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Development of a Qualification Plan for the Virtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment Tool - Short List (VRFCAT-SLx) (DDT COA #000004)

Award Number: U01FD008424
ORGANIZATION: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
OPDIV: FDA
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2024
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2026

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Development of a Qualification Plan for the Virtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment Tool - Short List (VRFCAT-SLx) (DDT COA #000004) - ABSTRACT Nearly 7 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). As people with AD progress through the stages of this disease, their ability to function independently and carry out activities of daily living (e.g., household chores and personal care) decreases due to cognitive impairment progressing to dementia, leading to increased burden on caregivers and the US healthcare system. However, a psychometrically sound, publicly available measure of cognition-dependent day-to-day functioning for persons with AD has not been recognized by FDA as fit-for-purpose for use in early-stage AD drug development. We propose the preparation and submission of a Qualification Plan (QP) to support the qualification of the Virtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment Tool-Short List (VRFCAT-SLx) as a performance outcome (PerfO) measure of cognition-dependent day-to-day functioning in people diagnosed with biomarker-positive, clinical stages 2 and 3 AD. A measure of day-to-day functioning was accepted into the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s (CDER’s) Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA) Qualification Program under DDT #000004 on October 12, 2016. The PRO Consortium’s Cognition Working Group selected the VRFCAT-SLx as the measure for qualification as it has has qualitative evidence supporting its content validity. A confirmatory qualitative study is underway in people with biomarker-positive, clinical stages 2 and 3 AD. Next, a quantitative evidence strategy will be prepared, supported by a study protocol and statistical analysis plan (SAP) used to develop a Qualification Plan (QP). The next step in the qualification process will be submission of the QP to FDA to support qualification of the VRFCAT-SLx for use in AD drug development. Our approach includes 4 aims. For Aim 1, we will convene an advisory panel of clinicians and patient participants to provide recommendations on study design to increase the feasibility of our proposed strategy and to review the study protocol and other study documents. For Aim 2, we will prepare a description of the proposed quantitative evidence generation strategy (including development of a protocol and SAP) designed to assess the VRFCAT-SLx’s measurement properties. For Aim 3, we will develop the QP by compiling the evidence from literature and qualitative data from two cognitive interview studies and using the protocol and SAP to complete the relevant sections of the QP, following FDA’s COA QP content outline. Aim 4 will involve compiling and submitting the QP with all necessary appendices and attachments. The goal of this project will be a publicly available PerfO measure for assessing cognition-dependent day-to-day functioning in clinical trials for people with biomarker-positive, clinical stage 2 and 3 AD. Qualifying the VRFCAT-SLx will fill a critical gap in the measurement of day-to-day functioning in AD treatment trials.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $249,962 )
2025	2025	THE CRITICAL PATH INSTITUTE	1840 E RIVER RD	TUCSON	AZ	85718	PIMA	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	000	2	9/15/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$249,962
2025	2025	THE CRITICAL PATH INSTITUTE	1840 E RIVER RD	TUCSON	AZ	85718	PIMA	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	001	2	9/23/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$110,722
2025	2025	THE CRITICAL PATH INSTITUTE	1840 E RIVER RD	TUCSON	AZ	85718	PIMA	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	002	2	9/24/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$110,722
														Subtotal = $249,962

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $249,984 )
2024	2024	THE CRITICAL PATH INSTITUTE	1840 E RIVER RD	TUCSON	AZ	85718	PIMA	USA	Food and Drug Administration Research	000	1	9/2/2024	NEW	$249,984
														Subtotal = $249,984

Grand Total All Awards = $499,946

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Development of a Qualification Plan for the Virtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment Tool - Short List (VRFCAT-SLx) (DDT COA #000004)

Award Number: U01FD008424

ORGANIZATION: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

OPDIV: FDA

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2024

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2026

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