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Exploratory IND Studies: Guidance for Industry, Investigators, and Reviewers

FinalCenter for Drug Evaluation and Research01/12/2006

Description

This guidance is intended to clarify what preclinical and clinical approaches, as well as chemistry, manufacturing, and controls information, should be considered when planning exploratory studies in humans, including studies of closely related drugs or therapeutic biological products, under an investigational new drug (IND) application (21 CFR 312).  Existing regulations allow a great deal of flexibility in the amount of data that needs to be submitted with an IND application, depending on the goals of the proposed investigation, the specific human testing proposed, and the expected risks. The Agency believes that sponsors have not taken full advantage of that flexibility and often provide more supporting information in INDs than is required by regulations.  This guidance is intended to clarify what manufacturing controls, preclinical testing, and clinical approaches can be considered when planning limited, early exploratory IND studies in humans.

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

5
Therapeutic Biological Product

Category of products subject to Subpart E regulations.

Small molecules

EFD evaluation typically in two species for small molecules

Biologics

Products for which batch/lot information is particularly important

New Molecular Entities

Mass balance studies should be conducted for all new molecular entities

Therapeutic Biological Products

Trials evaluating biologics for CRSwNP

Stakeholders

4
Sponsor

Entity responsible for submitting applications under section 524B

Investigator

Responsible for qualifications, training, and trial conduct; Individual responsible for trial conduct and data governance at a site.; May delegate tasks but retains overall responsibility; Person responsible for the conduct of the clinical trial at a trial site; Responsible for trial conduct and participant safety; Responsible for trial conduct, data integrity, and investigational product management.; Individual responsible for trial conduct at a site and informing the institution.; maintaining

Institutional Review Board

Governs top dose in clinical studies

Radioactive Drug Research Committee

committee that approves human research using radioactive drugs

Regulatory Context

Attributes

3
Apyrogenicity

requirement for ophthalmic or parenteral products

AUC

AUC or Cmin may correlate with efficacy

Margin of safety

state the basis for the margin of safety for the NDI; Calculated by dividing the NOAEL by the estimated daily intake (EDI).; A measure of how close the estimated daily intake is to the NOAEL

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