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FETAX

Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay--Xenopus

Background Review Document

March 10, 2000

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Title Page
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Appendices
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Executive Summary
General Introduction

FETAX FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENTAL HAZARD IDENTIFICATION

1.0 Introduction and Rationale of FETAX

2.0 FETAX Test Method Protocol

3.0 Characterization of Substances Tested in FETAX

4.0 Reference Data Used for an Assessment of FETAX Performance Characteristics

5.0 FETAX Test Method Data and Results

6.0 6.0 Performance Characteristics of FETAX

7.0 Test Method Reliability (Repeatability/Reproducibility)

8.0 Test Method Data Quality

9.0 Other Scientific Reports and Reviews

10.0 Animal Welfare Considerations

11.0 Other Considerations

FETAX FOR ECOTOXOLOGICAL HAZARD ASSESSMENT USING WATER/SOIL/SEDIMENT SAMPLES

12.0 Introduction and Rationale for the Use of FETAX in Assessing Developmental Hazards in Water/Soil/Sediment Samples

13.0 FETAX Test Method Protocol

14.0 Characterization of Environmental Water/Soil/Sediment Samples Tested in FETAX

15.0 Reference Data Used for an Assessment of FETAX Performance Characteristics

16.0 FETAX Test Method Data and Results

17.0 Performance Characteristics of FETAX with Water/Soil/Sediment Samples

18.0 Test Method Reliability (Repeatability/Reproducibility)

19.0 Test Method Data Quality

20.0 Other Scientific Reports and Reviews

21.0 Animal Welfare Considerations

22.0 Other Considerations

23.0 Other Applications for Xenopus

24.0 References


Appendices

Appendix 1

Chemical and Product Class Information for Substances Tested in FETAX

Appendix 2

Study Results for substances Tested in FETAX, without Metabolic Activation, excluding Environmental Samples

Appendix 3

Study Results for substances Tested in FETAX, with Metabolic Activation, excluding Environmental Samples

Appendix 4

Laboratory Mammal and Human Teratogenicity Data for Substances Tested in FETAX

Appendix 5

Calls Used by NICEATM in the Assessments of the Performance Characteristics of FETAX

Appendix 6

Substances Tested in FETAX in Multiple Laboratories or Studies, excluding Environmental Samples

Appendix 7

Test Method Reliability (Repeatability and Reproducibility) Assessed for the FETAX Validation Studies using ASTM E691-92: Standard Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method

FETAX Validation Study Phase I
FETAX Validation Study Phase II
FETAX Validation Study Phase III.1
FETAX Validation Study Phase III.2
FETAX Validation Study Phase III.3

Appendix 8

Environmental Samples Tested in FETAX

Appendix 9

U.S. EPA Letter Requesting that ICCVAM Evaluate the Validation Status of FETAX

Appendix 10

ASTM E1439-91: Standard Guide for Conducting the Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus (FETAX) [Please see Appendix 11, ASTM E1439-98]

Appendix 11

ASTM E1439-98: Standard Guide for Conducting the Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus (FETAX) [Priced Publication]

Appendix 12

ASTM E691-92: Standard Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method [Priced Publication - this link for E691-99]

Appendix 13

Guidelines for Developmental Toxicity Risk Assessment. Federal Register 56(231):63798-63826 - U.S. EPA. 1991.

Appendix 14

U.S. EPA Whole Effluent Toxicity: Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants

Appendix 15

Evaluation of the Validation Status of Toxicological Methods: General Guidelines for Submissions to the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods, NIH Publication No. 99-4496; rev. Oct. 20, 1999

Appendix 16

Bantle, J.A., D.T. Burton, D.A. Dawson, J.N. Dumont, R.A. Finch, D.J. Fort, G. Linder, J.R. Rayburn, D. Buchwalter, M.A. Maurice, and S.D. Turley. 1994. Initial interlaboratory validation study of FETAX: Phase I testing. J. Appl. Toxicol. 14:213-223 [reference only]

Appendix 17

Bantle, J.A., D.T. Burton, D.A. Dawson, J.N. Dumont, R.A. Finch, D.J. Fort, G. Linder, J.R. Rayburn, D. Buchwalter, A.M. Gaudet-Hull, M.A. Maurice, and S.D. Turley. 1994. FETAX interlaboratory validation study: Phase II testing. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 13:1629-1637 [reference only]

Appendix 18

Bantle, J.A., R.A. Finch, D.T. Burton, D.J. Fort, D.A. Dawson, G. Linder, J.R. Rayburn, M. Hull, M. Kumsher-King, A. M. Gaudet-Hull, and S.D. Turley. 1996. FETAX interlaboratory validation study: Phase III, part 1 testing. J. Appl. Toxicol. 16:517-528 [reference only]

Appendix 19

Fort, D.J., E.L. Stover, J.A. Bantle, J.R. Rayburn, M.A. Hull, R.A. Finch, D.T. Burton, S.D. Turley, D.A. Dawson, G. Linder, D. Buchwalter, M. Kumsher-King, and A.M. Gaudet-Hull. 1998. Phase III interlaboratory study of FETAX, part 2: Interlaboratory study of an exogenous metabolic activation system for Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus (FETAX). Drug Chem. Toxicol. 21:1-14 [reference only]

Appendix 20

Bantle, J.A., R.A. Finch, D.J. Fort, E.L. Stover, M. Hull, M. Kumsher-King, and A.M. Gaudet-Hull. 1999. Phase III interlaboratory study of FETAX, part 3-FETAX validations using twelve compounds with and without an exogenous activation system. J. Appl. Toxicol. 19:447-472 [reference only]