NCHR Comments on USPSTF Draft Recommendation for Oral Health in Adults

June 20, 2023: In our public comment, NCHR agrees with USPSTF that there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine oral health screening of adults by primary care clinicians. We urged that new research be conducted to determine the benefits and harms of screening, primary care counseling, dental referral, and oral health preventive interventions administered in primary care settings for adults.

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NCHR Comments on USPSTF Draft Recommendation for Oral Health in Children and Adolescents

June 20, 2023: In our public comment, NCHR agrees with USPSTF that there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine oral health screening by primary care clinicians in children ages 5 to 17 years. Available research evidence is limited to studies assessing oral health preventive interventions that were administered by dental professionals or in supervised school settings, but not in primary care settings. We strongly recommend that well-designed research be conducted to fill these gaps.

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NCHR Testimony at the FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting on Pediatric Dosage for Cancer Drugs, June 16, 2023

June 16, 2023: NCHR testified on how to choose dosages for pediatric cancer drugs, stating that variables such as weight, age, sex, race, and organ impairment should be studied to identify differences in safety or effectiveness for subpopulations. We also strongly support the specifications about drug safety and tolerability, requiring factors such as duration of exposure and adverse events to be compared across varying dosages.

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NCHR Comment on USPSTF Draft Research Plan on Weight Loss Intervention

June 14, 2023: Obesity affects nearly half of US adults (42%) and is extremely costly to the US healthcare system, costing $173 billion in 2019. We responded to USPSTF’s request for public comments regarding their research plan, which is aimed at evaluating which pharmaceutical and behavioral treatments for obesity are proven to improve the health of adults, as well as any risks associated with those interventions.

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