Avastin Debate Could Provide Clarity On Use Of Progression-Free Survival Endpoints
Executive Summary
Rather than damaging the use of progression-free survival as an endpoint in oncology clinical trials, as some have feared, the battle over Avastin’s (bevacizumab) metastatic breast cancer claim could give sponsors some clarity as to how FDA expects the magnitude of PFS benefit to be defined.
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