From: Food and Drug Administration approvals in phase 3 Cancer clinical trials
Trial Variables | FDA Approval (N = 225) | No FDA Approval (N = 565) | Univariate Analysisf | Multiple Binary Logistic Regressionf | |
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N (%) | N (%) | P | aOR [95%CI] | P | |
Primary Endpoint | |||||
Overall Survival | 65 (28.9) | 162 (28.7) | 0.01 | – | |
Quality of Life | 2 (0.9) | 41 (7.3) | 0.4 [0.1–3.6] | 0.41 | |
Other Endpointsa | 158 (70.2) | 362 (64.1) | 1.4 [0.9–2.1] | 0.17 | |
Progression-Free Survival | 96 (42.7) | 138 (24.4) | |||
Disease-Free Survival | 8 (3.6) | 39 (6.9) | |||
Event-Free Survival | 2 (0.9) | 10 (1.8) | |||
Complete Response | 4 (1.8) | 9 (1.6) | |||
Safety/Toxicity | 1 (0.4) | 28 (5.0) | |||
Industry-Fundingb | 219 (97.3) | 387 (68.5) | < 0.001 | 5.9 [2.1–16.7] | 0.01 |
Cooperative-Group-Supportb | 21 (9.3) | 214 (37.9) | < 0.001 | 0.5 [0.2–0.9] | 0.02 |
Line of Therapy | |||||
Advanced/Metastatic First-Line | 67 (29.8) | 174 (30.8) | < 0.001 | – | |
Advanced/Metastatic Second-Line | 67 (29.8) | 104 (18.4) | 1.0 [0.7–1.7] | 0.85 | |
Localized Solid | 22 (9.8) | 119 (21.1) | 0.8 [0.4–1.6] | 0.53 | |
Hematological First-Line | 35 (15.6) | 67 (11.9) | 2.5 [1.3–4.8] | 0.01 | |
Hematological Relapsed/Refractory | 26 (11.6) | 23 (4.1) | 2.4 [1.2–4.8] | 0.02 | |
Mixed Stages | 8 (3.6) | 78 (13.8) | 1.8 [0.5–7.2] | 0.40 | |
Disease Site | |||||
Breast | 35 (15.6) | 112 (19.8) | 0.07 | ||
Gastrointestinal | 24 (10.7) | 74 (13.1) | |||
Genitourinary | 30 (13.3) | 65 (11.5) | |||
Head and Neck | 7 (3.1) | 21 (3.7) | |||
Hematologic | 60 (26.7) | 95 (16.8) | |||
Lungs | 29 (12.9) | 85 (15.0) | |||
Modalityc | |||||
Systemic Therapyd | 212 (94.2) | 409 (72.4) | < 0.001 | – | |
Radiation Therapy | 0 (0) | 23 (4.1) | 0 [0-NA] | 0.99 | |
Surgery | 0 (0) | 8 (1.4) | 0 [0-NA] | 0.99 | |
Supportive Caree | 13 (5.8) | 123 (21.8) | 0.2 [0.1–0.7] | 0.01 | |
Patient Accrual Met | 204 (91.9) | 421 (76.5) | < 0.001 | 2.6 [1.4–4.7] | 0.01 |
Total Patients Enrolled – Median [IQR] | 572 [366–866] uOR: 1.0 | 449 [230–772] | 0.97 | ||
Pre-Hoc Power – Median [IQR] | 90 [80–90] uOR: 1.1 | 83 [80–90] | < 0.001 | 1.1 [1.05–1.14] | < 0.001 |