The industry recognizes the importance of ensuring the safety and well‐being of children involved in research studies. Medical and regulatory bodies have worked to provide a framework to support appropriately designed studies through regulations and guidance documents in this vulnerable population. However, it is crucial to understand the nuances associated with pediatric trials, for the site, patient and family, in order to manage them to successful completion.
During the 2012 ACRP Annual Meeting, Dr. Charlene Sanders and Angi Robinson from Premier Research reviewed topics including the evaluation of study design considerations such as duration of treatment, required assessments, use of placebo, and inclusion of specific age groups; selection of appropriate sites for pediatric trials and the unique needs of these sites; identification of pediatric recruitment/retention hurdles and site specific strategies to overcome these as well as a reflection on ethical concerns related to pediatric research.
For more information, go to http://www.premier-research.com/pediatrics.
During this presentation, Dr. Charlene Sanders and Angi Robinson reviewed topics including the evaluation of study design considerations such as duration of treatment, required assessments, use of placebo, and inclusion of specific age groups; selection of appropriate sites for pediatric trials and the unique needs of these sites; identification of pediatric recruitment/retention hurdles and site specific strategies to overcome these as well as a reflection on ethical concerns related to pediatric research.
Lets, just get to know more about safety reporting in clinical trails with some terminologies, reporting requirements of ADR, compensations involved and finally the role of ethics committee in it,
The document discusses various topics related to medical ethics and research involving human subjects, including:
1. Historical events that shaped ethical guidelines like the Nuremberg Code and Declaration of Helsinki.
2. The structure and functions of Institutional Ethics Committees, including their role in reviewing research proposals and providing oversight.
3. Key principles of ethical research like informed consent, minimizing risks, and protecting participant privacy and welfare.
4. Issues around informed consent processes and the review of research by ethics committees.
This document discusses journal club and clinical trials in children. It provides guidance on selecting important, high impact articles for journal club presentations. It outlines the process for preparing and presenting on an article. The document also discusses the importance of clinical trials in children, reasons they are lacking, and ways to increase pediatric clinical trial participation such as improving awareness, addressing consent challenges, and developing pediatric-focused infrastructure and incentives.
1) Clinical trials involve prospectively assigning human participants to health interventions to evaluate effects on outcomes. They aim to carefully and ethically answer precisely framed questions.
2) Clinical trials are classified into phases based on goals, with Phase 0 trials involving small doses and numbers of participants to assess safety.
3) Randomization, blinding, inclusion/exclusion criteria, and sample size are important design considerations to reduce bias and ensure results reflect the interventions rather than other factors. Statistical analysis then determines if any effects seen are real or due to chance.
This document discusses adaptive clinical trials. Adaptive trials allow changes to the trial design based on interim data analysis in order to make the trial more efficient. Key aspects that can be adapted include sample size, treatments, endpoints, and eligibility criteria. Adaptive designs are well-suited for exploratory trials aimed at learning, but confirmatory trials require more prior data and safeguards to ensure the trial's integrity and the validity of its conclusions. The FDA has provided guidance on adaptive designs to ensure patient safety and that adaptive trials meet evidentiary standards for approval.
During this presentation, Dr. Charlene Sanders and Angi Robinson reviewed topics including the evaluation of study design considerations such as duration of treatment, required assessments, use of placebo, and inclusion of specific age groups; selection of appropriate sites for pediatric trials and the unique needs of these sites; identification of pediatric recruitment/retention hurdles and site specific strategies to overcome these as well as a reflection on ethical concerns related to pediatric research.
Lets, just get to know more about safety reporting in clinical trails with some terminologies, reporting requirements of ADR, compensations involved and finally the role of ethics committee in it,
The document discusses various topics related to medical ethics and research involving human subjects, including:
1. Historical events that shaped ethical guidelines like the Nuremberg Code and Declaration of Helsinki.
2. The structure and functions of Institutional Ethics Committees, including their role in reviewing research proposals and providing oversight.
3. Key principles of ethical research like informed consent, minimizing risks, and protecting participant privacy and welfare.
4. Issues around informed consent processes and the review of research by ethics committees.
This document discusses journal club and clinical trials in children. It provides guidance on selecting important, high impact articles for journal club presentations. It outlines the process for preparing and presenting on an article. The document also discusses the importance of clinical trials in children, reasons they are lacking, and ways to increase pediatric clinical trial participation such as improving awareness, addressing consent challenges, and developing pediatric-focused infrastructure and incentives.
1) Clinical trials involve prospectively assigning human participants to health interventions to evaluate effects on outcomes. They aim to carefully and ethically answer precisely framed questions.
2) Clinical trials are classified into phases based on goals, with Phase 0 trials involving small doses and numbers of participants to assess safety.
3) Randomization, blinding, inclusion/exclusion criteria, and sample size are important design considerations to reduce bias and ensure results reflect the interventions rather than other factors. Statistical analysis then determines if any effects seen are real or due to chance.
This document discusses adaptive clinical trials. Adaptive trials allow changes to the trial design based on interim data analysis in order to make the trial more efficient. Key aspects that can be adapted include sample size, treatments, endpoints, and eligibility criteria. Adaptive designs are well-suited for exploratory trials aimed at learning, but confirmatory trials require more prior data and safeguards to ensure the trial's integrity and the validity of its conclusions. The FDA has provided guidance on adaptive designs to ensure patient safety and that adaptive trials meet evidentiary standards for approval.
Clinical research determines the safety and effectiveness of medications, devices, and treatments intended for human use. Clinical trials systematically investigate new drugs in human subjects and can take an average of 14 years to bring a drug from discovery to market. Participants in clinical trials help advance medical research and access new treatments, and clinical trials are required prior to FDA approval of any new therapy.
Roles and Responsibilities of sponsor in conducting clinical trials as per GC...Dr B Naga Raju
The document outlines the roles and responsibilities of sponsors according to ICH-GCP guidelines. It discusses that sponsors are responsible for initiating, managing, financing, and monitoring clinical trials. They must ensure trials are conducted according to GCP standards, applicable regulations, and the approved protocol. Sponsors are also responsible for safety monitoring, reporting adverse events, quality assurance, selecting and compensating investigators, and maintaining required trial documentation.
The document discusses vulnerable subjects in clinical research such as students, hospital employees, and minority groups. It defines Good Clinical Practice (GCP) as standards for designing, conducting, and reporting clinical trials to protect human subjects. The foundations of ethical clinical research are outlined, including the Nuremberg Code, Declaration of Helsinki, and Belmont Report, with a focus on principles of GCP like informed consent and minimizing risks to subjects.
This document discusses ethics in clinical research and provides a historical perspective. It summarizes key events that shaped modern research ethics like the Nuremberg trials, Declaration of Helsinki, and Belmont Report. The core ethical principles of respect for persons, beneficence, and justice are explained. Challenges in clinical research in India like ensuring proper informed consent and oversight by ethics committees are also covered.
The slide provides a basic understanding about Clinical Research process and the various Phases of Drug Discovery and Development. It also explains about the various trial designs and techniques in research such as blinding and randomization. It may be useful for giving a basic class for Fourth Year B.Pharm Students.
The document discusses orphan drugs and regulations around them in various markets. It provides an overview of orphan drug policies in the US, EU, Australia, and Canada. The US Orphan Drug Act of 1983 was the first legislation to promote orphan drug development. It offers 7 years of market exclusivity. The EU and Canada have since established their own orphan drug frameworks that similarly aim to incentivize development of treatments for rare diseases through exclusivity periods, fee waivers, and assistance programs. However, orphan drugs regulations still face challenges around definitions of rare diseases, clinical data requirements, pricing and reimbursement.
Presentation working on clinical trialsSarah Henter
Working on Clinical Trials discusses the types of documents used in clinical trials and the skills needed by linguists working in this field. It outlines the different types of essential documents created before, during, and after clinical trials including protocols, consent forms, reports, and documentation of trial processes and product accountability. It also describes the various audiences that clinical trial documents target, such as healthcare providers, patients, and oversight committees. Linguists need knowledge of clinical trial procedures and terminology as well as the ability to adapt texts for different audiences. Resources provided include glossaries, templates, online courses, books and articles to help linguists acquire this expertise.
This document discusses the phases of clinical trials. It begins by defining a clinical trial and explaining their importance. It then outlines the typical phases:
Phase I trials involve small groups of healthy volunteers and focus on safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics. Phase II trials enroll larger numbers of patients to study efficacy and further evaluate safety. Phase III trials involve thousands of patients and aim to confirm efficacy and further monitor safety. Phase IV trials occur after marketing approval to further monitor long-term safety and efficacy.
The document provides details on the objectives, features, sample sizes, and information gained from each phase of trials. It discusses microdosing studies, pharmacogenomics studies, and post-marketing surveillance. In summary
This document discusses Investigational New Drug (IND) applications and New Drug Applications (NDA). It provides details on the process for approval of new drugs in the US and India. Some key points include:
- An IND must be filed with the FDA before beginning clinical trials of an investigational new drug in humans. It contains information on pre-clinical studies, manufacturing, and clinical protocols.
- In India, a similar process involves submitting an application on Form 44 to the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization along with required documents and fees.
- An NDA is submitted to formally request approval to market a new drug after Phase III trials. It contains extensive data from non-clinical and clinical studies in a
Key stakeholders in clinical research include study sponsors, investigators and site personnel, monitors, institutional review boards (IRBs), study subjects, and regulators. Sponsors are responsible for the design and oversight of studies, including selecting investigators and monitoring sites. Investigators conduct the research and ensure ethical and safe treatment of subjects. IRBs and ethics committees review studies to protect subject safety and rights. Monitors verify compliance and safety on behalf of sponsors. Subjects participate in studies after providing informed consent. Regulators such as the FDA and CDSCO approve studies and ensure compliance.
This document provides definitions for various clinical trial terms. It defines terms like adverse reaction, approval, arm, baseline, bias, blinding, case control study, clinical, clinical investigator, clinical research associate, and many others. For each term there is a brief 1-2 sentence definition explaining the meaning in the context of clinical research.
Clinical research methodology involves understanding different study types and choosing the appropriate one to investigate research questions. The main types are observational (cross-sectional, case-control) and interventional (cohort, randomized controlled trial). Observational studies can show associations but not causation due to limitations like bias and confounding. Interventional studies like randomized controlled trials can establish causation by minimizing biases through randomization and blinding. Well-designed clinical trials systematically plan the hypothesis, participants, interventions, outcomes, sample size, controls, analysis and interpretation of results to accurately assess interventions.
SAE REPORTING TIMELINE AND COMPENSATION 2019Shweta Lal
This presentation is based on New Drug and Clinical Trial Rule 2019 which was published in 19 march 2019. I have described chapter VI ( compensation) and Seventh Schedule including SAE reporting timeline in India.
This document discusses principles of managing a formulary system in a healthcare institution. It defines key terms like formulary, formulary system management, and discusses the purpose and objectives of formulary management. It describes the roles of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee and drug review panels in the formulary management process. The document outlines principles for drug selection and formulary maintenance, including considering clinical effectiveness, safety and cost when adding or removing drugs from the formulary.
A standard for the design, conduct, performance, monitoring, auditing, recording, analyses and reporting of clinical trials that provide assurance that the data and the reported results are credible (able to be believed), accurate and that the rights, integrity and confidentiality of trial subjects are protected.
This document discusses off-label use of drugs, which refers to prescribing approved medications for indications, populations, doses, or administration routes that are not included in the drug's official approved labeling by regulatory agencies. The document defines off-label use and provides examples. It discusses the frequency, motivations, types based on dose, age, indications, routes of administration. It also discusses perspectives of different stakeholders and regulations governing off-label use in the US, UK, and India. Studies on the prevalence of off-label prescribing in Indian pediatric and psychiatry patients are mentioned.
Importance of aggregate reporting in pharmacovigilanceSollers College
Pharmacovigilance is the science which deals with the activities related to the detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention of ADRs. The scope of Pharmacovigilance has evolved.
Current pediatric research limits and promisesFrancois Cachat
1. Pediatric research has increased dramatically over the last 50 years, especially randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in major academic centers in countries like the US and Europe.
2. However, pediatric research faces challenges like long-term studies, inconsistent findings, limited generalizability and implementation of results.
3. Improving training, mentorship, collaboration and translational research can help address current limitations and further progress pediatric research.
Clinical trials involve several phases:
- Phase I trials involve small groups of healthy volunteers or patients and aim to determine the safety and tolerability of a new drug.
- Phase II trials involve larger groups of patients and aim to determine efficacy and further evaluate safety. These trials provide preliminary data on effectiveness.
- Phase III trials involve even more patients and aim to confirm effectiveness, monitor side effects, and compare the new treatment to standard treatment. These trials provide the primary data to support effectiveness. Regulatory approval is based on positive Phase III results showing safety and effectiveness.
Clinical research determines the safety and effectiveness of medications, devices, and treatments intended for human use. Clinical trials systematically investigate new drugs in human subjects and can take an average of 14 years to bring a drug from discovery to market. Participants in clinical trials help advance medical research and access new treatments, and clinical trials are required prior to FDA approval of any new therapy.
Roles and Responsibilities of sponsor in conducting clinical trials as per GC...Dr B Naga Raju
The document outlines the roles and responsibilities of sponsors according to ICH-GCP guidelines. It discusses that sponsors are responsible for initiating, managing, financing, and monitoring clinical trials. They must ensure trials are conducted according to GCP standards, applicable regulations, and the approved protocol. Sponsors are also responsible for safety monitoring, reporting adverse events, quality assurance, selecting and compensating investigators, and maintaining required trial documentation.
The document discusses vulnerable subjects in clinical research such as students, hospital employees, and minority groups. It defines Good Clinical Practice (GCP) as standards for designing, conducting, and reporting clinical trials to protect human subjects. The foundations of ethical clinical research are outlined, including the Nuremberg Code, Declaration of Helsinki, and Belmont Report, with a focus on principles of GCP like informed consent and minimizing risks to subjects.
This document discusses ethics in clinical research and provides a historical perspective. It summarizes key events that shaped modern research ethics like the Nuremberg trials, Declaration of Helsinki, and Belmont Report. The core ethical principles of respect for persons, beneficence, and justice are explained. Challenges in clinical research in India like ensuring proper informed consent and oversight by ethics committees are also covered.
The slide provides a basic understanding about Clinical Research process and the various Phases of Drug Discovery and Development. It also explains about the various trial designs and techniques in research such as blinding and randomization. It may be useful for giving a basic class for Fourth Year B.Pharm Students.
The document discusses orphan drugs and regulations around them in various markets. It provides an overview of orphan drug policies in the US, EU, Australia, and Canada. The US Orphan Drug Act of 1983 was the first legislation to promote orphan drug development. It offers 7 years of market exclusivity. The EU and Canada have since established their own orphan drug frameworks that similarly aim to incentivize development of treatments for rare diseases through exclusivity periods, fee waivers, and assistance programs. However, orphan drugs regulations still face challenges around definitions of rare diseases, clinical data requirements, pricing and reimbursement.
Presentation working on clinical trialsSarah Henter
Working on Clinical Trials discusses the types of documents used in clinical trials and the skills needed by linguists working in this field. It outlines the different types of essential documents created before, during, and after clinical trials including protocols, consent forms, reports, and documentation of trial processes and product accountability. It also describes the various audiences that clinical trial documents target, such as healthcare providers, patients, and oversight committees. Linguists need knowledge of clinical trial procedures and terminology as well as the ability to adapt texts for different audiences. Resources provided include glossaries, templates, online courses, books and articles to help linguists acquire this expertise.
This document discusses the phases of clinical trials. It begins by defining a clinical trial and explaining their importance. It then outlines the typical phases:
Phase I trials involve small groups of healthy volunteers and focus on safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics. Phase II trials enroll larger numbers of patients to study efficacy and further evaluate safety. Phase III trials involve thousands of patients and aim to confirm efficacy and further monitor safety. Phase IV trials occur after marketing approval to further monitor long-term safety and efficacy.
The document provides details on the objectives, features, sample sizes, and information gained from each phase of trials. It discusses microdosing studies, pharmacogenomics studies, and post-marketing surveillance. In summary
This document discusses Investigational New Drug (IND) applications and New Drug Applications (NDA). It provides details on the process for approval of new drugs in the US and India. Some key points include:
- An IND must be filed with the FDA before beginning clinical trials of an investigational new drug in humans. It contains information on pre-clinical studies, manufacturing, and clinical protocols.
- In India, a similar process involves submitting an application on Form 44 to the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization along with required documents and fees.
- An NDA is submitted to formally request approval to market a new drug after Phase III trials. It contains extensive data from non-clinical and clinical studies in a
Key stakeholders in clinical research include study sponsors, investigators and site personnel, monitors, institutional review boards (IRBs), study subjects, and regulators. Sponsors are responsible for the design and oversight of studies, including selecting investigators and monitoring sites. Investigators conduct the research and ensure ethical and safe treatment of subjects. IRBs and ethics committees review studies to protect subject safety and rights. Monitors verify compliance and safety on behalf of sponsors. Subjects participate in studies after providing informed consent. Regulators such as the FDA and CDSCO approve studies and ensure compliance.
This document provides definitions for various clinical trial terms. It defines terms like adverse reaction, approval, arm, baseline, bias, blinding, case control study, clinical, clinical investigator, clinical research associate, and many others. For each term there is a brief 1-2 sentence definition explaining the meaning in the context of clinical research.
Clinical research methodology involves understanding different study types and choosing the appropriate one to investigate research questions. The main types are observational (cross-sectional, case-control) and interventional (cohort, randomized controlled trial). Observational studies can show associations but not causation due to limitations like bias and confounding. Interventional studies like randomized controlled trials can establish causation by minimizing biases through randomization and blinding. Well-designed clinical trials systematically plan the hypothesis, participants, interventions, outcomes, sample size, controls, analysis and interpretation of results to accurately assess interventions.
SAE REPORTING TIMELINE AND COMPENSATION 2019Shweta Lal
This presentation is based on New Drug and Clinical Trial Rule 2019 which was published in 19 march 2019. I have described chapter VI ( compensation) and Seventh Schedule including SAE reporting timeline in India.
This document discusses principles of managing a formulary system in a healthcare institution. It defines key terms like formulary, formulary system management, and discusses the purpose and objectives of formulary management. It describes the roles of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee and drug review panels in the formulary management process. The document outlines principles for drug selection and formulary maintenance, including considering clinical effectiveness, safety and cost when adding or removing drugs from the formulary.
A standard for the design, conduct, performance, monitoring, auditing, recording, analyses and reporting of clinical trials that provide assurance that the data and the reported results are credible (able to be believed), accurate and that the rights, integrity and confidentiality of trial subjects are protected.
This document discusses off-label use of drugs, which refers to prescribing approved medications for indications, populations, doses, or administration routes that are not included in the drug's official approved labeling by regulatory agencies. The document defines off-label use and provides examples. It discusses the frequency, motivations, types based on dose, age, indications, routes of administration. It also discusses perspectives of different stakeholders and regulations governing off-label use in the US, UK, and India. Studies on the prevalence of off-label prescribing in Indian pediatric and psychiatry patients are mentioned.
Importance of aggregate reporting in pharmacovigilanceSollers College
Pharmacovigilance is the science which deals with the activities related to the detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention of ADRs. The scope of Pharmacovigilance has evolved.
Current pediatric research limits and promisesFrancois Cachat
1. Pediatric research has increased dramatically over the last 50 years, especially randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in major academic centers in countries like the US and Europe.
2. However, pediatric research faces challenges like long-term studies, inconsistent findings, limited generalizability and implementation of results.
3. Improving training, mentorship, collaboration and translational research can help address current limitations and further progress pediatric research.
Clinical trials involve several phases:
- Phase I trials involve small groups of healthy volunteers or patients and aim to determine the safety and tolerability of a new drug.
- Phase II trials involve larger groups of patients and aim to determine efficacy and further evaluate safety. These trials provide preliminary data on effectiveness.
- Phase III trials involve even more patients and aim to confirm effectiveness, monitor side effects, and compare the new treatment to standard treatment. These trials provide the primary data to support effectiveness. Regulatory approval is based on positive Phase III results showing safety and effectiveness.
Students awareness on Reproductive Health Education in Sri LankaAyomi Irugalbandara
Reproductive Health (RH) is among the most fundamental aspects of life. Yet they often receive little attention in public policy discussions because of cultural and political sensitivities. In Sri Lanka, traditional religious and family values, designed to protect adolescents, can restrict RH education for youth. Some Sri Lankan parents assume that adolescents do not need to know about RH issues until they are married. This idea is rooted in traditional values and long-standing taboos surrounding sexuality that need to be examined in light of protecting health.This study examines the knowledge and perception regarding reproductive health and opinion toward reproductive health education among adolescents in Sri Lanka. The Main outcome measures were adolescent’s knowledge of reproductive health concepts, pregnancy and abortion.
1) A clinical trial was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of clobazam for the orphan pediatric indication of Dravet syndrome.
2) Challenges included a lack of dosing data in young children, capturing baseline seizure frequency variability, and conducting a placebo-controlled trial when clobazam was already available.
3) Pharmacokinetic modeling was used to determine appropriate dosing and sample sizes to supplement limited data, and regulatory and external input helped address challenges.
Over the past decade, CDISC data standards have become the FDA preferred method for the data submission. In fact, the FDA is considering a proposed rule change that would mandate the submission of data in CDISC Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM) and Analysis Data Model (ADaM) formats for all new marketing applications. However, the implementation of this standard has proved to be intimidating to many with only a very small percentage of drug companies actually developing and submitting data in this format.
During the webinar, Thomas Kalfas, an experienced data management professional and CDISC subject matter expert, shared his knowledge and strategies for implementing CDSIC. Topics included a brief review of CDISC, implementation challenges, and insight into the best timing for implementation.
Planimeter was founded in 1997 to provide statistical services for clinical trials. It initially had 4 employees focusing on Phase III-IV trials. In 2005, it started e-business solutions like patient registries and eCRFs. It now has 16 employees and contractors providing full clinical trial support including CDISC modeling, statistical programming, and medical writing. Planimeter aims to be an internationally recognized provider through high quality services and applying rigorous quantitative methods. It focuses on therapeutic areas like neurology and oncology while following standards like CDISC and ISO.
- Drug addiction and abuse refers to the chronic or habitual use of any chemical substance to alter states of body or mind for non-medical purposes. This includes both licit and illicit drugs.
- Addiction is compulsive drug use despite harm, while substance abuse refers to frequently using drugs like alcohol and inhalants that can be addictive.
- Dependence involves psychological need for a drug and physical tolerance and withdrawal symptoms. Addiction affects the reward pathway in the brain.
- Drug abuse has negative effects on individuals, families, and society through health issues, crime, and lost productivity.
1. The document discusses the classification and design considerations of hospitals, including classifications by level of care, size, medical specialists, and ownership.
2. It outlines the main divisions of hospitals including administration, outpatient, diagnostic services, therapeutic services, internal medical treatment, inpatient, and general services.
3. For each division and department, it describes the parts, location considerations, and provides area guidelines based on hospital size and international standards.
When designing pediatric research, one size does not fit all. Simply adapting the adult clinical study protocol into its child-sized version will not be enough to gain IRB approval.
Research involving minors must prioritize the rights, safety, and welfare of its young participants, and the FDA has issued substantial regulations to ensure pediatric research is conducted safely and ethically.
This document summarizes a PCORI pilot project that aimed to develop methods for identifying health outcomes that are important to children and their parents. The project had three main aims: 1) Develop a typology of health outcomes from various sources including patients and clinicians; 2) Ensure the typology is comprehensible to patients and clinicians; 3) Develop and test methods for prioritizing outcomes based on patient input, using autism as a test condition. Challenges included effectively engaging patients and researchers in the process. The project produced an outcomes typology in both clinical and lay terms and methods for identifying patient-centered outcomes priorities.
The document describes 7 presentations on various medical education projects taking place at IMSH 2012. The projects focus on improving skills training and assessment in areas like clinical decision making, resuscitation, communication skills and organ donation. Each presentation provides background on an identified knowledge gap, states a PICO question, and outlines a proposed study approach to address the gap.
Evidence-Based Medicine - Overview
- How to be a good doctor - A step in Health promotion
- By Ibrahim A. Abdelhaleem - Zagazig Medical Research Society (ZMRS)
2o C Parte 3 Primary Prevention Mental Health Programsc.meza
The document discusses several topics related to primary prevention mental health programs including methodology, outcomes, prevention in other areas, issues with study inclusion and classification, ecological impact, parent programs, and cost analyses. Key points include that collectively studies have examined large samples and focused on outcomes like antisocial behavior, aggression, and risk status. Prevention research tends to be categorized which limits learning across fields, and some non-mental health focused programs have achieved positive mental health outcomes. Involving parents in programs remains a challenge with low attendance rates. Cost analyses have shown some prevention programs can return $8-45 for every dollar spent but support depends on multiple factors beyond cost savings.
Neurodevelopmental Treatment and Cerebral Palsy- Researchda5884
An alternative description of my Critically Appraised Topic on Neurodevelopmental treatment when used on children with cerebral palsy. This presentation focuses more on the process of the research.
Generic non-biological complex drugs DIA CMC Workshop 2017Ajaz Hussain
#DIACMC17
Assigned title for the talk by the organizers:“The need of conducting clinical study for assuring safety and efficacy, as well as a lack of immunogenicity for generic NBCDs”
SUMMARY
Integrated analytical, product and process development to reduce uncertainty in ‘pharmaceutical equivalence’ is the foundation on which confidence in generic drugs rests
Need to leverage the context: RLD “Prescribe-ability” and lot-lot “Switchability” is acceptable
The “sameness” mindset (as opposed to an “equivalence” mindset) poses challenges to evidence ‘synthesis” (not “piece meal” check the box ) in ANDA submissions
Integrated evidence must a priori account for posed/anticipated “legal challenges” intrinsic to the US system
Clinical assessment of Therapeutic Equivalence of generic product intended (i.e., designed) to be equivalent to RLD should only be needed in rare circumstances
When there is a need to provide assurance to non-scientists stakeholders
Currently the FDA’s GADUFA Research and efforts by many in the sector are predominantly focused on developing a “test of bioequivalence”
For most complex products such a test, in and of itself, may be insufficient to ensure therapeutic equivalence over generic product life-cycle
An evaluation of the Dore programme. Remarkable success is claimed for this exercise-based treatment that is designed to accelerate cerebellar development. Unfortunately, the published studies are seriously flawed. On measures where control data are available, there is no credible evidence of significant gains in literacy associated with this intervention. There are no published studies on efficacy with the clinical groups for whom the programme is advocated. It is important that family practitioners and paediatricians are aware that the claims made for this expensive treatment are misleading.
Dissemination and Implementation Research - Getting FundedHopkinsCFAR
Alice Ammerman, DrPh
Director, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Professor, Department of Nutrition
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina
Versão em português da apresentação de Jane Squires, uma das autoras do ASQ-3 (sigla para Ages and Stages Questionnaires), método de avaliação infantil desenvolvido nos Estados Unidos e utilizado em mais de 18 países, apresentado pela Secretaria de Assuntos Estratégicos (SAE) promoveu no dia 05 de dezembro de 2011.
Selection of the Problem pg 13One of the most difficult tasks co.docxbagotjesusa
Selection of the Problem pg 13
One of the most difficult tasks confronting the beginner is to select a researchable problem. More often than not, the newcomer has a proclivity to tackle an exotic issue, thus making the problem either too broad or too narrow in scope. Some factors that should be involved in the ultimate selection are listed here (Bailey, 1994):
1. Interest: The researcher should be interested in pursuing the problem area. The problem should be related to the background and career interests of the student, and in pursuing the problem the student should develop useful skills for the future.
2. Operability: The nature of the problem should be such that the researcher has both the resources and the time available to complete the subject.
3. Scope: While the research problem should not attempt to solve all the health dilemmas of the world, neither should it be so small as to negate the variables necessary for adequate results.
4. Theoretical and practical values: The research should contribute to the health field, perhaps through publication, and be of benefit to health practitioners.
5. Health paradigm: This is the school of thought or model employed by the researcher as discussed in an earlier chapter (Chapter 1).
6. Values of the researcher: The myth of value-free research is just that, a myth. The student of research should be aware that in addition to being unstable, values may prejudice the research effort to the degree that all objectivity is lost. Note that even the selection of a problem is value-laden.
7. Research methodology: Every researcher has a philosophy of research that affects procedure. Thus, the student must be certain that hypotheses are well written and that appropriate criteria are used to interpret the data to reach conclusions.
8. Reactivity: The method of data collection should be scrutinized for reactivity. That is, a reactive technique brings about a reaction on the part of those being studied in a way that affects that data. The reactive effect is commonly labeled the “Hawthorne effect” from the study of the Hawthorne Plant of the Western Electric Company in Chicago, where it was found that worker productivity increased simply because the personnel were being observed.
9. Unit of analysis: In health research, the unit of analysis may be an individual (such as the health habits of a single anorexic patient) or an entire population (patterns among the hospital anorexic population). The researcher must ascertain which is most appropriate and whether resources are available to collect data.
10. Time frame: This is particularly important to the student because only a limited amount of time is usually available. In a cross-sectional study aparticular population is involved at a single point in time; in a longitudinal time frame, data are gathered over an extended period of time (such as months or years).
11. Budget: To ensure that your proposal is feasible, write up a budget for expensive items. These items m.
FDA 2013 Clinical Investigator Training Course: Clinical Discussion of Specia...MedicReS
FDA 2013 Clinical Investigator Training Course: Clinical Discussion of Special Populations
Ryan P. Owen, Ph.D.. Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translational Sciences,CDER
Improving Parenting Skills for Families of Young Children in Pediatric Settin...JAMA Pediatrics
This randomized clinical trial tested the efficacy of providing an evidence-based parenting program (The Incredible Years) to parents of young children with disruptive behaviors in pediatric settings. Parents assigned to the intervention group completed 10 weekly parenting sessions led by study psychologists and pediatric staff. Compared to those on a waiting list, parents who received the intervention reported fewer disruptive child behaviors, improved parenting skills, and less negative parent-child interactions both immediately after and up to 12 months following the program. The results support delivering evidence-based parenting programs in pediatric practices to help address early disruptive behaviors.
This document provides an overview and update on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research. It summarizes several studies on various topics:
- Genetic factors are strongly implicated in ASD risk, though hundreds of genes may be involved.
- Early intensive behavioral intervention shows benefits for social/communication skills but evidence is limited.
- Some treatments like risperidone and melatonin show benefits for specific symptoms but evidence is still limited overall.
- Joint attention interventions effectively improve joint attention skills in children with ASD.
- Ongoing research is exploring new drug treatments and personalized approaches.
The document provides an overview of evidence-based dentistry (EBD). It discusses the history and definition of EBD, and outlines the five steps (5As) involved: asking questions, acquiring evidence, appraising the quality of evidence, applying evidence to individual patients, and assessing performance. EBD aims to integrate the best available research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values and preferences. While EBD focuses on using high-quality evidence, traditional dentistry may rely more on subjective opinions. The document concludes that adopting EBD can help improve patient care by providing a balanced and transparent approach.
1) The document discusses different types of evidence used in managing NEC, including textbooks, experience, published studies, and guidelines. Higher levels of evidence include systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials.
2) Factors that can help or hinder the development of NEC are discussed, such as breast milk, feeding strategies, and supplements like arginine and glutamine. Studies have looked at whether interventions like H2 blockers or probiotics can prevent NEC.
3) The best evidence for managing NEC comes from meta-analyses, randomized trials, and guidelines, but these are not always possible. It is important to consider other outcomes in addition to NEC.
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2. Successful Pediatric Studies:
Key Study Design and
Site Selection Considerations
Presented by
Charlene Sanders, M.D. and Angi Robinson
Premier Research
April 14, 2012
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3. Disclosure
We have no relevant financial relationship
in relation to this educational activity
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4. Research is Making a Difference
Pediatric research has resulted in:
More than
products labeled with
new pediatric information
More than
products with pediatric focused
post labeling safety reviews
Source: FDA website accessed on February 29, 2012
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6. Pediatrics does not deal with
miniature men and women, with
reduced doses and the same
class of diseases in smaller
bodies, but ... it has its own
independent range and horizon
and gives as much to general
medicine as it receives from it
- Abraham Jacobi, 1889
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7. Pediatric Subpopulations
Each age group is considered an indication
Pre-term Newborns Infants & toddlers Children Adolescents
newborns 27 days 28 days to 23 months 2 to 11 years 12 to 16-18 years
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8. Age Appropriate Formulations
Consider age, physical development, illness, dosage, dosing
frequency, treatment duration, and route of administration
Need pediatric formulations that are:
• Easy to both administer and swallow
• Acceptable in taste and volume
• Appropriate in dosage and strength
• Tolerable with minimal and safe excipients
• Adequate bioavailability
• Less frequent administration
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9. Age Appropriate Formulations
Children will refuse an unpleasant formulation
Foster compliance by delivering formulations with an
acceptable taste
Poor compliance increases the risk of therapeutic failure
and emergence of resistances
Need to ensure safe and precise administration
Foster compliance with an easy administration
Provide appropriate dosing/administration devices
Important to have child-proof container for product
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10. Plant the SEED to Succeed!
Scientifically meaningful
Need scientifically rigorous protocols
Ethical
Need special protections with this vulnerable populations
Enrollable
Need protocols that are patient and family friendly
Directed
Need appropriate sites and targeted patient recruitment strategies
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12. Study Design
Why up to 50% of pediatric studies fail:
Not well defined PK–PD
Small sample
or pediatric correlations that
size, low
relevant are not
enrollment
endpoints established
Incorrectly Ethical
identified Feasibility constraints in
dosages for issues protocol
efficacy studies development
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13. Pediatric Study Design
Protocols need to be designed specifically for the
population and not simply re-worked from adult protocols
→ Design must be customized for the specific populations
→ Primary endpoint in children may be different or even
inappropriate in adults
→ Developmental variability should be considered in inclusion
criteria, sample size calculations, and analysis
→ Study design must be realistic for families to commit
Unsuitable designs will lead to slow enrollment and low
retention resulting in higher costs and approval delays
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14. Traditional vs. Population PK Sampling
Traditional PK Population PK
Approach is to conduct a study Approach requires a larger
of single or multiple doses of number of subjects and
the drug in a small number of utilizes infrequent or sparse
subjects with relatively sampling
frequent blood sampling
While current FDA and ICH recommendations do not indicate
which method should be used, they do describe the population
PK methodology as a useful technique to minimize the number
of samples obtained from each patient
14 Guidance for Industry: E11 Clinical Investigation of Medicinal Products in the Pediatric Population, Dec 2000.
15. FDA Guidance for Pediatric Studies
Pediatric Study Decision Tree - Integration of PK-PD
Reasonable to assume (pediatrics vs. adults)
• Similar disease progression?
• Similar response to intervention?
NO YES TO BOTH
• Conduct PK studies Reasonable to assume similar
• Conduct safety/efficacy trials concentration-response (C-R)
in pediatrics and adults?
NO NO
YES
Is there a PD measurement that
can be used to predict efficacy? • Conduct PK studies to achieve
levels similar to adults
YES • Conduct safety trials
• Conduct PK studies to get
C-R for PD measurement
• Conduct PK studies to achieve
target concentrations based
on C-R
• Conduct safety trials Guidance for Industry: Exposure-Response Relationships — Study
15 Design, Data Analysis, and Regulatory Applications, April 2003.
16. Use of Placebo
Use of placebo typically more restricted
in pediatric trials simply because
children cannot consent
While not ideal, the use of a placebo may
be acceptable if there is no approved or
adequately studied therapies
Placebo use has to be justified
scientifically and ethically
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17. Use of Placebo
It is important to minimize placebo exposure:
Number of Study
subjects duration
Need
Randomization pre-defined
ratio discontinuation
criteria
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18. Pediatric Specific Endpoints/Follow-up
Physiological Measures and Benchmarks
• Weight
• Height
• Thyroid hormone, Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)
• Skeletal growth
• Sexual maturation
Development and Cognitive function
(short and long-term effects)
• Attention, memory and learning
• Language skill
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19. Pediatric Specific Endpoints/Follow-up
Behavioral and Psychological Maturation/Milestones
• Child Behavioral Checklist (CBCL)
• Quality of Life, school performance, etc.
• Infants and young children – mental, motor and behavioral
development
• Neonates – known complications and effects of prematurity
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20. Duration of Treatment,
Follow-up, and Retention
→ Long-term treatment or recurrent treatment may
necessitate:
– Tracking of growth and development changes
– Potential need for patient to sign multiple assent
forms/consent form over time
→ Outline process for study drug delivery during school
days, with alternate caregivers, etc…
→ Working parents and school attendance issues will
present additional practical problems
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22. Special Protections in Pediatric Research
Need for special protections in vulnerable populations
is mandated by regulations, enacted by:
Assent/
IRB assessment Data Safety
Parental
of research risk Monitoring
Permission
category Boards (DSMBs)
process
Treatment
Limiting use of
continuity after
placebos
clinical study
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23. Ethical Considerations
Ethics of conducting pediatric research
has not been studied as extensively as
ethics of adult research
Pediatric research means decision-
making for another and involves more
than just the patient
Potential risks and inconvenience are
accepted by parent, but may affect child,
siblings, and parents
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24. Ethical Questions to Consider
Is it ethical to enroll children in:
Poorly designed studies?
– According to FDA, 50% of all pediatric studies are not
interpretable
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25. Ethical Questions to Consider
Is it ethical to enroll children in:
Studies without the possibility of direct benefit?
– Normally only allowed if risk is low
– Should have access to necessary health care after being
enrolled in a clinical trial
– Rules and definitions differ by country
• Non-therapeutic studies in children are not allowed in
some countries
• Definition of low risk varies by country
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26. Potential Ethical Conflicts in Pediatric Research
Weighing of ethical principles is integral part of process
Beneficence Autonomy, Self-Determination
Potential or real benefit to child vs. Child’s dissent
Justice
Beneficence
Potential or real benefit to child
vs. Potential costs or harms
to other family members
Beneficence, Justice
Non-maleficence
Possibility of obtaining information vs. Potential risk to child
that could benefit many
Privacy, Confidentiality Non-maleficence
Drug testing, vs. Potential harm from researcher
pregnancy testing results not reporting risky behavior
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28. Child Friendly Study Procedures
Minimize intensity and frequency of the study assessments
• Limit number and volume of blood draws – coincide the
collection of protocol-specified blood samples with routine
clinical samples
• Limit invasive procedure as much as possible
Minimize pain and distress
• Use topical anesthesia, butterfly needles, pediatric sampling
tubes
• Indwelling catheters rather than repeated venipunctures for
blood sampling
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29. Child Friendly Study Procedures
In addition:
• Handle pregnancy testing in minors with care
• Consider not only the child but also the parents and
siblings when planning the frequency and length of
visits/assessments
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30. Drug Administration Considerations
Dosing is more difficult to manage than in adults:
• Often based on experience in adults and weight/BSA
• Titration rates and AE monitoring need to be carefully evaluated
• Administration of investigational product can pose problems
Timing of dosing can also be a challenge:
• Issues with dosing in school-age children
• Strict dosing times may be difficult to adhere to
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32. Operational Considerations for
Pediatric Investigative Site Selection
In general, use same principles as selecting sites for adult trials:
Access to
Degree of
Expertise and adequate interest
number of
experience expressed
appropriate by the site
patients
Facilities need
appropriate Consider using
equipment/ a Pediatric
activities to Research
accommodate Network
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children/families
33. Medical Considerations for
Pediatric Investigative Site Selection
• Absolutely MUST have person experienced in pediatric
lab draws
• Depending on protocol, may also need personnel
with expertise in catheterizing small children,
pediatric IV starts, placing pediatric NG tubes, etc.
• Sites that are not pediatric based must have access to
resources needed for the pediatric population
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34. Enrollment Strategies
Conduct studies in familiar environments
such as hospital or clinic where
participants normally receive their care
Support on site and off site activities
Be mindful of age specific issues
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35. Enrollment Strategies
Each age group has it own issues with enrollment
Babies and toddlers Consider naptimes
Young children The use of cartoons to explain the study
may be useful for younger patients (some
countries are requiring pictorial
information sheets for young children)
School age Time missed from school may be
important factor
Teenagers Teenage girls may decline to participate
once they learn that a pregnancy test is
required
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36. Enrollment Strategies
Avoid coercion or even its appearance
Advertisements
• Consider different media – TV, radio, internet, parenting
publications, etc.
• Ads need to target the parent, not the child
• Not always appropriate
Payments
• Reimbursements for travel expenses may be better approach
• AAP recommends to not disclose payment/reimbursement
information to children until they have completed the study
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37. Enrollment Strategies
Siblings are frequently brought along to study
appointments distracting both the parents and patients
This can cause:
• Missed reporting of AEs and con meds
• Potentially incorrect responses on
questionnaires
• Early termination if siblings are not made
to feel welcome
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38. Enrollment Strategies
Plan to address this with:
1 Secure area for siblings to wait
Personnel or family/friends available to “babysit”
2 younger children during study visits
3 DVD player with children’s movies/shows
4 Snacks for longer visits
Making siblings feel welcome and parents
5 comfortable with their decision to bring them
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39. Pediatric Assent/Parental Permission
Plan in advance whether and how pediatric assent will
be solicited and have trained personnel obtain this
Considerations for forms:
• In most cases it is appropriate to have one
or more assent forms separate from
parental permission form
• Assent forms need to be aimed at the
appropriate reading grade level for the
youngest person who will sign
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40. Retention Strategies
Make sure stipend is
Provide resource appropriate and families
materials for patients are compensated for
and families expenses associated with
child’s participation
Appointment reminder Close, ongoing review of
and missed appointment discontinuation reasons
postcards, emails or (one-page retention
questionnaire to help determine
text messages reason for withdraws)
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41. Retention Strategies
Consider appropriate strategies for the different age
groups and indications
Example: For adolescents, Example: Depending on
consider a study subject indication, conduct a
blog; this group loves webcast with famous
technology and it is person with condition
appealing to communicate including education
with other kids around segment and ability to
the country who also have submit questions
the same condition
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42. Retention Strategies
Incentive/Rewards
• For milestone achievements, depending on age consider
reward certificate with 10 free music downloads or movie
theatre passes
• Organizer folder/portfolio with place to carry medication to
and from visits that includes calendar with stickers for
appointments as well as books and materials to educate on
condition and making living with it not only possible, but
FUN!!
• Family incentives such as a refrigerator magnet with notepad
or calendar
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43. Retention Strategies
Parent/guardian support is vital to retention and
compliance with visits and drug administration
Must remove barriers to trial participation including:
• Clear instructions for drug administration and compliance
• Difficult visit schedules – include appropriate windows
• Scheduling – parent’s job, school attendance, nap times
• Transportation costs
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44. Take Home Message
With experience, pediatric studies can be easy as PIE
Protocol
Need scientifically rigorous protocols that are also child/parent friendly
Investigators
Choose sites that can handle issues unique to pediatric studies
Enrollment and retention
Develop parent-targeted recruiting/enrollment strategies
Maximize compliance/retention using child-specific strategies
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