Advice

following a re-submission:

miconazole muco-adhesive buccal tablet (Loramyc®) is not recommended for use within NHS Scotland.

Indication under review: The treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) in immunocompromised patients.

Miconazole muco-adhesive buccal tablets were shown to be non-inferior in the treatment of OPC to another locally-acting miconazole preparation in patients with cancer of the head and neck who had received radiotherapy, and to another locally-acting anti-fungal in HIV-positive patients. There are no data comparing miconazole buccal tablets to treatments currently used in practice in Scotland in this patient group.

Overall the manufacturer did not present a sufficiently robust clinical and economic analysis to gain acceptance by SMC.

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Medicine details

Medicine name:
miconazole (Loramyc)
SMC ID:
517/08
Indication:
Treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) in immunocompromised patients (adults only).
Pharmaceutical company
Therabel Pharma UK Ltd
BNF chapter
Ear, nose and oropharynx
Submission type
Resubmission
Status
Not recommended
Date advice published
07 February 2011