Neuroblastoma Drug Development: Potential Surrogate Endpoint Gets US FDA Panel Backing

 
• By Brenda Sandburg
  
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Advisory committee supports further research on end-of-induction response as an early interim clinical endpoint for drugs in treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma. FDA has approved two drugs for this rare disease in children, who have a 40-50% chance of long-term survival.

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FDA advisory committee favors further research on potential surrogate endpoint for high-risk neuroblastoma • Source: Shutterstock

Given the lengthy time it takes to develop a drug for high-risk neuroblastoma, researchers are considering use of a surrogate marker for survival. A US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel agreed that end-of-induction response looks promising and that further research should be conducted to validate its use as an interim clinical endpoint.

The pediatric oncology subcommittee of FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee discussed the use of end-of-induction response in clinical trials for...

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