[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 133 (Thursday, July 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33075-33077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14765]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2014-D-0331]


Live Case Presentations During Investigational Device Exemption 
Clinical Trials; Guidance for Institutional Review Boards, Industry, 
Clinical Investigators, 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 a final guidance entitled ``Live Case Presentations 
During Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Clinical Trials.'' The 
purpose of this guidance is to provide institutional review boards 
(IRBs), industry, clinical investigators, and FDA staff with factors to 
consider when evaluating the appropriateness of a live case 
presentation within a clinical investigation conducted under an 
investigational device exemption (IDE) application. This document 
provides guidance on important information about a live case 
presentation that should be provided as part of an original IDE 
application or a supplement to an IDE application when requesting 
inclusion of a live case presentation during a clinical investigation.

DATES: The announcement of the guidance is published in the Federal 
Register on July 11, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit either electronic or written comments on 
Agency guidances at any time 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): Dockets

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Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers 
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets 
Management Staff, 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-2014-D-0331 for ``Live Case Presentations During Investigational 
Device Exemption (IDE) Clinical Trials.'' 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 Dockets Management Staff 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 Dockets Management Staff. 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.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    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 Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
    You may submit comments on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR 
10.115(g)(5)).
    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 
``Live Case Presentations During Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) 
Clinical Trials'' to the Office of Policy, 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: John Doucet, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 1535, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-6474.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    A live case presentation is a live or pre-recorded broadcast of a 
surgical or percutaneous procedure, typically narrated by the operator 
(or a discussant other than the operator), with or without expert panel 
and/or audience interaction. Our expectation is that very few 
investigations under an IDE will include live case presentations. 
However, by increasing awareness of the study for healthcare 
professionals and eligible subjects, live case presentations may lead 
to new therapies being made available sooner.
    This guidance is intended, in part, to improve the quality of 
information about live case presentations submitted by sponsors as part 
of an investigational plan in an original IDE application or supplement 
to an IDE application, or to the IRB for non-significant risk studies, 
and to ensure consistency in the review of those submissions. It 
describes measures we recommend sponsors take to ensure adequate human 
subject protection, followup, reporting, and data analysis for live 
case presentations.
    FDA considered comments received on the draft guidance that 
appeared in the Federal Register of April 17, 2014 (79 FR 21776). FDA 
revised the guidance as appropriate in response to the comments.

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 live case presentations during IDE clinical 
trials. 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. 
This guidance is not subject to Executive Order 12866.

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/medical-devices/device-advice-comprehensive-regulatory-assistance/guidance-documents-medical-devices-and-radiation-emitting-products. This guidance document is also 
available at https://www.regulations.gov. Persons unable to download an 
electronic copy of ``Live Case Presentations During Investigational 
Device Exemption (IDE) Clinical Trials'' may send an email request to 
[email protected] to receive an electronic copy of the 
document. Please use the document number 1736 to identify the guidance 
you are requesting.

IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    This guidance refers to previously approved collections of 
information. 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 
the following FDA regulations have been approved by OMB as listed in 
the following table:

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                                                            OMB control
          21 CFR part                     Topic                 No.
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812............................  Investigational Device        0910-0078
                                  Exemption.
50, 56.........................  Protection of Human           0910-0755
                                  Subjects: Informed
                                  Consent; Institutional
                                  Review Boards.
56.............................  Institutional Review          0910-0130
                                  Boards.
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    Dated: July 8, 2019.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-14765 Filed 7-10-19; 8:45 am]
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