Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting

Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting
Committee Meeting : July 24, 2012 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Day 1 of 2)

Agenda: During the morning session, the committee will discuss supplemental new drug application (sNDA) 022059/014 with the trade name Tykerb (lapatinib) tablets, application submitted by SmithKline Beecham (Cork) Ltd, Ireland d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline. The proposed indication (use) for this product is in combination with trastuzumab for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer whose tumors overexpress HER2 and who have received prior trastuzumab therapy(s).

During the afternoon session, the committee will discuss the evaluation of radiographic review in randomized clinical trials using progression-free survival (PFS) as a primary endpoint in non-hematologic malignancies. They will consider the merits of an independent audit of investigator progression assessment in a pre-specified subgroup of patients instead of an independent review of all progression assessments. The expectation is that an independent audit would streamline the conduct of clinical trials, as well as avoid missing data when no additional protocol specified progression assessments are mandated. Hematologic malignancies are excluded from this discussion because other issues (e.g., blood counts, lymph node exams, and other biomarkers) influence the assessment of PFS.