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June 24, 2022: FDA Draft Guidance on Real-World Evidence (John Concato, MD, MS, MPH)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Big data; Real-word evidence; Real-world data; 21st Century Cures Act; FDA Draft Guidance. With the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, the FDA established a program to evaluate the potential use of real-world evidence to support new indications for drugs and satisfy post-approval study requirements.

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Grand Rounds July 22, 2022: ACTIV-6: 1-Year Later and Trial Results for Ivermectin-400 and Inhaled Fluticasone (Susanna Naggie, MD, MHS)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

ACTIV-6 is testing medication doses approved by the FDA for other purposes, i.e., repurposed drugs. Participants test positive for COVID-19 with a FDA-authorized test, register from home, are randomized remotely, receive study medication through the central pharmacy, and follow instruction until their clinical symptoms improve.

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Grand Rounds May 19, 2023: Aspirin or Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin for Thromboprophylaxis After a Fracture (Robert O’Toole, MD)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

The study required an FDA exemption because Aspirin is not approved for this indication. The primary hypothesis was that all-cause mortality is non-inferior with Aspirin compared to LMWH among orthopedic trauma patients. The pragmatic randomized control trial was designed from a hospital policy perspective.

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Grand Rounds February 24, 2023: S2302 Pragmatica-Lung: New Directions for Decreasing Burden and Increasing Inclusion in NCTN Clinical Trials (Konstantin Dragnev, MD; Karen Reckamp, MD, MS)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

For the investigational ramucirumab plus pembrolizumab arm, the drugs are administered per FDA package insert and institutional standard in a 21-day cycle under one of the criteria for removal is met. They are both approved and used widely in lung cancer, and combining two existing agents is logistically and clinically simpler.

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Prominent Reasons Behind The Failure Of NAMPT inhibitors And Key Strategies Adopted By Developers To Overcome Such Challenges

Roots Analysis

As a starting point, the information on terminated, suspended and withdrawn trials was collated from clinicaltrials.gov and PubMed using relevant search keywords. This lack of drug efficacy has been a significant factor in drug failure, as it has prevented NAMPT inhibitors from receiving regulatory approval.