Monday, August 25, 2014

Target Women’s Clinics, Keep Recruitment Open To Get More Women Into Trials, FDA Says In Guidance

Target Women’s Clinics, Keep Recruitment Open To Get More Women Into Trials, FDA Says In Guidance-thegraysheet: To get more women to participate in device clinical trials, companies should target women’s clinics for recruitment opportunities and plan focused efforts to enroll females under a continued access study. Those are two of multiple strategies FDA recommends in a final guidance (PDF) on parsing sex-specific clinical data. Adequate and appropriate populations of women are needed in clinical trials to support 510(k) clearances and PMAs, the agency notes.