Since approval of the NSSAE collection
form 3 years ago, the project officers published the article Severe
Isoniazid-associated Liver Injuries Among persons Being Treated for
Latent Tuberculosis Infection--- United States, 2004--2008,
Morbidity and Mortality Report , 2010. In this article, the project
officers described 17 reports of severe adverse events (SAEs) in 15
adults and two children; all patients had received isoniazid (INH)
and had experienced severe liver injury. This article emphasized
that healthcare providers should prescribe only 1-month supply of
INH with careful monitoring. Providers should report possible
INH-associated SAEs to their respective health department staff who
will in turn report to CDC. The project officers also have
presented these SAEs to national and international audiences at
scientific conferences. There has been an increase in the number of
SAE reports. Since 2008, project officers received an additional 25
SAE reports and investigated 5 of these on site. A better
understanding of the data needed to accurately capture important
elements describing factors that led to these events and as a
result, the NSSAE data collection form has been shortened into four
pages instead of the original 6 pages.
The project officers have
conducted onsite investigation of SAEs for the past 3 years and now
have a better understanding of the data needed to accurately
capture important elements describing factors that led to these
events. As a result, the NSSAE data collection form has been
shortened into four pages instead of the original 6 pages.
Variables such as results of liver biopsy and hepatitis serology
were removed because these were usually unreliable because of
incomplete reporting or misreporting of information The project
officers also have received increased number of SAE reports from 3
to 10 reports per year. The annual reporting burden increased from
24 hours to 60 hours.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
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the proposed collection of information, that the certification
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(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
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and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.