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CVM GFI #268 Adaptive and Other Innovative Designs for Effectiveness Studies of New Animal Drugs October 2021

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Final
Docket Number:
FDA-2020-D-1401
Issued by:
Guidance Issuing Office
Center for Veterinary Medicine

This guidance describes principles for designing, conducting, and reporting the results for investigations or studies, including adaptive design features, when they are incorporated into clinical investigations submitted to CVM to demonstrate substantial evidence of effectiveness for new animal drug applications or a reasonable expectation of effectiveness for applications for conditional approval of a new animal drug. It also provides information about how sponsors may obtain feedback from CVM on technical issues related to the use of adaptive and innovative designs before the submission of an application. 

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