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What does IGA stand for?

Investigator's Global Assessment


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Samples in periodicals archive:
FDA blasted the claim that "scalp psoriasis [was] completely cleared in six weeks" because the insert noted an investigator's global assessment that 67% of patients "were rated as completely clear or almost clear at endpoint.
Response was graded using the Investigator's Global Assessment (IGA) and Eczema Area Severity Index (EASI) assessment.
Success of the study also took into account the investigator's global assessment of efficacy as well as tolerability, and the subjects' overall satisfaction ratings towards the system.
The protocol's secondary efficacy parameters were: a) Percentage of subjects reaching clear or almost clear on Investigator's Global Assessment (IGA) at Day 28; b) Change in patient reported assessments of pruritus (itch); and c) Change in patient reported assessment of disturbance of sleep habits.
Using the Investigator's Global Assessment score, the two patient groups were characterized as moderately to severely affected by the disease.
Using the Investigator's Global Assessment (IGA) score, a subjective 5-point scale measuring disease severity, more than 90% of all patients in both treatment groups were characterized as moderately to severely affected.
With respect to secondary endpoints, the change in the Investigator's Global Assessment (IGA) scores and the change in the "dichotomized" IGA also showed a clinically and statistically significant improvement over placebo in both studies.

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