[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42858-42860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15263]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2019-D-2223]
Clinical Investigations for Prostate Tissue Ablation Devices;
Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff;
Availability
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is
announcing the availability of a final guidance entitled ``Clinical
Investigations for Prostate Tissue Ablation Devices.'' This guidance
provides recommendations for clinical investigations for high intensity
ultrasound systems for prostate tissue ablation and new types of
prostatic tissue ablation devices.
DATES: The announcement of the guidance is published in the Federal
Register on July 15, 2020.
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-2019-D-2223 for ``Clinical Investigations for Prostate Tissue
Ablation Devices.'' 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
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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)).
An electronic copy of the guidance document is available for
download from the internet. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
for information on electronic access to the guidance. Submit written
requests for a single hard copy of the guidance document entitled
``Clinical Investigations for Prostate Tissue Ablation Devices'' to the
Office of Policy, Guidance and Policy Development, Center for Devices
and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5431, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Send
one self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing
your request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Baxley, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 2626, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-6549.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
This guidance provides draft recommendations for: (1) Complying
with the clinical testing special control under 21 CFR 876.4340(b)(8)
for premarket notifications (510(k)s) for high intensity ultrasound
systems for prostate tissue ablation and (2) collecting clinical data
to support marketing submissions for new types of prostatic tissue
ablation devices. High intensity ultrasound systems for prostate tissue
ablation transmit high intensity therapeutic ultrasound energy into the
prostate to thermally ablate a defined, targeted volume of tissue.
Other prostate ablation devices achieve the same clinical effect of
ablating targeted tissue volumes using different sources of energy.
The scope of this guidance is limited to the clinical
investigations of prostate tissue ablation systems to support marketing
authorization for a general indication for ablation of prostatic
tissue. This guidance does not address the clinical investigations of
devices that are intended to treat specific prostatic diseases (e.g.,
prostate cancer or benign prostatic hyperplasia). Additionally, this
document does not address recommendations for non-clinical testing of
prostate tissue ablation systems.
A notice of availability for the draft guidance appeared in the
Federal Register of June 26, 2019 (84 FR 30125). FDA considered
comments received and revised the guidance as appropriate in response
to the comments, including minor edits to clarify and better explain
FDA's recommendations for the clinical study design. 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
clinical investigations for prostate tissue ablation devices. 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. Electronic Access
Persons interested in obtaining a copy of the guidance may do so by
downloading an electronic copy from the internet. A search capability
for all Center for Devices and Radiological Health guidance documents
is available at https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/device-advice-comprehensive-regulatory-assistance/guidance-documents-medical-devices-and-radiation-emitting-products. This guidance document is also
available at https://www.regulations.gov. Persons unable to download an
electronic copy of ``Clinical Investigations for Prostate Tissue
Ablation Devices'' may send an email request to [email protected] to receive an electronic copy of the document.
Please use the document number 16011 to identify the guidance you are
requesting.
III. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This guidance refers to previously approved collections of
information. 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. 3501-3521). The collections of information in
the following FDA regulations and guidance have been approved by OMB as
listed in the following table:
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OMB control
21 CFR part or guidance Topic No.
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807, subpart E.................... Premarket 0910-0120
notification.
812............................... Investigational 0910-0078
Device Exemption.
``De Novo Classification Process De Novo 0910-0844
(Evaluation of Automatic Class classification
III Designation)''. process.
``Requests for Feedback and Q-submissions....... 0910-0756
Meetings for Medical Device
Submissions: The Q-Submission
Program''.
50, 56............................ Protection of Human 0910-0755
Subjects: Informed
Consent;
Institutional
Review Boards.
56................................ Institutional Review 0910-0130
Boards.
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Dated: July 9, 2020.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-15263 Filed 7-14-20; 8:45 am]
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