Fourth Annual Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium Workshop
April 24 – 25, 2013
Sheraton Silver Spring Hotel
8777 Georgia Avenue – Silver Spring, MD 20910
SPONSORED BY:
Critical Path Institute
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium is a public-private partnership established by the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the medical products industry in 2008. The PRO Consortium brings together scientists from C-Path, industry, academia, and regulatory agencies in a pre-competitive environment for the purpose of developing, evaluating, and qualifying PRO instruments for use as primary or secondary endpoint measures in clinical trials designed to evaluate treatment benefit.
On April 24-25, 2013 the FOURTH ANNUAL PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME CONSORTIUM WORKSHOP was held in Silver Spring, Maryland. The overall Workshop objectives were to:
- Provide updates on the ongoing PRO instrument qualification activities within the PRO Consortium’s working groups
- Describe the status of the FDA’s drug development tool (e.g., PRO instrument) qualification program
- Discuss the use of a mixed methods approach (i.e., qualitative and quantitative research) to ensure content validity during the PRO instrument development process
- Explore the implications of the reauthorized Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA V) on the role of patients in the drug development process
- Discuss the critical need for well-defined and reliable clinical outcome assessment tools for pediatric clinical trials
- Examine challenges and best practices in the implementation of electronic PRO data collection (ePRO) in clinical trials
- Discuss the selection of the appropriate recall period for PRO endpoint measures
- Explore the role of PRO endpoints in oncology trials
The following Workshop Agenda provides an overview of the day-and-a-half-long meeting as well as links to the slide sets and posters presented.
Workshop Agenda – Day 1
April 24, 2013
7:30-8:30 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast Cypress Room | |
8:30-8:50 am |
Welcome and PRO Consortium Update Stephen Joel Coons, PhD — Executive Director, Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium, Critical Path Institute (C-Path) |
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8:50-8:55 am |
Morning Moderator: Ari Gnanasakthy, MSc, MBA — Co-Director, PRO Consortium and Head, Patient Reported Outcomes, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation |
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8:55-9:30 am |
Workshop Kickoff and FDA Update on DDT Qualification Program ShaAvhrée Buckman, MD, PhD, FAAP — Director, Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |
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9:35-10:25 am |
Session 1 – Patient Participation in Drug Development Patient Representation at FDA |
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FDA’s Patient-Focused Drug Development Initiative Theresa Mullin, PhD — Associate Director, Office of Planning and Informatics, CDER, FDA |
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10:25-10:45 am |
Break – 20 min | |
10:45-11:10am |
Session 2 – Target Product Profile (TPP) Process Michele L. Sharp, PharmD — Senior Director, Global Regulatory Affairs – US Advertising, Promotion and Policy, Eli Lilly and Company |
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11:15-12:45 pm |
Panel Discussion 1 – Mixed Methods in Assuring Content Validity Mixed Methods – FDA Perspective: Incorporating Mixed Methods to Enhance Content Validity in Drug-Development Tools Presenter/Panelist: Panelists: Mixed Methods – Industry and Academic Experience Presenters and Panelists: |
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12:45-1:45 pm |
Lunch Magnolia Room | |
1:45-1:55 pm |
Afternoon Moderator: Abhilasha Ramasamy, BPharm, MSc, MS — Senior Manager, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Forest Research Institute |
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1:55-2:55 pm |
Panel Discussion 2 – Selection of Appropriate Recall Period Moderator: Presenter: Panelists: |
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2:55-3:15 pm |
Break – 20 min | |
3:15-4:45 pm |
Panel Discussion 3 – Challenges in the Implementation of ePROs in Clinical Trials Moderator: Presenters: Panelists:
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4:45-5:00 pm |
Day 1 Closing Remarks Day 2 Preview |
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5:30-7:30 pm |
Reception and Working Group Update Poster Session – Magnolia Room Asthma |
Workshop Agenda – Day 2
April 25, 2013
7:30-8:30 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast Cypress Room | |
8:30-8:40 am |
Day 2 Moderator: Risa Hayes, PhD — Lilly |
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8:40-10:10 am |
Panel Discussion 4 – Decision-making to Include PRO Endpoints in Oncology Trials Moderator: Presenters/Panelists: Panelists:
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10:10-10:30 am |
Break – 20 min | |
10:30-11:50 am |
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11:50-12:00 pm |
Closing Remarks | |
12:00 Noon |
Adjourn |