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International oncology drug approvals for multiregional or single-country clinical trials: A systematic review

BACKGROUND: Cancer remains one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Multiregional (MRCTs) and single-country clinical trials are two common approaches to support new oncology drug approvals internationally. However, systematic reviews comparing MRCTs with single-country tr...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Min, Onakpoya, Igho, Rupalla, Katrin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9798114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36590932
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1084980
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description BACKGROUND: Cancer remains one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Multiregional (MRCTs) and single-country clinical trials are two common approaches to support new oncology drug approvals internationally. However, systematic reviews comparing MRCTs with single-country trials for international oncology drug approval are lacking. METHODS: We searched health agency websites to retrieve all approved oncology drugs from 2010 to 2022. ClinicalTrials.gov was used to retrieve all pivotal study information. We used an adapted version 2 of the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials (RoB 2) and Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies - of Interventions (ROBINS-I) checklist to assess the risk-of-bias in randomized and non-randomized trials, respectively. RESULTS: A total of 48 new drugs and biologics (comprising 215 pivotal clinical trials) with initial marketing approval in the United States, European Union, Japan, and China were included. The reporting quality of MRCTs vs. single-country studies was similar. The median time interval for approval was significantly longer for MRCTs than for single-country bridging studies (1,399 vs. 975 days, P < 0.0001), whereas the median time interval for approval was shorter for MRCTs than for single-country standalone studies. The time gap for oncology drugs approved before 2015 was significantly longer than for those approved after 2015. The median timeline for approval in MRCTs involving 3 regions showed the shortest time-to-approval compared with MRCTs involving 4–5 and 1–2 regions. There was no significant difference in the time-to-approval among different tumor types and product types. CONCLUSION: The median time-to-approval of MRCTs was significantly longer than that of single-country bridging studies but shorter than that of single-country standalone studies, primarily involving 3 regions as the most frequent pattern and the shortest time-to-approval to operate MRCTs as a pivotal trial. Single-country bridging studies still provide essential supplements for international oncology drug approvals if MRCTs do not apply. Future studies should explore how to shorten the time-to-approval for MRCTs. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: [https://www.researchregistry.com/browsethe-registry#registryofsystematicreviewsmeta-analyses/], identifier [1390].
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spelling pubmed-97981142022-12-30 International oncology drug approvals for multiregional or single-country clinical trials: A systematic review Zhang, Min Onakpoya, Igho Rupalla, Katrin Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine BACKGROUND: Cancer remains one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Multiregional (MRCTs) and single-country clinical trials are two common approaches to support new oncology drug approvals internationally. However, systematic reviews comparing MRCTs with single-country trials for international oncology drug approval are lacking. METHODS: We searched health agency websites to retrieve all approved oncology drugs from 2010 to 2022. ClinicalTrials.gov was used to retrieve all pivotal study information. We used an adapted version 2 of the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials (RoB 2) and Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies - of Interventions (ROBINS-I) checklist to assess the risk-of-bias in randomized and non-randomized trials, respectively. RESULTS: A total of 48 new drugs and biologics (comprising 215 pivotal clinical trials) with initial marketing approval in the United States, European Union, Japan, and China were included. The reporting quality of MRCTs vs. single-country studies was similar. The median time interval for approval was significantly longer for MRCTs than for single-country bridging studies (1,399 vs. 975 days, P < 0.0001), whereas the median time interval for approval was shorter for MRCTs than for single-country standalone studies. The time gap for oncology drugs approved before 2015 was significantly longer than for those approved after 2015. The median timeline for approval in MRCTs involving 3 regions showed the shortest time-to-approval compared with MRCTs involving 4–5 and 1–2 regions. There was no significant difference in the time-to-approval among different tumor types and product types. CONCLUSION: The median time-to-approval of MRCTs was significantly longer than that of single-country bridging studies but shorter than that of single-country standalone studies, primarily involving 3 regions as the most frequent pattern and the shortest time-to-approval to operate MRCTs as a pivotal trial. Single-country bridging studies still provide essential supplements for international oncology drug approvals if MRCTs do not apply. Future studies should explore how to shorten the time-to-approval for MRCTs. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: [https://www.researchregistry.com/browsethe-registry#registryofsystematicreviewsmeta-analyses/], identifier [1390]. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9798114/ /pubmed/36590932 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1084980 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zhang, Onakpoya and Rupalla. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Zhang, Min
Onakpoya, Igho
Rupalla, Katrin
International oncology drug approvals for multiregional or single-country clinical trials: A systematic review
title International oncology drug approvals for multiregional or single-country clinical trials: A systematic review
title_full International oncology drug approvals for multiregional or single-country clinical trials: A systematic review
title_fullStr International oncology drug approvals for multiregional or single-country clinical trials: A systematic review
title_full_unstemmed International oncology drug approvals for multiregional or single-country clinical trials: A systematic review
title_short International oncology drug approvals for multiregional or single-country clinical trials: A systematic review
title_sort international oncology drug approvals for multiregional or single-country clinical trials: a systematic review
topic Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9798114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36590932
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1084980
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