Fda Cancer Center of Excellence 2020 Report focuses on cancer patients in the outbreak

The FDA Center of Excellence for Oncology (OCE) released its 2020 Annual Report on February 4.
during the COVID-19 pandemic, we didn't forget cancer patients," Richard Pazdur, director of OCE, said in a note to the director.
our attention has been focused on cancer patients to ensure that they are not forgotten during the pandemic.
"Pazdur said, "Our work has not been interrupted during this uphealy changing period and we continue to face the challenges of cancer patients with new energy."
OCE continues to develop guidelines in the field of oncology and malignant hematology in 2020 and is also involved in the development of COVID-19 guidelines issued in March 2020 to minimize the risk to patients participating in clinical trials.
the FDA's flexibility in participating in decentralized clinical trials to ensure patient safety.
pandemic, "patients are often unable to return to major cancer centers, and some tests and doctor visits can be conducted in communities near the patient's home, so the guidelines allow this."
in addition, Pazdur said, many of the 40 new adaptations and 19 new molecular entities approved for tumor adaptation in 2020 were approved as "under-the-skin administration, increased administration intervals, and approved oral preparations for approved drugs" to help reduce patient contact with medical staff to limit possible COVID-19 exposure.
Review reviews progress in the first year of the Orbis program, which began in May 2019 to promote faster access to innovative cancer treatments for patients in multiple countries.
received 60 applications for oncology drugs between June 2019 and June 2020, with 38 approved, of which new molecular entities (NDEs) accounted for 28% of approvals.
first year of the data, the mid-time gap between the FDA and Orbis program partner filing dates is 0.6 months, the FDA mid-approval time is 4.2 months, and the Orbis partner mid-approval time is 4.4 months.
In addition, the annual report provides progress on the Real-Time Oncology Review (RTOR) pilot project, launched in 2018, which piloted a new review process that allows the FDA to use "topline results and data sets" after the data set is locked to support earlier start review requests.
2020, there will be 3 NME or Original Biologics Licensing Applications (BLA) and 13 Supplemental Applications under RTOR.
OCE launched eight new projects in 2020 as it continues previous work, such as the RTOR and Orbis projects.
project, Project Post-COVIDity, aims to assess the effects of COVID-19 infection on cancer patients.
project initially focused on understanding how COVID-19 infections affect cancer patients "through active therapy and related immunotherapy."
OCE wants the project" to provide a longitudinal understanding of the effects of COVID-19 infection on cancer patients after infection, including the effects of infection on the start or delay of treatment, options and the use of treatment drugs, potential adverse sequelae, and clinical outcomes.
"s other two projects focus on increasing the participation of traditionally underrepresented populations in clinical trials: Project Equity, targeting minorities and gender groups, and Project Silver, targeting the over-75s.
these two initiatives are designed to complement OCE's existing diversity and inclusion, including Project Community, which aims to increase minority participation in clinical trials and genetic database knowledge.
following is a list of new projects launched by OCE in 2020: -Project Acceleration: Tracking Cancer Products That Have Been Accelerated Approved.
-Project Equity: Evidence generation aimed at improving underrepresented subgroups in cancer clinical trials.
-Project Livin'Label: An educational program designed to increase public awareness and awareness of cancer product labels.
-Project SignifiCanT (Statistics in Cancer Trials): Aims to promote collaboration and participation among different stakeholders in the design and analysis of cancer clinical trials to promote drug development.
-Project Silver: Improving the evidence base for treating elderly cancer patients.
-Project Patient Voice: Proactively include symptomatic side effect evaluations of patients, not medical professionals, in reports to understand the tolerance of cancer treatment.
-Project Post-COVIDity: A project under the COVID-19 Evidence Accelerator aims to develop real-world data to understand the impact of cancer patients associated with COVID-19 infection.
-Project Tracking: An internal tracking database that enables OCE to track its projects and better organize them.
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