83_FR_52691 83 FR 52490 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Physician Interpretation of Information About Prescription Drugs in Scientific Publications Versus Promotional Pieces

83 FR 52490 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Physician Interpretation of Information About Prescription Drugs in Scientific Publications Versus Promotional Pieces

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 201 (October 17, 2018)

Page Range52490-52494
FR Document2018-22569

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on research entitled ``Physician Interpretation of Information About Prescription Drugs in Scientific Publications vs. Promotional Pieces.'' This study will examine important public health issues in professionally directed prescription drug print promotion.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2018)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2018-N-3163]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Physician Interpretation of Information About 
Prescription Drugs in Scientific Publications Versus Promotional Pieces

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an 
opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain 
information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of

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information and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the 
notice. This notice solicits comments on research entitled ``Physician 
Interpretation of Information About Prescription Drugs in Scientific 
Publications vs. Promotional Pieces.'' This study will examine 
important public health issues in professionally directed prescription 
drug print promotion.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the collection 
of information by December 17, 2018.

ADDRESSES: 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 17, 2018. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 
midnight Eastern Time at the end of December 17, 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-3163 for ``Physician Interpretation of Information About 
Prescription Drugs in Scientific Publications vs. Promotional Pieces.'' 
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 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: Ila S. Mizrachi, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 
p.m., 11601 Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-7726, 
[email protected].
    For copies of the questionnaire contact: Office of Prescription 
Drug Promotion (OPDP) Research Team, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal 
Agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. 
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 
1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests or requirements that members of 
the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a 
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) 
requires Federal Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of information before 
submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this 
requirement, FDA is publishing notice of the proposed collection of 
information set forth in this document.
    With respect to the following collection of information, FDA 
invites comments on these topics: (1) Whether the proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of FDA's 
functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques, when 
appropriate, and other forms of information technology.

Physician Interpretation of Information About Prescription Drugs in 
Scientific Publications Versus Promotional Pieces

OMB Control Number 0910-NEW

I. Background

    Section 1701(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300u(a)(4)) authorizes FDA to conduct research relating to health 
information. Section 1003(d)(2)(C) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 393(d)(2)(C)) authorizes

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FDA to conduct research relating to drugs and other FDA regulated 
products in carrying out the provisions of the FD&C Act. Under the FD&C 
Act and implementing regulations, promotional labeling and advertising 
about prescription drugs are generally required to be truthful, non-
misleading, and to reveal facts material to the presentations made 
about the product being promoted (see FD&C Act section 201(n) and 
502(a) and (n) (21 U.S.C. 321(n) and 352(a) and (n)); see also 21 CFR 
202.1). The proposed collection of information will investigate how 
physician perception of prescription drug information is influenced by 
variations in information context (presence of graphical elements and 
information delivery vehicle--medical journal abstract or sales aid), 
methodologic rigor of the underlying clinical study (high or low), and 
time pressure (present versus absent). This will contribute to the body 
of knowledge on perceptual influences, including information summarized 
below.

A. Ways in Which Information Context and Study Quality May Influence 
Perceptions

    Physicians gain knowledge about medical product uses from a variety 
of information vehicles including peer-reviewed journal articles, 
compendia, continuing medical education, and physician-directed 
promotion by or on behalf of manufacturers. Peer-reviewed scientific 
publications may report the results of a variety of studies, employing 
a wide range of methodologies with varying levels of quality. As a 
result, information of varying quality is disseminated to the field. 
Physician detailing sometimes includes information derived from peer-
reviewed research that, in this context, serves a dual purpose: To both 
inform and market a particular product (Ref. 1).
    Prior research has examined some impacts of study quality and 
funding source on physician perception. For example, research by 
Kesselheim et al. (Ref. 2) on study abstracts examined how methodologic 
rigor (high, medium, low) and information about the source of funding 
(industry, National Institutes of Health, none) affected physician 
perceptions of study quality, prescribing intentions, and interest in 
reading the full article. Results indicated physician participants were 
able to distinguish between levels of methodologic rigor. Physicians 
also used information about the funding source to distinguish 
materials: They reported less willingness to prescribe the drugs or 
read the full study from trials funded by industry, regardless of study 
quality. Thus, funding source was a contextual factor that impacted 
physicians' perceptions of the information.
    Research has also shown that physician prescribing behavior can be 
influenced by the context in which the information is delivered. 
Spurling et al (Ref. 3) examined the way in which information from a 
pharmaceutical company was delivered (using conventional promotional 
techniques such as sales rep visits, journal advertisements, or 
attendance at pharmaceutical-sponsored meetings versus not using 
conventional promotional techniques such as participation in company 
sponsored trials and representatives' visits for nonpromotional 
purposes) and prescribing outcome across 58 studies. They found 
conventional promotional techniques were associated with an increase in 
prescribing and a decrease in prescribing quality. We are proposing to 
test a different type of contextual factor in this study: Whether the 
drug information appears in a medical journal abstract or a sales aid.

B. Ways in Which Graphics May Influence Perceptions

    Promotional materials about prescription drugs that are directed 
toward physicians often include a variety of visual elements beyond 
simple text. In a study of professionally directed prescription drug 
brochures left for physicians by pharmaceutical representatives, 
researchers found 95 percent contained a visual graphic (including bar 
charts, line graphs, pie charts, arrows) accompanying the presentation 
of data (Ref. 4). An analysis of professionally directed prescription 
drug print advertisement in medical journals found 80 percent of the 
ads contained some type of image and 21 percent contained graphics. A 
group of two physicians and one pharmacist judged these ads. This group 
found that of those ads that contained images, 58 percent contained 
images that minimized the risks of the product and 24 percent of the 
images in the ads misled about product efficacy (Ref. 5).

C. Ways in Which Time Pressure May Influence Perceptions

    We are also interested in how time pressure may impact physician 
perceptions. Time pressure can impact processing of information (e.g., 
accuracy and speed) as well as decision making. Physicians are often 
under pressure to split their work time between myriad duties that may 
include clinical care, research, mentoring, teaching, and 
administrative duties (Ref. 6). Individuals under time pressure tend to 
rely on previously formed attitudes for decision making and have less 
cognitive capacity to process information (Refs. 7 and 8). This results 
in different decisions depending on the amount of time available (Ref. 
9). Research suggests that in situations with high time pressure or 
increased ambiguity, experts use intuitive decision making strategies 
rather than structured approaches (Refs. 10 and 11). Physicians may 
therefore tend to rely on intuitive processes rather than evidence-
based information under time pressure.
    Research has also found that under time pressure, physician 
adherence to clinical practice guidelines concerning history taking and 
advice giving can be compromised (Ref. 12). Moreover, one study that 
assessed the reading habits of physicians found that given the limited 
time available for critical reading, these practitioners relied heavily 
on abstracts and prescreening of articles by editors to ensure they 
received rigorous and useful information (Ref. 13). Thus, time pressure 
is an element of physicians' practice environment that can impact 
decision making and, consequently, quality of healthcare delivered.

II. Proposed Study

    We propose to investigate how physician perception of professional 
prescription drug communications is influenced by variations in 
information context, methodologic rigor of the underlying clinical 
study, and time pressure. We propose to test three different contextual 
presentations of drug information (medical journal abstract, sales aid 
without graphic design elements, sales aid with graphic design 
elements), and two types of study methodological rigor used by 
Kesselheim et al. (classified as high or low; Ref. 2). We have chosen 
to test a mock sales aid presentation and a medical journal abstract to 
examine the potential differences in perception that may arise by 
presenting the same information in different vehicles. Mirroring the 
time constraints of practicing physicians, we will examine the role of 
time pressure by randomly assigning half of the study participants to a 
limited amount of available time to read the materials. Table 1 
describes the study design.

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                                              Table 1--Study Design
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                                                                              Information context
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Sales aid      Sales aid with
                                                               Medical journal  without graphic   graphic design
                                                                   abstract     design elements    elements \2\
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Limited Time to Read..........  Methodological     High
                                 Rigor \1\.
                                .................  Low
Unlimited Time to Read........  .................  High
                                .................  Low
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\1\ As defined by Kesselheim et al. (Ref. 2).
\2\ For example, colors and background images.

    For this proposed study, voluntary participants will be board-
certified internists. To examine differences between experimental 
conditions, we will conduct inferential statistical tests, such as 
analysis of variance. With the sample size described in this document, 
we will have sufficient power to detect small-to-medium sized effects 
in the main study.
    We plan to conduct one pretest with 158 voluntary participants and 
one main study with 566 voluntary participants. The studies will be 
conducted online. The pretest and main studies will have the same 
design and will follow the same procedure. Participants will be 
randomly assigned to 1 of 12 test conditions (see table 1). Following 
exposure to the stimuli, they will be asked to complete a questionnaire 
that assesses comprehension, perceptions, prescribing intentions, and 
demographics. We anticipate analyzing the data as a full factorial 
design (main effects and interactions) with two primary comparisons for 
the information context independent variable: Journal abstract versus 
sales aid without graphics, and sales aid without graphics versus sales 
aid with graphics. We will also do an exploratory comparison of journal 
abstract versus sales aid with graphics. In the pretest, participants 
will also answer questions about the study design and questionnaire.
    This study will be conducted as part of the research program of 
FDA's Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP). OPDP's mission is 
to protect the public health by helping to ensure that prescription 
drug information is truthful, balanced, and accurately communicated, so 
that patients and healthcare providers can make informed decisions 
about treatment options. OPDP's research program supports this mission 
by providing scientific evidence to help ensure that our policies 
related to prescription drug promotion will have the greatest benefit 
to public health. Toward that end, we have consistently conducted 
research to evaluate the aspects of prescription drug promotion that we 
believe are most central to our mission, focusing on three main topic 
areas: Advertising features, including content and format; target 
populations; and research quality. Through the evaluation of 
advertising features we assess how elements such as graphics, format, 
and disease and product characteristics impact the communication and 
understanding of prescription drug risks and benefits; focusing on 
target populations allows us to evaluate how understanding of 
prescription drug risks and benefits may vary as a function of 
audience; and our focus on research quality aims at maximizing the 
quality of research data through analytical methodology development and 
investigation of sampling and response issues. This study falls under 
the topic of both target populations and advertising features.
    Because we recognize the strength of data and the confidence in the 
robust nature of the findings are improved through the results of 
multiple converging studies, we continue to develop evidence to inform 
our thinking. We evaluate the results from our studies within the 
broader context of research and findings from other sources, and this 
larger body of knowledge collectively informs our policies as well as 
our research program. Our research is documented on our homepage, which 
can be found at: https://www.fda.gov/aboutfda/centersoffices/officeofmedicalproductsandtobacco/cder/ucm090276.htm. The website 
includes links to the latest Federal Register documents and peer-
reviewed publications produced by our office. The website maintains 
information on studies we have conducted, dating back to a direct-to-
consumer survey conducted in 1999.
    FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

                                 Table 2--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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                                                   Number of
           Activity                Number of     Responses per   Total annual    Average burden     Total hours
                                  respondents     Respondent       responses      per response
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Pretest screener..............             197               1             197  0.03 (2 minutes)               6
Main Study screener...........             700               1             700  0.03 (2 minutes)              21
Completes, Pretest............             158               1             158  0.33 (20                      53
                                                                                 minutes).
Completes, Main Study.........             566               1             566  0.33 (20                     187
                                                                                 minutes).
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    Total.....................           1,621  ..............           1,621  ................             267
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of
  information.


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III. References

    The following references are on display with the Dockets Management 
Staff (see ADDRESSES) and are available for viewing by interested 
persons between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday; these are not 
available electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, as these 
references are copyright protected. FDA has verified the website 
addresses, as of the date this document publishes in the Federal 
Register, but websites are subject to change over time.

1. Yi, J.C., G. Anandalingam, and L.A. Sorrell, ``An Expert System 
to Physician-Detailing Planning,'' Expert Systems with Applications, 
25:533-544, 2003.
2. Kesselheim, A.S., C.T. Robertson, J.A. Myers, et al., ``A 
Randomized Study of How Physicians Interpret Research Funding 
Disclosures,'' New England Journal of Medicine, 367:1119-1127, 2012.
3. Spurling, G.K., P.R. Mansfield, B.D. Montgomery, et al., 
``Information from Pharmaceutical Companies and the Quality, 
Quantity, and Cost of Physicians' Prescribing: A Systematic 
Review,'' PLoS Medicine, 7:e1000352, 2010.
4. Cardarelli, R., J.C. Licciardone, and L.G. Taylor, ``A Cross-
Sectional Evidence-Based Review of Pharmaceutical Promotional 
Marketing Brochures and Their Underlying Studies: Is What They Tell 
Us Important and True?'' BMC Family Practice, 7:13, 2006.
5. Wilkes, M.S., B.H. Doblin, and M.F. Shapiro, ``Pharmaceutical 
Advertisements in Leading Medical Journals: Experts' Assessments,'' 
Annals of Internal Medicine, 116:912-919, 1992.
6. Fassiotto, M., C. Simard, C. Sandborg, et al., ``An Integrated 
Career Coaching and Time-Banking System Promoting Flexibility, 
Wellness, and Success: A Pilot Program at Stanford University School 
of Medicine,'' Academic Medicine, 93:881-887, 2018.
7. Alison, L., B. Doran, M.L. Long, et al., ``The Effects of 
Subjective Time Pressure and Individual Differences on Hypotheses 
Generation and Action Prioritization in Police Investigations,'' 
Journal of Experimental Psychology. Applied, 19:83-93, 2013.
8. Ratneshwar, S. and S. Chaiken, ``Comprehension's Role in 
Persuasion: The Case of Its Moderating Effect on the Persuasive 
Impact of Source Cues,'' Journal of Consumer Research, 18:52-62, 
1991.
9. Moore, D.L., D. Hausknecht, and K. Thamodaran, ``Time 
Compression, Response Opportunity, and Persuasion,'' Journal of 
Consumer Research, 13:85-99, 1986.
10. Dror, I.E., J.R. Busemeyer, and B. Basola, ``Decision Making 
Under Time Pressure: An Independent Test of Sequential Sampling 
Models,'' Memory & Cognition, 27:713-725, 1999.
11. Croskerry, P., ``The Cognitive Imperative: Thinking About How We 
Think,'' Academic Emergency Medicine, 7:1223-1231, 2000.
12. Tsiga, E., E. Panagopoulou, N. Sevdalis, et al., ``The Influence 
of Time Pressure on Adherence to Guidelines in Primary Care: An 
Experimental Study,'' BMJ Open, 3:e002700, 2013.
13. Saint, S., D.A. Christakis, S. Saha, et al., ``Journal Reading 
Habits of Internists,'' Journal of General Internal Medicine, 
15:881-884, 2000.

    Dated: October 11, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                               The Tobacco Control Act amended the                         any other additive or ingredient) of a                Grandfathered tobacco products are not
                                               Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act                        tobacco product where the modified                    considered new tobacco products and
                                               (FD&C Act) by adding, among other                           product was commercially marketed in                  are not subject to the premarket
                                               things, a chapter granting FDA authority                    the United States after February 15,                  requirements of section 910 of the FD&C
                                               to regulate the manufacture, marketing,                     2007 (section 910(a)(1) of the FD&C                   Act. The guidance document provides
                                               and distribution of tobacco products to                     Act).                                                 information on how a manufacturer may
                                               protect the public health generally and                       The Tobacco Control Act also gave                   establish that a tobacco product was
                                               to reduce tobacco use by minors.                            FDA the authority to issue a regulation               commercially marketed in the United
                                                  Section 201(rr) of the FD&C Act (21                      deeming all other products that meet the              States as of February 15, 2007. A
                                               U.S.C.321(rr)), as amended, defines a                       statutory definition of a tobacco product             grandfathered tobacco product may also
                                               tobacco product as any product made or                      to be subject to chapter IX of the FD&C               serve as the predicate tobacco product
                                               derived from tobacco that is intended                       Act (section 901(b) (21 U.S.C. 387a(b))               in a section 905(j) report (intended to be
                                               for human consumption, including any                        of the FD&C Act). On May 10, 2016,                    used toward demonstrating substantial
                                               component, part, or accessory of a                          FDA issued that rule, extending FDA’s                 equivalence) for a new tobacco product
                                               tobacco product (except for raw                             tobacco product authority to all                      (section 905(j)(1)A)(i) of the FD&C Act
                                               materials other than tobacco used in                        products that meet the definition of                  (21 U.S.C. 387e(j)(1)(A)(i))).
                                               manufacturing a component, part, or                         tobacco product in the law (except for
                                               accessory of a tobacco product). Section                    accessories of newly regulated tobacco                  The guidance recommends that the
                                               910 of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 387j)                        products), including electronic nicotine              manufacturer submit information
                                               sets out premarket requirements for new                     delivery systems, cigars, hookah, pipe                adequate to demonstrate that the
                                               tobacco products. The term new tobacco                      tobacco, nicotine gels, dissolvables that             tobacco product was commercially
                                               product is defined as any tobacco                           were not already subject to the FD&C                  marketed in the United States as of
                                               product (including those products in                        Act, and other tobacco products that                  February 15, 2007. Examples of such
                                               test markets) that was not commercially                     may be developed in the future (81 FR                 information may include, but are not
                                               marketed in the United States as of                         28974 at 28976).                                      limited to, the following: Dated copies
                                               February 15, 2007, or any modification                        FDA refers to tobacco products that                 of advertisements, dated catalog pages,
                                               (including a change in design, any                          were commercially marketed (other than                dated promotional material, and dated
                                               component, any part, or any constituent,                    exclusively in test markets) in the                   bills of lading.
                                               including a smoke constituent, or in the                    United States as of February 15, 2007,                  FDA estimates the burden of this
                                               content, delivery, or form of nicotine, or                  as grandfathered tobacco products.                    collection of information as follows:

                                                                                                 TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN 1
                                                                                                                                                                                     Average
                                                                                                                                               Number of            Total
                                                                                                                             Number of                                             burden per
                                                                 FD&C Act sections or action                                                 responses per         annual                            Total hours
                                                                                                                            respondents                                             response
                                                                                                                                               respondent        responses          (in hours)

                                               Submit evidence of commercial marketing in the United
                                                 States as of February 15, 2007 .......................................            1,000                   1              1,000                  5          5,000
                                                  1 There   are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.


                                                  FDA’s estimate of the number of                          take one to review, gather, and submit                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                               respondents is based on the fact that                       dated information if making a request                 HUMAN SERVICES
                                               requesting an Agency determination of                       for Agency determination.
                                               the grandfathered status of a tobacco                                                                             Food and Drug Administration
                                                                                                              FDA further estimates it would take a
                                               product under the guidance is not                           manufacturer approximately 5 hours to                 [Docket No. FDA–2018–N–3163]
                                               required and also on the number of                          put together this collection of evidence
                                               grandfathered submissions received                          and to submit the package to FDA for                  Agency Information Collection
                                               from 2011 to June 2018. We estimate                         review. FDA estimates that it should                  Activities; Proposed Collection;
                                               submissions have increased due to the                                                                             Comment Request; Physician
                                                                                                           take approximately 5,000 hours
                                               effective date of the deeming rule. FDA                                                                           Interpretation of Information About
                                                                                                           annually to respond to this collection of
                                               has stated that, for deemed combustible                                                                           Prescription Drugs in Scientific
                                                                                                           information.
                                               products that were on the market as of                                                                            Publications Versus Promotional
                                               August 8, 2016, it does not intend to                          Our estimated burden for the                       Pieces
                                               initiate enforcement for failure to have                    information collection reflects an
                                                                                                           overall increase of 4,235 hours. We                   AGENCY:     Food and Drug Administration,
                                               premarket authorization until August 8,                                                                           HHS.
                                               2021. FDA has also stated that, for                         attribute this adjustment to an updated
                                                                                                           number of submissions received                        ACTION:    Notice.
                                               deemed noncombustible products that
                                               were on the market as of August 2, 2016,                    through this approval and the number of               SUMMARY:  The Food and Drug
                                               it does not intend to initiate                              submissions expected in the next 3                    Administration (FDA) is announcing an
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                                               enforcement for failure to have                             years.                                                opportunity for public comment on the
                                               premarket authorization until August 8,                       Dated: October 11, 2018.                            proposed collection of certain
                                               2022. When these compliance periods                         Leslie Kux,                                           information by the Agency. Under the
                                               end, FDA expects a drop in the number                                                                             Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
                                                                                                           Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                               of grandfathered submissions. The                                                                                 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to
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                                               number of hours to gather the evidence                                                                            publish notice in the Federal Register
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                                               information and to allow 60 days for                    Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers                     Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061,
                                               public comment in response to the                       Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.                  Rockville, MD 20852.
                                               notice. This notice solicits comments on                   • For written/paper comments                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ila
                                               research entitled ‘‘Physician                           submitted to the Dockets Management                   S. Mizrachi, Office of Operations, Food
                                               Interpretation of Information About                     Staff, FDA will post your comment, as                 and Drug Administration, Three White
                                               Prescription Drugs in Scientific                        well as any attachments, except for                   Flint North, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.,
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                                               This study will examine important                       identified, as confidential, if submitted             MD 20852, 301–796–7726, PRAStaff@
                                               public health issues in professionally                  as detailed in ‘‘Instructions.’’                      fda.hhs.gov.
                                               directed prescription drug print                           Instructions: All submissions received                For copies of the questionnaire
                                               promotion.                                              must include the Docket No. FDA–                      contact: Office of Prescription Drug
                                                                                                       2018–N–3163 for ‘‘Physician                           Promotion (OPDP) Research Team,
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                                                 • If you want to submit a comment                     of comments to public dockets, see 80
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                                               FDA to conduct research relating to                     materials: They reported less                         Physicians are often under pressure to
                                               drugs and other FDA regulated products                  willingness to prescribe the drugs or                 split their work time between myriad
                                               in carrying out the provisions of the                   read the full study from trials funded by             duties that may include clinical care,
                                               FD&C Act. Under the FD&C Act and                        industry, regardless of study quality.                research, mentoring, teaching, and
                                               implementing regulations, promotional                   Thus, funding source was a contextual                 administrative duties (Ref. 6).
                                               labeling and advertising about                          factor that impacted physicians’                      Individuals under time pressure tend to
                                               prescription drugs are generally                        perceptions of the information.                       rely on previously formed attitudes for
                                               required to be truthful, non-misleading,                   Research has also shown that                       decision making and have less cognitive
                                               and to reveal facts material to the                     physician prescribing behavior can be                 capacity to process information (Refs. 7
                                               presentations made about the product                    influenced by the context in which the                and 8). This results in different
                                               being promoted (see FD&C Act section                    information is delivered. Spurling et al              decisions depending on the amount of
                                               201(n) and 502(a) and (n) (21 U.S.C.                    (Ref. 3) examined the way in which                    time available (Ref. 9). Research
                                               321(n) and 352(a) and (n)); see also 21                 information from a pharmaceutical                     suggests that in situations with high
                                               CFR 202.1). The proposed collection of                  company was delivered (using                          time pressure or increased ambiguity,
                                               information will investigate how                        conventional promotional techniques                   experts use intuitive decision making
                                               physician perception of prescription                    such as sales rep visits, journal                     strategies rather than structured
                                               drug information is influenced by                       advertisements, or attendance at                      approaches (Refs. 10 and 11). Physicians
                                               variations in information context                       pharmaceutical-sponsored meetings                     may therefore tend to rely on intuitive
                                               (presence of graphical elements and                     versus not using conventional                         processes rather than evidence-based
                                               information delivery vehicle—medical                    promotional techniques such as                        information under time pressure.
                                               journal abstract or sales aid),                         participation in company sponsored
                                                                                                       trials and representatives’ visits for                   Research has also found that under
                                               methodologic rigor of the underlying
                                                                                                       nonpromotional purposes) and                          time pressure, physician adherence to
                                               clinical study (high or low), and time
                                                                                                       prescribing outcome across 58 studies.                clinical practice guidelines concerning
                                               pressure (present versus absent). This
                                                                                                       They found conventional promotional                   history taking and advice giving can be
                                               will contribute to the body of
                                                                                                       techniques were associated with an                    compromised (Ref. 12). Moreover, one
                                               knowledge on perceptual influences,
                                               including information summarized                        increase in prescribing and a decrease in             study that assessed the reading habits of
                                               below.                                                  prescribing quality. We are proposing to              physicians found that given the limited
                                                                                                       test a different type of contextual factor            time available for critical reading, these
                                               A. Ways in Which Information Context                    in this study: Whether the drug                       practitioners relied heavily on abstracts
                                               and Study Quality May Influence                         information appears in a medical                      and prescreening of articles by editors to
                                               Perceptions                                             journal abstract or a sales aid.                      ensure they received rigorous and useful
                                                 Physicians gain knowledge about                                                                             information (Ref. 13). Thus, time
                                                                                                       B. Ways in Which Graphics May
                                               medical product uses from a variety of                                                                        pressure is an element of physicians’
                                                                                                       Influence Perceptions
                                               information vehicles including peer-                                                                          practice environment that can impact
                                                                                                          Promotional materials about                        decision making and, consequently,
                                               reviewed journal articles, compendia,
                                                                                                       prescription drugs that are directed                  quality of healthcare delivered.
                                               continuing medical education, and
                                                                                                       toward physicians often include a
                                               physician-directed promotion by or on                   variety of visual elements beyond                     II. Proposed Study
                                               behalf of manufacturers. Peer-reviewed                  simple text. In a study of professionally
                                               scientific publications may report the                  directed prescription drug brochures left               We propose to investigate how
                                               results of a variety of studies, employing              for physicians by pharmaceutical                      physician perception of professional
                                               a wide range of methodologies with                      representatives, researchers found 95                 prescription drug communications is
                                               varying levels of quality. As a result,                 percent contained a visual graphic                    influenced by variations in information
                                               information of varying quality is                       (including bar charts, line graphs, pie               context, methodologic rigor of the
                                               disseminated to the field. Physician                    charts, arrows) accompanying the                      underlying clinical study, and time
                                               detailing sometimes includes                            presentation of data (Ref. 4). An analysis            pressure. We propose to test three
                                               information derived from peer-reviewed                  of professionally directed prescription               different contextual presentations of
                                               research that, in this context, serves a                drug print advertisement in medical                   drug information (medical journal
                                               dual purpose: To both inform and                        journals found 80 percent of the ads                  abstract, sales aid without graphic
                                               market a particular product (Ref. 1).                   contained some type of image and 21                   design elements, sales aid with graphic
                                                 Prior research has examined some                      percent contained graphics. A group of                design elements), and two types of
                                               impacts of study quality and funding                    two physicians and one pharmacist                     study methodological rigor used by
                                               source on physician perception. For                     judged these ads. This group found that               Kesselheim et al. (classified as high or
                                               example, research by Kesselheim et al.                  of those ads that contained images, 58                low; Ref. 2). We have chosen to test a
                                               (Ref. 2) on study abstracts examined                    percent contained images that                         mock sales aid presentation and a
                                               how methodologic rigor (high, medium,                   minimized the risks of the product and                medical journal abstract to examine the
                                               low) and information about the source                   24 percent of the images in the ads                   potential differences in perception that
                                               of funding (industry, National Institutes               misled about product efficacy (Ref. 5).               may arise by presenting the same
                                               of Health, none) affected physician                                                                           information in different vehicles.
                                               perceptions of study quality, prescribing               C. Ways in Which Time Pressure May                    Mirroring the time constraints of
                                               intentions, and interest in reading the                 Influence Perceptions                                 practicing physicians, we will examine
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                                               full article. Results indicated physician                 We are also interested in how time                  the role of time pressure by randomly
                                               participants were able to distinguish                   pressure may impact physician                         assigning half of the study participants
                                               between levels of methodologic rigor.                   perceptions. Time pressure can impact                 to a limited amount of available time to
                                               Physicians also used information about                  processing of information (e.g., accuracy             read the materials. Table 1 describes the
                                               the funding source to distinguish                       and speed) as well as decision making.                study design.




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                                                                                                                               TABLE 1—STUDY DESIGN
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Information context

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Sales aid      Sales aid
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Medical                without           with
                                                                                                                                                                                                              journal               graphic         graphic
                                                                                                                                                                                                             abstract               design          design
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   elements       elements 2

                                               Limited Time to Read ......................................       Methodological Rigor 1 ....................................               High
                                                                                                                    ....................................................................   Low
                                               Unlimited Time to Read ..................................            ....................................................................   High
                                                                                                                    ....................................................................   Low
                                                  1 As   defined by Kesselheim et al. (Ref. 2).
                                                  2 For   example, colors and background images.


                                                  For this proposed study, voluntary                              participants will also answer questions                                      vary as a function of audience; and our
                                               participants will be board-certified                               about the study design and                                                   focus on research quality aims at
                                               internists. To examine differences                                 questionnaire.                                                               maximizing the quality of research data
                                               between experimental conditions, we                                  This study will be conducted as part                                       through analytical methodology
                                               will conduct inferential statistical tests,                        of the research program of FDA’s Office                                      development and investigation of
                                               such as analysis of variance. With the                             of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP).                                       sampling and response issues. This
                                               sample size described in this document,                            OPDP’s mission is to protect the public                                      study falls under the topic of both target
                                               we will have sufficient power to detect                            health by helping to ensure that                                             populations and advertising features.
                                               small-to-medium sized effects in the                               prescription drug information is
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Because we recognize the strength of
                                               main study.                                                        truthful, balanced, and accurately
                                                                                                                                                                                               data and the confidence in the robust
                                                  We plan to conduct one pretest with                             communicated, so that patients and
                                               158 voluntary participants and one                                 healthcare providers can make informed                                       nature of the findings are improved
                                               main study with 566 voluntary                                      decisions about treatment options.                                           through the results of multiple
                                               participants. The studies will be                                  OPDP’s research program supports this                                        converging studies, we continue to
                                               conducted online. The pretest and main                             mission by providing scientific evidence                                     develop evidence to inform our
                                               studies will have the same design and                              to help ensure that our policies related                                     thinking. We evaluate the results from
                                               will follow the same procedure.                                    to prescription drug promotion will                                          our studies within the broader context
                                               Participants will be randomly assigned                             have the greatest benefit to public                                          of research and findings from other
                                               to 1 of 12 test conditions (see table 1).                          health. Toward that end, we have                                             sources, and this larger body of
                                               Following exposure to the stimuli, they                            consistently conducted research to                                           knowledge collectively informs our
                                               will be asked to complete a                                        evaluate the aspects of prescription drug                                    policies as well as our research program.
                                               questionnaire that assesses                                        promotion that we believe are most                                           Our research is documented on our
                                               comprehension, perceptions,                                        central to our mission, focusing on three                                    homepage, which can be found at:
                                               prescribing intentions, and                                        main topic areas: Advertising features,                                      https://www.fda.gov/aboutfda/centers
                                               demographics. We anticipate analyzing                              including content and format; target                                         offices/officeofmedicalproducts
                                               the data as a full factorial design (main                          populations; and research quality.                                           andtobacco/cder/ucm090276.htm. The
                                               effects and interactions) with two                                 Through the evaluation of advertising                                        website includes links to the latest
                                               primary comparisons for the                                        features we assess how elements such as                                      Federal Register documents and peer-
                                               information context independent                                    graphics, format, and disease and                                            reviewed publications produced by our
                                               variable: Journal abstract versus sales                            product characteristics impact the                                           office. The website maintains
                                               aid without graphics, and sales aid                                communication and understanding of                                           information on studies we have
                                               without graphics versus sales aid with                             prescription drug risks and benefits;                                        conducted, dating back to a direct-to-
                                               graphics. We will also do an exploratory                           focusing on target populations allows us                                     consumer survey conducted in 1999.
                                               comparison of journal abstract versus                              to evaluate how understanding of                                               FDA estimates the burden of this
                                               sales aid with graphics. In the pretest,                           prescription drug risks and benefits may                                     collection of information as follows:

                                                                                                          TABLE 2—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN 1
                                                                                                                                Number of                       Total                                     Average
                                                                                                           Number of            Responses                                                                                                         Total
                                                                     Activity                                                                                  annual                                   burden per
                                                                                                          respondents              per                                                                                                            hours
                                                                                                                                                             responses                                   response
                                                                                                                                Respondent

                                               Pretest screener ................................                    197                            1                      197       0.03    (2 minutes) ...............................                     6
                                               Main Study screener .........................                        700                            1                      700       0.03    (2 minutes) ...............................                    21
                                               Completes, Pretest ...........................                       158                            1                      158       0.33    (20 minutes) .............................                     53
                                               Completes, Main Study .....................                          566                            1                      566       0.33    (20 minutes) .............................                    187
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                                                      Total ...........................................           1,621       ........................                  1,621       ...........................................................           267
                                                  1   There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.




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                                                                                                         Dated: October 11, 2018.                            (Telephone Conference Call).
                                               date this document publishes in the
                                               Federal Register, but websites are                      Leslie Kux,                                             Contact Person: Jonathan K Ivins, Ph.D.,
                                                                                                       Associate Commissioner for Policy.                    Scientific Review Officer, Center for
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                                                    Hypotheses Generation and Action                                                                           Date: November 8, 2018.
                                                                                                         Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
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                                                    The Case of Its Moderating Effect on the           Review, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Rm 5205                 (Telephone Conference Call).
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