Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Feb 2022
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 clinical trial comparing chemotherapy plus sintilimab, an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody and member of the checkpoint inhibitor class, with chemotherapy alone as an initial treatment for metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer.
Done exclusively in China, the trial's design, patient population, and statistical analysis closely resembles landmark non-small cell lung cancer trials that established checkpoint inhibitors as part of initial treatment regimens several years ago.
