Post hoc analyses show no convincing evidence that PROLONG trial's failure to meet its coprimary efficacy endpoints stemmed from baseline risk differences in subjects compared to an earlier trial, agency says; advisory committee is being asked whether to withdraw accelerated approval or keep the drug on the market, with or without a new confirmatory study.
AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc. may be hard-pressed to persuade a US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee that Makena, an accelerated approval drug for preventing preterm birth, should remain on the market given agency skepticism about the company’s view of why the confirmatory efficacy trial failed.
At a 29 October meeting of the Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee, the company will assert results from...
A real-world evidence study also does not meet the regulatory standard for an adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation, the agency said. The FDA should allow the accelerated approval drug to remain available like other treatments that failed their confirmatory trials, Intercept said.
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Proposal to have panelists rate the strength of efficacy and safety evidence on a numeric scale also draws support in written comments on ways to optimize the advisory committee process.
A real-world evidence study also does not meet the regulatory standard for an adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation, the agency said. The FDA should allow the accelerated approval drug to remain available like other treatments that failed their confirmatory trials, Intercept said.
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Recent and upcoming US FDA advisory committee meetings and a summary of the topics covered.
