[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40055-40057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17273]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2018-D-2777]
Expansion Cohorts: Use in First-In-Human Clinical Trials To
Expedite Development of Oncology Drugs and Biologics; Draft Guidance
for Industry; Availability
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing
the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``Expansion
Cohorts: Use in First-In-Human Clinical Trials to Expedite Development
of Oncology Drugs and Biologics.'' The purpose of this draft guidance
is to provide advice to sponsors regarding the design and conduct of
first-in-human (FIH) clinical trials intended to efficiently expedite
the clinical development of cancer drugs, including biological
products, through multiple expansion cohort study designs.
DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft
guidance by October 12, 2018 to ensure that the Agency considers your
comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final
version of the guidance.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on any guidance at any time as
follows:
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
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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-D-2777 for ``Expansion Cohorts: Use in First-In-Human Clinical
Trials to Expedite Development of Oncology Drugs and Biologics.''
Received comments 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.gpo.gov/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.
You may submit comments on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR
10.115(g)(5)).
Submit written requests for single copies of the draft guidance to
the Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10001 New Hampshire Ave.,
Hillandale Building, 4th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, or Office
of Communication, Outreach, and Development, Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 3128, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Send
one self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing
your requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for electronic
access to the draft guidance document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee Pai-Scherf, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 22, Rm. 2314, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-
796-3400; or Stephen Ripley, Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg.
71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-402-7911.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry
entitled ``Expansion Cohorts: Use in First-In-Human Clinical Trials to
Expedite Development of Oncology Drugs and Biologics.'' The purpose of
this draft guidance is to provide advice to sponsors regarding the
design and conduct of FIH clinical trials intended to efficiently
expedite the clinical development of cancer drugs, including biological
products, through multiple expansion cohort study designs. These are
study designs that employ multiple, concurrently accruing, patient
cohorts, where individual cohorts assess different aspects of the
safety, pharmacokinetics, and anti-tumor activity of the drug. This
guidance provides FDA's current thinking regarding: (1) Characteristics
of drug products best suited for consideration for development under a
multiple expansion cohort study; (2) information to include in
investigational new drug application submissions to justify the design
of individual expansion cohorts; (3) when to interact with FDA on
planning and conduct of multiple expansion cohort studies; and (4)
safeguards to protect patients enrolled in FIH expansion cohort
studies.
This draft guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The draft guidance, when
finalized, will represent the current thinking of FDA on Expansion
Cohorts: Use in First-In-Human Clinical Trials to Expedite Development
of Oncology Drugs and Biologics. It does not establish any rights for
any person and is not binding on FDA or the public. You can use an
alternative approach if it satisfies the requirements of the applicable
statutes and regulations. This guidance is not subject to Executive
Order 12866.
II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This draft guidance refers to previously approved collections of
information found in FDA regulations. These collections of information
are subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The
collections of information in the draft guidance have been approved
under 21 CFR part 312 at OMB control number 0910-0014; the guidance for
industry entitled ``Formal Meetings Between the FDA and Sponsors or
Applicants of PDUFA Products'' under OMB control number 0910-0429 is
available at https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/UCM590547.pdf; the
guidance for clinical trial sponsors entitled ``Establishment and
Operation of Clinical Trial Data Monitoring'' under OMB control number
0910-0581 is available at https://www.fda.gov/downloads/RegulatoryInformation/Guidances/ucm127073.pdf; the guidance for
industry entitled ``Oversight of Clinical Investigations--A Risk-Based
Approach to Monitoring''
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under OMB control number 0910-0733 is available at https://www.fda.gov/ucm/groups/fdagov-public/@fdagov-drugs-gen/documents/document/ucm269919.pdf; 21 CFR parts 50 and 56 under OMB control number 0910-
0755; the guidance for industry entitled ``Expedited Programs for
Serious Conditions--Drugs and Biologics'' under OMB control number
0910-0765 is available at https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/UCM358301.pdf; and
the ICH guidance for industry entitled ``E6(R2) Good Clinical Practice:
Integrated Addendum to ICH E6(R1)'' under OMB control number 0910-0843
is available at https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/UCM464506.pdf.
III. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the internet may obtain the draft guidance
at https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm, https://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/default.htm, or https://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: August 8, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-17273 Filed 8-10-18; 8:45 am]
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