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Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Clinical Evaluation of Products for Treatment

FinalCenter for Drug Evaluation and Research06/14/2012

Description

This guidance is intended to assist the pharmaceutical industry and investigators who are developing drugs for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBS diagnosis and assessment of clinical status depend mainly on an evaluation of IBS signs and symptoms that are known to the patient. Capturing all of the clinically important signs and symptoms associated with IBS in a reliable measure of treatment benefit can be challenging. The guidance for industry Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Use in Medical Product Development to Support Labeling Claims (PRO guidance)3 defines the term treatment benefit as “[t]he effect of treatment on how a patient survives, feels, or functions.”

Key Topics

Terms and concepts identified from this document

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

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Therapeutic biological products

Licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act.

Drug

Defined in section 201(g) of the FD&C Act; Articles intended for use in diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease; Product classification based on chemical action or specific intended uses like altering pH

IBS-C

Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation patient population

IBS-D

Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhea patient population

Stakeholders

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Sponsors

Assist sponsors in the nonclinical evaluation

Investigators

Guidance for Sponsors, Investigators, and Institutional Review Boards

Sponsor

Entity responsible for submitting applications under section 524B

Regulatory Context

Regulatory Activities

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FDA qualification process

Process for the future development of IBS PRO instruments.

New Drug Development

Regulatory pathway for IBS and Functional Dyspepsia treatments

Labeling claims

Claims supported by data collection from appropriate PRO instruments.

FDA qualification

Conclusion that a DDT can be relied upon in regulatory decision-making

Document Types

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PRO instrument

Patient-reported outcome instrument used for primary endpoints in phase 3 trials

Subject Global Assessment of Relief

A 5-Point Likert scale used to rate relief of symptoms in clinical trials.

Statistical analysis plan

include the overall strategy for handling different intercurrent events... in the statistical analysis plan

PRO instruments

providing reminders to trial subjects to complete PRO instruments

Attributes

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Weekly responder

Categorization based on pain intensity and stool frequency/consistency

Daily responder

Categorization based on daily pain and stool consistency scores

Stool frequency

Measured by the number of complete spontaneous bowel movements (CSBMs) per week.

Stool consistency

Recommended primary endpoint for IBS-D trials.

Technical Details

Substances

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Alosetron

Drug used in IBS-D clinical trials with adequate relief as a primary endpoint.; 5-HT3 receptor antagonist mentioned in references; Evaluated for safety and efficacy in women with severe diarrhea-predominant IBS

Tegaserod

Drug used in IBS-C clinical trials with satisfactory relief as a primary endpoint.; 5-HT4 receptor partial agonist evaluated in multiple clinical trials for IBS

Lubiprostone

Drug used in IBS-C clinical trials using a modified version of the SGA.; Improves symptom relief rates in adults with IBS

Testing Methods

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Patient-reported outcome measures

The primary tool for defining treatment effect in IBS clinical trials.

Brief Pain Inventory

Tool for pain assessment in clinical trials

Stool Form Scale

Guide to intestinal transit time

Subject's Global Assessment of Relief

Method to assess the impact of treatment on IBS-related symptoms

Subject Global Assessment of Relief

A single-item patient-reported rating of change used in past trials.

11-point numeric rating scale

Recommended scale (0 to 10) for evaluating abdominal pain intensity.

Randomized, placebo-controlled trial design

Recommended study design for IBS treatments.

Likert scale

Response options for patient rating of change

Clinical Concepts

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome

The primary disease state addressed by the guidance.; Primary disease state addressed by the clinical evaluations

Chronic Pain

Pain that persists longer than 3 months.; Drug development programs for the treatment of chronic pain have historically been challenging; target condition for the analgesics discussed; Target condition for the analgesics discussed

Diarrhea-Predominant IBS

Specific patient population for Alosetron studies

IBS with diarrhea

A specific subtype of IBS (IBS-D) to which the guidance applies.

IBS with constipation

A specific subtype of IBS (IBS-C) to which the guidance applies.; Specific patient population for Tegaserod and Lubiprostone studies

Abdominal pain

One of the five core signs and symptoms

IBS-D

Irritable Bowel Syndrome with diarrhea subtype.

IBS-C

Irritable Bowel Syndrome with constipation subtype.

Abnormal defecation

A major IBS sign and symptom recommended as a component of the primary endpoint.

Abdominal Pain Intensity

Primary endpoint for IBS clinical trials

Standards & References

External Standards

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Rome Endpoints

Criteria and outcomes defined by the Rome Foundation for functional bowel disorders

IMMPACT Recommendations

Core outcome measures and domains for chronic pain clinical trials

Bristol Stool Form Scale

A pictorial and verbal description of stool consistency and form used in IBS trials.

Rome III IBS diagnostic criteria

Diagnostic criteria used to enroll patients in prospective IBS clinical trials.

BSS

Bristol Stool Scale used to measure stool consistency

Specifications

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Primary endpoints

Main measures used to assess efficacy in CIPN trials.

Primary endpoint

Proportion of patients who do not have any heavy drinking days

CSBM

Complete Spontaneous Bowel Movement used as a measure for stool frequency

30 percent reduction

Responder definition threshold for abdominal pain intensity

Related CFR Sections (1)

Related MFDS Guidelines

Korean regulatory guidelines covering similar topics

See Also (1)

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