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Clinical Trial Registries:Panacea or Pablum??

Presented by:Michael A. Swit, Esq.Vice President,The Weinberg Group [email protected]

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Clinical Trials Registries: Evolution of Legal Requirements Michael A. Swit, Esq.Vice President, The Weinberg Group Inc.

Clinical Trials Registries: Critical Legal IssuesDemetrios L. Kouzoukas, Esq.Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP

Clinical Trials Disclosure: Are We Meeting the Target Audiences in The EU?Gesine Bejeuhr, Pharm.D., Ph.D.VFA, German Association of Research-Based Pharm. Co., Germany

Overview of Session

Clinical Trial Registries:Evolution of Legal

Requirements

Presented by:Michael A. Swit, Esq.Vice President,The Weinberg Group [email protected]

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MY OBJECTIVES TODAY

• The Evolution of Demand for Clinical Trial Registries, including the impact of the 2007 Food & Drug Administration Amendments Act (FDAAA)

• Review of Key National and International Registries

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DEFINITIONS – DISTINGUISH:

• Clinical Trials Registry – information on clinical trials that are active or completed, but not any substantive information on the results of the study

vs.

• Clinical Trials Results Database – the results of the trials – in summary or other fashion -- are available for review

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GENERAL PURPOSES OF REGISTRIES & DATABASES

• List & track clinical trials• Make available design of clinical studies – Principle 16 of

Helsinki Declaration -- http://www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm

• Facilitate patient recruitment• Create a record of results of evidence so that balanced

and informed medical decisions may be made• Eliminate duplicative research• Eliminate “publication bias” – i.e., the tendency for only

positive data to be published…. “transparency”

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THE EVOLVING DEMAND FOR REGISTRIES

• FDAMA §113 – – Since Feb. 2000

– All persons conducting clinical trials of experimental treatments for “serious or life-threatening” diseases and conditions

– Where the trial is to test “effectiveness” – i.e., Phase 2, 3 or 4 studies with efficacy endpoints

– Must register certain information with U.S. government, within 21 days of study enrollment opening

– Done via ClinicalTrials.gov

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THE ROLE OF ELLIOTT SPITZER

• GSK Settlement -- 2004– Allegation – GSK failed to disclose results of certain Paxil®

studies in adolescent and pediatric patients– Required establishment of Clinical Trials Register and

posting of • Summaries of Clinical Study Reports for

– all GSK studies from Dec. 27, 2000 on; and

– Any earlier study “likely to be material to a physician’s medical judgment of the GSK drug”

• Future contracts – to avoid limitations on publication

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THE EDITORS STEP INTO THE FRAY

• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) -- if you want to be published, study must be registered

• Requirements– Register at or before onset of patient enrollment– Applies to any study beginning enrollment after

July 1, 2005• If begun before that, you had to register by Sept. 13,

2005

– Information to be included – consistent with WHO

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THE EDITORS – ICMJE …

• “Clinical trial” – “any research project that prospectively assigns human subjects to intervention or concurrent control or comparison groups to study the cause and effect relationship between a medical intervention and a health outcome”– Excludes studies for other purposes such as to study

pharmacokinetics or major toxicity studies • but studies of adverse events are covered

– Thus, includes devices or even surgical procedures

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EDITORS – ICMJE …

• Acceptable registers – must be:– Electronically searchable and publicly

accessible at no charge– Open to all registrants– Not-for-profit– Must have mechanism to ensure validity of

registration data

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BIG PHARMA “CAVES”

• January 2005 – major associations announce plan to create a comprehensive clinical trial registry – of “hypothesis-testing clinical trials” (aka -- “confirmatory clinical trials” )

• Associations:– European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries

and Assns. (EFPIA), – International Federation of Pharmaceutical

Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), – Japanese Pharmaceutical Mfrs. Assn. (JPMA), and – PhRMA –

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PhRMA – ClinicalStudyResults.org

• 2002 – PhRMA publishes “Principles on the Conduct of Clinical Trials and Communication of Clinical Trials Results”

• Position today – – All “hypothesis-testing” studies – regardless of seriousness of condition

– those that “serve to examine pre-stated questions using statistically valid plans for data analysis and provide firm evidence of safety and/or efficacy to support product claims”

• n/a to “exploratory studies” – unless result found to be of medical significance

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PhRMA …

• “Will contain” results from all hypothesis-testing clinical studies completed since Oct. 1, 2002 for approved drug products– Published articles– Unpublished study summaries

• Timing – one year after completion of studies (same as NDA annual report duty)– Could be delayed if submitted to peer-review journal

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PhRMA …

• Is a voluntary results registry • Registry contains a complete summary

of trial, regardless of the outcome• Does not apply to drugs not yet marketed

– allows protection of confidential information and intellectual property

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WHO – INTERNATIONAL CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRY

PLATFORM (ICTRP)• ICTRP – not a registry itself, but to provide standards to

existing registries -- http://www.who.int/ictrp/en/• All trials – including “earliest” stage and exploratory studies• Trial Registration Data Set -- 20 key details to be disclosed

when study begun –– http://www.who.int/ictrp/network/trds/en/index.htm

• Portal – to search among other registries• Deduping – goal – avoid duplicative registrations (and

conflicting information)• Results – strongly encouraged to be reported – although first

goal of WHO is registration

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WHO & ICTRP …

• “Interventional clinical trials” – all should be registered – “any research study that prospectively assigns people to one or more health-related interventions (e.g., preventive care, drugs, surgical procedures, behavioral treatments, etc.) to evaluate the effects.”

• Primary and Associate Registers – will be the network for registration

• Universal clinical trial number• To search – go to Search Portal:

– http://apps.who.int/trialsearch/

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WHO & ICTRP …

• The Data Providers of the ICTRP Search Portal currently are:– Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry

(ANZCTR) – Chinese Clinical Trial Register (ChiCTR) – ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S.)– Clinical Trials Registry - India (CTRI) – German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS) – Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT) – ISRCTN.org – Sri Lanka Clinical Trials Registry (SLCTR) – The Netherlands National Trial Register (NTR)

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FDAAA & CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRIES

• Prior U.S. Law on registries – FDAMA §113 – – Limitations:

• Only applies to – “serious or life-threatening” diseases – Drugs – not devices

• No mechanism to ensure compliance by all performing clinicals• Inconsistent information in required data fields• Only applies to studies under INDs• No requirement for Clinical Trials Results

• Food & Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA) – Public Law 110-85 – Sept. 27, 2007

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FDAAA & TRIAL REGISTRIES …

• Section 801 -- Expands Trial Registry System• Much more detailed information required on the

clinical studies• Applies to drugs and devices

– Devices – under 510k’s, PMAs or PDPs and HDEs or Section 522 Postmarket Surveillance

– Drugs – • “controlled clinical investigation” other than a Phase I

study• Not pegged to serious or life threatening

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FDAAA & TRIAL REGISTRIES …

• Where “applicable clinical trial” is ongoing on date of enactment or initiated after enactment– 90 days after enactment if ongoing– 21 days after first patient in if initiated

• Posting of data – – Drug – within 30 days of submission– Device –

• If not previously cleared, not earlier than date of clearance or approval

• If previously cleared, not until 30 days after clinical trial results data is to be submitted

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FDAAA & CLINICAL TRIAL RESULTS

• Linking to FDA Data – For clinical trials that form “the primary basis for an

efficacy claim” or are post-market trials– Data

• Advisory committee (if any) consideration – any summary by FDA• Posted pediatric assessments or reports• Public Health Advisories• Drugs -- FDA Action Package required under 505(l)(2)• Devices

– Detailed Summary of Safety & Effectiveness info for PMAs– 510k summary of safety & effectiveness data

• Medline citations• NIH Database of structured product labels

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FDAAA & TRIAL RESULTS …

• Phase-In of Data Results– 1-Year

• Demographic and baseline characteristics of patients• Primary and secondary outcomes• Point of contact• Any agreements between sponsor and investigator that

“squelches” the investigator

– 3-Year – Rulemaking required not later than 3 years post-enactment for greater expansion of results database

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• Expanded Registry and Results Database under Rulemaking– Would cover trials on both approved and unapproved

products– Required

• Summary in lay language• Summary in technical language• Full study protocol• Submission date – generally 1 year after completion date or estimated

completion date of study

• Public Meeting – within 18 months of FDAAA – held in April 2009

• Adverse Events – how to incorporate into databanks?– Within 18 months, rulemaking needed on how to do– If not, default provisions will go into effect

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• FDA Submission Certification – NDAs, PMAs, BLAs, 510k’s and HDEs will have to include certification that all applicable requirements on trials information have been submitted– Noncompliance or false information in a

certification = “Prohibited Act” under FDCA– Form 3674 – vehicle for compliance

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FDA Submission Certification -- 3674

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• Civil Money Penalties – – up to $10,000 for all violations in a single

adjudication– Failure to correct within 30 days, $10,000 per day

• Preemption – “upon the expansion,” no state may establish or continue in effect any requirement on registries or results

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STATE LEGISLATION

• State laws generally apply to drug/device manufacturers conducting business in that state

• Maine – the frontrunner– Applies to drug and biologics studies– Requires drug manufacturers to register study and

disclose all results– Violators assessed fine of $10,000/day

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STATE LEGISLATION …

• Numerous states have had pending legislation – California

• Requires drug manufacturers to post all results of drug/biologics trials, including incomplete studies within ninety days

• Allows time extension for publication• Contains federal preemption language• Industry opposition

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• New York– Requires drug manufacturers who market

drugs in NY to post all information/results within 90 days of trial completion

– Allows 6-month time extension for publication– No preemption language

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• Implications for drug/device manufacturers

– Compliance with potentially 50 different laws

– Preemption of state requirements

– Cost of registering

– Time consuming

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Call, e-mail, fax or write:

Michael A. Swit, Esq.Vice President

The Weinberg Group Inc.336 North Coast Hwy. 101

Suite CEncinitas, CA 92024

Phone 760.633.3343Fax 760.454.2979Cell 760.815.4762

[email protected]

Questions?

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About your speaker…Michael A. Swit, Esq., is a Vice President at THE WEINBERG GROUP, where he develops and ensures the execution of a broad array of regulatory and other services to drug and biologics clients seeking to market products in the United States. His expertise includes FDA development strategies, compliance and enforcement initiatives, recalls and crisis management, submissions and related traditional FDA regulatory activities, labeling and advertising, and clinical research efforts.

Mr. Swit has been addressing critical FDA legal and regulatory issues since 1984. His multi-faceted experience includes serving for three and a half years as corporate vice president, general counsel and secretary of Par Pharmaceutical, a prominent, publicly-traded, generic drug company and, thus, he brings an industry and commercial perspective to his work with FDA-regulated companies. Mr. Swit then served for over four years as CEO of FDANews.com, a premier publisher of FDA regulatory newsletters and other specialty information products for the FDA-regulated community. His private FDA regulatory law practice has included service as Special Counsel in the FDA Law Practice Group in the San Diego office of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe and with the Food & Drug Law practice at McKenna & Cuneo, both in the firm’s Washington office and later in San Diego. He first practiced FDA regulatory law with the D.C. office of Burditt & Radzius.

Mr. Swit has taught and written on a wide variety of subjects relating to FDA law, regulation and related commercial activities, including, since 1989, co-directing a three-day intensive course on the generic drug approval process and editing a guide to the generic drug approval process, Getting Your Generic Drug Approved. A former member of the Food & Drug Law Journal Editorial Board, he also has been a prominent speaker at numerous conferences sponsored by such organizations as RAPS, FDLI, and DIA. A magna cum laude graduate of Bowdoin College, he received his law degree from Emory University Law School and is a member of the California, D.C. and Virginia bars.

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