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Critical Path Innovation Meeting (CPIM) Topics Held to Date

Critical Path Innovation Meeting TopicCritical Path Innovation Meeting Date
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2March 2025
Natural History Study of STXBP1 Related DisordersDecember 2024
Platform Approach to Patient-Reported Data for Rare Disease Natural History Studies and Therapeutic ResearchOctober 2024
Use of MRI of Joints as Potential Clinical Trial Endpoints in Patients with Rheumatoid ArthritisJune 2013
Use of Hyperpolarized Noble Gas MRI to Measure Lung Function in Patients with Cystic FibrosisJuly 2013
Use of Bone Scan Assessment as a Potential Clinical Trial Endpoint or for Qualification as a BiomarkerJuly 2013
Use of in vitro Testing to Predict Drug Sensitization PotentialOctober 2013
Potential Approaches in Drug Development for AdrenomyeloneuropathyDecember 2013
Issues in the Laboratory Measurement of DystrophinJuly 2014
Bile Salt Export Pump Inhibition as a BiomarkerMay 2015
Use of Disease Progression Modeling for Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisJune 2015
Use of a Database of Clinical Trial DataAugust 2015
Use of a Database of Genomic and Clinical DataSeptember 2015
Patient Reported Outcome Assessment for Primary Sclerosing CholangitisOctober 2015
Drug Development for Mitochondrial DiseasesOctober 2015
Use of Circulating Tumor BiomarkersOctober 2015
Patient Reported Outcome Assessment for early stage breast cancerOctober 2015
Using Genetic Data to Advance Drug DevelopmentJanuary 2016
A Novel Analytic Method for Pharmacokinetic Data InterpretationJanuary 2016
A Diagnostic Tool to Advance Cancer Drug DevelopmentJanuary 2016
Approaches to Developing Therapies for Patients with Severely Debilitating and Life Threatening ConditionsFebruary 2016
Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical TrialsMarch 2016
Use of a Placebo Response Tool in Clinical StudiesApril 2016
Digital Pathology Software SystemApril 2016
Mucolipidosis Type IV Translational ResearchMay 2016
Natural History Studies in Primary Sclerosing CholangitisJune 2016
Development of Release Active ProductsJuly 2016
Multi-System Assessment of Postnatal Development Following Extremely Preterm BirthJuly 2016
Pediatric Cholestatic Liver Disease EndpointsJuly 2016
Disease Interception Therapy in Rheumatoid ArthritisJuly 2016
Symptom Measurement in Hepatocellular CarcinomaJuly 2016
Targeting Shared Molecular Etiologies Underlying Multiple Rare Diseases (SaME)July 2016
Natural History Studies in Angelman SyndromeJuly 2016
Update on the Pediatric Trials ConsortiumAugust 2016
Development of a Genomic DatabaseSeptember 2016
Disease Interception Therapy in Type 1 DiabetesOctober 2016
Atopic Dermatitis in Pediatric PatientsOctober 2016
Disease Interception Strategy in Cataracts and PresbyopiaOctober 2016
Registry for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseNovember 2016
C1M Assessments in Rheumatoid ArthritisNovember 2016
Tool to Evaluate Duplicates in Clinical TrialsDecember 2016
Raman Spectroscopy to Analyze Compounded DrugsDecember 2016
Biomarkers to Identify Drug Induced Pancreatic InjuryJanuary 2017
A Tool to Assess Clinical Trial Site Performance and Data QualityJanuary 2017
The Role of Inflammation and Immune Response in DuchenneJanuary 2017
Approaches to Advance Regulatory Science TrainingFebruary 2017
Novel Drug Development Tools and Biomarkers to Support Tuberculosis Drug RegimenMarch 2017
Development of Innovative Novel ExcipientsMarch 2017
Use of Biomarkers to Enrich for Cardiac Events in Cardiovascular Clinical TrialsMarch 2017
Use of Virtual Reality Platform in Clinical TrialsMarch 2017
Development of a Patient Reported Outcome Instrument for Alopecia AreataApril 2017
Pediatric Microdosing Research Using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS)May 2017
Challenges Related to Drug Development for Cerebral Cavernous Malformations (CMM) Patient CommunityMay 2017
Health Related Quality of Life Assessment in DiabetesJune 2017
Physical Activity Accelermetry Assessment for Analgesic Clinical Trials (PAACT)June 2017
Outcome Measures for Type 1 DiabetesJuly 2017
3D Bioprinted Human Tissue ModelsAugust 2017
Outcome Measures for Type 1 DiabetesAugust 2017
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Assessment TestAugust 2017
The Use of Wearable Devices to Collect Endpoint Data in Clinical TrialsSeptember 2017
Outcome Assessments in Acute PancreatitisOctober 2017
Bring Your Own Device PRO AssessmentsOctober 2017
Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN)October 2017
Drug Development Tools for Charcot-Marie Tooth DiseaseNovember 2017
Genetic Prion DiseaseNovember 2017
Clinical Assessment Tools for Alopecia AreataDecember 2017
Disease Severity Score for Influenza and other Acute Respiratory VirusesJanuary 2018
Translational Pharmaceutics based drug development in the USFebruary 2018
Development of Prophylactic Treatments for Asthma and Other Allergic DiseasesMarch 2018
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome Biomarker DevelopmentApril 2018
Biomarkers and Clinical Outcome Assessments for Fragile X SyndromeApril 2018
A Patient-Centric Approach to Long-term Follow-up StudiesMay 2018
Clinical Outcome Assessment tools for Batten DiseaseJuly 2018
Clinical Research Networking Technology PlatformOctober 2018
Electronic product information in clinical trialsOctober 2018
A Patient-Centric Approach to Long-term Follow-up StudiesOctober 2018
Clinical Outcome Assessments for Prader-Willi SyndromeNovember 2018
Definitions for clinically meaningful levels of hypoglycemiaDecember 2018
Drug development tools to aid rare disease natural history developmentDecember 2018
Development of COA through personalized digital health coaching in clinical trials and drug developmentFebruary 2019
Voice activated PRO tools for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) DiseaseFebruary 2019
Challenges associated with the Development of Novel Immunosuppressive Drugs (ISD) for use in Kidney TransplantationMarch 2019
Personalized oligonucleotide therapies for genetic neurodegenerative diseasesMay 2019
Digital drug development tools for Parkinson’s DiseaseMay 2019
New approaches to analgesic drug developmentSeptember 2019
Statistical Approaches to Biosimilar Clinical Study DesignOctober 2019
Clinical Outcomes for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseOctober 2019
Disease Interception in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)November 2019
Self-Management Self-Test (SMST) in Psychiatric DisordersDecember 2019
Master Protocol to Promote Expanded Access in OncologyFebruary 2020
The Use of the Sequential Parallel Comparison Design in the Development of treatments for Major Depressive DisorderFebruary 2020
Clinical Outcome Assessments of for Cutaneous Lupus ErythematosusFebruary 2020
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to created Synthetic Controls in Clinical TrialsMarch 2020
Clinically Meaningful Endpoints for Wound Healing Clinical TrialsJune 2020
Advancing Development of Therapies for Spinal Muscular AtrophyAugust 2020
Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS)August 2020
Mass-Action Law Pharmacodynamics (MAL-PD)October 2020
Cyclin Dependent Kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) Deficiency Disorder (CDD) Observational StudyDecember 2020
The Use of Serum Neurofilament-light (sNfl) in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS) TrialsDecember 2020
Embedding Qualitative Patient Interviews in Neurofibromatosis Clinical Trials to Facilitate Drug DevelopmentFebruary 2021
Down Syndrome Associated Alzheimer’s Disease (DS-AD)March 2021
Fabry Disease Structural Endpoints for Assessment of Drug Efficacy in Fabry Nephropathy clinical TrialsApril 2021
Optimizing pain measurements in neonates to expedite analgesic drug developmentJune 2021
Obtaining Reliability and Acceptance of Novel Endpoints using Digital Health TechnologiesJuly 2021
Basket Trials to Study Sleep Wake Instability across Multiple Rare DisordersNovember 2021
Innovative Conceptual Approaches to Clinical Trial Design and Analysis for an Integrated Research Platform in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)January 2022
Rare Genetic Dilated CardiomyopathyFebruary 2022
Extracellular RNA Splice Variant Biomarkers of Myotonic DystrophyApril 2022
Use of Digital Pathology in Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Environment for Nonclinical StudiesJune 2022
Advancing Nocturnal Scratch as a Digital Endpoint for Atopic DermatitisJuly 2022
Transfer RNA-Readthrough Treatment for Rare Genetic DiseasesSeptember 2022
Advanced Computational and in-vitro modeling in Drug Discovery & Drug DevelopmentJanuary 2023
Sjögren’s Tool for Assessing Response (STAR)February 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) image analysis software for supporting the evaluation of oncology drug efficacy in clinical trialsJune 2023
Precision Psychiatry Approach to Clinical DevelopmentSeptember 2023
Natural History Studies for Primary Sclerosing CholangitisOctober 2023
Oral Tyramine Challenge Testing of MAO InhibitorsJanuary 2024
Virtual Clinical TrialsMarch 2024
Electroencephalography (EEG)-based artificial intelligence (AI)-powered method to improve the efficiency of clinical trials of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)July 2024
Targeting Condensates to Treat Disease: Implications, Opportunities and Challenges September 2024

 

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