPOR EU
    • ✘ Publish 3 position papers pertaining to EU HTA
    • ✘ Strengthen relationship with ISPOR Statistical Methods SIG (Martin) & visibility of technical subgroups
    • ✔ Update HTA handbook
  • Related to objective #4
    • (✘) Training course to be delivered 2025
    • ✔ ITC webinar + PICOs follow-up webinar

Additional cosiderations

  • How to strengthen the visibility of subteams and their work?
    • Action Anders/Lara: look into having an "around-the-table" across subteams throughout the year for an update about ongoing work
    • Subteams are of course still very welcome to bring agenda points for ESIG meetings on an ongoing basis
  • Subteam volunteers needed: PSI 2025 planning (townhall/lunch event/etc)
    • Action all ESIG members: please reach out to Anders if you can help
  • Other subteams that we should consider
    • Surrogacy subteam? We will look more into this after we’ve had the presentation that Lara promised to arrange (see agenda point 2)
  • Anders: HTA training track will be important for the SIG
  • Arthur: webinars is important - also, consider if subteams could provide a target/focus?

Next steps

  • There was limited feedback from the meeting attendees about which 2024 targets to carry over/update/delete
    • We will try a more asynchronous approach with a survey
  • Action Anders: share survey with full ESIG
  • Action all ESIG members: respond to survey or provide considerations directly to Anders/Lara

5. Events and conferences (5min)

  • PSI 2025 pushed 1 week (08-Jun to 11-Jun)

6. AOB