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    ORAL 12 - Quality of Life and Trials (ID 96)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Oral Session
    • Track: Advocacy
    • Presentations: 1
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      ORAL12.02 - The PACE Continuous Innovation Indicators<sup>TM</sup>: A New Tool to Objectively Measure Progress and Identify Unmet Needs in Lung Cancer Treatments (ID 582)

      10:56 - 11:07  |  Author(s): G. McVie

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      Background:
      Over the past decades, researchers have evaluated numerous treatment options for lung cancer with varying degrees of success. The stepwise nature of innovation in this process has made it difficult to assess progress across different therapeutic areas. Stakeholders therefore frequently disagree about the extent of past achievements, the current greatest unmet needs, and priorities for future efforts. In an effort to bridge this gap, Lilly Oncology’s Patient Access to Cancer care Excellence (PACE) initiative developed the Continuous Innovation Indicators[TM ](CII): a robust tool to generate consistent measures of progress in cancer treatments with flexibility to accommodate different cancer subtypes and treatment modalities.

      Methods:
      Trained analysts review references from the primary literature and record statistical measures of relevant outcomes in a standardized format called “Pieces of Evidence.” A Value Matrix classifies each Piece of Evidence by its therapeutic goal, creating a map of available treatments across different stages of disease. A transparent algorithm then tallies these records and generates Evidence Scores (E-Scores), a novel measure of progress over time. Analyses can be weighted by therapeutic goals or restricted to specific disease subtypes or classes of treatment. The Indicators currently contain data on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and 11 other solid tumors.

      Results:
      The first data release of the CII demonstrates steady progress in the development of chemotherapeutic agents against NSCLC, particularly since 1990 (Panel A). Analysis of the data by histological subtype reveals relatively greater progress against non-squamous compared to squamous NSCLC (Panel B). Data from the CII further indicate the relative contributions to progress against NSCLC from different classes of treatment (Panel C). Aligning progress curves with drug approval dates allows us to better understand how the value of new treatments evolves over time (Panel C). Importantly, the CII highlight a critical unmet need in NSCLC (Panel D): there are no curative therapies for regional or metastatic disease supported by current evidence.Figure 1



      Conclusion:
      Through the use of treatments in multiple classes and combinations, steady progress has been made against NSCLC. Still, pressing unmet needs remain. By offering a standardized and comprehensive approach, the Continuous Innovation Indicators[TM] can help researchers, policymakers, and advocates objectively understand past progress and current needs of NSCLC in a broader context. A link to the public interface is available on the PACE Continuous Innovation website at: https://pacenetworkusa.com/continuousinnovation.php.

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