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US FDA Mulling Core Criteria For Patient-Reported Outcomes

 
• By Derrick Gingery

Agency wants public comment on creating clinical outcome assessments that could be adaptable to multiple trials.

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The US FDA is developing a core set of clinical outcome assessments (COAs) that multiple patient groups and drug developers can use as part of the agency's expanding patient-focused drug development initiative.

A standard set of measures, pre-verified as acceptable in clinical trials, likely would save the time and money associated with developing tools for each new drug tested in a

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