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

 
• By Kate Rawson

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

Data out of the Oncology Center of Excellence’s “Project Confirm” underscore the benefit of drug sponsors starting confirmatory trials before accelerated approval is granted, with an application’s conversation to full approval occurring nearly two years earlier than if the confirmatory studies are not underway at the time of AA.

If a confirmatory trial is ongoing at the time of accelerated approval, conversion to regular approval takes an average of...

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