NDA 21-515                                         Approval Letter                                                 4

 

 

nelfinavir.  Based on these literature results, an in vivo drug interaction study may be necessary.

 

In addition, we have made specific changes in the revised labeling appended to this letter.  Please address these changes in your complete response.

 

Clinical/Clinical Safety

We have completed our review of the clinical safety information and proposed package insert as provided in your NDA.  Our comments are incorporated into the revised labeling appended to this letter, as bracketed comments, text insertions [underlined], or deletions [strikethrough].  Please address these changes specifically in your complete response.

 

Request for Safety Update

In your complete response to this letter, please include a safety update as described in 21 CFR 314.50(d)(5)(vi)(b).

1.       The safety update should include data from all non-clinical and clinical studies of the drug under consideration, regardless of indication, dosage form, or dose level.

2.       Please describe in detail any significant changes or findings in the safety profile.

3.       When assembling the sections describing discontinuations due to adverse events, serious adverse events, and common adverse events, please incorporate new safety data as follows:

·         Present new safety data from the studies for the proposed indication using the same format as the original NDA submission.

·         Include tables that compare frequencies of adverse events in the original NDA with the retabulated frequencies described in the preceding bullet point.

4.       For indications other than the proposed indication, provide separate tables for the frequencies of adverse events occurring in clinical trials.

5.       Please present a retabulation of the reasons for premature study discontinuation by incorporating the dropouts from the newly completed studies.  Describe any new trends or patterns identified.

6.       Please provide case report forms and narrative summaries for each patient who died during a clinical study or who did not complete a study because of an adverse event.  In addition, please provide narrative summaries for serious adverse events.

7.       Please describe any information that suggests a substantial change in the incidence of common, but less serious, adverse events between the new data and the original NDA data.

8.       Prior to an approval action, we require an updated report on the world’s archival literature pertaining to the safety of Wellbutrin XL.  Please provide a summary of worldwide experience on the safety of this drug.  Include an updated estimate of use for drug marketed in other countries.  This report should include only literature not covered in your previous submissions.  We will need your warrant that you have reviewed this literature systematically, and in detail, and that you have discovered no finding that would adversely affect conclusion about the safety of Wellbutrin XL.  The report should also detail how the literature search was conducted, by whom (their credentials) and whether it relied on abstracts or full texts (including translations) of articles.  The report should emphasize clinical data, but new findings in preclinical reports of potential significance should also be

 

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