Belimumab for treating active autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus - NICE TAG TA397

1.1 Belimumab is recommended as an option as add-on treatment for active autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus in adults only if all of the following apply:

• There is evidence for serological disease activity (defined as positive anti-double-stranded DNA and low complement) and a Safety of Estrogen in Lupus National Assessment – Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SELENA-SLEDAI) score of greater than or equal to 10 despite standard treatment.

• Treatment with belimumab is continued beyond 24 weeks only if the SELENA-SLEDAI score has improved by 4 points or more.

• The company provides belimumab with the discount agreed in the patient access scheme.

• Under the conditions for data collection, monitoring, patient eligibility and consent, ongoing treatment, cost to the NHS, and review by NICE as laid out in sections 5 and 6 of this document.

1.2 This guidance is not intended to affect the position of patients whose treatment with belimumab was started within the NHS before this guidance was published. Treatment of those patients may continue without change to whatever funding arrangements were in place for them before this guidance was published until they and their NHS clinician consider it appropriate to stop.

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta397