Medication development in opioid addiction: Meaningful clinical end points.

Volkow, Nora D; Woodcock, Janet; Compton, Wilson M; Throckmorton, Douglas C; Skolnick, Phil; Hertz, Sharon; Wargo, Eric M · Sci Transl Med · 2018

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Abstract

The FDA's "abstinence" outcome measure for approval of new medications to treat opioid-use disorders has been difficult to achieve; developing and validating alternative meaningful outcomes could facilitate drug development.

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