Efficient and Innovative Natural History Studies Addressing Unmet Needs in Rare Diseases

Published by NIH

Natural HistoryFDA

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support efficient and innovative natural history studies that advance medical product development in rare diseases/conditions with unmet needs. Through the support of natural history studies with high quality and interpretable data elements, FDA expects to address critical knowledge gaps, remove major barriers to progress in the field, exert a significant and broad impact on a specific rare disease or multiple rare diseases with similar pathophysiology, and facilitate rare disease product development.

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Natural History, Clinical Outcome Assessment, and Biomarker Studies of Rare Neurodegenerative Diseases

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The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support efficient natural history studies alone or in conjunction with the development and validation of clinical outcome assessments (COAs) and/or biomarker studies to address the unmet needs in rare neurodegenerative diseases for children and adults. Through the support of studies with high quality and interpretable data elements, FDA expects to address critical knowledge gaps, remove major barriers to progress in the field, exert a significant and broad impact on a specific rare neurodegenerative disease or multiple rare neurodegenerative diseases with similar pathophysiology, and facilitate rare disease product development.

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Rare Diseases: Natural History Studies for Drug Development Guidance for Industry

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This guidance is intended to help inform the design and implementation of natural history studies that can be used to support the development of safe and effective drugs and biological products
for rare diseases. Although the focus of this guidance is rare diseases; the recommendations in the guidance may be applicable to drug development for nonrare diseases.

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