[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46955-46956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19291]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2018-D-0178]
Drugs for Treatment of Partial Onset Seizures: Full Extrapolation
of Efficacy From Adults to Pediatric Patients 2 Years of Age and Older;
Guidance for Industry; 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 for industry entitled ``Drugs for
Treatment of Partial Onset Seizures: Full Extrapolation of Efficacy
from Adults to Pediatric Patients 2 Years of Age and Older.'' The
guidance provides recommendations to sponsors on the clinical
development of drugs for the treatment of partial onset seizures (POS)
in pediatric patients. Specifically, this guidance addresses FDA's
current thinking regarding clinical development programs that can
support extrapolation of the efficacy of drugs approved for the
treatment of POS in adults to pediatric patients 2 years of age and
older. This guidance finalizes the draft guidance entitled ``Drugs for
Treatment of Partial Onset Seizures: Full Extrapolation of Efficacy
from Adults to Pediatric Patients 4 Years of Age and Older'' issued on
February 16, 2018.
DATES: The announcement of the guidance is published in the Federal
Register on September 6, 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 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-2018-D-0178 for ``Drugs for Treatment of Partial Onset Seizures:
Full Extrapolation of Efficacy from Adults to Pediatric Patients 2
Years of Age and Older.'' 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
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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)).
Submit written requests for single copies of this guidance to the
Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research,
Food and Drug Administration, 10001 New Hampshire Ave., Hillandale
Building, 4th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Send one self-
addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing your
requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for electronic
access to the guidance document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Billy Dunn, Center for Drug Evaluation
and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave.,
Bldg. 22, Rm. 4332, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-2250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry
entitled ``Drugs for Treatment of Partial Onset Seizures: Full
Extrapolation of Efficacy from Adults to Pediatric Patients 2 Years of
Age and Older.'' The guidance provides recommendations to sponsors on
the clinical development of drugs for the treatment of POS in pediatric
patients. Specifically, this guidance addresses FDA's current thinking
regarding clinical development programs that can support extrapolation
of the efficacy of drugs approved for the treatment of POS in adults to
pediatric patients 2 years of age and older. All the public comments
received on the draft guidance have been considered and the guidance
has been revised as appropriate, along with editorial changes. This
guidance finalizes the draft guidance issued on February 16, 2018 (83
FR 7057).
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 ``Drugs for Treatment of Partial Onset
Seizures: Full Extrapolation of Efficacy from Adults to Pediatric
Patients 2 Years of Age and Older.'' 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.
II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This guidance refers to previously approved collections of
information found in FDA regulations. 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 21 CFR part 312 have been approved under
OMB control number 0910-0014, and the collections of information in 21
CFR part 314 have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0001.
III. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the internet may obtain the guidance at
either https://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information/guidances-drugs or https://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: September 3, 2019.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-19291 Filed 9-5-19; 8:45 am]
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