Approval Or New Study? That’s The Question For Tivozanib Panel Review

FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee is being asked whether Aveo’s renal cell cancer drug should be approved despite an unfavorable overall survival trend in the sole pivotal study; Aveo attributes the survival results to the trial’s one-way crossover design and large proportion of patients from Central/Eastern Europe.

At the FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee’s May 2 meeting, Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc. will have to make its case for approval of the renal cell carcinoma drug tivozanib despite failing to heed the agency’s advice to conduct a second pivotal study due to a negative survival trend in the sole Phase III trial.

ODAC is being asked to vote on whether another trial is needed to better characterize tivozanib’s risk/benefit profile before approval...

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