Amgen Needs To Show Xgeva Does More Than Delay Bone Metastases, ODAC Says
Executive Summary
Measurement of a downstream endpoint, such as delay in skeletal-related events, could have been better than radiographic scans to assess efficacy of denosumab in delaying bone metastases in high-risk castration-resistant prostate cancer patients, several ODAC members contend.
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