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Regulatory approval of new medical devices: cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the regulatory approval of new medical devices.

Design

Cross sectional study of new medical devices reported in the biomedical literature.

Data sources

PubMed was searched between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 to identify clinical studies of new medical devices. The search was carried out during this period to allow time for regulatory approval.

Eligibility criteria for study selection

Articles were included if they reported a clinical study of a new medical device and there was no evidence of a previous clinical study in the literature. We defined a medical device according to the US Food and Drug Administration as an "instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article."

Main outcome measures

Type of device, target specialty, and involvement of academia or of industry for each clinical study. The FDA medical databases were then searched for clearance or approval relevant to the device.

Results

5574 titles and abstracts were screened, 493 full text articles assessed for eligibility, and 218 clinical studies of new medical devices included. In all, 99/218 (45%) of the devices described in clinical studies ultimately received regulatory clearance or approval. These included 510(k) clearance for devices determined to be "substantially equivalent" to another legally marketed device (78/99; 79%), premarket approval for high risk devices (17/99; 17%), and others (4/99; 4%). Of these, 43 devices (43/99; 43%) were actually cleared or approved before a clinical study was published.

Conclusions

We identified a multitude of new medical devices in clinical studies, almost half of which received regulatory clearance or approval. The 510(k) pathway was most commonly used, and clearance often preceded the first published clinical study.

SUBMITTER: Marcus HJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4875244 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Regulatory approval of new medical devices: cross sectional study.

Marcus Hani J HJ Payne Christopher J CJ Hughes-Hallett Archie A Marcus Adam P AP Yang Guang-Zhong GZ Darzi Ara A Nandi Dipankar D

BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 20160520

<h4>Objective</h4> To investigate the regulatory approval of new medical devices.<h4>Design</h4> Cross sectional study of new medical devices reported in the biomedical literature.<h4>Data sources</h4> PubMed was searched between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 to identify clinical studies of new medical devices. The search was carried out during this period to allow time for regulatory approval.<h4>Eligibility criteria for study selection</h4> Articles were included if they reported a clini ...[more]

PMID: 27207165

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Regulatory approval of new medical devices: cross sectional study.

Objective

Design

Data sources

Eligibility criteria for study selection

Main outcome measures

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Regulatory approval of new medical devices: cross sectional study.

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