[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44811-44812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18145]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Recruitment 
and Screening for the Insight Into Determination of Exceptional Aging 
and Longevity (IDEAL) Study

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for 
review and approval of the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal 
Register on April 2, 2014, Vol. 79, page 18569 and allowed 60-days for 
public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The 
National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health, may 
not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond 
to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or 
implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, 
Attention: NIH Desk Officer.
    Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  To obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments or request more information on the 
proposed project contact: Luigi Ferrucci, M.D., Ph.D., NIA Clinical 
Research Branch, Harbor Hospital, 5th Floor, 3001 S. Hanover, 
Baltimore, MD 21225 or call non-toll-free number (410) 350-3936 or 
Email your request, including your address to: 
[email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and 
instruments must be requested in writing.
    Proposed Collection: Recruitment and Screening for the Insight into 
Determination of Exceptional Aging and Longevity (IDEAL) Study 
(OMB#: 0925-0631). National Institute on Aging (NIA), National 
Institutes of Health (NIH).

Need and Use of Information Collection

    Longevity combined with good health and functionality at the end of 
life represents a common goal. Although research has examined 
correlates of long life and functional decline, we still know 
relatively little about why certain individuals live in excellent 
health into their eighties while others succumb to failing health at 
much younger ages. Understanding the mechanisms important to ideal 
aging may provide new opportunity for health promotion and disability 
prevention is this rapidly growing segment of the population.
    The purpose of IDEAL (Insight into the Determinants of Exceptional 
Aging and Longevity) is to recruit into the Baltimore Longitudinal 
Study on Aging (BLSA) exceptionally long lived and healthy individuals 
and to learn what makes them so resilient and resistant to disease and 
disability, and to identify potential interventions that may contribute 
to the IDEAL condition. By enrolling the IDEAL cohort in the BLSA their 
biologic, physiologic, behavioral and functional characteristics will 
be evaluated using the same methods used with the current cohort who 
will serve as a type of control group. The first aim is to identify 
factors and characteristics that distinguish IDEAL from non-IDEAL 
individuals. We intend to compare the two groups to identify factors 
that discriminate IDEAL aging from non-IDEAL aging individuals. The 
second aim is to identify physiological, environmental and behavioral 
characteristics that are risk factors for losing the IDEAL condition 
over several years or longer. We postulate that the mechanisms of 
extreme longevity probably differ from those associated with delay or 
escape from disease and disability. As is customary in the BLSA, we 
plan to follow this cohort for life with yearly visits. This is a 
request for OMB to approve a reinstatement with change of Recruitment 
and Screening for the Insight into Determination of Exceptional Aging 
and Longevity (IDEAL) Study for 3 years.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There is no annualized cost 
to respondents. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 333.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                     Estimated       Number of     Average time
      Type of respondent            Form name      annual number   responses per   per response    Total annual
                                                  of respondents    respondent      (in hours)     burden hours
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Individuals...................  Recruitment                  500               1           10/60              83
                                 Phone Screen
                                 Part 1.
Individuals...................  Recruitment                  200               1           10/60              33
                                 Phone Screen
                                 Part 2.
Individuals...................  Pre-Visit                    100               1           10/60              17
                                 mailing/Consent.
Individuals...................  Screening Exam               100               1               2             200
                                 Visit.
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    Dated: July 23, 2014.
Jessica Schwartz,
NIA Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-18145 Filed 7-31-14; 8:45 am]
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