FDA Finalizes Guidance On Trials Of Devices For Opioid Use Disorder

FDA hopes to boost development of medical devices to treat patients misusing opioids with a guidance finalized Thursday (July 11) offering recommendations for effectively conducting clinical trials. The recommendations are intended to inform the design of clinical studies for devices that seek to treat opioid use disorder (OUD), although FDA says the recommendations may change as more information becomes available and the research community gains experience with evaluating such devices. The finalized guidance is similar to the draft published last...