Expert opinion practice based recommendations: Permacol™ collagen paste for anal fistula treatment

22 august 2019

Though Permacol™ collagen paste may offer an attractive treatment option for many anal fistula patients, in the absence of evidence-based guidelines a lack of first hand expertise may hamper its use in clinical practice. Hict developed an expert opinion report that provides expert guidance on the use of Permacol™ Paste for treatment of anorectal fistula, aimed at surgeons who may not be familiar with the technique.

Expertise: Stakeholder management, Messaging

Project Highlights

  • Customer: Medtronic
  • Main Goal: Development of expert opinion practice-based recommendations on the use of Permacol collagen paste for the use of anorectal fistula
  • Main Results: Expert opinion practice-based recommendations on the use of Permacolcollagen paste, and stakeholder management & messaging by means of a whitepaper

Approach

The advice is based on the personal experience of surgeons with hands-on expertise using Permacolcollagen paste in their clinical practice who clearly stated existing level of evidence is low.

European clinical experts in anal fistula treatment were invited to participate to a written survey discussing the use of PermacolPaste in the broader context of anal fistula treatment in their practice. Each participant's response was discussed in a one-on-one phone interview.

The generalized results from the survey and interviews were presented in conjunction with an overview of relevant literature at an expert meeting. The results of this discussion are captured in an EU expert opinion recommendation whitepaper.

This whitepaper summarizes the expert opinion meeting discussion topics and expert opinion recommendations for the use of PermacolPaste in clinical practice. The full white paper can be consulted below.

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Permacol™ Collagen paste for anal fistula treatment

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Results

  • Development of a survey on the use of Permacol ™ Paste and the target population
  • A one-on-one phone interview with each survey participant
  • Pre-reads for all participants as preparation to the expert meeting
  • An expert meeting, moderated by Hict, with: an overview of relevant literature and survey results and a discussion to define the practice-based recommendations for the use of Permacol™ collagen paste
  • Whitepaper summarizing the expert opinion meeting discussion topics and expert opinion recommendations for the use of Permacol™ Paste in clinical practice