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SUBMITTER: England A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4997801 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
England Amanda A Wade Kelly K Smith P Brian PB Berezny Katherine K Laughon Matthew M
Contemporary clinical trials 20160309
Performing drug trials in pediatrics is challenging. In support of the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development funded the formation of the Pediatric Trials Network (PTN) in 2010. Since its inception, the PTN has developed strategies to increase both efficiency and safety of pediatric drug trials. Through use of innovative techniques such as sparse and scavenged blood sampling as well as opportunistic study design, ...[more]