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1 Conflicts of interest Bernard Lo, M.D. September 10, 2009
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2 Views of audience Student loan officer at college receives annual payment from bank. Should this relationship be disclosed to college, students and parents? 1. Yes 2. No 3. Not sure
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3 Views of audience Should such a relationship be banned (even if it is disclosed)? 1. Yes 2. No 3. Not sure
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4 Views of audience Does the amount of payment matter? Should the relationship be banned if: 1. $500 a year 2. $5000 a year 3. Percentage of loans by bank
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5 Views of audience Unlike competitor, bank does not defer repayment while student works for Teach for America, VISTA, etc. Should the relationship be banned: 1. Yes 2. No 3. Not sure
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6 What is a conflict of interest? Special relationships of trust, dependency Primary interest in well-being of clients, patients, integrity of research Secondary interest in personal gain ($, professional advancement)
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7 What is a conflict of interest? Unacceptable risk that primary interest unduly influenced by secondary interest Not proven bias
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Points to consider 1. Arrangement may be problematic even if no bias Hard to tell if bias exists 2. Disclosure necessary but not sufficient May not know what risks are or how to reduce them 8
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Points to consider 3. Some arrangements should be managed or prohibited Permit honorarium for talk to meeting of all banks 9
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Points to consider 4. Goal of COI policies to prevent bias and loss of trust, not respond to misbehavior 5. COI policies should consider Risk of relationship Burdens and unintended adverse effects of policies 10
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11 Spiral CT for lung cancer screening Advocates have pushed states to pay for screening NY bill would pay only at Cornell
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12 Spiral CT for lung cancer screening Screened >31,000 high risk persons F/u Stage 1 cancers who had surgical resection 10 year estimated survival 92% “Could prevent 80% of deaths from lung cancer”
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13 Methodologic concerns No concurrent control group Lead time bias Few patients followed for 5 years Assume at all persons found to have cancer would die without screening Ignore false positive scans
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14 Spiral CT for lung cancer screening $200 million NIH trial comparing CT screening vs. CXR “Allowing hundreds of thousands to die is unethical”
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15 Financial relationships $3.6 million from parent company of cigarette manufacturer Grant to Foundation for Lung Cancer PI, co-PI as officers Dean, vice-chair of overseers as directors Didn’t know origin of money Gift announced publicly
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16 Financial relationships Not disclose 10 patents on CT screening in some articles and CME lectures Claim not relevant Cornell receives royalties
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17 Financial relationships Not disclose funding as required To NEJM Would not have published On American Cancer Society grant Prohibit funding if also tobacco support
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18 Concerns about COIs Are errors due to Honest disagreement, lack of skill, lapse, slip? Self-interest
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19 Concerns about COIs Voluntary disclosure ineffective Impetus for public disclosure of payments Institutions have their own COI Bright people find loopholes
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20 Biederman case Research supporting diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and treatment with antipsychotics
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21 Biederman case Ties to manufacturers of psychiatric drugs Research funding and consulting Director of J & J Center for Pediatric Psychopathology Research “Move forward the commercial goals of J & J”
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22 Biederman case Failed to report $1.4 million in income from drug companies, as required by Universities NIH
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23 The New York Times Expert or shill?
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24 Concerns about COIs Disagreements and errors inevitable Due to reasonable differences of opinion, slip, or financial profit? Disclosure not remove risk of bias
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25 Interactions between physicians and industry
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26 Academia-industry collaboration to develop new therapies Antiretrovirals for HIV infection Pulmonary surfactant Imatinib, tyrosine kinase inhibitor for CML Rituximab, MAB against CD20 on B cells
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28 Concerns about industry-sponsored clinical trials Academic investigators lack Access to data Independent statistical analysis Drafting of papers by medical writers
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29 Concerns about industry-sponsored clinical trials Favorable conclusions Not report negative findings
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30 Association between funding and conclusions Investigator ties to manufacturer 3.6 times more likely to find drug effective Sponsored by manufacturer 4.0 times more likely to find drug effective JAMA 2003; 289: 454 BMJ 2003; 327: 1167
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31 Explanations for association Publication bias Investigators Journals Less rigorously designed Evidence not support this
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32 Explanations for association Manufacturers sponsor trials that are likely to succeed
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33 Not report negative findings Celecoxib 6-month data reported, showed benefit. 12-month data known, no benefit BMJ 2002; 324: 1287 JAMA 2001; 2886: 2398
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34 Not report negative findings SSRIs in children Aprotinin Ezetimibe plus statin
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35 Mission of drug companies “Drug companies have to continue to be successful businesses… But their primary mission is products that save lives and improve lives.” “This is an area that’s different from ice cream, bubble gum, and automobiles.”
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Responses to conflicts of interest 1. Disclosure To university Annually With grant submission (NIH requirement) To IRB To research subjects 37
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Responses to conflicts of interest 1. Disclosure To public Required for some companies by legal settlements Voluntary by some companies Some state laws Proposals in Congress 38
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IOM recommendation Public website All payments from drug, device, biotech companies To MD, researcher, medical institution Can aggregate all payments 39
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40 Arguments for disclosure “Sunshine the best of disinfectants” May deter questionable behavior May also deter desirable behaviors
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41 Concerns about disclosure Not specific or standardized Categories like “consultant” ambiguous May be misinterpreted Discrepancies due to different requirements Not prevent undue influence or bias Necessary but limited first step
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42 Disclosure of conflicts of interest Necessary but limited first step
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Responses to conflicts of interest 1. Disclosure 2. Management of relationship 3. Prohibition 43
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Clinical trial investigators with significant conflicts of interest Default or presumption is that may not participate Patent, royalties Stock options Management position in sponsor 44
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Clinical trial investigators with significant conflicts of interest Exceptions permitted For safety of participants Inventor of medical device For validity of study Only lab that can conduct assay 45
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Clinical trial investigators with significant conflicts of interest Limit role of conflicted investigator Not tasks that others can carry out Recruitment of subjects Data analysis Drafting of manuscript May not be PI Alternatively, may end conflicting role 46
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Responses to conflicts of interest 1. Disclosure 2. Management of relationship 3. Prohibition 4. Reduce undue influence and bias 48
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Reporting on clinicaltrials.gov Required For FDA consideration By leading medical journals Before trial begins Protocol 49
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Reporting on clinicaltrials.gov After completion Basic results Serious adverse events Important exceptions 50
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