Accelerated Approvals Convert Much Faster If Confirmatory Trial Already Underway, FDA Cancer Data Shows

Oncology Center of Excellence’s ‘Project Confirm’ finds that if a confirmatory trial is ongoing at the time of accelerated approval, conversion to regular approval takes an average of three years versus 4.9 years if the trial starts after AA.

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Confirmatory trial status at approval is one of the most important factors in converting an accelerated approval to a full approval, FDA said. • Source: Shutterstock

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