Paediatric clinical research in Europe: an insight on experts’ needs and perspectives

Autor: Lucia Ruggieri, Adriana Ceci, Franco Bartoloni, Valèry Elie, Mariagrazia Felisi, Evelyne Jacqz-Aigrain, Mariangela Lupo, Salma Malik, Cristina Manfredi, Giorgio Reggiardo, Jacques Demotes, Donato Bonifazi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, Vol 21, Iss , Pp 100735- (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2451-8654
DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100735
Popis: PedCRIN is a Horizon 2020 project aimed to develop a paediatric component of ECRIN (European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network) including tools supporting the conduct of neonatal and paediatric trials.A structured, cross-sectional, closed-ended questionnaire was electronically administered from April to May 2017 to stakeholders involved in paediatric clinical research to capture their needs to receive infrastructural support to cover specific research gaps. The questionnaire included 6 headings and 29 subheadings. Each item was evaluated using a Likert-scale.147 questionnaires were returned (response rate of 24.6%). The application of innovative study design and the preparation of protocols for paediatric interventional clinical trials had the highest frequency of high need for support (123 and 117 respondents, respectively). Similarly, the identification and applications to relevant calls for funding was acknowledged as an area in which support is needed (123 respondents declaring high need).In 14 out of 29 activities, need for support was significantly higher in the respondents not being part of a Paediatric Research Network or Consortium (especially for regulatory expertise, pharmacovigilance and GCP training).Conclusions: These results document that the achievement of PedCRIN objectives would greatly advantage the paediatric research community.
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