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Proffered Paper - Public policy

2243 - Change in Magnitude of Clinical Benefit, Overall Survival (OS) and Quality of Life (QoL) between time of approval and post-marketing among cancer drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 2006-2015.

Date

30 Sep 2019

Session

Proffered Paper - Public policy

Topics

Cytotoxic Therapy

Tumour Site

Presenters

Aida Bujosa Rodríguez

Citation

Annals of Oncology (2019) 30 (suppl_5): v671-v682. 10.1093/annonc/mdz263

Authors

A. Bujosa Rodríguez1, J.C. Tapia1, T. Hwang2, C. Molto Valiente1, A.J. Templeton3, A. Barnadas1, E. Amir4, A. Tibau1

Author affiliations

  • 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 08041 - Barcelona/ES
  • 2 Brigham And Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2115 - Boston/US
  • 3 Medical Oncology Department, St. Claraspital AG, 4058 - Basel/CH
  • 4 Medical Oncology And Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, M5G 2M9 - Toronto/CA

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Abstract 2243

Background

Clinical trials supporting approval for new drugs often evaluate surrogate endpoints, and data on meaningful outcomes like OS or QoL may not be available. Here, we evaluated changes in the magnitude of clinical benefit, OS and QoL after approval.

Methods

We examined data on pivotal trials supporting FDA accelerated (AA) and regular (RA) cancer drug approvals between January 2006, and December 2015. For AA drugs, if conversion to RA was granted, only the confirmatory trial was analysed. To determine any new evidence on OS and QoL in the postmarketing period (PMP) we performed a systematic search of Pubmed and ClinicalTrials.gov. European Society for Medical Oncology Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (ESMO-MCBS) grades were applied for trials at approval and in the PMP. Substantial clinical benefit was defined as a grade of A or B for trials of curative intent and 4 or 5 for those of palliative intent.

Results

We identified 96 pivotal trials supporting the approval of 47 drugs for 94 solid tumour indications. Of these indications, 22 (23%) were granted AA and 21 (22%) were converted to RA. At time of approval, 45 (48%) trials showed improved OS, 15 (16%) improved QoL and 33 (34%) had substantial clinical benefit. With a median PMP of 3.7 years, 50 (52%) trials reported OS data and 27 (28%) on QoL. Of these, 48 could be graded by the ESMO-MCBS. Of the updated 51 trials approved based on surrogate endpoints, only 7 (14%) showed an improvement in OS. In advanced disease, out of 74 trials for which there was no evidence on QoL at the time of approval, 12 (16%) showed improved QoL subsequently. Updated results led to changes in clinical benefit in 11 trials (10 upgrades, 1 downgrade) with 30 (62%) showing substantial clinical benefit. Among all trials, 52 (54%) showed improved OS, 27 (28%) improved QoL and 42 (44%) met the threshold for substantial clinical benefit.

Conclusions

After 3.7 years of post-marketing time, 54% of FDA approved cancer drugs showed statistically significant improvement in OS and 28% in QoL. Less than a half of trials supporting FDA approval met the threshold for substantial clinical benefit using ESMO-MCBS.

Clinical trial identification

Editorial acknowledgement

Legal entity responsible for the study

The authors.

Funding

Has not received any funding.

Disclosure

E. Amir: Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: Genentech/Roche; Advisory / Consultancy: Apobiologix; Advisory / Consultancy: Agendia; Advisory / Consultancy: Myriad Genetics. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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