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Lee, Dawn https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4027-8456
Ahmad, Zain https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3618-7102
Larkin, James M. G. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5569-9523
Bahl, Amit https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8525-0310
Melendez-Torres, G. J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9823-4790
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Funding for this research was provided by:
NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR136008)
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Article History
Received: 3 February 2025
Accepted: 12 August 2025
First Online: 27 August 2025
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: An example of the online survey is provided at: . The economic model used for the pathways pilot appraisal is available here: . Otherwise the data produced within the exercise are provided in this manuscript.
: D.L. reports receiving consulting fees from Fiecon, Lumanity, Neuraxpham and Ascenian Consulting; market research for projects unrelated to renal cell carcinoma; and as being a very small shareholder following employment at Lumanity (the holding company). A.B. received payment for lectures from Ipsen, BMS and Merck and is an unpaid chairperson of the of British Uro-Oncology Group. J.L. has received consulting fees and honoraria from a number of pharmaceutical companies including BMS, Pfizer, Merck, Eisai and MSD. Z.A. is an unpaid board member for the National Oncology Trainee Research Collaborative for Health (NOTCH). All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
: This work was funded by the NIHR Evidence Synthesis Programme as project number NIHR136008. Professor G.J. Melendez-Torres is a NIHR Senior Investigator. The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the opinions of NICE, NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.
: The code adapted for this elicitation exercise is provided via the STEER website: .
: D.L., Z.A. and G.J. wrote the protocol for the structured expert elicitation. D.L. and Z.A. produced the R tool to conduct the exercise. D.L. conducted the training with involved clinicians and managed communication with clinicians. D.L. and Z.A. conducted the analysis of the structured expert elicitation results. G.J. incorporated the results of the exercise into the network meta-analysis. D.L. and G.J. incorporated the results of the exercise for curve selection to inform the economic model. D.L., Z.A. and G.J. contributed to the drafting of the manuscript. All authors reviewed/revised the manuscript and approved the version for publication.
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