On August 28, 2008, FDA announced a draft guidance entitled “Integrated Summary of Effectiveness.” On Wednesday of this week, more than seven years later, the Agency released the final version of the guidance.
The long awaited final version describes how an integrated summary of effectiveness (ISE) should be prepared by sponsors looking to submit an NDA or BLA. It was published to improve the quality of applications by providing more detail regarding what efficacy information FDA needs to make a regulatory decision.
An ISE is defined by FDA as “comprehensive integrated analysis of the effectiveness of a study drug,” and its purpose is to provide a description of the effectiveness information, delineate strengths and weaknesses, and highlight any important information that is missing.
According to 21 CFR 314.50(d)(5)(v), an ISE must be part of an NDA submission, “but the regulation does not describe the specific components of the ISE in detail except for the components listed below:
The guidance includes recommendations for sponsors developing an ISE regarding the format and content, including:
For more details, view the full guidance here.
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