Tufts CSDD Databases
Tufts CSDD maintains proprietary databases that provide granular historical information characterizing drug development program-level and clinical trial planning and execution-level activity. Through regular surveys and other primary research, Tufts CSDD obtains data on drugs and biologics that have entered human testing worldwide for the first time, as well as those that have received approval for marketing in the U.S. and abroad.
Many of our databases contain information dating as far back as 1963 offering rich trend analyses. While Tufts CSDD’s proprietary databases are not available for public viewing or use, we welcome the opportunity to work with organizations to conduct specific analyses. Note that only aggregate analyses are provided and no drug company names or specific products are identified. If you would like to conduct a study, please send us your query, and we will provide you with an estimate.
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Tufts CSDD maintains a number of core databases:
The Investigational Compounds Database includes information on pharmaceutical and biological compounds that have entered human testing as “new” entities in the U.S. or abroad by drug and biotechnology companies since 1963. The information contained in the databaseincludes development history, research activity, origin of the compound, and foreign marketing data.
This Approved Products Database includes information on all New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and New Biological Entities (NBEs) approved in the U.S. since 1963. Specific data include product origin, synthesis data, clinical phase lengths, clinical holds, development and regulatory review times, regulatory review history, and marketing history.
The Biotechnology Database contains data on over 2,400 investigational and marketed biopharmaceutical therapeutics including recombinant proteins, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, purified proteins, synthetic peptides, and antisense nucleotides. Data for prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines are included.
The Fast Track Designation Database contains information gathered from the public domain and other sources on products that have received fast track designations. These designations are given by the FDA to chemical and biological products, either in development or approved, that are intended to treat serious or life-threatening conditions, and to address an unmet medical need. The database is updated regularly to include the most recently designated products.
The Orphan Drug Database contains drug name, sponsor, dates of designation and approval, and orphan indication information on all orphan drug designations and approvals granted by the FDA from January 1983 to the present.
The EMEA Database contains information on drugs that have been approved through the EMEA’s Centralized Procedure starting in 1995 (the year of the Centralized Procedure's inception). For those approvals that have received both EMEA and FDA approval, the U.S. regulatory information is included for comparative analyses. The database includes information on approval time, regulatory designation, novelty of compound, and compound type.
The Diversity and Inclusion Database contains detailed information on participant demographics in pivotal trials for drugs and biologics that have been approved by the FDA since 2007. The database includes information on drug and biologic therapeutic area, disease condition, molecule type, regulatory review designation, and participant sex, age, race, and ethnicity. Coming soon: Tufts CSDD is in the process of adding data on participant diversity and inclusion in pivotal trials of EMA-approved drugs and biologics.
The Clinical Trial Scope, Cycle Time and Cost Database contains data on 400+ new drugs and biologics approved by the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research since 2008. The database includes detailed data on the number of investigative sites, geographic locations, patients enrolled, duration, and estimated direct costs.
The Protocol Design Practices and Performance database contains rich data on several hundred protocols. Among the more than 140 variables captured in this database are detailed data on endpoints, procedures, eligibility criteria, number of investigative sites, patients screened, patients enrolled, substantial amendments, start-up cycle times, study conduct cycle times, study close out cycle times, clinical data volume, data sources, screen failure rates, recruitment rates, and drop out rates.