Food and Drug Administration
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee
63rd Meeting
Holiday Inn
Silver Spring, Maryland
Tentative Agenda
September 16-17, 1999
8:00 Call to Order and Opening Remarks Richard Schilsky, M.D.
Chair, ODAC
Introduction of Committee
Conflict of Interest Statement Karen M. Templeton-Somers, Ph.D.
Executive Secretary, ODAC
Open Public Hearing
Michael Cohen – Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Laurence F. Daspit – Spring, Texas
NDA 21-053, UFT® (tegafur and uracil) Capsules, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
8:15 Sponsor Presentation Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Introduction Renzo Canetta, M.D.
Vice President, Clinical Oncology
Chemotherapy for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer John MacDonald, M.D.
St. Vincent’s Comprehensive Cancer Center
UFT Development Robert Diasio, M.D.
University of Alabama
Pivotal Study – 011 Steven Benner, M.D. M.H.S.
Group Director, Clinical Oncology
Confirmatory Study James Carmichael, M.D., Ph.D.
Nottingham City Hospital, England
Concluding Remarks Renzo Canetta, M.D.
9:15 Questions from the Committee
9:45 Break
10:00 FDA Presentation Robert M. White, M.D.
FDA Reviewer
11:00 Questions from the Committee
11:30 Committee Discussion and Vote
ODAC Discussants David Kelsen, M.D.
ODAC Member
Kim Margolin, M.D.
ODAC Member
James Krook, M.D.
ODAC Consultant
12:00 Lunch
September 16, 1999 – Afternoon Session
1:00 Open Public Hearing
Michael Cohen – Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Judy Perotti (or TBA) – Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
Laura Meeker – Arlington, Virginia
NDA 50-772 Evacet™ (doxorubicin HCl liposome injection), The Liposome Company, Inc.
- indicated for the first-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer in combination with cyclophosphamide
1:15 Sponsor Presentation The Liposome Company, Inc.
2:15 Questions from the Committee
2:45 Break
3:00 FDA Presentation Patricia Cortazar, M.D.
FDA Reviewer
4:00 Questions from the Committee
4:30 Committee Discussion and Vote
ODAC Discussants William Gradishar, M.D.
ODAC Member
Stacy Nerenstone, M.D.
ODAC Member
5:00 Adjourn
September 17, 1999 – Morning Session
8:00 Call to Order and Opening Remarks Kim Margolin, M.D.
Acting Chair, ODAC
Introduction of Committee
Conflict of Interest Statement Karen M. Templeton-Somers, Ph.D.
Executive Secretary, ODAC
Open Public Hearing
Judy Perotti (or TBA)– Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
NDA 20-262/S-033, TAXOL® (paclitaxel) Injection, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
8:15 Sponsor Presentation Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Introduction David Tuck, M.D.
Director, Clinical Oncology
Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Larry Norton, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Inter-Group 0148 Results Craig Henderson, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Concluding Remarks Renzo Canetta, M.D.
Vice President, Clinical Oncology
9:15 Questions from the Committee
9:45 Break
10:00 FDA Presentation James O’Leary, M.D.
FDA Reviewer
11:00 Questions from the Committee
11:30 Committee Discussion and Vote
ODAC Discussants William Gradishar, M.D.
ODAC Consultant
Joyce O’Shaughnessy, M.D.
ODAC Consultant
12:00 Lunch
September 17, 1999 - Afternoon Session
1:00 Call to Order and Opening Remarks Richard Schilsky, M.D.
Chair, ODAC
Introduction of Committee
Conflict of Interest Statement Karen M. Templeton-Somers, Ph.D.
Executive Secretary, ODAC
Open Public Hearing
1:15 Update on the Preliminary Results of EST 1690
(ECOG Intergroup Study of INTRON A for the adjuvant treatment of melanoma)
John Kirkwood, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh
BLA 97-1001, Roferon®-A, Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
- indicated for use as adjuvant treatment of surgically resected malignant melanoma without clinical evidence of nodal disease, AJCC stage II (Breslow thickness>1.5 mm, N0)
1:30 Sponsor Presentation Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
Clinical Overview of Malignant Melanoma Antonia Buzaid, M.D.
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Data on Roferon®-A in the Treatment of Leon Hooftman, M.D.
Stage II Malignant Melanoma Director of Oncology
2:30 Questions from the Committee
3:00 Break
3:15 FDA Presentation Massimo Cardinali, M.D.
FDA Reviewer
Peter A. Lachenbruch, Ph.D.
FDA Reviewer
4:00 Questions from the Committee
4:30 Committee Discussion and Vote
ODAC Discussants Janice Dutcher, M.D.
ODAC Consultant
(TBA)
5:00 Adjourn