Food and Drug Administration
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee
Holiday Inn
8120 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland
Agenda
November 4-5, 2002
8:30 Call to Order and Opening Remarks Robert S. Stern, M.D.
Chair, DODAC
Introduction of Committee
Conflict of Interest Statement Karen M. Templeton-Somers, Ph.D.
Acting Executive Secretary, DODAC
8:45 Open Public Hearing (Industry)
Joanne M. Fraser, Ph.D., A.C. Stiefel Research Institute, Inc.
9:15 Introduction
Jonathan Wilkin, M.D., Director, Division of Dermatologic and Dental Drug Products, FDA
9:20 Overview of Current Approach to Acne Therapy
Wilma Bergfeld, M.D., Cleveland Clinic
9:35 Evidence of Effectiveness of Acne Products
Jonathan Wilkin, M.D., Director, Division of Dermatologic and Dental Drug Products, FDA
10:00 FDA Perspective on Global Evaluation
Brenda Carr, M.D., Medical Officer, DDDDP, FDA
10:15 Questions to the Speakers (Wilkin, Bergfeld and Carr)
10:45 Break
11:00 The American Academy of Dermatology Consensus Conference Report on Acne Classification
Peter Pochi, M.D., Boston University
11:20 Physicians' Global Severity Scale: What Constitutes Success and the Utility of an Inflammatory Only Scale
James Leyden, M.D., University of Pennsylvania
11:35 Considerations on Success Criteria in Acne Trials
Alan Shalita, M.D., State University of New York, Brooklyn
11:50 Problems with Lesion Counts and Why They are Still Useful
Albert Kligman, M.D., University of Pennsylvania
12:10 Questions to the Speakers (Pochi, Leyden, Shalita and Kligman)
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Statistical Analyses of Acne Clinical Trial Data
Mohamed Alosh, Ph.D., Biostatistics Team Leader, Division of Biometrics III, FDA
2:30 Questions (Alosh)
2:45 Combination Topical Products for the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris
Markham C. Luke, M.D., Ph.D., Dermatology Clinical Team Leader, Dermatology, DDDDP, FDA
3:00 Labeling for Efficacy: The Clinical Study Section
Joseph Porres, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Officer, DDDDP, FDA
3:15 Break
3:30 Questions to the Speakers (Luke and Porres)
4:00 Acne Therapy: A Methodologic Review
Harold Lehmann, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Medical Center
4:20 Questions (Lehmann)
4:30 Committee Discussion
5:30 Tentative Adjournment for the Day
November 5, 2002
8:00 Call to Order and Opening Remarks Robert S. Stern, M.D.
Chair, DODAC
Introduction of Committee
Conflict of Interest Statement Karen M. Templeton-Somers, Ph.D.
Acting Executive Secretary, DODAC
8:15 Open Public Hearing (Industry)
Donald A. Berry, Ph.D., Berry Consultants, LLC
8:45 Questions to Committee
Discussion
9:30 Break
10:00 Questions and Discussion
11:00 Adjourn