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ReviewClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2008

Validation of analytic methods for biomarkers used in drug development.

Cindy H Chau, Olivier Rixe, Howard McLeod, William D Figg

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Review in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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92citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Cindy H ChauMedical Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Olivier Rixe
Howard McLeod
William D Figg

Funding

Sample Processing and Analytical Methods Development for New Anticancer AgentsZICSC006536 · NCI · DIVISION OF CLINICAL SCIENCES - NCI · PI FIGG, WILLIAM DOUGLAS · 2009 to 2025
$18.1M
POPULATION GENETICS AND DRUG METABOLISMU01GM063340 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MCLEOD, HOWARD L · 2001 to 2009
$17.4M
Sample Processing and Analytical Methods Development for New Anticancer AgentsZ01SC006536 · SC · DIVISION OF CLINICAL SCIENCES - NCI · PI FIGG, WILLIAM DOUGLAS · 1997 to 2008
$731k
NIGMS NIH HHS U01 GM063340
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of biomarkers in drug discovery and development has gained precedence over the years. As biomarkers become integrated into drug development and clinical trials, quality assurance and, in particular, assay validation become essential with the need to establish standardized guidelines for analytic methods used in biomarker measurements. New biomarkers can revolutionize both the development and use of therapeutics but are contingent on the establishment of a concrete validation process that addresses technology integration and method validation as well as regulatory pathways for efficient biomarker development. This perspective focuses on the general principles of the biomarker validation process with an emphasis on assay validation and the collaborative efforts undertaken by various sectors to promote the standardization of this procedure for efficient biomarker development.

Indexed as

Drug DesignAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkersBiomarkers, PharmacologicalBiomarkers, TumorChemistry, PharmaceuticalDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalGenome, HumanGenomicsHumansMedical OncologyMiceNeoplasmsTreatment OutcomeAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkersBiomarkers, PharmacologicalBiomarkers, Tumor

Identifiers

PMID18829475
PMCPMC2744124

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