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ArticleTherapeutic innovation & regulatory science2017

Overview of FDA's Expanded Access Program for Investigational Drugs.

Jonathan P Jarow, Peter Lurie, Sarah Crowley Ikenberry, Steven Lemery

Abstract read
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Article in Therapeutic innovation & regulatory science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Equity and capacity to benefit from early access to medicines schemes.International journal for equity in health · 2025
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  3. The Ethics of the "Right-to-Try" Movement in an Era of Regulatory Flux.Therapeutic innovation & regulatory science · 2025
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  8. Special FDA designations for drug development: orphan, fast track, accelerated approval, priority review, and breakthrough therapy.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2024
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  12. Vaccine Innovation Meta-Model for Pandemic Contexts.Journal of pharmaceutical innovation · 2023
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  14. Do Physicians Have a Duty to Discuss Expanded Access to Investigational Drugs with their Patients? A Normative Analysis.The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jonathan P JarowCenter for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Peter LurieOffice of the Commissioner, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Sarah Crowley IkenberryCenter for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Steven LemeryCenter for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
United States Food and Drug Administration · USCenter for Drug Evaluation and Research · US

Funding

Intramural FDA HHS FD999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Expanded access, also called "compassionate use," provides a pathway for patients to gain access to investigational drugs, biologics, and medical devices used to diagnose, monitor, or treat patients with serious diseases or conditions for which there are no comparable or satisfactory therapy options available outside of clinical trials. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) facilitates the expanded access process; however, access to investigational treatments requires not only FDA's review and authorization but also the active involvement and cooperation of other parties, including drug companies and health care providers, in order to be successful.

Indexed as

expanded accessinvestigational new druginvestigational therapiessingle patient expanded access

Identifiers

PMID28553565
PMCPMC5443564
OpenAlexW2588162428

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Registered trials

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