# searchNiceTechnologyAppraisals

**Identifier:** `nice_searchNiceTechnologyAppraisals`

**Provider:** [NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence](https://kirha.com/providers/nice.md)

Search NICE (England) technology appraisal (TA) and highly specialised technology (HST) decisions by technology/INN, indication, recommendation outcome, guidance id and date. Returns one row per appraised indication with NICE's recommendation (recommended, optimised = recommended for a narrower population, notRecommended, onlyInResearch, terminated = no company submission), Cancer Drugs Fund flags and the recommendation wording. Rows without a recommendation are HST guidance or TAs published after NICE's last monthly data-file update: open the url. Use searchNiceGuidance for appraisals in development and other NICE guidance.

## Run it with the CLI

```bash
kirha tools run nice_searchNiceTechnologyAppraisals \
  --input '{}'
```

`--input` takes a JSON object that matches the input schema. Pass `--input -` to read it from stdin.

## Call it over HTTP

```bash
curl https://api.kirha.com/tools/v1/execute \
  --request POST \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: **********' \
  --data '{
  "tool_name": "nice_searchNiceTechnologyAppraisals",
  "input": {}
}'
```

Replace the stars with an API key from https://app.kirha.com/api-keys.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "activeSubstance": {
      "description": "INN or technology name, e.g. pembrolizumab",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "cancerDrugsFundOnly": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "currentOnly": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Exclude replaced or withdrawn guidance",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "guidanceIds": {
      "description": "e.g. TA1190, HST21",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "indication": {
      "description": "English words, all must match, e.g. 'non-small-cell lung cancer'",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 15,
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "number"
    },
    "offset": {
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0,
      "type": "number"
    },
    "publishedAfter": {
      "description": "YYYY-MM-DD",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "publishedBefore": {
      "description": "YYYY-MM-DD",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "recommendation": {
      "items": {
        "enum": [
          "recommended",
          "optimised",
          "notRecommended",
          "onlyInResearch",
          "terminated"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": "array"
    }
  },
  "type": "object"
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "appraisals": {
      "items": {
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "cancerDrugsFund": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "comment": {
            "description": "Recommendation wording and restrictions",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "current": {
            "description": "false when the guidance was replaced or withdrawn",
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "financialYear": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "guidanceId": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "indication": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "innovativeMedicinesFund": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "lastUpdatedAt": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "process": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "publishedAt": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "recommendation": {
            "enum": [
              "recommended",
              "optimised",
              "notRecommended",
              "onlyInResearch",
              "terminated"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "summary": {
            "description": "NICE page summary, given when the recommendation is not in the data file yet",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "technology": {
            "description": "Technology as named by NICE, usually the INN plus combination partners",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "technologyType": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "guidanceId",
          "technology",
          "current",
          "url"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "context": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "dataFileUpdatedAt": {
      "description": "Last update of NICE's TA recommendations data file",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "guidanceIds": {
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "context",
    "appraisals",
    "total",
    "guidanceIds"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```

## Related tools

Other NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence tools that this tool refers to, or that refer to it.

- [`searchNiceGuidance`](https://kirha.com/providers/nice/searchNiceGuidance.md)

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