83_FR_40213 83 FR 40057 - Patient-Focused Drug Development Guidance: Methods To Identify What Is Important to Patients and Select, Develop, or Modify Fit-for-Purpose Clinical Outcome Assessments; Public Workshop; Request for Comments

83 FR 40057 - Patient-Focused Drug Development Guidance: Methods To Identify What Is Important to Patients and Select, Develop, or Modify Fit-for-Purpose Clinical Outcome Assessments; Public Workshop; Request for Comments

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 156 (August 13, 2018)

Page Range40057-40059
FR Document2018-17272

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a 2-day public workshop to convene a discussion on methodological approaches that may be used to identify what is most important to patients and caregivers with respect to burden of disease, burden of treatment, and the benefits and risks in the management of the patient's disease, and best practices for selecting, developing, or modifying fit-for-purpose clinical outcome assessments (COAs) to measure the patient experience in clinical trials. This workshop will inform development of patient- focused drug development guidance as required by the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act) and as part of commitments made by FDA under the sixth authorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA VI). FDA will publish discussion documents approximately 1 month before the workshop date. FDA is interested in seeking information and comments on the approaches proposed in the discussion documents. FDA is also interested in input on examples, which could be illustrated in the draft guidance, where the approaches proposed in the discussion document have been successfully applied.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 156 (Monday, August 13, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40057-40059]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17272]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2018-N-2455]


Patient-Focused Drug Development Guidance: Methods To Identify 
What Is Important to Patients and Select, Develop, or Modify Fit-for-
Purpose Clinical Outcome Assessments; Public Workshop; Request for 
Comments

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a 2-day 
public workshop to convene a discussion on methodological approaches 
that may be used to identify what is most important to patients and 
caregivers with respect to burden of disease, burden of treatment, and 
the benefits and risks in the management of the patient's disease, and 
best practices for selecting, developing, or modifying fit-for-purpose 
clinical outcome assessments (COAs) to measure the patient experience 
in clinical trials. This workshop will inform development of patient-
focused drug development guidance as required by the 21st Century Cures 
Act (Cures Act) and as part of commitments made by FDA under the sixth 
authorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA VI). FDA 
will publish discussion documents approximately 1 month before the 
workshop date. FDA is interested in seeking information and comments on 
the approaches proposed in the discussion documents. FDA is also 
interested in input on examples, which could be illustrated in the 
draft guidance, where the approaches proposed in the discussion 
document have been successfully applied.

DATES: The public workshop will be held on October 15 and 16, 2018, 
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Submit either electronic or written comments on 
this public workshop by December 14, 2018. See the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section for registration date and information.

ADDRESSES: The public workshop will be held at FDA's White Oak Campus, 
10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31 Conference Center, the Great Room 
(Rm. 1503), Silver Spring, MD 20993. Entrance for the public workshop 
participants (non-FDA employees) is through Building 1 where routine 
security check procedures will be performed. For parking and security 
information, please refer to https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WorkingatFDA/BuildingsandFacilities/WhiteOakCampusInformation/ucm241740.htm. 
Workshop updates, agenda, and discussion documents will be made 
available at: https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/NewsEvents/ucm607276.htm prior 
to the workshop.
    You may submit comments as follows. Please note that late, untimely 
filed comments will not be considered. Electronic comments must be 
submitted on or before December 14, 2018. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 
midnight Eastern Time at the end of December 14, 2018. Comments 
received by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) 
will be considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery 
service acceptance receipt is on or before that date.

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to https://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 https://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): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets 
Management Staff, 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-2018-N-2455 for ``Patient-Focused Drug Development Guidance: 
Methods to Identify What is Important to Patients and Select, Develop 
or Modify Fit-for-Purpose Clinical Outcome Assessments; Public 
Workshop; Request for Comments.'' Received comments, those filed in a 
timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be placed in the docket and, except 
for those submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable 
at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets Management Staff 
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential 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

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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 https://www.regulations.gov. Submit both copies to the Dockets 
Management Staff. 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: https://www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://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 Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meghana Chalasani, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 1146, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-
402-6525, Fax: 301-847-8443, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    This public workshop is intended to support FDA implementation of 
requirements for guidance development under section 3002 of the Cures 
Act (Pub. L. 114-255) and to meet a performance goal included in the 
sixth authorization of PDUFA VI. Section 3002 of Title III Subtitle A 
of the Cures Act directs FDA to develop patient-focused drug 
development guidance to address a number of areas including 
methodological approaches that may be used to develop and identify what 
is most important to patients with respect to burden of disease, burden 
of treatment, and the benefits and risks in the management of the 
patient's disease; and approaches to identifying and developing methods 
to measure impacts to patients that will help facilitate collection of 
patient experience data in clinical trials.
    In addition, FDA committed to meet certain performance goals under 
PDUFA VI. This reauthorization, part of the FDA Reauthorization Act of 
2017 signed by the President on August 18, 2017, includes a number of 
performance goals and procedures that are documented in the PDUFA VI 
Commitment Letter, which is available at https://www.fda.gov/downloads/ForIndustry/UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/UCM511438.pdf. These goal 
commitments were developed in consultation with patient and consumer 
advocates, healthcare professionals, and other public stakeholders, as 
part of negotiations with regulated industry. Section J.1 of the 
commitment letter, ``Enhancing the Incorporation of the Patient's Voice 
in Drug Development and Decision-Making,'' (https://www.fda.gov/downloads/ForIndustry/UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/UCM511438.pdf) 
outlines work, including the development of a series of guidance 
documents and associated public workshops to facilitate the advancement 
and use of systematic approaches to collect and utilize robust and 
meaningful patient and caregiver input that can more consistently 
inform drug development, and, as appropriate, regulatory decision 
making.
    Prior to the issuance of each guidance, as part of the development, 
FDA will conduct a public workshop to gather input from the wider 
community of patients, patient advocates, academic researchers, expert 
practitioners, drug developers, and other stakeholders.

II. Purpose and Scope of Meeting

    FDA is announcing a 2-day public workshop to convene a discussion 
on: (1) Methodological approaches that may be used to develop and 
identify what is most important to patients and caregivers with respect 
to burden of disease, burden of treatment, and the benefits and risks 
in the management of the patient's disease and (2) best practices for 
selecting, developing, or modifying fit-for-purpose COAs to measure the 
patient experience in clinical trials. The purpose of this public 
workshop is to obtain feedback from stakeholders on: (1) Methods to 
identify what is important to patients; (2) best practices for 
eliciting information on which aspects of disease symptoms, signs, 
impacts, and other issues are important and meaningful to patients; (3) 
measuring symptoms, signs, impacts and other issues of a disease or 
condition in a meaningful way; and (4) selecting, developing, or 
modifying fit-for-purpose COAs to measure the patient experience in 
clinical trials. FDA is seeking information and comments from a broad 
range of stakeholders, including patients, patient advocates, academic 
and medical researchers, expert practitioners, drug developers, and 
other interested persons. FDA will publish discussion documents 
outlining the topic areas that will be addressed in the draft 
guidances. These documents will be published approximately 1 month 
before the workshop date on the website at: https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/NewsEvents/ucm607276.htm. FDA is interested in seeking information and 
comments on the approaches and considerations proposed in the 
discussion documents. FDA is also interested in seeking information and 
comments on additional examples, which could be included in guidance, 
where the approaches proposed in the discussion document have been 
successfully applied. After this public workshop, FDA will take into 
consideration the stakeholder input from the workshop and the public 
docket and publish draft guidance(s).

III. Participating in the Public Workshop

    Registration: Interested parties are encouraged to register early. 
To register electronically, please visit: https://pfddmethods.eventbrite.com. Registration for in-person attendance will 
close on October 10, 2018. Registration for the webcast will remain 
open until the day of the meeting. Persons without access to the 
internet can call 240-402-6525 to register. If you are unable to attend 
the meeting in person, you can register to view a live webcast of the 
meeting. You will be asked to indicate in your registration if you plan 
to attend in person or via the webcast. Seating will be limited, so 
early registration is recommended. Registration is free and will be on 
a first-come, first-served basis. However, FDA may limit the number of 
participants from each organization based on space limitations. 
Registrants will receive confirmation once they have been accepted. 
Onsite registration on the day of the meeting will be based on space 
availability.
    If you need special accommodations because of a disability, please 
contact Meghana Chalasani (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at 
least 7 days before the meeting.
    Request for Oral Presentations: There will be time allotted during 
the workshop for open public comment. Sign-up for this session will be 
on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the workshop. 
Individuals and

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organizations with common interests are urged to consolidate or 
coordinate, and request time for a joint presentation. No commercial or 
promotional material will be permitted to be presented or distributed 
at the public workshop.
    Transcripts: As soon as a transcript is available, FDA will post it 
at https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/NewsEvents/ucm607276.htm.

    Dated: August 8, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                                under OMB control number 0910–0733                      fit-for-purpose clinical outcome                      instructions for submitting comments.
                                                is available at https://www.fda.gov/ucm/                assessments (COAs) to measure the                     Comments submitted electronically,
                                                groups/fdagov-public/@fdagov-drugs-                     patient experience in clinical trials. This           including attachments, to https://
                                                gen/documents/document/                                 workshop will inform development of                   www.regulations.gov will be posted to
                                                ucm269919.pdf; 21 CFR parts 50 and 56                   patient-focused drug development                      the docket unchanged. Because your
                                                under OMB control number 0910–0755;                     guidance as required by the 21st                      comment will be made public, you are
                                                the guidance for industry entitled                      Century Cures Act (Cures Act) and as                  solely responsible for ensuring that your
                                                ‘‘Expedited Programs for Serious                        part of commitments made by FDA                       comment does not include any
                                                Conditions—Drugs and Biologics’’                        under the sixth authorization of the                  confidential information that you or a
                                                under OMB control number 0910–0765                      Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA                 third party may not wish to be posted,
                                                is available at https://www.fda.gov/                    VI). FDA will publish discussion                      such as medical information, your or
                                                downloads/Drugs/GuidanceCompliance                      documents approximately 1 month                       anyone else’s Social Security number, or
                                                RegulatoryInformation/Guidances/                        before the workshop date. FDA is                      confidential business information, such
                                                UCM358301.pdf; and the ICH guidance                     interested in seeking information and                 as a manufacturing process. Please note
                                                for industry entitled ‘‘E6(R2) Good                     comments on the approaches proposed                   that if you include your name, contact
                                                Clinical Practice: Integrated Addendum                  in the discussion documents. FDA is                   information, or other information that
                                                to ICH E6(R1)’’ under OMB control                       also interested in input on examples,                 identifies you in the body of your
                                                number 0910–0843 is available at                        which could be illustrated in the draft               comments, that information will be
                                                https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/                    guidance, where the approaches                        posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
                                                GuidanceComplianceRegulatory                            proposed in the discussion document                     • If you want to submit a comment
                                                Information/Guidances/                                  have been successfully applied.                       with confidential information that you
                                                UCM464506.pdf.                                                                                                do not wish to be made available to the
                                                                                                        DATES: The public workshop will be
                                                                                                                                                              public, submit the comment as a
                                                III. Electronic Access                                  held on October 15 and 16, 2018, from
                                                                                                                                                              written/paper submission and in the
                                                   Persons with access to the internet                  9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Submit either electronic
                                                                                                                                                              manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper
                                                may obtain the draft guidance at https://               or written comments on this public
                                                                                                                                                              Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).
                                                www.fda.gov/Drugs/Guidance                              workshop by December 14, 2018. See
                                                ComplianceRegulatoryInformation/                        the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section                 Written/Paper Submissions
                                                Guidances/default.htm, https://                         for registration date and information.                   Submit written/paper submissions as
                                                www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/                     ADDRESSES: The public workshop will                   follows:
                                                GuidanceComplianceRegulatory                            be held at FDA’s White Oak Campus,                       • Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
                                                Information/default.htm, or https://                    10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31                    written/paper submissions): Dockets
                                                www.regulations.gov.                                    Conference Center, the Great Room (Rm.                Management Staff (HFA–305), Food and
                                                  Dated: August 8, 2018.
                                                                                                        1503), Silver Spring, MD 20993.                       Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
                                                                                                        Entrance for the public workshop                      Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
                                                Leslie Kux,
                                                                                                        participants (non-FDA employees) is                      • For written/paper comments
                                                Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                                                                                        through Building 1 where routine                      submitted to the Dockets Management
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–17273 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am]             security check procedures will be                     Staff, FDA will post your comment, as
                                                BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                  performed. For parking and security                   well as any attachments, except for
                                                                                                        information, please refer to https://                 information submitted, marked and
                                                                                                        www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/                                 identified, as confidential, if submitted
                                                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                WorkingatFDA/BuildingsandFacilities/                  as detailed in ‘‘Instructions.’’
                                                HUMAN SERVICES                                          WhiteOakCampusInformation/                               Instructions: All submissions received
                                                Food and Drug Administration                            ucm241740.htm. Workshop updates,                      must include the Docket No. FDA–
                                                                                                        agenda, and discussion documents will                 2018–N–2455 for ‘‘Patient-Focused Drug
                                                [Docket No. FDA–2018–N–2455]                            be made available at: https://                        Development Guidance: Methods to
                                                                                                        www.fda.gov/Drugs/NewsEvents/                         Identify What is Important to Patients
                                                Patient-Focused Drug Development                        ucm607276.htm prior to the workshop.                  and Select, Develop or Modify Fit-for-
                                                Guidance: Methods To Identify What Is                      You may submit comments as                         Purpose Clinical Outcome Assessments;
                                                Important to Patients and Select,                       follows. Please note that late, untimely              Public Workshop; Request for
                                                Develop, or Modify Fit-for-Purpose                      filed comments will not be considered.                Comments.’’ Received comments, those
                                                Clinical Outcome Assessments; Public                    Electronic comments must be submitted                 filed in a timely manner (see
                                                Workshop; Request for Comments                          on or before December 14, 2018. The                   ADDRESSES), will be placed in the docket
                                                AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,                https://www.regulations.gov electronic                and, except for those submitted as
                                                HHS.                                                    filing system will accept comments                    ‘‘Confidential Submissions,’’ publicly
                                                ACTION: Notice of public workshop;                      until midnight Eastern Time at the end                viewable at https://www.regulations.gov
                                                request for comments.                                   of December 14, 2018. Comments                        or at the Dockets Management Staff
                                                                                                        received by mail/hand delivery/courier                between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
                                                SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug                            (for written/paper submissions) will be               through Friday.
                                                Administration (FDA) is announcing a                    considered timely if they are                            • Confidential Submissions—To
                                                2-day public workshop to convene a                      postmarked or the delivery service                    submit a comment with confidential
                                                discussion on methodological                                                                                  information that you do not wish to be
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                                                                                                        acceptance receipt is on or before that
                                                approaches that may be used to identify                 date.                                                 made publicly available, submit your
                                                what is most important to patients and                                                                        comments only as a written/paper
                                                caregivers with respect to burden of                    Electronic Submissions                                submission. You should submit two
                                                disease, burden of treatment, and the                     Submit electronic comments in the                   copies total. One copy will include the
                                                benefits and risks in the management of                 following way:                                        information you claim to be confidential
                                                the patient’s disease, and best practices                 • Federal eRulemaking Portal:                       with a heading or cover note that states
                                                for selecting, developing, or modifying                 https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the               ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS


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                                                CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.’’ The                         collection of patient experience data in              patient experience in clinical trials.
                                                Agency will review this copy, including                 clinical trials.                                      FDA is seeking information and
                                                the claimed confidential information, in                   In addition, FDA committed to meet                 comments from a broad range of
                                                its consideration of comments. The                      certain performance goals under PDUFA                 stakeholders, including patients, patient
                                                second copy, which will have the                        VI. This reauthorization, part of the FDA             advocates, academic and medical
                                                claimed confidential information                        Reauthorization Act of 2017 signed by                 researchers, expert practitioners, drug
                                                redacted/blacked out, will be available                 the President on August 18, 2017,                     developers, and other interested
                                                for public viewing and posted on                        includes a number of performance goals                persons. FDA will publish discussion
                                                https://www.regulations.gov. Submit                     and procedures that are documented in                 documents outlining the topic areas that
                                                both copies to the Dockets Management                   the PDUFA VI Commitment Letter,                       will be addressed in the draft guidances.
                                                Staff. If you do not wish your name and                 which is available at https://                        These documents will be published
                                                contact information to be made publicly                 www.fda.gov/downloads/ForIndustry/                    approximately 1 month before the
                                                available, you can provide this                         UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/                     workshop date on the website at:
                                                information on the cover sheet and not                  UCM511438.pdf. These goal                             https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/NewsEvents/
                                                in the body of your comments and you                    commitments were developed in                         ucm607276.htm. FDA is interested in
                                                must identify this information as                       consultation with patient and consumer                seeking information and comments on
                                                ‘‘confidential.’’ Any information marked                advocates, healthcare professionals, and              the approaches and considerations
                                                as ‘‘confidential’’ will not be disclosed               other public stakeholders, as part of                 proposed in the discussion documents.
                                                except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20                  negotiations with regulated industry.                 FDA is also interested in seeking
                                                and other applicable disclosure law. For                Section J.1 of the commitment letter,                 information and comments on
                                                more information about FDA’s posting                    ‘‘Enhancing the Incorporation of the                  additional examples, which could be
                                                of comments to public dockets, see 80                   Patient’s Voice in Drug Development                   included in guidance, where the
                                                FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access                 and Decision-Making,’’ (https://                      approaches proposed in the discussion
                                                the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/                www.fda.gov/downloads/ForIndustry/                    document have been successfully
                                                fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-                       UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/                     applied. After this public workshop,
                                                23389.pdf.                                              UCM511438.pdf) outlines work,                         FDA will take into consideration the
                                                   Docket: For access to the docket to                  including the development of a series of              stakeholder input from the workshop
                                                read background documents or the                        guidance documents and associated                     and the public docket and publish draft
                                                electronic and written/paper comments                   public workshops to facilitate the                    guidance(s).
                                                received, go to https://                                advancement and use of systematic
                                                                                                        approaches to collect and utilize robust              III. Participating in the Public
                                                www.regulations.gov and insert the                                                                            Workshop
                                                docket number, found in brackets in the                 and meaningful patient and caregiver
                                                                                                        input that can more consistently inform                  Registration: Interested parties are
                                                heading of this document, into the
                                                                                                        drug development, and, as appropriate,                encouraged to register early. To register
                                                ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts
                                                                                                        regulatory decision making.                           electronically, please visit: https://
                                                and/or go to the Dockets Management
                                                                                                           Prior to the issuance of each guidance,            pfddmethods.eventbrite.com.
                                                Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061,
                                                                                                        as part of the development, FDA will                  Registration for in-person attendance
                                                Rockville, MD 20852.
                                                                                                        conduct a public workshop to gather                   will close on October 10, 2018.
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        input from the wider community of                     Registration for the webcast will remain
                                                Meghana Chalasani, Center for Drug                      patients, patient advocates, academic                 open until the day of the meeting.
                                                Evaluation and Research, Food and                       researchers, expert practitioners, drug               Persons without access to the internet
                                                Drug Administration, 10903 New                          developers, and other stakeholders.                   can call 240–402–6525 to register. If you
                                                Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 1146,                                                                           are unable to attend the meeting in
                                                Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 240–                      II. Purpose and Scope of Meeting
                                                                                                                                                              person, you can register to view a live
                                                402–6525, Fax: 301–847–8443,                               FDA is announcing a 2-day public                   webcast of the meeting. You will be
                                                Meghana.Chalasani@fda.hhs.gov.                          workshop to convene a discussion on:                  asked to indicate in your registration if
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              (1) Methodological approaches that may                you plan to attend in person or via the
                                                                                                        be used to develop and identify what is               webcast. Seating will be limited, so
                                                I. Background                                           most important to patients and                        early registration is recommended.
                                                   This public workshop is intended to                  caregivers with respect to burden of                  Registration is free and will be on a first-
                                                support FDA implementation of                           disease, burden of treatment, and the                 come, first-served basis. However, FDA
                                                requirements for guidance development                   benefits and risks in the management of               may limit the number of participants
                                                under section 3002 of the Cures Act                     the patient’s disease and (2) best                    from each organization based on space
                                                (Pub. L. 114–255) and to meet a                         practices for selecting, developing, or               limitations. Registrants will receive
                                                performance goal included in the sixth                  modifying fit-for-purpose COAs to                     confirmation once they have been
                                                authorization of PDUFA VI. Section                      measure the patient experience in                     accepted. Onsite registration on the day
                                                3002 of Title III Subtitle A of the Cures               clinical trials. The purpose of this                  of the meeting will be based on space
                                                Act directs FDA to develop patient-                     public workshop is to obtain feedback                 availability.
                                                focused drug development guidance to                    from stakeholders on: (1) Methods to                     If you need special accommodations
                                                address a number of areas including                     identify what is important to patients;               because of a disability, please contact
                                                methodological approaches that may be                   (2) best practices for eliciting                      Meghana Chalasani (see FOR FURTHER
                                                used to develop and identify what is                    information on which aspects of disease
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                                                                                                                                                              INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 7 days
                                                most important to patients with respect                 symptoms, signs, impacts, and other                   before the meeting.
                                                to burden of disease, burden of                         issues are important and meaningful to                   Request for Oral Presentations: There
                                                treatment, and the benefits and risks in                patients; (3) measuring symptoms, signs,              will be time allotted during the
                                                the management of the patient’s disease;                impacts and other issues of a disease or              workshop for open public comment.
                                                and approaches to identifying and                       condition in a meaningful way; and (4)                Sign-up for this session will be on a
                                                developing methods to measure impacts                   selecting, developing, or modifying fit-              first-come, first-served basis on the day
                                                to patients that will help facilitate                   for-purpose COAs to measure the                       of the workshop. Individuals and


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                                                organizations with common interests are                 major and imminently life-threatening                 used in emergencies to diagnose, treat,
                                                urged to consolidate or coordinate, and                 combat casualties involving                           or prevent serious or life-threatening
                                                request time for a joint presentation. No               uncontrolled hemorrhage. On the basis                 diseases or conditions caused by
                                                commercial or promotional material                      of such determination, the Department                 biological, chemical, nuclear, or
                                                will be permitted to be presented or                    of Health and Human Services (HHS)                    radiological agents and other agents that
                                                distributed at the public workshop.                     Secretary declared on July 9, 2018, that              may cause, or are otherwise associated
                                                  Transcripts: As soon as a transcript is               circumstances exist justifying the                    with, an imminently life-threatening
                                                available, FDA will post it at https://                 authorization of emergency use of freeze              and specific risk to U.S. military forces
                                                www.fda.gov/Drugs/NewsEvents/                           dried plasma for the treatment of                     when there are no adequate, approved,
                                                ucm607276.htm.                                          hemorrhage or coagulopathy during an                  and available alternatives.
                                                                                                        emergency involving agents of military                   Section 564(b)(1) of the FD&C Act
                                                  Dated: August 8, 2018.
                                                                                                        combat (e.g., firearms, projectiles, and              provides that, before an EUA may be
                                                Leslie Kux,
                                                                                                        explosive devices) when plasma is not                 issued, the Secretary of HHS must
                                                Associate Commissioner for Policy.                      available for use or when the use of                  declare that circumstances exist
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–17272 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am]             plasma is not practical, subject to the               justifying the authorization based on
                                                BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                  terms of any authorization issued under               one of the following grounds: (1) A
                                                                                                        the FD&C Act. The Authorization,                      determination by the Secretary of
                                                                                                        which includes an explanation of the                  Homeland Security that there is a
                                                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                reasons for issuance, is reprinted in this            domestic emergency, or a significant
                                                HUMAN SERVICES                                          document.                                             potential for a domestic emergency,
                                                                                                        DATES: The Authorization is effective as              involving a heightened risk of attack
                                                Food and Drug Administration                                                                                  with a biological, chemical, radiological,
                                                                                                        of July 9, 2018.
                                                [Docket No. FDA–2018–N–3009]                            ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for                or nuclear agent or agents; (2) a
                                                                                                        single copies of the EUA to the Office                determination by the Secretary of
                                                Authorization of Emergency Use of a                     of Counterterrorism and Emerging                      Defense that there is a military
                                                Freeze Dried Plasma Treatment for                       Threats, Food and Drug Administration,                emergency, or a significant potential for
                                                Hemorrhage or Coagulopathy During                       10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 1,                    a military emergency, involving a
                                                an Emergency Involving Agents of                        Rm. 4338, Silver Spring, MD 20993–                    heightened risk to U.S. military forces,
                                                Military Combat; Availability                           0002. Send one self-addressed adhesive                including personnel operating under the
                                                                                                        label to assist that office in processing             authority of title 10 or title 50, United
                                                AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,                                                                      States Code, of attack with (i) a
                                                HHS.                                                    your request or include a fax number to
                                                                                                        which the Authorization may be sent.                  biological, chemical, radiological, or
                                                ACTION:   Notice.                                                                                             nuclear agent or agents; or (ii) an agent
                                                                                                        See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
                                                                                                        section for electronic access to the                  or agents that may cause, or are
                                                SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug                                                                                  otherwise associated with, an
                                                Administration (FDA) is announcing the                  Authorization.
                                                                                                                                                              imminently life-threatening and specific
                                                issuance of an Emergency Use                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      risk to U.S. military forces; 1 (3) a
                                                Authorization (EUA) (the Authorization)                 Michael Mair, Office of                               determination by the Secretary of HHS
                                                for a freeze dried plasma treatment for                 Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats,                that there is a public health emergency,
                                                hemorrhage or coagulopathy during an                    Food and Drug Administration, 10903                   or a significant potential for a public
                                                emergency involving agents of military                  New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 1, Rm.                      health emergency, that affects, or has a
                                                combat (e.g., firearms, projectiles, and                4340, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002,                   significant potential to affect, national
                                                explosive devices) when plasma is not                   301–796–8510 (this is not a toll-free                 security or the health and security of
                                                available for use or when the use of                    number).                                              U.S. citizens living abroad, and that
                                                plasma is not practical. FDA issued this                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            involves a biological, chemical,
                                                Authorization under the Federal Food,                                                                         radiological, or nuclear agent or agents,
                                                Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as                   I. Background
                                                                                                                                                              or a disease or condition that may be
                                                requested by the U.S. Department of                        Section 564 of the FD&C Act (21                    attributable to such agent or agents; or
                                                Defense (DoD). The Authorization                        U.S.C. 360bbb–3) as amended by the                    (4) the identification of a material threat
                                                contains, among other things,                           Project BioShield Act of 2004 (Pub. L.                by the Secretary of Homeland Security
                                                conditions on the emergency use of the                  108–276), the Pandemic and All-                       under section 319F–2 of the Public
                                                authorized treatment. The Authorization                 Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization                  Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                follows the June 7, 2018, determination                 Act of 2013 (Pub. L. 113–5), 21st                     247d–6b) sufficient to affect national
                                                by the Deputy Secretary of Defense that                 Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 114–255),                  security or the health and security of
                                                there is a military emergency or                        and Public Law 115–92 (2017), allows                  U.S. citizens living abroad.
                                                significant potential for a military                    FDA to strengthen the public health                      Once the Secretary of HHS has
                                                emergency, involving a heightened risk                  protections against biological, chemical,             declared that circumstances exist
                                                to U.S. military forces of an attack with               nuclear, and radiological agents and                  justifying an authorization under
                                                an agent or agents that may cause, or are               other agents that may cause, or are                   section 564 of the FD&C Act, FDA may
                                                otherwise associated with an                            otherwise associated with, an                         authorize the emergency use of a drug,
                                                imminently life-threatening and specific                imminently life-threatening and specific              device, or biological product if the
                                                risk to those forces. The Deputy                        risk to U.S. military forces. Among other
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                                                                                                                                                              Agency concludes that the statutory
                                                Secretary of Defense further stated that,               things, section 564 of the FD&C Act                   criteria are satisfied. Under section
                                                more specifically, U.S. forces are now                  allows FDA to authorize the use of an
                                                deployed in multiple locations where                    unapproved medical product or an                        1 In the case of a determination by the Secretary

                                                they serve at heightened risk of an                     unapproved use of an approved medical                 of Defense, the Secretary of HHS shall determine,
                                                                                                                                                              within 45 calendar days of such determination,
                                                enemy attack with agents of military                    product in certain situations. With this              whether to make a declaration under section
                                                combat, including firearms, projectiles,                EUA authority, FDA can help assure                    564(b)(1) of the FD&C Act, and, if appropriate, shall
                                                and explosive devices, that may cause                   that medical countermeasures may be                   promptly make such a declaration.



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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 public workshop; request for comments.
DatesThe public workshop will be held on October 15 and 16, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Submit either electronic or written comments on this public workshop by December 14, 2018. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for registration date and information.
ContactMeghana Chalasani, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 1146, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240- 402-6525, Fax: 301-847-8443, [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 40057 

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