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Developing a Novel Measurement of Sleep in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Study Proposal for Approach and Considerations.

Michelle Crouthamel, Robert J Mather, Suraj Ramachandran, Kai Bode, Godhuli Chatterjee, Luis Garcia-Gancedo, Joseph Kim, Rinol Alaj, Matthew F Wipperman, Lada Leyens and 5 more

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Article in Digital biomarkers. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 13 institutions in 6 countries.

Michelle CrouthamelDigital Health & Innovation, Global Clinical Development, AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Robert J MatherEarly Clinical Development, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Suraj RamachandranGlobal Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Safety (SR), MRL (KB), Merck & Co, Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
Kai BodeGlobal Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Safety (SR), MRL (KB), Merck & Co, Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
Godhuli ChatterjeeClinical Study Unit (India-South East Asia Cluster), Sanofi Healthcare India Private Limited, Mumbai, India.
Luis Garcia-GancedoValue Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, Stevenage, United Kingdom.
Joseph KimTranslational Technology and Innovation, Office of Digital Health, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Rinol AlajClinical Outcomes Assessment and Patient Innovation, Global Study Strategy & Optimization (RA), Precision Medicine, Early Clinical Development & Experimental Sciences (MFW), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Tarrytown, New York, USA.
Matthew F WippermanClinical Outcomes Assessment and Patient Innovation, Global Study Strategy & Optimization (RA), Precision Medicine, Early Clinical Development & Experimental Sciences (MFW), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Tarrytown, New York, USA.
Lada LeyensProduct Development Regulatory, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
Henrik SillenDigital Health R&D, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden.
Tina MurphyRegulatory Affairs Innovation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, New Jersey, USA.
Michael BeneckyGlobal Regulatory Affairs, UCB Biosciences, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Brandon MaggioDigital Trials - Global Clinical Operations, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA.
Thomas SwitzerEarly Clinical Development Informatics, Genentech, South San Francisco, California, USA.
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USRegeneron (United States) · USAbbVie (United States) · USAge UK · GBAstraZeneca (Sweden) · SEBoehringer Ingelheim (United States) · USCentre for Innovation in Regulatory Science · GBEli Lilly (United States) · USGene Therapy Laboratory · FRNovartis (Switzerland) · CHPfizer (United States) · USRoche (Switzerland) · CHSanofi (India) · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of novel digital endpoints (NDEs) using digital health technologies (DHTs) may provide opportunities to transform drug development. It requires a multidisciplinary, multi-study approach with strategic planning and a regulatory-guided pathway to achieve regulatory and clinical acceptance. Many NDEs have been explored; however, success has been limited. To advance industry use of NDEs to support drug development, we outline a theoretical, methodological study as a use-case proposal to describe the process and considerations when developing and obtaining regulatory acceptance for an NDE to assess sleep in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA patients often suffer joint pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbances (SDs). Although many researchers have investigated the mobility of joint functions using wearable technologies, the research of SD in RA has been limited due to the availability of suitable technologies. We proposed measuring the improvement of sleep as the novel endpoint for an anti-TNF therapy and described the meaningfulness of the measure, considerations of tool selection, and the design of clinical validation. The recommendations from the FDA patient-focused drug development guidance, the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) pathway for developing novel endpoints from DHTs, and the V3 framework developed by the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) have been incorporated in the proposal. Regulatory strategy and engagement pathways are also discussed.

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