c4c International Symposium
c4c will host an international symposium, a two-day event this November on the 13th and 14th in Amsterdam
New Report: Workshop on Engaging with the European Health Data Space: The Paediatric Perspective
Workshop Aims and Objectives: Explore how to increase alignment of conect4children (an IMI2 initiative that was established to overcome the many barriers to the planning and delivery of effective and efficient paediatric clinical trials) with the European Health Data Space and policy making in a European context. Main aims: – To gain a better understanding…
‘Essentials of Translational Pediatric Drug Development’: new book published
We are pleased to highlight a landmark book “Essentials of Translational Pediatric Drug Development” has just been published. More than 100 contributors from around the world – many of them associated with c4c – provide a synthesis of contemporary approaches to this important topic. Advocates for patient and public involvement, regulators, industry, and academics collaborated…
Meet the Team – YIC
Meet the team behind c4c! We are a diverse group of people from many different backgrounds, but all of us are working towards a common goal: better medicines for children through European clinical trials. This time the spotlight is on the Young Investigators Community (YIC).
c4c Olympic achievements!
The Olympic Games are being held soon! The Games showcase top sporting achievements from athletes around the world. Much like this large event, the conect4children project gathers the top players in paediatric medicine and clinical trials to achieve outstanding goals.
New Publication: Development of the CDISC Pediatrics User Guide: a CDISC and conect4children collaboration
The conect4children (c4c) project aims to facilitate efficient planning and delivery of paediatric clinical trials. One objective of c4c is data standardization and reuse. Interoperability and reusability of paediatric clinical trial data is challenging due to a lack of standardization. The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) standards that are required or recommended for regulatory…
c4c General Assembly
Between 4th-6th June 2024, 140 people from c4c Beneficiaries met in Bergen, Norway for the c4c General Assembly.
Harmonizing Quality Improvement Metrics Across Global Trial Networks to Advance Paediatric Clinical Trials Delivery
Despite global efforts to improve paediatric clinical trials, significant delays continue in paediatric drug approvals. Collaboration between research networks is needed to address these delays. This paper is a first step to promote interoperability between paediatric networks from different jurisdictions by comparing drivers for, and content of, metrics about clinical trial conduct. To read full…
Spotlight: Finnish National Hub
The c4c-Finnish National Hub is located within the Paediatric Clinical Trial Unit (CTU) of the Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) New Children’s Hospital since its inception in 2018 along with the c4c project.
Shine a light on the PMO team
There is a saying that goes “It takes a village to raise a child”, so it must take a lot of people to work on a project that targets every child!