Clinical Application and Attestation Form - Instructions Sheet
The Clinical Trial Application and Attestation Form has 7 parts:
For detailed definitions of terms and guidance on completing Clinical Trial Applications (CTAs) and CTA-Amendments (CTA-As), please consult the Clinical Trials for Natural Health Products Guidance Document. The following sections may be particularly useful: Section 3, "Clinical Trial Applications"; Section 6.1, "When Changes to an Approved Clinical Trial Require a CTA-A"; Section 12, "Responsibilities of Those Involved in CTs"; and the Glossary.
All guidance documents and forms referenced in these instructions are available on the Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) website (www.healthcanada.ca/nhpd).
Part 1: Applicant and Contact Information
Telephone and fax numbers must include the area code and extension, where applicable.
If a P.O. Box is part of the address, the land location must also be provided.
Indicate the language of preference for correspondence by checking the boxes as appropriate. If no preference is indicated, correspondence will default to English.
Following approval of the CTA, a Notice of Authorization, addressed to the sponsor, will be faxed to the contact for this application, who may be the sponsor, the sponsor's representative in Canada, or a consultant. Refer to section 12 of the Clinical Trials for Natural Health Products Guidance Document for definitions of sponsor, contact for this application, representative in Canada, and senior official.
Part 2: Research Ethics Board(s)
A Research Ethics Board Attestation must be submitted to the NHPD prior to commencing the trial if approval is not obtained at the time of application. Research Ethics Boards (REBs) must include a member knowledgeable in complementary or alternative health care (CAHC). This person does not need to be a permanent member of the REB and may be brought in ad hoc.
The NHPD must be made aware of any REB which has refused the study protocol. Please provide their contact information and reasons for refusal in Module 1 of the CTA, if applicable.
Part 3: Clinical Trial Application Information
Refer to section 3 of the Clinical Trials for Natural Health Products Guidance Document for additional information on submission requirements for CTAs.
Identify the type of application being submitted by checking the appropriate box(es) in section 3A. Definitions of biologic and medical device can be found in the Glossary of the Clinical Trials for Natural Health Products Guidance Document. Please note that if a pharmaceutical, biologic, or medical device is being used in the clinical trial, it must be used according to its approved conditions of use. Please refer to section 1 of the Clinical Trials for Natural Health Products Guidance Document for guidance on whether a CTA should be submitted to the NHPD.
If the CTA is an amendment, please check the CTA-Amendment box in section 3A and fill out part 4.
The forms listed in section 3C are available at www.healthcanada.ca/nhpd under Forms.
Part 4: Clinical Trial Application - Amendment
Refer to section 4 of the Clinical Trials for Natural Health Products Guidance Document for additional information on submission requirements for CTA-As.
To ensure that the CTA-A is processed as quickly as possible, please provide the submission number of the approved CTA to which changes will be made.
Since amendments must also be approved by the REB, please ensure that Part 2 of the application is completed.
The forms listed in section 4B are available at www.healthcanada.ca/nhpd under Forms.
Part 5: Clinical Trial Site Information
A completed Clinical Trial Site Information Form and a Qualified Investigator Undertaking form must be included for each proposed site known at the time of application. A qualified investigator may oversee more than one site, however, each site may have only one qualified investigator. If the information required to complete these forms is not available at the time of application, these forms must be submitted to the NHPD prior to the commencement of the trial. If additional CT sites are added after approval has been obtained from the NHPD, the information must be submitted as a notification to the NHPD.
Part 6: Study Product Information
Section 1A: Medicinal ingredient(s) of the NHP
[Scientific Monograph] Indicate whether a product monograph has been submitted (refer to section 3.1.1 of the Clinical Trial Guidance Document). The product monograph should be submitted as part of the Investigator's Brochure.
[Common Name] If the common name and proper name are the same, it is acceptable to leave the common name blank.
[Synthetic] See Glossary of the Clinical Trials for Natural Health Products Guidance Document .
[Quantity per Dosage Unit] See Glossary of the Clinical Trials for Natural Health Products Guidance Document.
[Source] Substance from which the medicinal ingredient is derived. See Glossary of the Clinical Trials for Natural Health Products Guidance Document.
Additional copies of this section may be required if there are more than 10 medicinal ingredients in the investigational product or if multiple investigational products are used, where each product has a different medicinal ingredient(s) or the same medicinal ingredient(s), but in different quantities per dosage unit.
Section 1B: Non-medicinal ingredient(s) of the NHP
[Purpose] Some examples of purposes for non-medicinal ingredients can be found in Appendix 6, "Non-medicinal Ingredient List of Purposes", of NHPD's Product Licencing Guidance Document.
Please note that if a non-medicinal ingredient is found on NHPD's List of Acceptable Non-medicinal Ingredients (refer to the Evidence for Safety and Efficacy of Finished Natural Health ProductsGuidance Document), its proper name and source do not need to be provided in the Clinical Trial Application and Attestation Form.
Additional copies may be required if more than 10 non-medicinal ingredients are contained in the investigational product. If multiple investigational products are used, but non-medicinal ingredients are the same, only one copy of this section is needed.
Section 1C: Proposed conditions of use of the NHP according to protocol
[Amount to be taken at one time] Dosage forms of NHPs can be discrete forms, such as tablets and capsules, or non-discrete forms, such as powders and liquids.
As an example of a discrete dosage form, 3 tablets would be written as follows:
- No. of dosage units: 3
- Dosage unit: tablets
Dosage units of non-discrete dosage forms may be given in grams (g), teaspoons, tablespoons, millilitres (mL), or drops among others. As an example of a non-discrete dosage form, 2 tablespoons would be written as follows:
- No. of dosage units: 2
- Dosage unit: Tablespoon (15 mL)
Please refer to Appendix 3 of the Product Licencing Guidance Document for further information on dosage forms, dosage units, and routes of administration.
[Risk Information] The risk information from the marketed label, product monograph or Investigator's Brochure is to be provided in the Clinical Trial Application and Attestation Form and the Informed Consent Form. Information from marketed label is required when the investigational product is an approved product (i.e. has an NPN, DIN, or DIN-HM) and is being used in the clinical trial outside its approved conditions of use.
Additional copies of this section may be required if multiple investigational products are used, where each product contains different medicinal ingredients or the same medicinal ingredient(s), but in different quantities per dosage unit.
Section 2: Placebo ingredients
The placebo ingredients will be identified in the same table format as required for the medicinal ingredients. Please refer to the instruction for section 1A of part 6: Medicinal ingredient(s) of the NHP.
The Designated Party Authorization Form can be found at www.healthcanada.ca/nhpd under Forms.
Part 7: Clinical Trial Attestation
Telephone and fax numbers must include the area code and extension, where applicable.
[Senior Medical Officer or Scientific Officer in Canada] See section 12 of the Clinical Trials for Natural Health Products Guidance Document.
[Senior Executive Officer or Department Head] See definition of senior official in section 12 of the Clinical Trials for Natural Health Products Guidance Document.
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