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TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN 1
Number of
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Activity and FDA form 3779
Reporting violations of the FD&C Act, as amended
by the Tobacco Control Act via telephone, Internet form, mail, smartphone application, or email.
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Number of
responses per
respondent
750
Total annual
responses
2
1,500
Average burden per
response
Total hours
0.25 (15 minutes) ......
375
are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
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Amended by the Family Smoking
Prevention and Tobacco Control Act,’’
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respondents to this collection of
information will be 750, who will each
submit 2 reports by telephone, Internet
form, paper form, or email. Each report
is expected to take 0.25 hour to
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complete and submit; therefore, total
burden hours for this collection of
information is estimated to be 375 hours
(1,500 responses × 0.25 hour per
response).
Dated: October 27, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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Clinical Considerations for
Investigational Device Exemptions for
Neurological Devices Targeting
Disease Progression and Clinical
Outcomes; Guidance for Industry and
Food and Drug Administration Staff;
Availability
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice of availability.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or Agency) is
announcing the availability of the
SUMMARY:
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guidance entitled ‘‘Clinical
Considerations for Investigational
Device Exemptions (IDEs) for
Neurological Devices Targeting Disease
Progression and Clinical Outcomes.’’
The Center for Devices and Radiological
Health (CDRH) developed this guidance
to assist sponsors who intend to submit
an IDE to FDA to conduct clinical trials
on medical devices targeting
neurological disease progression and
clinically meaningful patient centered
outcomes. FDA considered comments
received on the draft guidance and
revised the guidance as appropriate.
DATES: Submit either electronic or
written comments on this guidance at
any time. General comments on Agency
guidance documents are welcome at any
time.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
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
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
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Submit written/paper submissions as
follows:
• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
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Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food
and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
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• For written/paper comments
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except for information submitted,
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marked and identified, as confidential,
if submitted as detailed in
‘‘Instructions.’’
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket No. FDA–
2016–D–0539 for ‘‘Clinical
Considerations for Investigational
Device Exemptions (IDEs) for
Neurological Devices Targeting Disease
Progression and Clinical Outcomes.’’
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
Division of Dockets Management
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
• Confidential Submissions—To
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‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS
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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
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Management. If you do not wish your
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applicable disclosure law. For more
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read background documents or the
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‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts
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from the Internet. See the
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
information on electronic access to the
guidance. Submit written requests for a
single hard copy of the guidance
document entitled ‘‘Clinical
Considerations for Investigational
Device Exemptions (IDEs) for
Neurological Devices Targeting Disease
Progression and Clinical Outcomes’’ to
the Office of the Center Director,
Guidance and Policy Development,
Center for Devices and Radiological
Health, Food and Drug Administration,
10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66,
Rm. 5431, Silver Spring, MD 20993–
0002. Send one self-addressed adhesive
label to assist that office in processing
your request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
˜
Carlos Pena, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 2680, Silver Spring,
MD 20993–0002, 301–796–6610.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA believes that neurological
devices intended to slow disease
progression and improve clinical
outcomes that are meaningful may
represent a revolutionary option for
patients. FDA developed this guidance
to assist sponsors who intend to submit
an IDE to FDA to conduct clinical trials
on medical devices targeting
neurological disease progression and
clinically meaningful patient-centered
outcomes. The guidance is intended to
aid industry and FDA staff in
considering the benefits and risks of
medical devices that target either the
cause or progression of the neurological
disorder or condition such as
Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s
disease, or Primary Dystonia, rather
than their symptoms. It is intended to
apply to neurological medical devices
that are designed to slow, stop, or
reverse the progression of disease and
result in clinically meaningful patient
outcomes. This guidance provides
general study design considerations for
clinical trials that investigate
neurological devices using biological
markers and clinical outcome
assessments. A draft guidance regarding
general study design considerations for
clinical trials that investigate
neurological devices using biomarkers
and clinical outcome assessments was
announced in the Federal Register on
March 7, 2016 (81 FR 11807) and made
available for public comment. The
comment period closed on June 6, 2016.
FDA reviewed and considered all public
comments received and revised the
guidance as appropriate.
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II. Significance of Guidance
This guidance is being issued
consistent with FDA’s good guidance
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).
The guidance represents the current
thinking of FDA on ‘‘Clinical
Considerations for Investigational
Device Exemptions (IDEs) for
Neurological Devices Targeting Disease
Progression and Clinical Outcomes.’’ 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.
Persons interested in obtaining a copy
of the guidance may do so by
downloading an electronic copy from
the Internet. A search capability for all
Center for Devices and Radiological
Health guidance documents is available
at https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/
DeviceRegulationandGuidance/
GuidanceDocuments/default.htm.
Guidance documents are also available
at https://www.regulations.gov. Persons
unable to download an electronic copy
of ‘‘Clinical Considerations for
Investigational Device Exemptions
(IDEs) for Neurological Devices
Targeting Disease Progression and
Clinical Outcomes’’ may send an email
request to CDRH-Guidance@fda.hhs.gov
to receive an electronic copy of the
document. Please use the document
number 1500021 to identify the
guidance you are requesting.
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IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This 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
21 CFR part 812 have been approved
under OMB control number 0910–0078;
the collections of information in 21 CFR
parts 801 and 809 have been approved
under OMB control number 0910–0485;
the collections of information in 21 CFR
part 50 have been approved under OMB
control number 0910–0755; and the
collections of information in the
guidance document entitled ‘‘Request
for Feedback on Medical Device
Submissions: The Pre-submission
Program and Meetings With Food and
Drug Administration Staff’’ have been
approved under OMB control number
0910–0756.
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[Docket No. FDA–2016–N–3462]
Establishment of the Patient and CarePartner Connection; Establishment of
a Public Docket; Request for
Comments
AGENCY:
III. Electronic Access
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Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
Notice; establishment of docket;
request for comments.
ACTION:
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or Agency) is
establishing a public docket to receive
input on the Center for Devices and
Radiological Health’s (CDRH) new
program, entitled the Patient and Carepartner Connection (P&CC). P&CC will
partner with patient organizations to
provide a means for CDRH staff to
formally engage with patients and carepartners. The purpose of this
partnership is to gain perspective and
feedback from patients, care-partners,
and patient organizations on particular
topics of interest, such as, the scope and
nature of P&CC and how to partner with
patient organizations. The Agency is
interested in facilitating staff
engagement with patients and carepartners regarding specific disease states
and/or medical devices used for
treatment, diagnosis, or assessment.
DATES: Submit either electronic or
written comments by January 6, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
as follows:
SUMMARY:
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
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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
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that if you include your name, contact
information, or other information that
identifies you in the body of your
comments, that information will be
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• If you want to submit a comment
with confidential information that you
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• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
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Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food
and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
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• For written/paper comments
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Management, FDA will post your
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Instructions: All submissions received
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Patient and Care-partner Connection;
Establishment of a Public Docket;
Request for Comments.’’ 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 Division of Dockets
Management 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://
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Management. If you do not wish your
name and contact information to be
made publicly available, you can
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comments and you must identify this
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2016-D-0539]
Clinical Considerations for Investigational Device Exemptions for
Neurological Devices Targeting Disease Progression and Clinical
Outcomes; Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff;
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 the
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guidance entitled ``Clinical Considerations for Investigational Device
Exemptions (IDEs) for Neurological Devices Targeting Disease
Progression and Clinical Outcomes.'' The Center for Devices and
Radiological Health (CDRH) developed this guidance to assist sponsors
who intend to submit an IDE to FDA to conduct clinical trials on
medical devices targeting neurological disease progression and
clinically meaningful patient centered outcomes. FDA considered
comments received on the draft guidance and revised the guidance as
appropriate.
DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on this guidance at
any time. General comments on Agency guidance documents are welcome at
any time.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 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 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): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
For written/paper comments submitted to the Division of
Dockets Management, FDA will post your comment, as well as any
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified,
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No.
FDA-2016-D-0539 for ``Clinical Considerations for Investigational
Device Exemptions (IDEs) for Neurological Devices Targeting Disease
Progression and Clinical Outcomes.'' 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 Division of Dockets Management 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 Division of Dockets Management. If you do not
wish your name and contact information to be made publicly available,
you can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body
of your comments and you must identify this information as
``confidential.'' Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not
be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other
applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA's posting of
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or
access the information at: https://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/dockets/default.htm.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to 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 Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
An electronic copy of the guidance document is available for
download from the Internet. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
for information on electronic access to the guidance. Submit written
requests for a single hard copy of the guidance document entitled
``Clinical Considerations for Investigational Device Exemptions (IDEs)
for Neurological Devices Targeting Disease Progression and Clinical
Outcomes'' to the Office of the Center Director, Guidance and Policy
Development, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5431, Silver
Spring, MD 20993-0002. Send one self-addressed adhesive label to assist
that office in processing your request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carlos Pe[ntilde]a, Center for Devices
and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 2680, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-
796-6610.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA believes that neurological devices intended to slow disease
progression and improve clinical outcomes that are meaningful may
represent a revolutionary option for patients. FDA developed this
guidance to assist sponsors who intend to submit an IDE to FDA to
conduct clinical trials on medical devices targeting neurological
disease progression and clinically meaningful patient-centered
outcomes. The guidance is intended to aid industry and FDA staff in
considering the benefits and risks of medical devices that target
either the cause or progression of the neurological disorder or
condition such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, or Primary
Dystonia, rather than their symptoms. It is intended to apply to
neurological medical devices that are designed to slow, stop, or
reverse the progression of disease and result in clinically meaningful
patient outcomes. This guidance provides general study design
considerations for clinical trials that investigate neurological
devices using biological markers and clinical outcome assessments. A
draft guidance regarding general study design considerations for
clinical trials that investigate neurological devices using biomarkers
and clinical outcome assessments was announced in the Federal Register
on March 7, 2016 (81 FR 11807) and made available for public comment.
The comment period closed on June 6, 2016. FDA reviewed and considered
all public comments received and revised the guidance as appropriate.
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II. Significance of Guidance
This guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good guidance
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The guidance represents the
current thinking of FDA on ``Clinical Considerations for
Investigational Device Exemptions (IDEs) for Neurological Devices
Targeting Disease Progression and Clinical Outcomes.'' 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.
III. Electronic Access
Persons interested in obtaining a copy of the guidance may do so by
downloading an electronic copy from the Internet. A search capability
for all Center for Devices and Radiological Health guidance documents
is available at https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/default.htm. Guidance
documents are also available at https://www.regulations.gov. Persons
unable to download an electronic copy of ``Clinical Considerations for
Investigational Device Exemptions (IDEs) for Neurological Devices
Targeting Disease Progression and Clinical Outcomes'' may send an email
request to CDRH-Guidance@fda.hhs.gov to receive an electronic copy of
the document. Please use the document number 1500021 to identify the
guidance you are requesting.
IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This 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 21 CFR part 812 have been approved under
OMB control number 0910-0078; the collections of information in 21 CFR
parts 801 and 809 have been approved under OMB control number 0910-
0485; the collections of information in 21 CFR part 50 have been
approved under OMB control number 0910-0755; and the collections of
information in the guidance document entitled ``Request for Feedback on
Medical Device Submissions: The Pre-submission Program and Meetings
With Food and Drug Administration Staff'' have been approved under OMB
control number 0910-0756.
Dated: November 1, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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