[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 121 (Friday, June 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36610-36611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12498]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Government-owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing and 
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Technology Transfer 
Office, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The invention named in this notice is owned by agencies of the 
United States Government and is available for licensing in the United 
States (U.S.) in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207, and is available for 
cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) in accordance 
with 15 U.S.C. 3710, to achieve expeditious commercialization of 
results of federally funded research and development. A U.S. 
provisional patent application has been filed and foreign patent 
applications are expected to be filed within the year to extend market 
coverage for U.S. companies and may also be available for licensing.

ADDRESSES: Licensing and CRADA information, and information related to 
the technology listed below, may be obtained by writing to Suzanne 
Seavello Shope, J.D., Technology Licensing and Marketing Scientist, 
Technology Transfer Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC), Mailstop K-79, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, telephone 
(770) 488-8613; facsimile (770) 488-8615; or e-mail [email protected]. A 
signed Confidential Disclosure Agreement (available under Forms at 
http://www.cdc.gov/tto) will be required to receive copies of 
unpublished patent applications and other information.

SOFTWARE--Family Healthware TM

Familial Risk Analysis for Determining a Disease Prevention Plan

    Family health history reflects the interactions of genetic, 
environmental, and behavioral risk factors and has been shown to help 
predict disease risk for a variety of disorders including 
cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. The Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention has an ongoing initiative to evaluate the use of 
family history information for assessing risk for common diseases and 
influencing early detection and prevention strategies. The tools and 
methods currently used for taking family histories, however, are

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inadequate for widespread use in preventive medicine and public health. 
As part of the family history initiative, CDC is developing an 
electronic, self-administered, Web-based tool that assesses familial 
risk for six diseases and recommends early detection and prevention 
strategies. The tool collects:
     Name, date of birth, gender, adoption status, Ashkenazi 
Jewish heritage.
     Current height and weight.
     Health behaviors: smoking, physical activity, fruit and 
vegetable consumption, alcohol use, aspirin use.
     Screening tests: clinical breast exam, mammogram, fecal 
occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, blood cholesterol, blood 
pressure, and blood sugar.
     Disease history of a person's first- and second-degree 
relatives (mother, father, grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles) 
for coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and colorectal, breast, 
and ovarian cancer.
    Algorithms in the software analyze the data and assess risk based 
on the number of relatives affected, their age at disease onset, their 
gender, the closeness of the relatives to each other and the user, and 
the combinations of diseases in the family. The tool provides the user 
with a report that includes an assessment of familial risk for each 
disease (described as strong, moderate or weak), an explanation as to 
why the family history is a risk factor, and recommendations for 
disease prevention and screening that are targeted to the familial risk 
and based on answers to the health behavior and screening questions. An 
evaluation trial of Family HealthwareTM; set in primary 
practice clinics will begin in July 2005.
    Inventors: Maren T. Scheuner, Paula W. Yoon, Muin J. Khoury, and 
Cynthia Jorgensen.
    CDC Ref. : I-004-04.

    Dated: June 13, 2005.
James D. Seligman,
Associate Director for Program, Services, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-12498 Filed 6-23-05; 8:45 am]
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