Results for 'antineoplastic agents'
Publicly accessible evidence of health-related quality of life benefits associated with cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency between 2009 and 2015
Antineoplastic agents, Health-related quality of life, Clinical efficacy, Drug approvals, Patient-relevant outcomes
The study investigates cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) that initially lack Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) information. Data was collected for cancer indications approved between January 2009 and October 2015, using sources like the EMA website, clinical…
Feb 23rd • 12 mins read
Application of Value Framework to Phase III Trials of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Esophageal and Gastric Cancer
esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, comparative effectiveness research, outcome assessment, antineoplastic agents, immunotherapy
Immunotherapy checkpoint inhibitors are FDA-approved for first-line metastatic esophageal and gastric cancer, but not all scenarios benefit from non-selective chemo-immunotherapy application. ASCO Net Health scores were consistently higher in esophageal cancer trials compared to gastric cancer tr…
Jan 13th • 8 mins read
Pediatric Trials for Cancer Therapies With Targets Potentially Relevant to Pediatric Cancers
antineoplastic agents, adult, child, pediatrics, continental population groups, united states food and drug administration, statutes and laws, cancer therapy, childhood cancer, molecular target
The Research to Accelerate Cures and Equity (RACE) for Children Act was enacted in 2017. The Act authorizes the US FDA to require pediatric studies for new cancer drugs with molecular targets relevant to pediatric cancers. An examination of 78 adult cancer drugs approved by the FDA from 2007 to …
Oct 29th • 10 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
Prediction of Drug Approval After Phase I Clinical Trials in Oncology: RESOLVED2
clinical trials, RESOLVED2, FDA
Challenge in Oncology Drug Development: The field is currently facing an increase in the number of antineoplastic agents (ANAs) entering phase I clinical trials (P1CTs) and a high attrition rate for final FDA approval. Objective: Development of a machine learning algorithm, RESOLVED2, to …
Sep 20th • 12 mins read