[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 198 (Friday, October 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60094-60095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20559]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory 
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting is 
open to the public.
    Name of Committee: Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and 
recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held November 8, 2005, from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn, The Ballrooms, Two Montgomery Village Ave., 
Gaithersburg, MD.
    Contact Person: Johanna M. Clifford, Center for Drug Evaluation and 
Research (HFD-21), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
(for express delivery, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1093) Rockville, MD 
20857, 301-827-7001, FAX: 301-827-6776, e-mail: [email protected], 
or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-
0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 3014512542. Please call the 
Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting. The 
background material will become available no later than the day before 
the meeting and will be posted on FDA's Web site at http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm under the heading ``Oncologic Drugs 
Advisory Committee (ODAC).'' (Click on the year 2005 and scroll down to 
ODAC meetings.)
    Agenda: The committee will discuss new drug applications approved 
under 21 CFR 314.500 and 601.40 (subparts H and subpart E, 
respectively, accelerated approval regulations) in an open session to 
do the following: (1) Review the status of phase IV clinical studies; 
(2) identify difficulties associated with completion of phase IV 
commitments; and (3) provide advice to sponsors to assist in the 
planning and execution of postmarketing commitments of newly approved 
drugs. The committee will discuss phase IV commitments of: (1) new drug 
application (NDA) 50-718, DOXIL (doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome 
injection, Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, 
L.L.C.) for the treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) 
related Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with disease that has progressed 
on prior combination therapy or in patients who are intolerant to such 
therapy; (2) NDA 20-221/S-002, ETHYOL for injection (amifostine, 
MedImmune Oncology, Inc.) for reducing the cumulative renal toxicity 
associated with repeated administration of cisplatin in patients with 
advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer; (3) biologics license application 
(BLA) 103767/0, ONTAK (denileukin diftitox, Seragen Incorporated) for 
the treatment of patients with persistent or recurrent cutaneous T-cell 
lymphoma whose malignant cells express the CD25 component of the 
interleukin-2 receptor; (4) NDA 21-041, DEPOCYT (cytarabine liposome 
injection, SkyePharma Inc.) for the intrathecal treatment of 
lymphomatous meningitis; and (5) NDA 21-156, CELEBREX (celecoxib 
capsules, Pfizer, Inc.) for reducing the number of adenomatous 
colorectal polyps in familial adenomatous polyposis, as an adjunct to 
usual care (e.g., endoscopic surveillance, surgery); (6) NDA 21-174, 
MYLOTARG (gemtuzumab ozogamicin for injection, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, 
Inc.) for the treatment of patients with CD33 positive acute myeloid 
leukemia

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in first relapse who are 60 years of age or older and who are not 
considered candidates for other cytotoxic chemotherapy; and (7) BLA 
103948/0, CAMPATH (alemtuzumab, ILEX Pharmaceuticals, L.P.) for the 
treatment of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) in patients 
who have been treated with alkylating agents and who have failed 
fludarabine therapy.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. 
Written submissions may be made to the contact person by November 1, 
2005. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Time allotted for each presentation may 
be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should 
notify the contact person before November 1, 2005, and submit a brief 
statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish 
to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an 
indication of the approximate time requested to make their 
presentation.
    Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical 
outlets.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with 
physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special 
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Johanna Clifford at 
least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: October 6, 2005.
Jason Brodsky,
Acting Associate Commissioner for External Relations.
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