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Study to Compare Capsule and Liquid Formulations of Enzalutamide After Single Dose Administration Under Fasting Conditions in Prostate Cancer

A Phase 1 interventional study of Enzalutamide Liquid and Enzalutamide Capsule in Prostate Cancer, sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI). Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-05-10.

Sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Phase 1, Interventional, and Other

Why this study was terminated
Study drug is now commercially available in tablet format
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Male
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Study summary

Background:

Enzalutamide is given to treat metastatic prostate cancer. But it takes 4 pills to deliver the effective dose. This can be difficult for people already taking multiple drugs. And swallowing may be difficult for some people. Researchers want to test out a new way of giving enzalutamide by mouth. They want to see if giving a person the liquid taken from inside the standard 4 gelatin capsules is handled by the body in the same way as giving them the capsules whole.

Objectives:

To compare how capsule and liquid forms of enzalutamide are handled by people with prostate cancer.

Eligibility:

Men at least 18 years old with prostate cancer

Design:

Participants will be screened with a heart test (electrocardiogram), medical history, and physical exam. A tissue sample or lab reports will be reviewed.

During the study, participants will repeat screening tests and have urine tests.

Participants will be randomly assigned to get the study drug in one of two orders: either the as capsules then the liquid form (Arm A) or as the liquid form then the capsule form (Arm B).

Participants will be counseled about birth control.

The study will have 2 periods with a minimum 42 day break in between.

On Day 1 of Period 1 and Day 1 of Period 2, participants will be admitted to the hospital. They will get one dose of the study drug. They cannot eat or drink anything except water for at least 10 hours before and for 4 hours after the study drug. Their blood will be sampled over 24 hours. Lunch and dinner will be served. Participants will answer questions after taking the liquid form.

Participants will have blood drawn on Day 3, Day 8, and Day 42.

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Background:

  • Enzalutamide is currently approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)
  • The marketed (reference) formulation of enzalutamide is a liquid-filled, soft gelatin capsule containing 40 mg enzalutamide dissolved in Labrasol; four such capsules are required to deliver a 160 mg dose
  • The four-capsule regimen is inconvenient because of the number of capsules that must be taken, particularly in light of the fact that cancer patients usually have to take multiple drugs.
  • Additionally, some patients may not be able to swallow pills; therefore, alternate methods of oral administration are necessary

Objectives:

-To evaluate the bioequivalence, safety, and tolerability of two oral formulations of enzalutamide following a single 160 mg dose in male subjects with prostate cancer under fasting conditions.

Eligibility:

-Male subjects with prostate cancer

Design:

  • Comparative, randomized, open-label, single-dose, 2-way crossover bioavailability, safety and tolerability study
  • Subjects will be randomized in Period 1 to one of two sequences: AB or BA. Following a minimum 42-day washout period, subjects will be crossed over in Period 2 to receive the treatment that they did not receive in Period 1.
  • Treatment A will be the standard capsule (reference) formulation; Treatment B will be the liquid formulation (test product)
  • Blood samples will be collected for pharmacokinetic analysis
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Conditions studied

  • Prostate Cancer

Keywords

  • Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer
  • Androgen Receptor
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In context

Prostatic Neoplasms

7,046 studies on the registry are indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms; 1,580 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 1 is below the median of 60 across 5,348 interventional studies indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the lead sponsor of 3,556 studies on the registry; 336 are open to participants now.

Of its 411 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 373 (91%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients must have or cytologically confirmed prostate cancer.

Note: If histopathological documentation is unavailable, a clinical course consistent with prostate cancer is acceptable.

  • (ECOG) performance status 0 to 2
  • Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function as defined below:

    • greater than or equal to 9 g/dL
    • leukocytes greater than or equal to 3000/mcL
    • greater than or equal to 1500/mcL
    • greater than or equal to 150000/mcL
    • total within normal institutional limits
    • (AST) serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT)/ alanine aminotransferase (ALT) serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) less than or equal to X institutional
    • creatinine within normal institutional limits

OR

-- greater than or equal to 30 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal (calculated via Cockcroft-Gault equation)

  • Patients must not have other concurrent (within the past 2 years with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer and Rai Stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia), in situ carcinoma of any site, or life threatening illnesses, including untreated infection (must be at least 1 week off intravenous antibiotic therapy before beginning enzalutamide).
  • Ability of subject to understand and the willingness to sign a written document.
  • Willingness to travel to National Institutes of Health (NIH) for follow-up visits.
  • Men age greater than or equal to 18 years of age. Children are excluded because prostate cancer is not common in pediatric populations. Women are not eligible because this disease occurs only in men
  • The effects of enzalutamide on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason men must agree to use adequate (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) throughout the course of the study and for 3 months after the last dose. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.

Exclusion criteria

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

  • Patients who are receiving any other agents (in the past 28 days) or herbal medications (within 7 days).
  • Patients must not be on enzalutamide within five half-lives before the first planned dose of the study drug or anticipating to start enzalutamide within the next 3 months of the first planned dose of study drug
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to enzalutamide or other agents used in study.
  • cardiac disease, e.g. (NYHA) classes III-IV; uncontrolled angina, uncontrolled arrhythmia or uncontrolled hypertension, myocardial infarction in the previous 6 months as confirmed by an (ECG).
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Patients who are taking medications that may alter the metabolism of enzalutamide. This includes the following: strong or moderate cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily C member 8 (CYP2C8) inhibitors or inducers; strong cytochrome P450 family 3 subfamily A member 4 () inhibitors or inducers; or Cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9), 2C19 or 3A4 substrates with a narrow therapeutic index.
  • History of seizure, including any febrile seizure, loss of consciousness, or transient ischemic attach, or any condition that may pre-dispose to seizure (e.g. prior stroke, brain arteriovenous malformation, head trauma with loss of consciousness requiring hospitalization).
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(17)

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Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

CYP3A (CYP3A4) inhibitors and inducers

CYP3A is a group of enzymes, mainly CYP3A4, in the liver and gut that break down many medicines. Some medicines, supplements and foods (grapefruit, St John’s wort) slow them down or speed them up, which changes how much of a study drug stays in the body.

Studies list them so they can be avoided or switched; bring a list of everything you take, including supplements.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
1 participant (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule Followed by 160mg Enzalutamide Liquid

    Enzalutamide capsule (Treatment A) followed by enzalutamide liquid (Treatment B)

    Drug: Enzalutamide Liquid · Drug: Enzalutamide Capsule

  • Experimental
    160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule

    Enzalutamide liquid (Treatment B) followed by enzalutamide capsule (Treatment A)

    Drug: Enzalutamide Liquid · Drug: Enzalutamide Capsule

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Area Under Curve (AUC) for the First Period of Administration and Second Period of Administration of Two Formulations of Enzalutamide and the Active Metabolite of Enzalutamide Following a Single 160mg Dose

    AUC is the cumulative drug exposure (drug concentration \* time) for this single dose over a 42-day sampling period. Participants were randomized to receive Enzalutamide gel capsule 4x40mg (Treatment A) followed by enzalutamide liquid 160mg orally (Treatment B), or Enzalutamide liquid 160mg orally (Treatment B) followed by enzalutamide gel capsule 4x40mg (Treatment A). The difference in the AUCs were calculated following a published non-parametric and noncompartmental approach. A difference of less than 20% difference in the AUC for the test version vs. the standard formulation would permit the two formulations to be considered bioequivalent." \*The calculated AUC values for N-Desmethyl Enzalutamide of the "4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule" formulation was influenced by detectable concentrations of N-Desmethyl Enzalutamide (an active metabolite of Enzalutamide) following the 42 Day washout period between the two doses.

    Time frame: Day 42

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of Episodes of Grades 1-5 Nausea and Vomiting on 160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Gel Capsule

    Nausea and vomiting adverse events were assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.0. A non-serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence. A serious adverse event is an adverse event or suspected adverse reaction that results in death, a life-threatening adverse drug experience, hospitalization, disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions, congenital anomaly/birth defect or important medical events that jeopardize the patient or subject and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the previous outcomes mentioned. Grade 1 is mild, Grade 2 is moderate, Grade 3 is severe or medically significant but not immediately life-threatening, Grade 4 is life threatening consequences, and Grade 5 is death related to adverse event.

    Time frame: Day 1, 3, 8, and 42

  2. Number of Participants With Non-serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v5.0

    Here is the number of participants with non-serious adverse events assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v5.0). A non-serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence.

    Time frame: Date treatment consent signed to date off study, approximately 7 months and 24 days.

  3. Proportion of Participants With Grade 3 Vomiting Compared Between Two Formulations of Enzalutamide at Each Time Point Using Fishers Exact Test

    Proportion of participants with Grade 3 vomiting assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.0., compared between two formulations of enzalutamide at each time point using Fishers exact test.

    Time frame: Day 1, 3, 8, and 42

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Results

Posted May 10, 2021

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
Milestone160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule
Started1
Completed1
Not completed0

Outcome measures

PrimaryArea Under Curve (AUC) for the First Period of Administration and Second Period of Administration of Two Formulations of Enzalutamide and the Active Metabolite of Enzalutamide Following a Single 160mg Dose

AUC is the cumulative drug exposure (drug concentration \* time) for this single dose over a 42-day sampling period. Participants were randomized to receive Enzalutamide gel capsule 4x40mg (Treatment A) followed by enzalutamide liquid 160mg orally (Treatment B), or Enzalutamide liquid 160mg orally (Treatment B) followed by enzalutamide gel capsule 4x40mg (Treatment A). The difference in the AUCs were calculated following a published non-parametric and noncompartmental approach. A difference of less than 20% difference in the AUC for the test version vs. the standard formulation would permit the two formulations to be considered bioequivalent." \*The calculated AUC values for N-Desmethyl Enzalutamide of the "4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule" formulation was influenced by detectable concentrations of N-Desmethyl Enzalutamide (an active metabolite of Enzalutamide) following the 42 Day washout period between the two doses.

Time frame:
Day 42
Reported as:
Number · AUC ug*h/mL
Area Under Curve (AUC) for the First Period of Administration and Second Period of Administration of Two Formulations of Enzalutamide and the Active Metabolite of Enzalutamide Following a Single 160mg Dose
AUC ug*h/mL160mg Enzalutamide Liquid4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule
Day 42 - Enzalutamide329.14295.03
Day 42 - N-Desmethyl Enzalutamide617.52529.18
SecondaryNumber of Episodes of Grades 1-5 Nausea and Vomiting on 160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Gel Capsule

Nausea and vomiting adverse events were assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.0. A non-serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence. A serious adverse event is an adverse event or suspected adverse reaction that results in death, a life-threatening adverse drug experience, hospitalization, disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions, congenital anomaly/birth defect or important medical events that jeopardize the patient or subject and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the previous outcomes mentioned. Grade 1 is mild, Grade 2 is moderate, Grade 3 is severe or medically significant but not immediately life-threatening, Grade 4 is life threatening consequences, and Grade 5 is death related to adverse event.

Time frame:
Day 1, 3, 8, and 42
Reported as:
Number · episodes
Number of Episodes of Grades 1-5 Nausea and Vomiting on 160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Gel Capsule
episodesGrade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Nausea Day 100000
Nausea Day 300000
Nausea Day 800000
Nausea Day 4200000
Vomiting Day 100000
Vomiting Day 300000
Vomiting Day 800000
Vomiting Day 4200000
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Non-serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v5.0

Here is the number of participants with non-serious adverse events assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v5.0). A non-serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence.

Time frame:
Date treatment consent signed to date off study, approximately 7 months and 24 days.
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Non-serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v5.0
Participants160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule
Number of Participants With Non-serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v5.01
SecondaryProportion of Participants With Grade 3 Vomiting Compared Between Two Formulations of Enzalutamide at Each Time Point Using Fishers Exact Test

Proportion of participants with Grade 3 vomiting assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.0., compared between two formulations of enzalutamide at each time point using Fishers exact test.

Time frame:
Day 1, 3, 8, and 42

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

Adverse events

Collected over Date treatment consent signed to date off study, approximately 7 months and 24 days.. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule0/1 (0%)0/1 (0%)1/1 (100%)
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
Event160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule
PainGeneral disorders1/1

Baseline characteristics

No participants were enrolled to receive Enzalutamide capsule (Treatment A) followed by enzalutamide liquid (Treatment B) Enzalutamide Liquid: Enzalutamide liquid formulation given orally (160mg) Enzalutamide Capsule: Enzalutamide gel capsule (4X 40mg)

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule
<=18 years0
Between 18 and 65 years0
>=65 years1
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule
Mean78.2 ± 0
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule
Female0
Male1
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule
Hispanic or Latino0
Not Hispanic or Latino1
Unknown or Not Reported0
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American0
White1
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)160mg Enzalutamide Liquid Followed by 4x40mg Enzalutamide Capsule
United States1
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Study locations

1 site
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
    Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Cordes LM, Schmidt KT, Peer CJ, Chau CH, Redmond E, Francis D, Karzai F, Madan RA, Figg WD. Study to Compare Capsule and Liquid Formulations of Enzalutamide After Single-Dose Administration Under Fasting Conditions in Prostate Cancer. Oncologist. 2021 Sep;26(9):729-e1493. doi: 10.1002/onco.13919. Epub 2021 Aug 14. PubMed 34333820 ↗

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 10, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03478904
Responsible party
William Figg (Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute (NCI)) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 27, 2018
Start date
Mar 10, 2020
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2020
Completion
Nov 30, 2020
Results posted
May 10, 2021
Last update
May 10, 2021

Study contacts

William D Figg, Pharm.D.
principal investigator · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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