Grants / Department of Health and Human Services / Food and Drug Administration

RFA-FD-22-012: PBPK modeling to support assessment of bioequivalence of locally acting drugs in the gastrointestinal tract

Closed Closed March 31, 2022 Opportunity RFA-FD-22-012 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Flexible Funding Model - Advancing Domestic Mutual Reliance Through Strengthened Infrastructure Development and Maintenance for Manufactured Food Regulatory Programs (PAR-27-017). Status: Rolling or no fixed deadline. It is in our archive of Food and Drug Administration notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$600,000
• Award floor$50,000
• Total funding$500,000
• Expected awards2
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses.

Eligible OrganizationsHigher Education InstitutionsPublic/State Controlled Institutions of Higher EducationPrivate Institutions of Higher EducationThe following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for FDA support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:o Hispanic-serving Institutionso Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)o Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)o Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutionso Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher EducationNonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)For-Profit OrganizationsSmall BusinessesFor-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)GovernmentsState GovernmentsCounty GovernmentsCity or Township GovernmentsSpecial District GovernmentsIndian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)U.S. Territory or PossessionOtherIndependent School DistrictsPublic Housing Authorities/Indian Housing AuthoritiesNative American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Faith-based or Community-based OrganizationsRegional OrganizationsNon-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions)Foreign InstitutionsNon-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the HHS Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Food and Drug Administration Research awards averaged $1.3 million; this notice allows up to $600,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (35% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

One specific objective of this project is to identify product quality attributes (formulation variables) and physiological or pathological variables that can influence the local and systemic bioavailability of locally-acting drug products in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Another specific objective of this project is to integrate predictive dissolution and PBPK models to assess whether they can support a demonstration of BE for generic locally-acting drugs in the GI tract. A general objective of this project is to assess whether model-integrated approaches using predictive in vitro data (e.g., dissolution data) may represent an alternative to comparative clinical end point BE studies when evaluating the BE of locally-acting drug products in the GI tract. Ideally, the proposal should include, at a minimum, plans for: 1) how to leverage currently available or to-be-developed (new) in vitro methodologies for drug release and dissolution when developing a PBPK model that utilizes the in vitro data to simulate and predict differences in product performance based upon formulation differences, including excipient effects in vivo. The proposed in vitro dissolution method is expected to utilize conditions that are representative of the physiological and/or pathological conditions at the site of action for the selected drug products. 2) how to (i.e., what data to use to) estimate between- and within-subject variability, as it is desired that the proposed PBPK model would be a part of virtual BE framework. It is expected that these variabilities would stem from variabilities in physiological factors, as well as the interaction/correlation between formulation-physiological factors. Strategies (specific approaches) for estimating the variabilities, particularly within-subject variability, and for simulating the effect of that variability on virtual BE studies should be clearly laid out, detailing a plan to evaluate these approaches. 3) how to assess model performance and credibility in predicting the local concentration of locally acting drug(s) in the GI tract. It is desirable that the verification and validation plan is included in the proposal. 4) how the virtual BE simulations would be conducted, described in detail (addressing both, systemic and local concentrations), including how the data will be analyzed, preferably within the modeling platform.

Category: Consumer Protection, Health, Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, PAR-27-017, which is open now.

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