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                              NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
RECOMBINANT DNA ADVISORY COMMITTEE (RAC)                             
                            Tuesday, March 9, 2004 
                            
                              
                                Afternoon
                                        Session before Break 
                                Afternoon
                                        Session after Break 
                               
                             
                             Agenda 
                            1:00 PM - Call to Order and Opening Remarks 
                              Diane
                              Wara, M.D., Chair, NIH RAC 
                               
                              Tab 2324 - For Your
                              Information 
                              Notice of Meeting 
                               Conflict
                              of Interest Guidance 
                               
                                1:05 PM - Minutes of the October 17, 2003, and
                                December 3-4, 2003, RAC Meetings 
                                Tab 2325 
                                 
                                RAC
                                Reviewers: Terry Kwan, M.S.Ed. 
                                Theodore Friedmann,
                                M.D. 
                                 
                                1:15
                                PM - Discussion of Human Gene Transfer Protocol
                                # 0401-629:
                                A Phase I Dose-Escalation Trial of vvDD-CDSR
                                (Double-Deleted Vaccinia Virus Plus CD/SMR) Administered
                                by Intratumoral Injection in Patients with Superficial
                                Injectable Tumors 
                                 
                                PI: David L. Bartlett, M.D. 
                                University of
                                Pittsburgh Medical Center 
                                - Powerpoint
                          Presentation (PDF) 
                            RAC Reviewers: James Childress, Ph.D.David
                              DeMets, Ph.D. 
                            Philip Johnson, M.D. 
                                                          Ad Hoc Reviewer: Genoveffa Franchini, M.D. 
                              National Cancer Institute, NIH 
                               
                              - RAC 629 Review - Powerpoint
                          Presentation (PDF) 
                            PI:
                                David L. Bartlett, M.D. - Response 
                            Tab 2326 Protocol 
Tuesday, March 9, 2004 (continued) 
                               
                              Tab 2327OBA Summary 
                            OBA Letter to PI on In-Depth RAC Review and  Public Discussion 
                            Outcome of Initial Review by RAC Members 
                              Reviews from Drs. Childress, DeMets, P. Johnson, and Franchini 
                              PI's/Sponsor's Response 
                               
                              2:50 PM - Public Comment 
                               
                              3:00 PM - BREAK 
                               
                              3:15 PM - RAC Recommendations 
                                                          3:30
                              PM - Update on Protocol 0104-469: Subthalamic
                              GAD Gene Transfer in Parkinson's Disease Patients
                          Who Are Candidates for Deep-Brain Stimulation 
                            -
                                Powerpoint Presentation (PDF) 
                               
                              Presenters:  
                              - 
                              Michael G. Kaplitt, M.D., Ph.D. 
                              Weill Medical College, Cornell University, Ithaca,
                          NY 
                            - Matthew J. During, M.D., Ph.D. 
                              University of Auckland 
                               
                              4:30 PM - Public Comment 
                               
                          4:45 PM - ADJOURNMENT   |