Paving the way towards coordinated clinical trials in public health emergencies in the EU

25 July 2023 - EMA has published a report from a workshop that collected insights and suggestions for possible EU level ...

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Evidence of lack of treatment efficacy derived from statistically non-significant results of randomised clinical trials

20 June 2023 - Many randomised clinical trials yield statistically non-significant results. Such results are difficult to interpret within the dominant ...

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FDA announces additional steps to modernise clinical trials

6 June 2023 - Agency requesting feedback on the draft recommendations and how they should be applied to increasingly diverse trial ...

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FDA considers new efficacy endpoint for diabetes drugs

31 May 2023 - The US FDA on Friday released an updated draft guidance to help sponsors demonstrate efficacy for ...

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The FDA is ignoring patients in clinical trials

28 May 2023 - Imagine having two daughters who both have a rare disease and watching them struggle — to ...

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Adjusting for covariates in randomized clinical trials for drugs and biological products

26 May 2023 - This final guidance describes FDA’s current recommendations regarding adjusting for covariates in the statistical analysis of randomised ...

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The role of disclosures: helping to understand oncology clinical trial endpoints

18 May 2023 - FDA researchers wanted to see whether consumers understand oncology endpoints in DTC television ads, and whether disclosures ...

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CADTH, ICER, and NICE release joint position statement on redacting clinical data awaiting publication

24 April 2023 - The position statement is a step toward greater transparency of unpublished data and a tangible outcome ...

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EMA addresses considerations for single-arm trials

21 April 2023 - A new reflection paper from the EMA offers some suggestions to sponsors on how to design ...

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Clinical trial considerations to support accelerated approval of oncology therapeutics

24 March 2023 - The accelerated approval pathway is commonly used for approval of oncology drugs due to the serious ...

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FDA outlines plan for digital health technologies for clinical trials

24 March 2023 - The US FDA plans to hold at least one public meeting and release several guidances on digital ...

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MHRA to streamline clinical trial approvals in biggest overhaul of trial regulation in 20 years

21 March 2023 - The legislative changes will help to make the UK one of the best countries in the world ...

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Replacing RCTs with real world data for regulatory decision-making: a self-fulfilling prophecy?

2 March 2023 - Real world data are advocated as an alternative approach to randomised clinical trials for closing knowledge gaps ...

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Efficient RCTs with real world data for benefit assessments: accelerating evidence-based care

2 March 2023 - Together with colleagues from the Belgian HTA agency KCE, three employees of IQWiG in the BMJ are ...

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My son’s time is running out due to a rare disease. The FDA needs to add more clinical trial flexibility.

28 February 2023 -  My toddler, Wheeler, will probably not live to adulthood. Juvenile Batten disease — he has the ...

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