TARGET-EU: Feasibility assessment based on the Data Quality Framework for EU medicines regulation.

31/10/2025
08/06/2026
EU PAS number:
EUPAS1000000791
Study
Finalised
Study type

Study type

Not applicable

Scope of the study

Method development or testing
Other
Study design details

Main study objective

Objective 1: To develop an overview of advantages and challenges of combining target trial emulation with the estimand framework for comparative efficacy and safety studies

Objective 2: To characterise which types of European RWD sources are suitable to be used in the context of TTE studies and key aspects that should be attended to in a feasibility assessment of data sources for running such a study

Objective 3: To establish criteria for suitable regulatory cases, including PAES, PASS and clinical trials with external controls, that would benefit from TTE approach

Objective 4: To develop good practices to aid in communication of the TTE studies for regulatory purposes

Setting

The ten case studies in the proposal are going to utilise data sources, included in the EU PE&PV Consortium Framework Contract EMA/2020/46/TDA/L5.06, from the Netherlands, Spain, UK, Greece, Denmark, Italy, Finland, Belgium, Latvia and Norway.