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Statistical evaluation of the fixed concentration procedure for acute inhalation toxicity assessment

Stallard, N., Whitehead, A. and Indans, I. (2003) Statistical evaluation of the fixed concentration procedure for acute inhalation toxicity assessment. Human & Experimental Toxicology, 22 (11). pp. 575-585. ISSN 0960-3271

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1191/0960327103ht395oa

Abstract/Summary

The conventional method for the assessment of acute inhalation toxicity (OECD Test Guideline 403, 1981) uses death of animals as an endpoint to identify the median lethal concentration (LC50). A new OECD Testing Guideline called the Fixed Concentration Procedure (FCP) is being prepared to provide an alternative to Test Guideline 403. Unlike Test Guideline 403, the FCP does not provide a point estimate of the LC50, but aims to identify an airborne exposure level that causes clear signs of nonlethal toxicity. This is then used to assign classification according to the new Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling scheme (GHS). The FCP has been validated using statistical simulation rather than byin vivo testing. The statistical simulation approach predicts the GHS classification outcome and the numbers of deaths and animals used in the test for imaginary substances with a range of LC50 values and dose response curve slopes. This paper describes the FCP and reports the results from the statistical simulation study assessing its properties. It is shown that the procedure will be completed with considerably less death and suffering than Test Guideline 403, and will classify substances either in the same or a more stringent GHS class than that assigned on the basis of the LC50 value.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics > Applied Statistics
ID Code:9449
Uncontrolled Keywords:acute inhalation toxicity testing , LC50 test , median lethal concentration , OECD Test Guideline 403

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