Advisory committee says additional trials needed to demonstrate applicability of ORIENT-11 results to US population; in opting to seek approval only with Chinese data, Innovent said it relied on 2019 comments by FDA’s Richard Pazdur, but the oncology center head said therapeutic and societal changes have caused an evolution in the agency’s thinking.
Single-country submissions are 'a step backward' in efforts to promote clinical trial diversity and multi-regional trials, FDA's top oncology official says. • Source: Alamy
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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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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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