Committee Updates

• Update from the HHS Advisory Committee Blood Safety and Availability, Jerry Holmberg, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability (15’)
• Dengue Virus Outbreak, Kay Tomashek, M.D., CDC (15’)
• 2009 A/H1N1 Influenza Update and the Impact on Blood Safety and Availability, Alan Williams, Ph.D., OBRR, FDA (15’)

Topic I: Blood Donor Deferral for Malaria Risk Associated with Travel to Mexico

1. Introduction, Sanjai Kumar, Ph.D., DETTD, FDA (25’)
2. Epidemiology of Malaria in Mexico, Paul Arguin, M.D., CDC (30’)
3. Risk of Malaria Infection Among US Travelers to Mexico, Bryan Spencer, MPH, American Red Cross (25’)
4. Travel Locations and Malaria Risk in United States Donors from States Bordering Mexico, Brian Custer, MPH, Ph.D., Blood Systems Research Institute (10’)
5. Risk Analysis of Potential Exposure to Malaria in U.S. Travelers to Mexico, Mark Walderhaug, Ph.D., OBE, FDA (25’)
6. FDA Perspective, Sanjai Kumar, Ph.D., DETTD, FDA (15’)

Open Committee Discussion

7. Questions for the Committee
8. Committee Discussion

Topic II: Study Designs (Phases 3 and 4) for Product Development of Human Platelets Using the Cerus INTERCEPT Blood System for Pathogen Inactivation

1. Introduction, Jaro Vostal, M.D., Ph.D., DH, OBRR, FDA ( 15’)
2. The Role of Platelets in Acute Lung Injury, Klaus Ley, M.D., La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, University of California, San Diego (15’)
3. Three-armed trial with Regular, Intersol and PRT-platelets, Jean-Louis. Kerkhoffs, M.D, Sanquin Blood Bank South West Region, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (15’)
4. Cerus Presentations (60’)

   Carol Moore, VP Regulatory Affairs, Quality and Clinical

   Laurence Corash, M.D., Senior VP, Clinical Research and Medical Affairs, Chief Medical Officer

   Claire Sherman, Ph.D., Senior Biostatistician

   Georges Andreu, M.D., Institut National de Transfusion Sanguine (National Institute of Transfusions Medicine), Executive Board for the Interdisciplinary European Society for Haemapheresis and Haemotherapy, France

   Gordon Rubenfeld, M.D., M.Sc., Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON

5. FDA Review, Nisha Jain, M.D., DH, OBRR, FDA (15’)
6. FDA Statistical Considerations, Jessica Kim, Ph.D., OBE, FDA (15’)

Open Committee Discussion

5. Questions for the Committee
6. Committee Discussion

Opening Remarks, Frederick P. Siegal, M.D., Medical Director, Comprehensive HIV Center,
Saint Vincent’s Catholic Medical Centers, New York, NY, Chairperson, BPAC

Statement of Conflicts of Interest, Announcements

Topic III: Blood Pressure and Pulse as Blood Donor Eligibility Criteria

1. Introduction, Toby Silverman, M.D., OBRR, FDA (20’)
2. Pathophysiology of Syncope in the Context of Blood Donation, Wouter Wieling, M.D., Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam (35’)
3. The ARC Donor Hemovigilance Program: Evidence-based selection criteria to protect blood donors, Anne Eder, M.D., Ph.D., American Red Cross (20’)
4. The Role Of Pulse And Blood Pressure Among Other Predictors Of Donor Reactions, Peter Tomasulo, M.D., Blood Systems (25’)
5. Mitigating Adverse Reactions in Blood Donors, Christopher France, Ph.D., Ohio University (20’)

Open Committee Discussion

6. Questions for the Committee
7. Committee Discussion

Topic IV: Public Health Need and Performance Characteristics for Over-the-Counter Home-Use HIV Test Kits

1. Introduction, Elliot Cowan, Ph.D., DETTD, OBRR, FDA (20’)
2. CDC Perspectives on the Role of Home-Use HIV Test Kits, Bernard Branson, MD, CDC/CCID (20’)
3. Risk Analysis for Home-Use HIV Test Kits, Richard Forshee, Ph.D., OBE, FDA (30’)

Open Committee Discussion

4. Questions for the Committee
5. Committee Discussion