Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee will consider whether exploratory analyses from the PARAGON-HF trial, which narrowly missed its primary endpoint, plus demonstrated efficacy in an adjacent indication, support a new claim for heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction.
The US Food and Drug Administration is asking its external experts whether Novartis AG’s Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan) should add an indication for use in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) despite narrowly missing the primary efficacy endpoint in the pivotal trial.
In briefing documents released ahead of a 15 December meeting of the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee, the agency...
A real-world evidence study also does not meet the regulatory standard for an adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation, the agency said. The FDA should allow the accelerated approval drug to remain available like other treatments that failed their confirmatory trials, Intercept said.
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Proposal to have panelists rate the strength of efficacy and safety evidence on a numeric scale also draws support in written comments on ways to optimize the advisory committee process.
A real-world evidence study also does not meet the regulatory standard for an adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation, the agency said. The FDA should allow the accelerated approval drug to remain available like other treatments that failed their confirmatory trials, Intercept said.
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