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Given the prevalence of brain metastases in patients with cancer, their systematic exclusion from clinical trials may result in the assessment of an investigational drug's efficacy or safety in a trial population that is not fully representative of the patient population that will be prescribed the drug in clinical practice. Broadening cancer trial eligibility criteria can maximize the generalizability of trial results and the ability to understand the therapy's benefit-risk profile across the patient population likely to use the drug in clinical practice without jeopardizing patient safety.","action":"Notice of availability.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2019/03/13/2019-04584.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"84 FR 9127","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2019-05-13","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft guidance by May 13, 2019 to ensure that the Agency considers your comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final version of the guidance.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FDA-2019-D-0357"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[],"agency_name":"FDA","documents":[{"comment_count":8,"comment_start_date":"2019-03-13","updated_at":"2023-02-28T18:24:30.074-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FDA-2019-D-0357-0001","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"FDA-2019-D-0357-0001","comment_end_date":"2019-05-14","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":0,"id":"FDA-2019-D-0357","title":"Cancer Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria: Brain Metastases; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability"}],"document_number":"2019-04584","effective_on":null,"end_page":9129,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2019/03/13/2019-04584.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/03/13/2019-04584/cancer-clinical-trial-eligibility-criteria-brain-metastases-draft-guidance-for-industry-availability","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2019-04584?publication_date=2019-03-13","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2019-03-13/2019-04584/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":557,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 18:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-03-13/pdf/2019-04584.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2019-04584.pdf?1552394723","publication_date":"2019-03-13","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2019/03/13/2019-04584.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_count":8,"agency_id":"FDA","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FDA-2019-D-0357","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"FDA-2019-D-0357","document_id":"FDA-2019-D-0357-0001","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Cancer Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria: Brain Metastases; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2023-02-28T23:24:29Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":9127,"subtype":null,"title":"Cancer Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria: Brain Metastases; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability","toc_doc":"Cancer Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria: Brain Metastases","toc_subject":"Guidance:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":84}