Expert network works towards better drug development for children
IMI project c4c has pioneered an advice process involving diverse experts including patients to aid drug developers when designing paediatric clinical trials.
c4c team: Jaana Kallio
Today’s spotlight is on Jaana Kallio from the Helsinki University Hospital. You will be surprised in how many parallel activities Jaana is involved, from helping researchers with paperwork to preparing the future of c4c!
Multi-centre, randomised, open-label, blinded endpoint assessed, trial of corticosteroids plus intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and aspirin, versus IVIG and aspirin for prevention of coronary artery aneurysms (CAA) in Kawasaki disease (KD): the KD CAA prevention (KD-CAAP) trial protocol
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute self-limiting inflammatory vasculitis affecting predominantly medium-sized arteries, particularly the coronary arteries. A number of recent studies conducted in different European countries have demonstrated alarmingly high coronary complications despite treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). These high complication rates now emphasize the need for an urgent reappraisal of IVIG as the…
Implementation of a centralized pharmacovigilance system in academic pan-European clinical trials: Experience from EU-Response and conect4children consortia
Setting-up a high quality, compliant and efficient pharmacovigilance (PV) system in multi-country clinical trials can be more challenging for academic sponsors than for companies. To ensure the safety of all participants in academic studies and that the PV system fulfils all regulations, we set up a centralized PV system that allows sponsors to delegate work…
Expert advice in pediatric drug development by c4c
Clinical, methodology, and patient/carer expert advice in pediatric drug development by conect4children – CTS Journal – Wiley Online Library Many medicines are used “off-label” in children outside the terms of the license and feasible pediatric clinical trials are a challenge to design. Conect4children (c4c) is an Innovative Medicines Initiative project to set up a…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Webinar
A very successful webinar on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in paediatrics took place on the 7th of December 2022.
Spotlight on a National Hub: Netherlands
As of 2017 Pedmed-NL is the Dutch network to facilitate paediatric clinical trials.
c4c Multi-Stakeholder Meeting on Paediatric type I diabetes
conect4children is pleased to announce that the third c4c International Multi-Stakeholder Meeting (MSM) will address medical devices in paediatric type I diabetes.
Involving families with preterm babies in PPI
Thanks to advances in neonatal care and technology, babies born as early as 23 weeks preterm survive at higher rates than ever before.
c4c Project Leadership Team End of Year Review
After two years of virtual meetings, as the c4c Project Leadership Team, we were pleased to see so many c4c Beneficiaries in person at the General Assembly in June in Ghent.