Radiotherapy and newly approved cancer drugs - A quantitative analysis of registered protocols for drugs approved for the treatment of solid tumors.
Cancer trials
Clinical trials
ClinicalTrials registry
Radiotherapy
Journal
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
ISSN: 1879-0887
Titre abrégé: Radiother Oncol
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 8407192
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2022
03 2022
Historique:
received:
15
11
2021
revised:
07
01
2022
accepted:
16
01
2022
pubmed:
2
2
2022
medline:
8
4
2022
entrez:
1
2
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To evaluate the usage of RT in trial protocols for anti-cancer drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Drugs which had been granted an FDA approval between 2010 and 2017 for the treatment of solid tumors in adults were identified. Use of RT in relation to each drug's approval date was reviewed on ClinicalTrials.gov. Out of 42 drugs, none was initially approved for an indication which mandates RT. One drug (2.4%) has a post-approval label extension for sequential usage after RT. 5846 records were screened, exclusion of non-cancer trials and duplicates resulted in 4254 protocols out of which 2919 were industry-sponsored (68.6%). RT was tested in 350 (8.2%) studies. Out of 75 drug/RT trials which were initiated prior to approval, fourteen had not yet started recruitment, 45 were recruiting, one was completed, one prematurely terminated and fourteen fully-recruited but ongoing at approval time. Out of the fully-recruited or completed studies, results from four studies on three drugs were already published. In 52.4% of drugs, no patient had been treated with a drug/RT combination at the approval date. Drug/RT studies were less likely industry-sponsored (p < 0.001) and more likely initiated post-approval (p < 0.001) compared to drug-only trials. Despite this imbalance, pre-approval drug/RT trials were still mostly industry-sponsored (65.3%). No drug/RT data were publicly available in over 90% of newly approved anti-cancer drugs. These results indicate that clinicians must rely on postmarketing surveillance to identify drug/RT interactions as data from trials are unavailable at approval.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE
To evaluate the usage of RT in trial protocols for anti-cancer drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
METHODS
Drugs which had been granted an FDA approval between 2010 and 2017 for the treatment of solid tumors in adults were identified. Use of RT in relation to each drug's approval date was reviewed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
RESULTS
Out of 42 drugs, none was initially approved for an indication which mandates RT. One drug (2.4%) has a post-approval label extension for sequential usage after RT. 5846 records were screened, exclusion of non-cancer trials and duplicates resulted in 4254 protocols out of which 2919 were industry-sponsored (68.6%). RT was tested in 350 (8.2%) studies. Out of 75 drug/RT trials which were initiated prior to approval, fourteen had not yet started recruitment, 45 were recruiting, one was completed, one prematurely terminated and fourteen fully-recruited but ongoing at approval time. Out of the fully-recruited or completed studies, results from four studies on three drugs were already published. In 52.4% of drugs, no patient had been treated with a drug/RT combination at the approval date. Drug/RT studies were less likely industry-sponsored (p < 0.001) and more likely initiated post-approval (p < 0.001) compared to drug-only trials. Despite this imbalance, pre-approval drug/RT trials were still mostly industry-sponsored (65.3%).
CONCLUSION
No drug/RT data were publicly available in over 90% of newly approved anti-cancer drugs. These results indicate that clinicians must rely on postmarketing surveillance to identify drug/RT interactions as data from trials are unavailable at approval.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35101471
pii: S0167-8140(22)00030-5
doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.01.025
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antineoplastic Agents
0
Pharmaceutical Preparations
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
69-74Informations de copyright
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