Evolving concepts in Phase I and II Drug Development for Crohn's Disease.

The highest attrition rates during drug development programs occur at the proof of concept stage. Given the large number of molecules under development for Crohn's disease, a need exists to improve the efficiency of early drug development by fast-tracking promising agents and terminating ineffe...

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Main Authors: Jairath, V, Levesque, B, Vande Casteele, N, Khanna, R, Mosli, M, Hindryckx, P, Travis, S, Duijvenstein, M, Rimola, J, Panes, J, D'Haens, G, Sandborn, W, Feagan, B
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
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Summary:The highest attrition rates during drug development programs occur at the proof of concept stage. Given the large number of molecules under development for Crohn's disease, a need exists to improve the efficiency of early drug development by fast-tracking promising agents and terminating ineffective ones. Multiple opportunities are available to achieve these goals, including the use of more responsive outcome measures, and the incorporation of sophisticated pharmacokinetic modeling and/or highly specific pharmacodynamic markers into exposure-based dosing regimens and novel trial designs. In this article we review these strategies and propose an integrated paradigm of early drug development in Crohn's disease.