While a US FDA advisory committee would focus on efficacy and safety data from Leqembi’s Phase III CLARITY-AD trial, it likely also would provide a public forum for relitigating Audhelm’s accelerated approval and the evidence needed to formally validate amyloid plaque reduction as a surrogate.
An anticipated US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee review of Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen, Inc.’s Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) for regular approval will offer the opportunity for a public vetting on a host of issues.
These include lecanemab-specific matters, such as the magnitude of clinical benefit, and occurrence of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) and deaths,...
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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