FIRST ANNUAL
PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES (PRO) CONSORTIUM WORKSHOP

March 23, 2010
Bethesda, Maryland

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The Patient-Reported Outcomes Consortium is a public-private partnership established by 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 in clinical trials designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of medical products.

On March 23, 2010, the FIRST ANNUAL PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES CONSORTIUM WORKSHOP was held in Bethesda, Maryland. The overall Workshop objectives were to:

  • describe the genesis, purpose, and structure of the (1) Critical Path Institute and (2) PRO Consortium;
  • explore the importance of PRO endpoints in the evaluation of medical products;
  • discuss two FDA guidance documents relevant to PRO instrument development and use;
  • describe the PRO Consortium's role from various stakeholders' perspectives;
  • review the progress made by the PRO Consortium's six working groups; and
  • provide an open forum for further discussion of the PRO Consortium's function, processes, and deliverables.

The following Workshop Agenda provides an overview of the day-long meeting as well as links to the slide sets presented.

WORKSHOP AGENDA

Morning Session

  

Moderator: Stephen Joel Coons, PhD - Director, PRO Consortium, Critical Path Institute

9:00-9:05 am

  

Welcome
Stephen Joel Coons, PhD

9:05-9:20 am

  

Overview of Critical Path Institute
Raymond L. Woosley, MD, PhD - President and CEO, Critical Path Institute

9:20-9:30 am

  

Overview of the PRO Consortium
Stephen Joel Coons, PhD

9:30-9:50 am

  

The Importance of the PROs in the Evaluation of New Medical Products
Robert J. Temple, MD - Deputy Center Director for Clinical Science, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), FDA

9:50-10:15 am

  

Study Endpoint Considerations: Final PRO Guidance and Beyond
Laurie Beth Burke, RPh, MPH - Director, Study Endpoints and Labeling, Office of New Drugs, CDER, FDA

10:15-10:40 am

  

Genesis of the PRO Consortium: Benefits of Collaboration
Wendy R. Sanhai, PhD - Senior Scientific Advisor, Office of Chief Scientist, Office of the Commissioner, FDA

10:40-11:00 am

  

Break

11:00-11:20 am

  

FDA's Draft Drug Development Tools Qualification Guidance
ShaAvhrée Buckman, MD, PhD, FAAP - Director, Office of Translational Sciences, CDER, FDA

11:20-11:40 am

  

EMA Perspective on PRO Instrument Qualification and Harmonization
Maria Isaac, MASc, MD, PhD - Scientific Administrator, Scientific Advice & Orphan Drugs Sector (SAOD), European Medicines Agency (EMA)

11:40-11:55 am

  

PRO Consortium - Industry Perspective
Priti Jhingran, PhD - Director, US Health Outcomes, GlaxoSmithKline

11:55 am-Noon

  

Morning Session Wrap-up
Stephen Joel Coons, PhD

 

  

 

Noon-1:00 pm

 

Lunch

 

  

 

Afternoon Session

  

Moderator: Priti Jhingran, PhD

1:00-1:05 pm

  

Introduction to Afternoon Session
Priti Jhingran, PhD

1:05-1:25 pm

  

The EXACT-PRO Expedition: Mapping the PRO Instrument Qualification Trail
Nancy Kline Leidy, PhD - Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs and Senior Research Leader, United BioSource Corporation (UBC)

1:25-2:40 pm

 

PRO Consortium Working Group Updates

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Charles Baum, MD, MS, FACG, Executive Medical Director, GI and Internal Medicine, Global Medical Affairs, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Cognition - Usha Mallya, PhD, Associate Director, Global Health Economics & Outcomes Research-Neuroscience and Ophthalmics, Novartis
Asthm - Linda Nelsen, MHS, Associate Director, Epidemiology, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Depression - Ken LaPensee, PhD, MPH, Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Forest Research Institute
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Bhash Parasuraman, PhD, Senior Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, AstraZeneca
Advanced Breast Cancer - Bonnie Teschendorf, PhD, Director, Patient Reported Outcomes, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Services

2:40-3:00 pm

  

Break

3:00-4:00 pm

  

Open Panel Discussion
ShaAvhrée Buckman, MD, PhD
Laurie Beth Burke, RPh, MPH
Stephen Joel Coons, PhD
Priti Jhingran, PhD
Maria Isaac, MASc, MD, PhD
Wendy R. Sanhai, PhD

4:00-4:30 pm

  

Closing Remarks
Laurie Beth Burke, RPh, MPH and Stephen Joel Coons, PhD

4:30 pm

  

Adjourn

 

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