[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 235 (Friday, December 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70505-70507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26733]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2021-D-1096]


Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps: Developing Drugs for 
Treatment; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability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the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``Chronic 
Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps: Developing Drugs for Treatment.'' The 
purpose of this draft guidance is to assist sponsors in the clinical 
development of drugs for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis with 
nasal polyps (CRSwNP). Specifically, this

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draft guidance addresses FDA's current recommendations regarding trial 
design, safety, and efficacy considerations for CRSwNP clinical trials.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft 
guidance by February 8, 2022 to ensure that the Agency considers your 
comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final 
version of the guidance.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on any guidance 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-2021-D-1096 for ``Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps: 
Developing Drugs for Treatment.'' 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, 240-402-7500.
     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.govinfo.gov/content/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, 240-402-7500.
    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; or to the Office of 
Communication, Outreach and Development, Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research (CBER), Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 3128, 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: Rekha Jhamnani, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 22, Rm. 3395, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-
796-5636; or Stephen Ripley, Center for Biologics Evaluation and 
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 
71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-402-7911.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    FDA is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry 
entitled ``Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps: Developing Drugs 
for Treatment.'' This draft guidance provides recommendations for 
sponsors developing drugs for the treatment of CRSwNP. Specifically, 
this draft guidance represents FDA's current recommendations regarding 
trial population, design, effectiveness, statistical analysis, and 
safety for drugs being developed for the treatment of CRSwNP. This 
draft guidance does not address the clinical development of drugs or 
therapeutic biological products for the treatment of chronic 
rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps or allergic fungal rhinosinusitis.
    Chronic rhinosinusitis is characterized by inflammation of the 
nasal mucosa and paranasal sinuses and can be further divided into 
chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps without nasal polyps. Nasal 
polyps are inflammatory hyperplastic growths that protrude into the 
nasal passages. Symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps 
include nasal congestion, nasal discharge, facial pain or pressure, and 
loss of smell. Nasal polyps have associated morbidity that can have 
substantial effect on day-to-day functioning. Treatment goals include 
reduction of symptoms, systemic corticosteroid use, and surgery as well 
as improved quality of life. Because of differences in natural history 
and treatment between chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal 
polyps, this draft guidance specifically addresses aspects of trial 
design, safety, and efficacy assessment for CRSwNP.
    This draft guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good 
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The draft guidance, when 
finalized, will represent the current thinking of FDA

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on ``Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps: Developing Drugs for 
Treatment.'' 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.

II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    While this draft guidance contains no new collection of 
information, it does refer to previously approved FDA collections of 
information. Therefore, clearance by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3521) is not required for this draft guidance. The previously 
approved collections of information are subject to review by OMB under 
the PRA. The collections of information in 21 CFR part 312 for 
investigational new drug applications have been approved under OMB 
control number 0910-0014. The collections of information in 21 CFR 
parts 314 and 601 for applications for FDA approval to market a new 
drug or biologic have been approved under OMB control numbers 0910-0001 
and 0910-0338, respectively.

III. Electronic Access

    Persons with access to the internet may obtain the draft guidance 
at https://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information/guidances-drugs, https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information-biologics/biologics-guidances, https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents, or https://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: December 6, 2021.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-26733 Filed 12-9-21; 8:45 am]
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