ODAC votes 10-2 that the progression-free survival data in CodeBreaK 200 cannot be reliably interpreted due to various study conduct issues; agency assures the committee that it is not currently proposing withdrawal and that multiple regulatory pathways are available for sotorasib, one of two KRAS G12C inhibitors on the market under accelerated approval.
The US Food and Drug Administration appears in no hurry to try to remove Amgen, Inc.’s accelerated approval lung cancer drug Lumakras (sotorasib) from the market despite an advisory committee’s conclusion that the progression-free survival endpoint in the CodeBreaK 200 confirmatory trial could not be reliably interpreted.
On 5 October, the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 10-2 that the primary endpoint in CodeBreaK 200, PFS by blinded...
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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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New marketing authorization applications filed with the European Medicines Agency's human medicines committee (the CHMP) for review under the EU's centralized procedure. Updated monthly.
New marketing authorization applications filed with the European Medicines Agency's human medicines committee (the CHMP) for review under the EU's centralized procedure. Updated monthly.
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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