Navigating Clinical Trials: Essential Knowledge for Dermatologists-Pediatric Clinical Trials

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Dr. Amy Paller discusses pediatric clinical trials, emphasizing their necessity due to children's unique physiological and psychological traits. Historically, trials only involved adults, resulting in children receiving adjusted adult doses, often leading to ineffective or unsafe results. Pediatric trials face challenges like ethical considerations, smaller patient pools, higher costs, and need for tailored formulations. Laws like BPCA and PREA now mandate testing in children, enhancing safety and efficacy assessments. Dr. Paller outlines hurdles such as drug formulation specifics, trial design complexities, and ethical concerns for conducting these trials. She stresses the importance of accurate dosing, minimizing invasive procedures, employing age-appropriate consent processes, and engaging families. Innovative strategies like open-label extensions and remote monitoring can enhance trial recruitment and data collection. Despite challenges, Dr. Paller encourages careful feasibility assessments and possibly investigator-initiated studies to address unmet needs in pediatric dermatology.

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by Amy Paller, MD, FAAD

Keywords

pediatric clinical trials

children's unique traits

ethical considerations

BPCA and PREA

drug formulation

innovative strategies