美国 FDA 局长 Robert Califf 和生物制品审评与研究中心(CBER)主任 Peter Marks 于上个月在《科学·转化医学》杂志上联合撰写社论,呼吁对包括近年来热门的粪便微生物移植疗法在内的生物治疗产品开展适当设计且对照良好的随机试验,以获得有关安全性和有效性的明确证据。社论文章编译如下:
开展适当设计的临床试验,并最终获得 FDA 的批准,是保护这些试验参与者的权利和安全的方式。开展随机对照试验还可以确保更多的人得到有益的治疗,使支付者能够覆盖,促进将治疗方法纳入临床实践指南,并避免浪费金钱以及基于无效疗法给人们带来错误的希望。
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