US FDA Invites Randomized Trial Designs With Real-World Elements
Executive Summary
Agency is eager to engage with sponsors on ‘well thought-out proposals' to include real-world data sources in randomized studies, Office of New Drugs director Peter Stein says but adds that believability and robustness of the data are the agency’s primary concern.
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