US FDA Will Leverage Current Clinical Trial Data In Deciding On Post-COVID Flexibilities

Oncology Center of Excellence’s Paul Kluetz says agency intends to explore the effects of decentralization, remote assessments and other approaches adopted mid-stream on safety evaluations, missing data and endpoint variability.

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US FDA wants clinical datasets flagged for that period of time when a decentralized model was in place. • Source: Shutterstock

The US Food and Drug Administration has been lauded for the regulatory flexibility it has shown drug sponsors trying to navigate and mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on ongoing and new clinical trials.

Agency guidance, issued quickly and regularly updated, has widely opened the door to decentralized trials with remote collection of efficacy...

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