Issue Date: December 10, 2021
Issued by: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Topic(s): Clinical – Medical
Status: Draft

Bowel Cleansing for Colonoscopy: Efficacy and Safety Considerations for Developing New Products : Draft Guidance for Industry

The purpose of this guidance is to help sponsors in the clinical development of products for bowel cleansing in fically, preparatioopy . Specithis guidance describes the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) current thinking about the necessary attributes of clinical trials for drugs being developed under Section 505 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C §355) and 21 CFR Parts 312 and 314 for use as bowel cleansing agents before colonoscopy, including trial population, trial designs, efficacy considerations, and safety assessments.

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