News & Events

• August 5, 2021
  

  C-Path Appoints Clinical Outcome Assessment Expert as New Executive Director

  Critical Path Institute (C-Path) announced it has named Sonya Eremenco, M.A., as Executive Director of its Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium. Eremenco joined C-Path in 2016 as Associate Director of the PRO Consortium and was promoted to Director in January 2021. In addition to her leadership roles with the PRO Consortium, she also served as Acting Director of the ePRO Consortium from September 2018 to May 2021.

• June 24, 2021
  

  Clinical Technology Expert and Experienced Neuroscientist Join C-Path in Executive Director Roles

  Scottie Kern and Dr. Terina N. Martínez Will Both Serve in Dual Positions

  TUCSON, Ariz., June 24, 2021 — Critical Path Institute (C-Path) today announced it has named Scottie Kern, as both Executive Director of the Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome (ePRO) Consortium and Associate Director of the Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium and Terina N. Martínez, Ph.D., as Executive Director of both the Duchenne Regulatory Science Consortium (D-RSC) and Critical Path to Therapeutics for the Ataxias (CPTA).

• March 9, 2021
  

  C-Path Receives FDA Qualification for the Diary for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms-Constipation (DIBSS-C)

  TUCSON, Ariz., March 9, 2021 — Critical Path Institute’s (C-Path) Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium announces the qualification of the Diary for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms-Constipation (DIBSS-C) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The DIBSS-C was developed by the PRO Consortium’s Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Working Group to support symptom-based efficacy endpoints in clinical trials for products intended to treat constipation-predominant IBS (IBS-C) in adults. Qualification of the DIBSS-C represents a major milestone for the IBS Working Group and is the PRO Consortium’s fourth clinical outcome assessment (COA) to be qualified through the COA Qualification Program within FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

• January 7, 2021
  

  Diary for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms-Constipation is the First Patient-Reported Outcome Consortium Measure Used to Support an FDA-approved Label Claim

  TUCSON, Ariz., January 7, 2021 — Critical Path Institute’s (C-Path) Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium announces that clinical study results using the Consortium’s Diary for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms-Constipation (DIBSS-C) were recently included in the expanded label for the drug LINZESS^® (linaclotide). The DIBSS-C was developed by the PRO Consortium’s Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Working Group to support the evaluation of both primary and key secondary endpoints related to improvements in IBS-C signs and symptoms within the context of clinical trials and is currently in FDA’s Clinical Outcome Assessment Qualification Program. Although the DIBSS-C was not specifically mentioned, results from its abdominal symptom scale were included in the updated label for LINZESS^®. This is the first time a PRO Consortium measure has been used to support a label claim.

• September 21, 2020
  

  C-Path Awarded FDA Drug Development Tool Research Grant to Develop a Qualification Plan for the Symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder Momentary Assessment (SMDDMA)

  C-Path’s Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium announced that it has been awarded a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Drug Development Tool Research Grant in support of the qualification of the Symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder Momentary Assessment (SMDDMA) as a self-reported measure of symptom severity in individuals diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD). C-Path’s PRO...