Cancer Trials: Broader Eligibility Criteria Could Mean Novel Labeling Claims
Executive Summary
Enrolling patients with stable brain metastases, HIV-positive status and other traditionally excluded groups could give sponsors a marketing edge, but trials should be designed to examine drug effects on such populations separately from the more traditional study population, stakeholders said.
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