[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 47549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24000]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Research and Development Cooperative Studies Evaluation 
Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) as amended, by section 5(c) of 
Public Law 94-409, that a meeting of the Research and Development 
Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee will be held at the Marriott 
Residence Inn, 500 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202, October 14-15, 
1998. The session on October 14 is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. and 
end at 4:15 p.m. and on October 15 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The 
meeting will be for the purpose of reviewing the following four new 
proposals: Cost effectiveness of alternative management strategies in 
patients with dyspepsia, Vitamins to lower homocysteinemia in kidney 
and end stage renal disease, Multi-model therapy in Veterans with Gulf 
War illnesses and Antibiotic treatment of Gulf War Syndrome. The 
Committee will also review the progress of one ongoing study on cost 
and outcome of telephone care.
    The Committee advises the Chief Research and Development Officer 
through the Chief of the Cooperative Studies Program on the relevance 
and feasibility of the studies, the adequacy of the protocols, and the 
scientific validity and propriety of technical details, including 
protection of human subjects.
    The meeting will be open to the public from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. 
on both days to discuss the general status of the program. Those who 
plan to attend should contact Dr. Ping Huang, Coordinator, Research and 
Development Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee, Department of 
Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, (202.273.8295), prior to October 9, 
1998.
    The meeting will be closed from 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on October 
14, 1998 and from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., on October 15, 1998. These 
portions of the meeting involve consideration of specific proposals in 
accordance with provisions set forth in section 10(d) of Public Law 92-
463, as amended by sections 5(c) of Public Law 94-409, and 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(6). During the closed sessions of the meeting, discussions and 
recommendations will deal with qualifications of personnel conducting 
the studies, staff and consultant critiques of research protocols, and 
similar documents, and the medical records of patients who are study 
subjects, the disclosures of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

    Dated: August 27, 1998.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-24000 Filed 9-4-98; 8:45 am]
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