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DetailsThe conect4children project (c4c) is working to facilitate clinical trials across Europe to support the development of new drugs and other therapies for the entire paediatric population. In addition to the technical and operational improvements needed to achieve this goal, we also want to raise the general public’s awareness about the importance of paediatric clinical…
Detailsc4c experts have published ‘Improving clinical paediatric research and learning from COVID-19: recommendations by the conect4children expert advice group’ in Pediatric Research. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in some challenges which c4c partners have had to contend with in their clinical trial operations. COVID-19 affected access to patients; laboratories; study materials; and availability of…
Details‘European research networks to facilitate drug research in children’ has been published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Paediatric drug development faces several barriers. These include fragmentation of stakeholders and inconsistent processes during the conduct of research. This review summarises recent efforts to overcome these barriers in Europe. Two exemplar initiatives are described.…
DetailsIn a conventional clinical trial, adult or paediatric, typically half of the participants receive the drug under investigation and half receive placebo or standard of care. If there are many trials in a disease area, it can be hard to find enough patients for all the trials taking place at a given time. Trials may…
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