Support for clinical Trials Advancing Rare disease Therapeutics (START) Pilot Program

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Selected participants will be able to obtain frequent advice and enhanced communication from FDA staff to address program-specific development issues, including but not limited to:</p> <ul> <li>clinical study design,  </li> <li>choice of control group, </li> <li>fine-tuning the choice of patient population, </li> <li>leveraging nonclinical information, and </li> <li>product characterization. </li> </ul> <p>The pilot was announced in the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/02/2023-21235/support-for-clinical-trials-advancing-rare-disease-therapeutics-pilot-program-program-announcement">Federal Register</a>, which included the following eligibility criteria for participation: </p> <ul> <li>For both CBER and CDER, the program is open to sponsors of products currently in clinical trials under an active investigational new drug application (IND) and IND has been submitted in or converted to Electronic Common Technical Document (eCTD) format, unless the IND is of a type granted a waiver from eCTD format. </li> <li>For both CBER and CDER, the program is open to sponsors who have demonstrated substantial effort to ensure that Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) development aligns with clinical development. </li> <li>For CBER, eligible products must be a gene or cellular therapy intended to address an unmet medical need as a treatment for a serious rare disease or condition, which is likely to lead to significant disability or death within the first decade of life. </li> <li>For CDER, products must be intended to treat rare neurodegenerative conditions, including those of rare genetic metabolic etiology. </li> </ul> <h3>CBER Pilot Program Participants</h3> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-striped" summary="CBER Pilot Program Participants"> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Sponsor</th> <th scope="col">Product</th> <th scope="col">Disease of Interest</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Grace Science, LLC</td> <td>GS-100 (AAV0-rhNGLY1)</td> <td>NGLY1 Deficiency</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Moderna TX</td> <td>mRNA-3705</td> <td>Isolated methylmalonic acidemia due to complete or partial methylmalonyl-coenzyme A mutase deficiency</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Myrtelle, Inc.</td> <td>rAAV-Olig001-ASPA</td> <td>Canavan Disease</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Neurogene, Inc.</td> <td>NGN-401</td> <td>Rett Syndrome</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <h3>CDER Pilot Program Participants</h3> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-striped" summary="CBER Pilot Program Participants"> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Sponsor</th> <th scope="col">Product</th> <th scope="col">Disease of Interest</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Larimar Therapeutics</td> <td>Nomlabofusp</td> <td>Friedreich's ataxia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Calico Life Sciences</td> <td>ABBV-CLS-7262</td> <td>Vanishing White Matter disease</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Denali Therapeutics</td> <td>DNL126</td> <td>Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIA (Sanfilippo syndrome)</td> </tr> 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href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/02/2023-21235/support-for-clinical-trials-advancing-rare-disease-therapeutics-pilot-program-program-announcement">Federal Register: Support for Clinical Trials Advancing Rare Disease Therapeutics Pilot Program; Program Announcement</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/21/2023-20452/scientific-challenges-and-opportunities-to-advance-the-development-of-individualized-cellular-and">Scientific Challenges and Opportunities to Advance the Development of Individualized Cellular and Gene Therapies; Request for Information</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2022-N-3226-0001">Opportunity for Feedback on Development and Dissemination of Educational Materials on Rare Disease Drug Development </a></li> <li><a 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