[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 190 (Wednesday, September 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61756-61758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21623]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2020-N-0259]
Patient-Focused Drug Development for Stimulant Use Disorder;
Public Meeting; Request for Comments
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register notice published on March 19, 2020,
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) announced the
cancellation of the meeting entitled ``Patient-Focused Drug Development
for Stimulant Use Disorder'' originally scheduled to occur on March 10,
2020, as announced in the Federal Register on February 18, 2020. FDA is
announcing a new date for the meeting, to occur in a virtual format.
The purpose of the public meeting is to allow FDA to obtain stakeholder
perspectives on the impact of stimulant use disorder and views on
treatment approaches for stimulant use disorder.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on October 6, 2020, from 12:30
p.m. Eastern Time to 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Submit either electronic or
written comments on this public meeting by December 7, 2020. See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for registration date and
information.
ADDRESSES: Please note that due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,
all meeting participants will be joining this public meeting via an
online conferencing platform.
The docket number to accept comments is FDA-2020-N-0259. Please
note that late, untimely filed comments will not be considered.
Electronic comments must be submitted on or before December 7, 2020.
The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept
comments until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of December 7, 2020.
Comments received by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper
submissions) will be considered timely if they are postmarked or the
delivery service acceptance receipt is on or before that date.
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-2020-N-0259 for ``Patient-Focused Drug Development for Stimulant
Use Disorder; Public Meeting; Request for Comments.'' Received
comments, those filed in a timely manner (see ADDRESSES), 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lyna Merzoug, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 6308, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-
796-6001, PatientFocused@fda.hhs.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On March 19, 2020, FDA announced in the Federal Register (85 FR
15789) the cancellation of the meeting entitled ``Patient-Focused Drug
Development for Stimulant Use Disorder'' originally scheduled to occur
on March 10, 2020, as announced in the Federal Register on February 18,
2020 (85 FR 8877). The meeting has been rescheduled in a virtual
format.
This meeting will provide FDA the opportunity to obtain input from
individuals with stimulant use disorder and other related stakeholders
on the impact of stimulant use disorder and views on treatment goals
and approaches. FDA is interested in stakeholders' perspectives on: (1)
The health effects and daily impacts of their condition; (2) the impact
(if any) of opioid and polysubstance use on their condition; (3)
treatment goals; and (4) decision factors considered when seeking out
or selecting a treatment.
Stimulant use disorder describes a range of problems associated
with the use of illicit stimulant drugs, including methamphetamine and
cocaine, and prescription stimulants (e.g., ADDERALL, RITALIN), but not
including caffeine or nicotine. A diagnosis of stimulant use disorder
is made when a clinician identifies a pattern of use of amphetamine-
type substance, cocaine, or other stimulant that leads to clinically
significant impairment or distress, including an inability to reduce or
control consumption, cravings to use a stimulant, continued use of a
stimulant despite it causing negative consequences, and the need to use
increased amounts of a stimulant to achieve the desired effect. There
are no FDA-approved medications for stimulant use disorder.
The questions that will be asked of individuals with stimulant use
disorder and other stakeholders at the meeting are listed in the
following section and organized by topic. For each topic, a brief
initial panel discussion will begin the dialogue. This will be followed
by a facilitated discussion inviting comments from other audience
participants. In addition to input generated through this public
meeting, FDA is interested in receiving stakeholder input addressing
these questions through written comments, which can be submitted to the
public docket (see ADDRESSES). As noted above, when submitting
comments, 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.'' When submitting comments, if you are
commenting on behalf of a stimulant user, please indicate that you are
doing so and answer the following questions as much as possible from
the stimulant user's perspective, but please refrain from providing
information that would identify third parties, including minor
children.
FDA will post the agenda and other meeting materials approximately
5 days before the meeting at https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events-human-drugs/public-meeting-patient-focused-drug-development-stimulant-use-disorder-03102020-03102020.
II. Discussion Questions at the Public Meeting
A. Topic 1: Health Effects and Daily Impacts
1. How would you describe your experience with stimulant use disorder?
a. Which stimulant(s) did you start using first?
b. What stimulant(s) are you using now?
c. Did you use any other illicit or prescription drugs before you
started using the stimulant that you are currently using?
d. How are you using stimulants? How has your stimulant(s) use
changed over time? Are you using more frequently or at higher doses?
e. Do you use stimulants in combination with other drug(s)? If so,
what other drugs do you use and why?
f. Have you used a stimulant(s) as treatment for opioid withdrawal
and/or overdose?
2. Of all the ways that stimulant use disorder impacts your health and
well-being, which effects have the most significant impact on your
daily life and the daily life of your family and/or friends? Examples
may include physical and mental effects of using stimulants (effects on
your body and thinking), effects of stimulant withdrawal, effects of
cravings, impacts on your ability to function in personal or
professional life, or emotional or social effects.
a. What drives your use of stimulants?
b. Are there certain activities that you can only do if you take a
stimulant? If so, what are those activities?
c. Are there specific activities that are important to you but that
you cannot do at all or as fully as you would like because of your
stimulant use? Examples of activities may include daily hygiene;
meeting school, work, or family responsibilities; participation in
social activities.
d. How does your stimulant use affect daily life on your best days?
On your worst days?
3. What worries you most about your condition?
B. Topic 2: Current Approaches to Management
1. Have you considered seeking treatment? Why or why not?
2. If you are using more than one substance, would stimulant use be
the primary or secondary reason to consider treatment?
a. If not stimulants, what substance would be the primary reason you
would seek treatment?
3. What are you currently doing to help manage your stimulant use?
a. How well have these management approaches worked for you?
b. How well have they helped address the effects of stimulant use
that are most troubling to you?
c. What are the biggest problems you have faced in using these
approaches? Examples may include bothersome side effects, challenges or
barriers to access, concern about stigma.
4. What are the biggest factors that you consider when making
decisions about seeking out or engaging in treatment for stimulant use
disorder?
5. What specific things would you look for in an ideal treatment
for stimulant use disorder?
6. If you had the opportunity to participate in a clinical study to
test an experimental treatment for stimulant use disorder, what factors
would you consider when deciding whether you would participate?
C. Topic 3: Impact of COVID-19
1. Has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted your substance use or your
desire to seek treatment? If yes, please describe how.
III. Participating in the Public Meeting
Registration: Persons interested in attending this public meeting
via webcast must register online at https://pfdd-stimulantusedisorder.eventbrite.com. Contact information provided
during registration will remain confidential and will only be used to
send meeting updates to participants.
Registration for this virtual event is free, although there may be
limited space for attendance based on bandwidth availability. Webcast
information will be provided upon completion of registration. Closed
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captioning will be provided. Please check the meeting website for the
latest information: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events-human-drugs/public-meeting-patient-focused-drug-development-stimulant-use-disorder-03102020-03102020.
Streaming Webcast of the Public Meeting: This public meeting will
be streamed via webcast only. The recording and presentation slides,
along with a meeting transcript and summary report, will also be made
publicly available after the meeting. To register for the webcast,
please visit https://pfdd-stimulantusedisorder.eventbrite.com. The
webcast can be accessed via http://fda.yorkcast.com/webcast/Play/89f7acb8d56e4de8827d1ade8efa42661d. Simply click on the link and hit
the ``play'' button and it will start. The webcast link will be
activated 30 minutes prior to the start of the meeting.
FDA has verified the website addresses in this document, as of the
date this document publishes in the Federal Register, but websites are
subject to change over time.
Transcripts: Please be advised that as soon as a transcript of the
public meeting is available, it will be accessible at https://www.regulations.gov. It may be viewed at the Dockets Management Staff
(see ADDRESSES). A link to the transcript will also be available on the
meeting website at https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events-human-drugs/public-meeting-patient-focused-drug-development-stimulant-use-disorder-03102020-03102020.
Dated: September 24, 2020.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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