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Lutathera’s Broad Tumor Indication Aided By Expanded Access Data

 
• By Sue Sutter

US FDA’s approval of Advanced Accelerator Applications’ radiopharmaceutical for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors was driven by robust Phase III study results in midgut carcinoid tumors and data from an investigator-initiated, expanded access study in the Netherlands that enrolled patients with a host of other neuroendocrine tumor types.

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Amid the ongoing US debate about whether patients should have a statutory right to try investigational drugs, expanded access programs and emergency use requests factored into two recent US FDA approvals in diseases with high unmet needs.

The approvals of Advanced Accelerator Applications SA's Lutathera (lutetium Lu 177 dotatate) for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETS) and

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