Advisory panel agrees with US FDA that Merck’s pathological complete response data is not strong enough for accelerated approval in high-risk, early-stage triple-negative breast cancer patients and says modeling of expected outcomes data cannot make up for this weakness.
The US Food and Drug Administration’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted unanimously in favor of delaying an approval decision on Merck & Co., Inc.’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for treatment of high-risk, early-stage triple-negative breast cancer, siding with the agency’s position that modeling cannot substitute for completed clinical trial data.
The 10-0 panel vote on 9 February was also a reminder of the limits FDA has laid out around the...
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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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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