Characteristics of Preapproval and Postapproval Studies for Drugs Granted Accelerated Approval by the US Food and Drug Administration
Author(s) -
Huseyin Naci,
Katelyn R. Smalley,
Aaron S. Kesselheim
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2017.9415
Subject(s) - medicine , food and drug administration , clinical trial , blinding , clinical study design , medline , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , political science , law
Drugs treating serious or life-threatening conditions can receive US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accelerated approval based on showing an effect in surrogate measures that are only reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit. Confirmatory trials are then required to determine whether these effects translate to clinical improvements.
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