Results for 'FDA anticancer approvals'
Patient burden and clinical advances associated with post approval monotherapy cancer drug trials: a retrospective cohort study
clinical advances, monotherapy cancer drug trials, FDA
Objective: The study investigates the efforts to extend the uses of new drugs by testing them for new, non-approved indications and examines the patient burden and clinical impact. Design and Setting: A retrospective cohort study focused on post-approval trials of anticancer drugs approved betwee…
Feb 17th • 7 mins read
Cost per Event Averted in Cancer Trials in the Adjuvant Setting From 2018 to 2022
anticancer drugs, adjuvant therapy, FDA approvals, cost per event averted, surrogate endpoints, oncology drug costs
Importance: Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of adjuvant therapies based on the cost per event averted. Objective: To assess the costs per event averted for anticancer drugs approved by the FDA between January 2018 and March 2022. Design, Setting, and Participants: Cross-sectional study of F…
Jun 10th • 30 mins read
Audit of Data Sharing by Pharmaceutical Companies for Anticancer Medicines Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration
IPD sharing, clinical trial transparency, FDA anticancer approvals, oncology trials, data accessibility, pharmaceutical industry
The study examines the eligibility for individual participant data (IPD) sharing from clinical trials that supported the FDA approval of anticancer medicines over the past 10 years. Of the 304 trials analyzed, 136 (45%) were eligible for IPD sharing, while 168 (55%) were not. IPD sharing rates v…
Jul 28th • 20 mins read
Association Between US Drug Price and Measures of Efficacy for Oncology Drugs Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration From 2015 to 2020
Cancer drug pricing, Cancer care costs, Cancer drug efficacy, Progression-free survival, Value-based pricing in oncology, FDA anticancer approvals
The US has worse cancer-related outcomes compared to other high-income countries and has the highest cost of cancer care globally. High costs may be attributed to the improved efficacy of expensive new cancer drugs, though the relationship between cost and benefit is debated. A study found a lin…
Oct 31st • 10 mins read
Early phase clinical trial played a critical role in the Food and Drug Administration-approved indications for targeted anticancer drugs: a cross-sectional study from 2012 to 2021
Early phase clinical trial, Dose-expansion cohort, Single-arm trial, Pivotal trial, FDA approved indications, Targeted anticancer drugs
Analysis of 188 FDA-approved indications for 95 molecular targeted anticancer drugs between 2012 and 2021. 59.6% of indications were approved based on Early Phase Clinical Trials (EPCTs). There was a notable annual increase of 22.2% in approvals based on EPCTs, compared to a 5.0% increase for ph…
Mar 9th • 10 mins read
Potential Cost Implications for All US Food and Drug Administration Oncology Drug Approvals in 2018
FDA, drug approvals, oncology, cancer drugs
The new, expensive cancer drugs approved by the FDA in 2018 could drastically increase U.S. healthcare spending if widely adopted, but industry forecasts suggest low-level market uptake, maintaining current budget trends. The healthcare system's financial stability partially relies on many eligible …
Aug 31st • 7 mins read
Magnitude of Clinical Benefit of Cancer Drugs Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration
antineoplastic agents, immunologic adjuvants, pharmaceutical adjuvants, phase 3 clinical trials, drug approval, drug labeling, medical oncology, united states food and drug administration, diagnosis, palliative care, surrogate endpoints, weight measureme
Regulatory agencies assess drug safety and efficacy, but thresholds may differ from those accepted by clinicians . Only 43.8% of RCTs for FDA-approved drugs meet the ESMO-MCBS threshold for meaningful benefit, reflecting potential softening of FDA standards. Encouraging trends include an increas…
Dec 13th • 7 mins read