THAT trial has stopped due to efficacy. If you read the article, the drug was approved last year. This study looked at the use of zytiga in conjunction with a steroid therapy for men with metastasized prostate cancer who haven’t had chemo treatment.
The combination proved so successful stopping the trial was the ethical thing to do. You don’t watch people die just to gather a bit more data. There will be other trials, designed differently, to make the case for this treatment.
Also, J&J couldn’t stop that trial without consulting the FDA. There was no “cherry picking”. Johnson & Johnson wouldn’t risk billions of dollars on trying to trick the FDA that their drug works.
You know, if you say things like “You don’t watch people die just to gather a bit more data,” you’ll never be a Czar in the current administration.
Just sayin’.