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Details of HTA journal title

Last updated: 26 August 2008 - Next update due: 2 September 2008

Research type:

NICE Technology Assessment Report (TAR) 

Title (lead author) etc:

A rapid and systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of orlistat in the management of obesity  (O'Meara) 81 pages, Volume 5, number 18

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Outputs in journals arising from this project

Project ref:

00/05/01 

Original project title:

A systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of orlistat in the management of obesity 

Chief Investigator:

NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), University of York  

Start Date:

July 2000.  

Publication date:

May 2001

Cost:

 This project was commissioned by the HTA programme on behalf of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on a call-off contract basis

MeSH* index primary terms:

ORLISTAT Q-therapeutic-use; OBESITY Q-drug-therapy; APPETITE-DEPRESSANTS Q-therapeutic-use (* = Medical Subject Headings)

MeSH* index secondary terms:

HUMAN; OBESITY Q-economics; ORLISTAT Q-ecomomics; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS; APPETITE-DEORESSANTS Q-economics; TREATMENT-OUTCOME; REVIEW-ACADEMIC  (* = Medical Subject Headings)

NRR* number, if applicable:

N0484094176 (*National Research Register) 

Project Protocol:

Project protocol not available

Printed copies of this title despatched:

313 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month)

Downloads/Views of electronic version from website:

25114 (Figures are cumulative.) Last updated 8th July 2008.

URL of this page:

http://www.hta.ac.uk/1195

Outputs from this project

  • Do weight-reducing drugs work?. Bandolier 100.
  • O'Meara, S.; Riemsma, R.; Shirran, L.; Mather, L.; Ter, Riet G.. A systematic review of the clinical effectiveness of orlistat used for the management of obesity. Obesity Review: 5:1: 51:68.
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