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DewDiligence

10/05/04 11:15 AM

#3928 RE: drbio45 #3927

Are you interested in only those cases where a secondary endpoint later became a primary endpoint, or are you interested in the more general cases of drugs that failed in their first indication but succeeded in a subsequent indication? The latter set includes many examples of which Viagra is perhaps the most famous.
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rkrw

10/05/04 11:37 AM

#3931 RE: drbio45 #3927

Doc,
Subset trials rarely work out.

A couple that are going on now:
*Allos, new pivotal based on prior ph III trial subset with breast cancer.
*Intermune: new pivotal based on prior pivotal data showing less severe ipf cases had mortality benefits

For a good example of one that did work and the only one I can think of, NTMD, subset in african americans. Rest of study failed miserably.