We aimed to identify promising novel medications for child and adolescent mental health problems. We systematically searched https://clinicaltrials.gov/ and https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ (from 01/01/2010-08/23/2022) for phase 2 or 3 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of medications without regulatory approval in the US, Europe or Asia, including also RCTs of dietary interventions/probiotics. Additionally, we searched phase 4 RCTs of…
In recent years, substantial improvements in clinical trial facilitation have been made through a pan-European network conect4children (c4c), funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2. Within c4c, collaboration and experience-based teaching were attainable due to live meetings and structured social interactions. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, meeting platforms were limited and strictly virtual, creating an artificial…
Digital innovations in mental health offer great potential, but present unique challenges. Using a consensus development panel approach, an expert, international, cross-disciplinary panel met to provide a framework to conceptualise digital mental health innovations, research into mechanisms and effectiveness and approaches for clinical implementation. Key questions and outputs from the group were agreed by consensus,…
GermanNetPaeT is the German Network for Paediatric Trials and was founded in 2018 as the German National Hub (NH), a partner of the European conect4children network (c4c network).
On the 28th February, we commemorated Rare Disease day. The majority of rare diseases affect children, with an estimated 70% having a Paediatric onset (source www.eurordis.org). There is a huge, unmet need to develop effective drugs for children with rare diseases. Currently, only 5% of rare diseases have an effective treatment option.
What did the Swiss clinical research landscape look like ten years ago? Research infrastructures in adult medicine were available and funded, and Swiss paediatricians were aiming to include paediatrics into those activities.
In4kids, the Irish national hub of the c4c network has been going from strength to strength over recent years, helping to bring researchers across the island of Ireland together to improve the quantity and quality of children’s clinical research in Ireland.
