‘No magic bullet’: For drug makers and the FDA, clinical trials on ultra rare diseases pose thorny challenges

26 July 2022 - Walker Burger is beside himself with worry. ...

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Simulating colorectal cancer trials using real world data

20 July 2022 - Using real world data –based trial simulation approach, we aim to simulate colorectal cancer trials and ...

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A first step towards best practice recommendations for the design and statistical analyses of pragmatic clinical trials: a modified Delphi approach

15 June 2022 - Pragmatic clinical trials are randomised trials implemented through routine clinical practice, where design parameters of traditional randomised ...

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FDA’s treatment of China developed drugs spurs demands for multiregional clinical trials

14 June 2022 - China’s ambition to become a leader in the biopharma industry has been clear in the last ...

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Toward incorporating health-related quality of life as co-primary endpoints in clinical trials: time to achieve clinical important differences and quality of life profiles

16 May 2022 - Besides morbidity and mortality, quality of life is a key outcome of cancer treatments.  ...

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Ethical considerations for the inclusion of patient reported outcomes in clinical research

17 May 2022 - An international consensus Delphi process was developed according to the Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health ...

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Basket trials: review of current practice and innovations for future trials

10 May 2022 - Basket trials, one type of master protocol, emerged as a tool for evaluating biomarker-targeted therapies among multiple ...

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Patient reported outcome assessment must be inclusive and equitable

5 May 2022 - Patient reported outcomes are increasingly collected in clinical trials and in routine clinical practice, but strategies ...

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FDA takes important steps to increase racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials

13 April 2022 - Agency’s focus on inclusion in trials for all medical products aligns with Biden Administration’s cancer moonshot goal ...

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Biosimilar impact on oncology clinical trial design and operations

11 March 2022 - There is a wealth of data, reviews, articles, and regulatory guidance on how to conduct clinical trials ...

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FDA effort to improve clinical trial diversity failed to make a difference for Black patients, study finds

7 March 2022 - Six years ago, the U.S. FDA launched a five year action plan to improve the diversity and ...

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Progression-free survival: it is time for a new name

1 March 2022 - Progression-free survival refers to the time from randomisation or initiation of treatment to the occurrence of disease ...

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Assessing unexpected circumstances that lead to modifications in clinical trial design, conduct, or analysis application of the CONSERVE Reporting Guideline

1 March 2022 - In the COVID-19 Dexamethasone (CoDEX) randomised clinical trial, which studied a sample of critically ill patients with ...

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U.S. FDA advisers call for new trial of Lilly, Innovent lung cancer drug

10 February 2022 - Innovent Biologics and Eli Lilly should be required to conduct a trial of their lung cancer ...

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Importing oncology trials from China: a bridge over troubled waters?

4 February 2022 - On 10 February 2022, the US FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will convene to discuss ORIENT-11, a ...

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