[Federal Register: September 20, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 181)]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 
Research and Development Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee 
Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) as amended, by section 5(c) of 
Public Law 94-409, that a meeting of the Research and Development 
Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee will be held at the Hilton 
Alexandria Mark Center, 5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22311, 
October 7, 1999. The session is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. and end 
at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be for the purpose of reviewing the 
following two new proposals: Cost and Outcome of Varying Primary Care 
Revisit Intervals and Effects of Treatment of Sleep Apnea with Oxygen 
on Hospitalization and Survival of Patients with Stable Heart Failure. 
The committee will also review the resubmission of two cooperative 
trials: A Randomized Prospective Comparison of Bilateral Subthalamic 
Nucleus Stimulation to a Staged Pallidal Procedure for Patients with 
Refractory Parkinson's Disease and Homycystinemia in Kidney and End 
Stage Renal Disease.
    The Committee advises the Chief Research and Development Officer 
through the Chief of the Cooperative Studies Program on the relevance 
and feasibility of the studies, the adequacy of the protocols, and the 
scientific validity and propriety of technical details, including 
protection of human subjects.
    The meeting will be open to the public from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. 
to discuss the general status of the program. Those who plan to attend 
should contact Dr. Ping Huang, Coordinator, Research and Development 
Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee, Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Washington, DC, (202.273.8295) prior to October 1, 1999.
    The meeting will be closed from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This portion 
of the meeting involves consideration of specific proposals in 
accordance with provisions set forth in section 10(d) of Public Law. 
92-463, as amended by section 5(c) of Public Law 94-409, and 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(6). During the closed session of the meeting, discussions and 
recommendations will deal with qualifications of personnel conducting 
the studies, staff and consultant critiques of research protocols, and 
similar documents, and the medical records of patients who are study 
subjects, the disclosures of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

    Dated: September 8, 1999.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Martin R. Eason,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-24400 Filed 9-17-99; 8:45 am]
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