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ICCVAM Test Method Evaluation Report (TMER): In Vitro Cytotoxicity Test Methods for Estimating Starting Doses For Acute Oral Systemic Toxicity Testing

November 2006 - NIH Publication No. 07-4519

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Appendix A: Peer Review Panel Reports [PDF]
Appendix B: Relevant Federal Acute Oral Toxicity Regulations and Testing Guidelines [PDF]
Appendix C: Recommended Test Method Protocols [PDF]
Appendix D: Federal Register Notices and Public Comments [PDF]
Appendix E: ICCVAM Recommendations from the 2000 International Workshop on In Vitro Methods for Assessing Acute Systemic Toxicity [PDF]
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Table of Contents

List of Tables
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods - Designated Agency Representatives
Acknowledgments
Preface
Executive Summary
  1. INTRODUCTION
    1. Evaluation of the Use of In Vitro Cytotoxicity Test Methods to Estimate Acute Oral Toxicity
    2. Evaluation of the Use of In Vitro Cytotoxicity Test Methods to Estimate Starting Doses for Acute Oral Toxicity Tests
    3. Peer Review of the NICEATM/ECVAM Validation Study
    4. Report Organization
  1. ICCVAM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IN VITRO NEUTRAL RED UPTAKE (NRU) BASAL CYTOTOXICITY TEST METHODS
    1. Test Method Description
    2. Reference Substances
    3. Test Method Accuracy
    4. Test Method Reliability (Inter- and Intra-Laboratory Reproducibility)
    5. Animal Welfare Considerations: Reduction, Refinement, and Replacement
    6. ICCVAM Recommendations for Test Method Uses
    7. ICCVAM Recommendations for Future Studies
  1. ICCVAM RECOMMENDED PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
    1. Essential Test Method Components for In Vitro Basal Cytotoxicity Assays to Predict Starting Dose for Acute Oral Toxicity Tests
    2. Reference Substances for In Vitro Basal Cytotoxicity Assays to Predict Starting Doses for Acute Oral Toxicity Tests
    3. Accuracy and Reliability Standards
  1. REFERENCES

APPENDICES:

APPENDIX A - PEER REVIEW PANEL REPORTS
  1. Peer Review Panel Report: The Use of In Vitro Basal Cytotoxicity Test Methods for Estimating Starting Doses for Acute Oral Systemic Toxicity Testing
  2. Summary Minutes from Peer Review Panel Meeting on May 23, 2006

APPENDIX B - RELEVANT FEDERAL ACUTE ORAL TOXICITY REGULATIONS AND TESTING GUIDELINES
  1. Table of Relevant Acute Oral Toxicity Regulations
  2. OECD Guideline 425: Acute Oral Toxicity ñ Up-and-Down Procedure
  3. OECD Guideline 423: Acute Oral Toxicity ñ Acute Toxic Class Method
  4. OECD Guideline 420: Acute Oral Toxicity ñ Fixed Dose Procedure
  5. Health Effects Test Guidelines OPPTS 870.1100: Acute Oral Toxicity
  6. OECD Series on Testing and Assessment Number 24: Guidance Document on Oral Toxicity Testing

APPENDIX C - RECOMMENDED TEST METHOD PROTOCOLS
  1. Test Method Protocol for the BALB/c 3T3 NRU Cytotoxicity Test Method
  2. Test Method Protocol for the NHK NRU Cytotoxicity Test Method

APPENDIX D - FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES AND PUBLIC COMMENTS
  1. Federal Register Notices
    • Federal Register Notice (65 FR 37400, June 14, 2000): Notice of an International Workshop on In Vitro Methods for Assessing Acute Systemic Toxicity, co-sponsored by NIEHS, NTP and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Request for Data and Suggested Expert Scientists
    • Federal Register Notice (65 FR 57203, September 21, 2000): Notice of an International Workshop on In Vitro Methods for Assessing Acute Systemic Toxicity
    • Federal Register Notice (66 FR 49686, September 28, 2001): Report of the International Workshop on In Vitro Methods for Assessing Acute Systemic Toxicity; Guidance Document on Using In Vitro Data to Estimate In Vivo Starting Doses for Acute Toxicity: Notice of Availability and Request for Public Comment
    • Federal Register Notice (69 FR 11448, March 10, 2004): Notice of the Availability of Agency Responses to ICCVAM Test Recommendations for the Revised Up-and-Down Procedure for Determining Acute Oral Toxicity and In Vitro Methods for Assessing Acute Systemic Toxicity
    • Federal Register Notice (69 FR 61504, October 19, 2004): Availability of Updated Standardized In Vitro Cytotoxicity Test Method Protocols for Estimating Acute Oral Systemic Toxicity; Request for Existing In Vivo and In Vitro Acute Toxicity Data
    • Federal Register Notice (70 FR 14473, March 22, 2005): Request for Nominations for an Independent Peer Review Panel To Evaluate In Vitro Testing Methods for Estimating Acute Oral Systemic Toxicity and Request for In Vivo and In Vitro Data
    • Federal Register Notice (71 FR 14229, March 21, 2006): Announcement of a Peer Review Meeting on the Use of In Vitro Testing Methods for Estimating Starting Doses for Acute Oral Systemic Toxicity Tests
    • Federal Register Notice (71 FR 39122, July 11, 2006): Availability of the Peer Review Panel Report on the Use of In Vitro Basal Cytotoxicity Test Methods for Estimating Starting Doses for Acute Oral Systemic Toxicity Testing
  2. ICCVAM Consideration of Public Comments Received in Response to Federal Register Notices

APPENDIX E - ICCVAM RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2000 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON IN VITRO METHODS FOR ASSESSING ACUTE SYSTEMIC TOXICITY


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