FDA's draft guidance on 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 using real-world data sources sets a new standard for 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. Our latest 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 details the important aspects of the guidance, including study planning and the development of the protocol, data source selection and evaluation, and statistical analysis and its interpretation. Read our newsletter for more insight & learn how Maxis Clinical Sciences can support your RWE initiatives! 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬: • Study planning and protocol development • Data source selection and evaluation • Statistical analysis and interpretation #RealWorldData #RealWorldEvidence #RWD #RWE #Pharmacoepidemiology #FDA #ICH #MaxisClinicalSciences Visit our website to know more: https://lnkd.in/guPia6AB Source: https://lnkd.in/emnPG43v
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How can we ensure that real-world evidence (RWE) studies accurately reflect the complexities of clinical practice? What role do estimands play in bridging the gap between #clinicalresearch and #patientoutcomes? A recent paper by Jie Chen et al. sheds light on these critical questions, emphasizing the need for precise and appropriate estimands in RWE studies to support regulatory decision-making and improve patient care. https://lnkd.in/gUbvXU5E The authors argue that defining estimands for RWE studies requires additional considerations compared to traditional clinical trials. They highlight the importance of addressing population heterogeneity, complex treatment regimes, and diverse intercurrent events. What does that mean, well consider this, patients in RWE studies may exhibit varying adherence patterns and treatment switches, which must be factored into the estimand framework. By focusing on the five attributes of estimands—population, treatment, endpoints, intercurrent events, and population-level summary—researchers can construct meaningful and reliable estimands. Specific recommendations include closely monitoring treatment adherence, using clinical outcomes as endpoints, and conducting rigorous sensitivity analyses to account for potential biases. This approach ensures that RWE studies provide actionable insights that truly benefit patients. The need for RWE isn't going anywhere. But we can increase the quality of that RWE by using robust estimands. #RealWorldEvidence #RWE #Estimands #ClinicalResearch #HealthcareAnalytics #PatientCare #RegulatoryScience #Biostatistics #Epidemiology #HealthOutcomes #MedicalResearch #ClinicalTrials #DataScience #HealthEconomics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #statistics #causalinference
Estimands in Real-World Evidence Studies
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How can real-world evidence (RWE) reshape regulatory submissions, and why is this a pivotal moment for patient care? In the context of preapproval settings, what role should RWE play in supporting new medicines and indications? The recent review by Golnoosh Alipour-Haris et al. provides a comprehensive assessment of 85 regulatory use cases that incorporated RWE, offering critical insights into its growing significance in the approval of new treatments, especially in oncology. https://lnkd.in/gjshdWq4 The authors emphasize the increasing reliance on RWE for regulatory submissions, particularly for single-arm trials in rare diseases or conditions with high unmet needs. Yet, challenges such as data quality and study design limitations continue to undermine the credibility of RWE in decision-making. However, reading this article stimulated some further questions: How can we standardize the quality of RWE across different therapeutic areas to ensure consistent regulatory outcomes? And what measures can be implemented to address the gaps in RWE when randomized clinical trials are not feasible? The study suggests several strategies to enhance the reliability of RWE, including improving data collection methodologies and fostering cross-sector collaboration. This article serves as a nice resource for stakeholders aiming to leverage RWE in regulatory processes, and helps stimulate important questions about the future direction of RWE standards and methodologies. #RealWorldEvidence #RegulatoryAffairs #Oncology #ClinicalTrials #HealthData #DataQuality #FDA #EMA #Pharma #DrugApproval #PatientCare #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HealthcareInnovation #Biopharma #MedicalResearch #HealthOutcomes #RWE #ObservationalData #Epidemiology #healthcanada
Real‐world evidence to support regulatory submissions: A landscape review and assessment of use cases
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The dialogue on real-world evidence (RWE) has shifted recently from theory to practice as a critical mass of RWE studies has demonstrated its many applications for healthcare decision-making. Having the opportunity to reflect on this evolution is a great reminder of how far we’ve come. That’s why I really enjoyed writing this latest piece for ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research Value and Outcomes Spotlight with the Johnson & Johnson Global Epidemiology team. In the article, we share considerations for regulatory-grade RWE generation, building on learnings from recent J&J experiences applying RWE across the product lifecycle, and the impact of these innovations on patients. You can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eKW6jz4y RWE can enable more confident and informed healthcare decisions for patients. To get there, building and learning from now established examples will be critical. Thank you to my co-authors, and to ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research for the opportunity to share and reflect. #realworldevidence #realworlddata #RWE #MyCompany
Advancing Patient Health Through Regulatory-Grade Real-World Evidence Generation
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Check out this excellent paper with a clear roadmap for the key considerations for inferential studies using RWD!😄
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PRINCIPLED: Congratulations, Rishi Desai, for leading this comprehensive effort by the FDA Sentinel Innovation Center describing a practical process for planning and conducting etiologic studies on the safety and effectiveness of medications using healthcare databases. It integrates target trial formulation and emulation, determining data fitness-for-purpose, registering study protocols, considering adaptations of design choices over the course of a study, and planning robustness evaluations. The Sentinel Innovation Center funded by FDA coordinated the effort of many top experts: Robert Ball, Shirley V Wang, Gerald Dal Pan, Elisabetta Patorno, hana lee, Sander Greenland, Miguel Hernán, Jennifer Clark Nelson, Patrick Heagerty, Richard Wyss, Samy Suissa, Kenneth Rothman, Sengwee Darren Toh, Xu Shi, Jodi Segal, Sarah Dutcher, Jie (Jenni) Li #pharmacoepidemiology #RWE #realworlddata #realworldevidence #Sentinel #FDA #medications #biologics #epidemiology #effectiveness #clinicalresearch #causalinference #causality #treatment #treatmenteffect #biostatistics https://lnkd.in/enYEHJvc
(PDF) Process guide for inferential studies using healthcare data from routine clinical practice to evaluate causal effects of drugs (PRINCIPLED): considerations from the FDA Sentinel Innovation Center
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Valuable roadmap for anyone considering inferential studies using RWD. Another positive step towards standardising reporting and in doing so facilitating the determination of study quality by HTAs, regulators and reviewers.
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PRINCIPLED: Congratulations, Rishi Desai, for leading this comprehensive effort by the FDA Sentinel Innovation Center describing a practical process for planning and conducting etiologic studies on the safety and effectiveness of medications using healthcare databases. It integrates target trial formulation and emulation, determining data fitness-for-purpose, registering study protocols, considering adaptations of design choices over the course of a study, and planning robustness evaluations. The Sentinel Innovation Center funded by FDA coordinated the effort of many top experts: Robert Ball, Shirley V Wang, Gerald Dal Pan, Elisabetta Patorno, hana lee, Sander Greenland, Miguel Hernán, Jennifer Clark Nelson, Patrick Heagerty, Richard Wyss, Samy Suissa, Kenneth Rothman, Sengwee Darren Toh, Xu Shi, Jodi Segal, Sarah Dutcher, Jie (Jenni) Li #pharmacoepidemiology #RWE #realworlddata #realworldevidence #Sentinel #FDA #medications #biologics #epidemiology #effectiveness #clinicalresearch #causalinference #causality #treatment #treatmenteffect #biostatistics https://lnkd.in/enYEHJvc
(PDF) Process guide for inferential studies using healthcare data from routine clinical practice to evaluate causal effects of drugs (PRINCIPLED): considerations from the FDA Sentinel Innovation Center
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Generating regulatory-grade real-world evidence (RWE) that can be used successfully to inform regulatory and clinical decisions can be challenging. To fully unlock RWE's value for patient care, researchers must advance the methodological rigor of RWE generation by building on established examples. In this month’s issue of ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research's Value and Outcomes Spotlight, the Global Epidemiology team at Johnson & Johnson reflects on recent innovations and shares key considerations for generating regulatory-grade RWE for safety and effectiveness decision-making, including: ➡ Engage health authorities early and often ➡ Design the RWE study like a randomized trial ➡ Prioritize rigorous, empirical diagnostics ➡ Evaluate the robustness of the evidence You can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eASvKNc5 Thank you for your valuable insights and contributions Kourtney Davis, Paul Coplan, Hong Qiu and Patrick Ryan. #realworldevidence #realworlddata #RWE #MyCompany
Advancing Patient Health Through Regulatory-Grade Real-World Evidence Generation
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#CDER’s Emerging Drug Safety Technology Meeting Program (EDSTM) -- in this conversation, Robert Ball, M.D., M.P.H., ScM, Deputy Director of CDER’s Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, explains the EDSTM program and the application of #AI in #Pharmacovigilance based on his experience of more than a decade researching and developing AI systems in PV. https://lnkd.in/eRg7K7GB #FDA #DrugSafety #PV
CDER’s Emerging Drug Safety Technology Meeting Program
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Real-World Evidence (RWE) in pharmacoepidemiology refers to clinical findings on the usage, benefits, and risks of a medication derived from analyzing Real-World Data (RWD) collected in everyday clinical settings. The clinical significance and real-life impact of a medication can often be better understood through RWD and RWE, as controlled trials may not fully capture all applications of a drug in practice. The European Medicine Agency (EMA) has invited all European stakeholders to share their perspectives on the technical and operational aspects of the ICH M4 draft guidelines by August 30, 2024. https://lnkd.in/eUT7gm47 #FDA #RWE #RWD #EMA #EuropeanUnion #DrugDevelopment #Pharmacoepidemiology #DigitalHealth #RegulatoryAffairs #MedicalWriting #BioPharma #ClinicalTrial
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📊We're diving deep into Electronic Health Records (EHR) to decode drug use, adherence, and safety in primary care. How are we doing it? ➡️The Smooth algorithm – a game-changer featured in the JMIR Medical Informatics Journal! 💡 What's Smooth All About? Smooth simplifies and standardizes data processing, providing crystal-clear insights into drug exposure patterns. It's reshaping how we analyze pharmacoepidemiological studies. 🔄💻 💛 Meet the minds at BEAMER: Maria Giner Soriano, PharmD, PhD. Pharmacoepidemiology Researcher at IDIAPJGol Rosa Morros Pedrós, Silvia García Fernández at IDIAPJGol #BEAMERproject #Pharmacoepidemiology #SmoothAlgorithm #Adherence https://lnkd.in/gDWejKpJ
An analysis of medication adherence through Electronic Health Records (EHR) data - BEAMER
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Utrecht University has appointed Helga Gardarsdottir as Professor of Real World Data for Decision Making on Medicines. Gardarsdottir and her team investigate how so called “real world data”, including healthcare data from routine practice, can be used more effectively to gain insights into the safety and effectiveness of medicines, in order to enable well-informed clinical and regulatory decisions. The use of real world data for informing clinical and regulatory decisions is currently receiving significant attention. Gardarsdottir: “While many stakeholders are eager to make more use of this type of data, there are also critics of its usage. Evidence generated with real world data is not going to replace that from clinical trials. It should be seen and used in a complementary manner.” Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht University Read more on her research: https://lnkd.in/eHhEr7TQ #UUScience #ClinicalPharmacology #Pharmacoepidemiology
Helga Gardarsdottir appointed Professor of Real World Data for Decision Making on Medicines
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