80_FR_67117 80 FR 66907 - Investigational New Drug Applications-Determining Whether Human Research Studies Can Be Conducted Without an Investigational New Drug Application; Guidance for Clinical Investigators, Sponsors, and Institutional Review Boards; Partial Stay and Republication of Guidance

80 FR 66907 - Investigational New Drug Applications-Determining Whether Human Research Studies Can Be Conducted Without an Investigational New Drug Application; Guidance for Clinical Investigators, Sponsors, and Institutional Review Boards; Partial Stay and Republication of Guidance

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 210 (October 30, 2015)

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FR Document2015-27729

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing a stay of portions of the final guidance for clinical investigators, sponsors, and institutional review boards (IRBs) entitled ``Investigational New Drug Applications--Determining Whether Human Research Studies Can Be Conducted Without an IND.'' We are republishing the guidance with the portions that are being stayed clearly identified so readers can distinguish parts of the guidance that remain in effect from parts that are subject to this stay.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2010-D-0503]


Investigational New Drug Applications--Determining Whether Human 
Research Studies Can Be Conducted Without an Investigational New Drug 
Application; Guidance for Clinical Investigators, Sponsors, and 
Institutional Review Boards; Partial Stay and Republication of Guidance

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of administrative stay of action.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing a 
stay of portions of the final guidance for clinical investigators, 
sponsors, and institutional review boards (IRBs) entitled 
``Investigational New Drug Applications--Determining Whether Human 
Research Studies Can Be Conducted Without an IND.'' We are republishing 
the guidance with the portions that are being stayed clearly identified 
so readers can distinguish parts of the guidance that remain in effect 
from parts that are subject to this stay.

DATES: This stay is effective October 30, 2015 Submit either electronic 
or written comments on FDA guidances at any time.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to http://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be 
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment 
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party 
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone 
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your 
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in 
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on http://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, 
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Division of 
Dockets Management, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2010-D-0503 for ``Investigational New Drug Applications--
Determining Whether Human Research Studies Can Be Conducted Without an 
Investigational New Drug Application; Guidance for Clinical 
Investigators, Sponsors, and Institutional Review Boards; Partial Stay 
and Republication of Guidance.'' Received comments will be placed in 
the docket and, except for those submitted as ``Confidential 
Submissions,'' publicly viewable at http://www.regulations.gov or at 
the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential

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information that you do not wish to be made publicly available, submit 
your comments only as a written/paper submission. You should submit two 
copies total. One copy will include the information you claim to be 
confidential with a heading or cover note that states ``THIS DOCUMENT 
CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will review this copy, 
including the claimed confidential information, in its consideration of 
comments. The second copy, which will have the claimed confidential 
information redacted/blacked out, will be available for public viewing 
and posted on http://www.regulations.gov. Submit both copies to the 
Division of Dockets Management. If you do not wish your name and 
contact information to be made publicly available, you can provide this 
information on the cover sheet and not in the body of your comments and 
you must identify this information as ``confidential.'' Any information 
marked as ``confidential'' will not be disclosed except in accordance 
with 21 CFR 10.20 and other applicable disclosure law. For more 
information about FDA's posting of comments to public dockets, see 80 
FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access the information at: http://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/dockets/default.htm.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in 
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts and/or go to the Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers 
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip L. Chao, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-024), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 
Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 240-402-2112, email: 
[email protected]; or Ebla Ali-Ibrahim, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research (HFD-160), Food and Drug Administration, 10903 
New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-3691; or Stephen 
Ripley, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug 
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301, Silver 
Spring, MD 20993, 240-402-7911.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In the Federal Register of October 14, 2010 (75 FR 63189), we 
announced the availability of a draft guidance entitled ``Guidance for 
Industry: Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs)--Determining 
Whether Human Research Studies can be Conducted without an IND'' (``the 
draft guidance''). In the Federal Register of September 10, 2013 (78 FR 
55262), we published a document announcing the availability of the 
final version of the guidance, now entitled ``Guidance for Clinical 
Investigators, Sponsors, and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) on 
Investigational New Drug Applications--Determining Whether Human 
Research Studies Can Be Conducted Without an IND'' (``the final 
guidance''). We received multiple comments asking for a further 
opportunity to comment on subsections VI.C and VI.D of the final 
guidance, which discuss when an IND is needed for studies involving 
products marketed as cosmetics or foods, respectively. Accordingly, on 
February 6, 2014, we issued a document reopening the comment period on 
only those subsections of the final guidance that address the 
applicability of the IND regulations to clinical research studies 
involving products marketed as cosmetics or foods (including dietary 
supplements) (79 FR 7204) (``notice to reopen''). The comment period 
closed on April 7, 2014. We received comments from trade organizations, 
individual companies, scientific associations, public interest 
organizations, and individuals in response to our notice to reopen. 
These comments raised questions about application of the IND 
requirement to certain clinical studies of conventional foods, dietary 
supplements, and cosmetics being investigated for uses covered by the 
drug definition in section 201(g)(1)(B) or (C) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1)(B) or (C)).

II. The Stay

    FDA is staying part of the final guidance to allow for further 
consideration of issues raised by the comments submitted in response to 
the notice to reopen. Specifically, we are staying portions of 
subsection VI.D.2, ``Conventional Food,'' and all of subsection VI.D.3, 
``Studies Intended to Support a Health Claim,'' except as to studies 
intended to evaluate whether a food substance reduces the risk of a 
disease in individuals less than 12 months old, those with altered 
immune systems, and those with serious or life-threatening medical 
conditions. Subsections VI.D.2 and VI.D.3 discuss, respectively, 
conventional food studies generally and studies intended to support a 
health claim for a conventional food or dietary supplement. The 
portions of subsection VI.D.2 that are being stayed are the third 
paragraph (which pertains to clinical studies intended to evaluate a 
food's effect on the structure or function of the body) and a sentence 
in the fourth paragraph concerning clinical studies intended to 
evaluate a non-nutritional effect on the structure or function of the 
body. In subsection VI.D.3, a text box inserted below the subsection 
heading explains that clinical investigations intended to evaluate 
whether a food substance may reduce the risk of a disease in three 
categories of medically vulnerable subjects (individuals less than 12 
months old, those with altered immune systems, and those with serious 
or life-threatening medical conditions) are excluded from the stay, and 
that subsection VI.D.3 is in effect for such investigations.
    The stay of portions of subsection VI.D.2 and all of subsection 
VI.D.3 (subject to the exclusion for studies in the medically 
vulnerable populations described in this document) of the final 
guidance is effective immediately. All other parts of the final 
guidance remain in effect. We are republishing the guidance with the 
stayed material clearly identified so readers can distinguish parts of 
the guidance that remain in effect from parts that are subject to the 
stay.
    FDA generally does not intend to seek INDs for studies in the 
stayed categories while the stay is in effect. This stay does not, 
however, preclude enforcement of any provision of the FD&C Act or other 
relevant Federal statutes or regulations other than IND requirements 
(e.g., human subject protection laws and regulations). This stay does 
not affect investigations of conventional foods or dietary supplements 
studied for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or 
prevention of disease. Products intended for such uses meet the 
definition of a ``drug'' at section 201(g)(1)(B) of the FD&C Act; such 
investigations will continue to be subject to IND requirements. For 
example, dietary supplements containing bacteria have been given to 
infants born prematurely for prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis. 
The investigation of such use, and similar uses of conventional foods 
or dietary supplements to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent a 
disease, continues to require an IND.
    In summary, while the partial stay of the final guidance is in 
effect, FDA does not consider clinical investigators or study sponsors 
to be under any

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obligation to obtain an IND for the following types of studies 
evaluating the effects of a product marketed as a conventional food or 
dietary supplement:
    For conventional foods:
     Clinical studies designed to evaluate whether a 
conventional food may reduce the risk of a disease, intended to support 
a new or expanded health claim, and conducted in a population that does 
not include individuals less than 12 months old, those with altered 
immune systems, or those with serious or life-threatening medical 
conditions;
     Clinical studies designed to evaluate a non-nutritional 
effect of a conventional food on the structure or function of the body.
    For dietary supplements:
     Clinical studies designed to evaluate whether a dietary 
supplement may reduce the risk of a disease, intended to support a new 
or expanded health claim, and conducted in a population that does not 
include individuals less than 12 months old, those with altered immune 
systems, or those with serious or life-threatening medical conditions.
    Further, as noted in the final guidance itself, no IND is required 
for clinical studies designed to evaluate the nutritional effects of a 
conventional food, clinical studies designed to evaluate a dietary 
supplement's effects on the structure or function of the body, or 
clinical studies designed to evaluate the relationship between a 
conventional food or dietary supplement and reduced risk of a disease, 
if there is already an authorized health claim for the substance-
disease relationship.
    The following types of studies do continue to require an IND for 
the reasons explained in the final guidance:
    For conventional foods:
     Clinical studies designed to evaluate a conventional 
food's ability to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent a 
disease, except for studies designed to evaluate whether a conventional 
food reduces the risk of a disease, intended to support a health claim, 
and conducted in a population that does not include individuals less 
than 12 months old, those with altered immune systems, or those with 
serious or life-threatening medical conditions;
     Clinical studies designed to evaluate whether a food 
substance reduces the risk of a disease, intended to support a new or 
expanded health claim, and conducted in a population that includes 
individuals less than 12 months old, those with altered immune systems, 
or those with serious or life-threatening medical conditions.
    For dietary supplements:
     Clinical studies designed to evaluate a dietary 
supplement's ability to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent a 
disease, except for studies designed to evaluate whether a dietary 
supplement reduces the risk of a disease, intended to support a health 
claim, and conducted in a population that does not include individuals 
less than 12 months old, those with altered immune systems, or those 
with serious or life-threatening medical conditions;
     Clinical studies designed to evaluate whether a dietary 
supplement reduces the risk of a disease, intended to support a new or 
expanded health claim, and conducted in a population that includes 
individuals less than 12 months old, those with altered immune systems, 
or those with serious or life-threatening medical conditions.
    For cosmetics:
     Clinical studies designed to evaluate a cosmetic's effect 
on the structure or function of the body or its ability to diagnose, 
cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent a disease.

    Dated: October 26, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                              label to assist that office in processing               II. The Paperwork Reduction Act of                    Electronic Submissions
                                              your requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY                    1995                                                    Submit electronic comments in the
                                              INFORMATION section for electronic
                                                                                                        This revised draft guidance refers to               following way:
                                              access to the draft guidance document.                  previously approved collections of                      • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        information that are subject to review by             www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                              Richard T. Lostritto, Center for Drug                   the Office of Management and Budget                   instructions for submitting comments.
                                              Evaluation and Research, Food and                       (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction                   Comments submitted electronically,
                                              Drug Administration, 10903 New                          Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The                including attachments, to http://
                                              Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 4148,                     collections of information in 21 CFR                  www.regulations.gov will be posted to
                                              Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301–                      part 314 have been approved under                     the docket unchanged. Because your
                                              796–1697.                                               OMB control number 0910–0001.                         comment will be made public, you are
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                                                                    solely responsible for ensuring that your
                                                                                                      III. Electronic Access
                                                                                                                                                            comment does not include any
                                              I. Background                                              Persons with access to the Internet                confidential information that you or a
                                                                                                      may obtain the revised draft guidance at              third party may not wish to be posted,
                                                 The FDA is announcing the
                                                                                                      either http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/                      such as medical information, your or
                                              availability of a revised draft guidance
                                                                                                      GuidanceComplianceRegulatory                          anyone else’s Social Security number, or
                                              for industry entitled ‘‘Liposome Drug
                                                                                                      Information/Guidances/default.htm or                  confidential business information, such
                                              Products: Chemistry, Manufacturing,
                                                                                                      http://www.regulations.gov.                           as a manufacturing process. Please note
                                              and Controls; Human Pharmacokinetics
                                              and Bioavailability; and Labeling                         Dated: October 26, 2015.                            that if you include your name, contact
                                              Documentation.’’ This revised draft                     Leslie Kux,                                           information, or other information that
                                              guidance provides recommendations to                    Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                                                                                                                                            identifies you in the body of your
                                              applicants on the CMC, human                                                                                  comments, that information will be
                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2015–27744 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am]
                                              pharmacokinetics and bioavailability,                                                                         posted on http://www.regulations.gov.
                                              and labeling documentation for
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                                                                                                                                                              • If you want to submit a comment
                                              liposome drug products submitted in                                                                           with confidential information that you
                                              NDAs, ANDAs, and BLAs reviewed by                                                                             do not wish to be made available to the
                                                                                                      DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                              CDER. This revision adds BLAs and                                                                             public, submit the comment as a
                                                                                                      HUMAN SERVICES
                                              ANDAs. It also updates the discussions                                                                        written/paper submission and in the
                                              on liposome technology.                                 Food and Drug Administration                          manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper
                                                                                                                                                            Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).
                                                 In the Federal Register of August 21,                [Docket No. FDA–2010–D–0503]
                                              2002 (67 FR 54220), FDA announced the                                                                         Written/Paper Submissions
                                              availability of a draft version of this                 Investigational New Drug                                 Submit written/paper submissions as
                                              guidance. FDA received comments in                      Applications—Determining Whether                      follows:
                                              response to the draft guidance, and this                Human Research Studies Can Be                            • Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
                                              revised guidance reflects FDA’s careful                 Conducted Without an Investigational                  written/paper submissions): Division of
                                              consideration of these comments. Most                   New Drug Application; Guidance for                    Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food
                                              of the changes to the revised draft                     Clinical Investigators, Sponsors, and                 and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
                                              guidance were made to clarify                           Institutional Review Boards; Partial                  Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
                                              statements in the 2002 draft guidance.                  Stay and Republication of Guidance                       • For written/paper comments
                                              In addition, FDA decided to publish a                                                                         submitted to the Division of Dockets
                                              revised draft guidance because of                       AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,
                                                                                                                                                            Management, FDA will post your
                                              changes in technology since the draft                   HHS.
                                                                                                                                                            comment, as well as any attachments,
                                              was first published in 2002, the addition               ACTION:   Notice of administrative stay of            except for information submitted,
                                              of BLAs reviewed by CDER as a result                    action.                                               marked and identified, as confidential,
                                              of a CDER and Center for Biologics                                                                            if submitted as detailed in
                                              Evaluation and Research reorganization                  SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug
                                                                                                      Administration (FDA or we) is                         ‘‘Instructions.’’
                                              in 2003, and the addition of ANDAs.                                                                              Instructions: All submissions received
                                                 The revised draft guidance does not                  announcing a stay of portions of the
                                                                                                      final guidance for clinical investigators,            must include the Docket No. FDA–
                                              provide recommendations on clinical                                                                           2010–D–0503 for ‘‘Investigational New
                                              efficacy and safety studies, nonclinical                sponsors, and institutional review
                                                                                                      boards (IRBs) entitled ‘‘Investigational              Drug Applications—Determining
                                              pharmacology and/or toxicology                                                                                Whether Human Research Studies Can
                                              studies, liposome formulations of                       New Drug Applications—Determining
                                                                                                      Whether Human Research Studies Can                    Be Conducted Without an
                                              vaccine adjuvants or biologics, or drug-                                                                      Investigational New Drug Application;
                                              lipid complexes.                                        Be Conducted Without an IND.’’ We are
                                                                                                      republishing the guidance with the                    Guidance for Clinical Investigators,
                                                 This revised draft guidance is being                 portions that are being stayed clearly                Sponsors, and Institutional Review
                                              issued consistent with FDA’s good                       identified so readers can distinguish                 Boards; Partial Stay and Republication
                                              guidance practices regulation (21 CFR                   parts of the guidance that remain in                  of Guidance.’’ Received comments will
                                              10.115). This revised draft guidance,                   effect from parts that are subject to this            be placed in the docket and, except for
                                              when finalized, will represent the                      stay.                                                 those submitted as ‘‘Confidential
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                                              Agency’s current thinking on liposome                                                                         Submissions,’’ publicly viewable at
                                                                                                      DATES: This stay is effective October 30,
                                              drug products. It does not establish any                                                                      http://www.regulations.gov or at the
                                              rights for any person and is not binding                2015 Submit either electronic or written              Division of Dockets Management
                                              on FDA or the public. You can use an                    comments on FDA guidances at any                      between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
                                              alternative approach if it satisfies the                time.                                                 through Friday.
                                              requirements of the applicable statutes                 ADDRESSES:        You may submit comments                • Confidential Submissions—To
                                              and regulations.                                        as follows:                                           submit a comment with confidential


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                                              information that you do not wish to be                  availability of a draft guidance entitled             generally and studies intended to
                                              made publicly available, submit your                    ‘‘Guidance for Industry: Investigational              support a health claim for a
                                              comments only as a written/paper                        New Drug Applications (INDs)—                         conventional food or dietary
                                              submission. You should submit two                       Determining Whether Human Research                    supplement. The portions of subsection
                                              copies total. One copy will include the                 Studies can be Conducted without an                   VI.D.2 that are being stayed are the third
                                              information you claim to be confidential                IND’’ (‘‘the draft guidance’’). In the                paragraph (which pertains to clinical
                                              with a heading or cover note that states                Federal Register of September 10, 2013                studies intended to evaluate a food’s
                                              ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS                                (78 FR 55262), we published a                         effect on the structure or function of the
                                              CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.’’ The                         document announcing the availability of               body) and a sentence in the fourth
                                              Agency will review this copy, including                 the final version of the guidance, now                paragraph concerning clinical studies
                                              the claimed confidential information, in                entitled ‘‘Guidance for Clinical                      intended to evaluate a non-nutritional
                                              its consideration of comments. The                      Investigators, Sponsors, and                          effect on the structure or function of the
                                              second copy, which will have the                        Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) on                 body. In subsection VI.D.3, a text box
                                              claimed confidential information                        Investigational New Drug                              inserted below the subsection heading
                                              redacted/blacked out, will be available                 Applications—Determining Whether                      explains that clinical investigations
                                              for public viewing and posted on                        Human Research Studies Can Be                         intended to evaluate whether a food
                                              http://www.regulations.gov. Submit                      Conducted Without an IND’’ (‘‘the final               substance may reduce the risk of a
                                              both copies to the Division of Dockets                  guidance’’). We received multiple                     disease in three categories of medically
                                              Management. If you do not wish your                     comments asking for a further                         vulnerable subjects (individuals less
                                              name and contact information to be                      opportunity to comment on subsections                 than 12 months old, those with altered
                                              made publicly available, you can                        VI.C and VI.D of the final guidance,                  immune systems, and those with serious
                                              provide this information on the cover                   which discuss when an IND is needed                   or life-threatening medical conditions)
                                              sheet and not in the body of your                       for studies involving products marketed               are excluded from the stay, and that
                                              comments and you must identify this                     as cosmetics or foods, respectively.                  subsection VI.D.3 is in effect for such
                                              information as ‘‘confidential.’’ Any                    Accordingly, on February 6, 2014, we                  investigations.
                                              information marked as ‘‘confidential’’                  issued a document reopening the                          The stay of portions of subsection
                                              will not be disclosed except in                         comment period on only those                          VI.D.2 and all of subsection VI.D.3
                                              accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other                  subsections of the final guidance that                (subject to the exclusion for studies in
                                              applicable disclosure law. For more                     address the applicability of the IND                  the medically vulnerable populations
                                              information about FDA’s posting of                      regulations to clinical research studies              described in this document) of the final
                                              comments to public dockets, see 80 FR                   involving products marketed as                        guidance is effective immediately. All
                                              56469, September 18, 2015, or access                    cosmetics or foods (including dietary                 other parts of the final guidance remain
                                              the information at: http://www.fda.gov/                 supplements) (79 FR 7204) (‘‘notice to                in effect. We are republishing the
                                              regulatoryinformation/dockets/                          reopen’’). The comment period closed                  guidance with the stayed material
                                              default.htm.                                            on April 7, 2014. We received                         clearly identified so readers can
                                                 Docket: For access to the docket to                  comments from trade organizations,                    distinguish parts of the guidance that
                                              read background documents or the                        individual companies, scientific                      remain in effect from parts that are
                                              electronic and written/paper comments                   associations, public interest                         subject to the stay.
                                              received, go to http://                                 organizations, and individuals in                        FDA generally does not intend to seek
                                              www.regulations.gov and insert the                      response to our notice to reopen. These               INDs for studies in the stayed categories
                                                                                                      comments raised questions about                       while the stay is in effect. This stay does
                                              docket number, found in brackets in the
                                                                                                      application of the IND requirement to                 not, however, preclude enforcement of
                                              heading of this document, into the
                                                                                                      certain clinical studies of conventional              any provision of the FD&C Act or other
                                              ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts
                                                                                                      foods, dietary supplements, and                       relevant Federal statutes or regulations
                                              and/or go to the Division of Dockets
                                                                                                      cosmetics being investigated for uses                 other than IND requirements (e.g.,
                                              Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.
                                                                                                      covered by the drug definition in                     human subject protection laws and
                                              1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
                                                                                                      section 201(g)(1)(B) or (C) of the Federal            regulations). This stay does not affect
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                                              investigations of conventional foods or
                                                                                                      Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the
                                              Philip L. Chao, Center for Food Safety                                                                        dietary supplements studied for use in
                                                                                                      FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1)(B) or
                                              and Applied Nutrition (HFS–024), Food                                                                         the diagnosis, cure, mitigation,
                                                                                                      (C)).
                                              and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint                                                                           treatment, or prevention of disease.
                                              Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740,                   II. The Stay                                          Products intended for such uses meet
                                              240–402–2112, email: philip.chao@                          FDA is staying part of the final                   the definition of a ‘‘drug’’ at section
                                              fda.hhs.gov; or Ebla Ali-Ibrahim, Center                guidance to allow for further                         201(g)(1)(B) of the FD&C Act; such
                                              for Drug Evaluation and Research (HFD–                  consideration of issues raised by the                 investigations will continue to be
                                              160), Food and Drug Administration,                     comments submitted in response to the                 subject to IND requirements. For
                                              10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver                        notice to reopen. Specifically, we are                example, dietary supplements
                                              Spring, MD 20993, 301–796–3691; or                      staying portions of subsection VI.D.2,                containing bacteria have been given to
                                              Stephen Ripley, Center for Biologics                    ‘‘Conventional Food,’’ and all of                     infants born prematurely for prevention
                                              Evaluation and Research, Food and                       subsection VI.D.3, ‘‘Studies Intended to              of necrotizing enterocolitis. The
                                              Drug Administration, 10903 New                          Support a Health Claim,’’ except as to                investigation of such use, and similar
                                              Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301,                     studies intended to evaluate whether a                uses of conventional foods or dietary
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                                              Silver Spring, MD 20993, 240–402–                       food substance reduces the risk of a                  supplements to diagnose, cure, mitigate,
                                              7911.                                                   disease in individuals less than 12                   treat, or prevent a disease, continues to
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              months old, those with altered immune                 require an IND.
                                                                                                      systems, and those with serious or life-                 In summary, while the partial stay of
                                              I. Background                                           threatening medical conditions.                       the final guidance is in effect, FDA does
                                                 In the Federal Register of October 14,               Subsections VI.D.2 and VI.D.3 discuss,                not consider clinical investigators or
                                              2010 (75 FR 63189), we announced the                    respectively, conventional food studies               study sponsors to be under any


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                                              obligation to obtain an IND for the                        For dietary supplements:                           Conference Center, the Great Room (Rm.
                                              following types of studies evaluating the                  • Clinical studies designed to                     1503), Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002.
                                              effects of a product marketed as a                      evaluate a dietary supplement’s ability               Entrance for the public meeting
                                              conventional food or dietary                            to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or                participants (non-FDA employees) is
                                              supplement:                                             prevent a disease, except for studies                 through Building 1 where routine
                                                 For conventional foods:                              designed to evaluate whether a dietary                security check procedures will be
                                                 • Clinical studies designed to                       supplement reduces the risk of a                      performed. For parking and security
                                              evaluate whether a conventional food                    disease, intended to support a health                 information, please refer to http://
                                              may reduce the risk of a disease,                       claim, and conducted in a population                  www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/
                                              intended to support a new or expanded                   that does not include individuals less                WorkingatFDA/BuildingsandFacilities/
                                              health claim, and conducted in a                        than 12 months old, those with altered                WhiteOakCampusInformation/
                                              population that does not include                        immune systems, or those with serious                 ucm241740.htm.
                                              individuals less than 12 months old,                    or life-threatening medical conditions;                 You may submit comments as
                                              those with altered immune systems, or                      • Clinical studies designed to                     follows:
                                              those with serious or life-threatening                  evaluate whether a dietary supplement
                                              medical conditions;                                                                                           Electronic Submissions
                                                                                                      reduces the risk of a disease, intended
                                                 • Clinical studies designed to                       to support a new or expanded health                     Submit electronic comments in the
                                              evaluate a non-nutritional effect of a                  claim, and conducted in a population                  following way:
                                              conventional food on the structure or                   that includes individuals less than 12                  • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
                                              function of the body.                                   months old, those with altered immune                 www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                                 For dietary supplements:                             systems, or those with serious or life-               instructions for submitting comments.
                                                 • Clinical studies designed to                       threatening medical conditions.                       Comments submitted electronically,
                                              evaluate whether a dietary supplement                      For cosmetics:                                     including attachments, to http://
                                              may reduce the risk of a disease,                          • Clinical studies designed to                     www.regulations.gov will be posted to
                                              intended to support a new or expanded                   evaluate a cosmetic’s effect on the                   the docket unchanged. Because your
                                              health claim, and conducted in a                        structure or function of the body or its              comment will be made public, you are
                                              population that does not include                        ability to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat,           solely responsible for ensuring that your
                                              individuals less than 12 months old,                    or prevent a disease.                                 comment does not include any
                                              those with altered immune systems, or                                                                         confidential information that you or a
                                                                                                        Dated: October 26, 2015.
                                              those with serious or life-threatening                                                                        third party may not wish to be posted,
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                                              medical conditions.                                                                                           such as medical information, your or
                                                 Further, as noted in the final guidance              Associate Commissioner for Policy.                    anyone else’s Social Security number, or
                                              itself, no IND is required for clinical                 [FR Doc. 2015–27729 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am]          confidential business information, such
                                              studies designed to evaluate the                        BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                as a manufacturing process. Please note
                                              nutritional effects of a conventional                                                                         that if you include your name, contact
                                              food, clinical studies designed to                                                                            information, or other information that
                                              evaluate a dietary supplement’s effects                 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              identifies you in the body of your
                                              on the structure or function of the body,               HUMAN SERVICES                                        comments, that information will be
                                              or clinical studies designed to evaluate                                                                      posted on http://www.regulations.gov.
                                                                                                      Food and Drug Administration
                                              the relationship between a conventional                                                                         • If you want to submit a comment
                                              food or dietary supplement and reduced                  [Docket No. FDA–2015–N–3805]                          with confidential information that you
                                              risk of a disease, if there is already an                                                                     do not wish to be made available to the
                                              authorized health claim for the                         Clinical Trials—Assessing Safety and                  public, submit the comment as a
                                              substance-disease relationship.                         Efficacy for Diverse Populations;                     written/paper submission and in the
                                                 The following types of studies do                    Public Meeting; Request for Comments                  manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper
                                              continue to require an IND for the                      AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,              Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).
                                              reasons explained in the final guidance:                HHS.
                                                 For conventional foods:                                                                                    Written/Paper Submissions
                                                 • Clinical studies designed to                             Notice of meeting; request for
                                                                                                      ACTION:
                                                                                                                                                               Submit written/paper submissions as
                                              evaluate a conventional food’s ability to               comments.                                             follows:
                                              diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or                     SUMMARY:    The Food and Drug                            • Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
                                              prevent a disease, except for studies                   Administration (FDA), in collaboration                written/paper submissions): Division of
                                              designed to evaluate whether a                          with the Johns Hopkins Center of                      Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food
                                              conventional food reduces the risk of a                 Excellence in Regulatory Science and                  and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
                                              disease, intended to support a health                   Innovation, is announcing a public                    Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
                                              claim, and conducted in a population                    workshop entitled ‘‘Clinical Trials—                     • For written/paper comments
                                              that does not include individuals less                  Assessing Safety and Efficacy in Diverse              submitted to the Division of Dockets
                                              than 12 months old, those with altered                  Populations.’’ The purpose of the                     Management, FDA will post your
                                              immune systems, or those with serious                   meeting is to discuss approaches in                   comment, as well as any attachments,
                                              or life-threatening medical conditions;                 clinical trial design and subgroup                    except for information submitted,
                                                 • Clinical studies designed to                                                                             marked and identified, as confidential,
                                                                                                      analyses for therapeutic product
                                              evaluate whether a food substance                                                                             if submitted as detailed in
                                                                                                      development and life-cycle
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                                              reduces the risk of a disease, intended                                                                       ‘‘Instructions.’’
                                                                                                      management.
                                              to support a new or expanded health                                                                              Instructions: All submissions received
                                              claim, and conducted in a population                    DATES:The meeting will be held on                     must include the Docket No. FDA–
                                              that includes individuals less than 12                  December 2, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.               2015–N–3805 for Clinical Trials—
                                              months old, those with altered immune                   ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at                Assessing Safety and Efficacy for
                                              systems, or those with serious or life-                 the FDA White Oak Campus, 10903                       Diverse Populations; Public Meeting;
                                              threatening medical conditions.                         New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31                          Request for Comments. Received


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of administrative stay of action.
DatesThis stay is effective October 30, 2015 Submit either electronic or written comments on FDA guidances at any time.
ContactPhilip L. Chao, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-024), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 240-402-2112, email: [email protected]; or Ebla Ali-Ibrahim, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (HFD-160), Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-3691; or Stephen Ripley, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 240-402-7911.
FR Citation80 FR 66907 

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