Research in Pediatric Populations

It is vitally important to develop effective and safe treatments for children based on reliable data from clinical trials involving child participants. However, conducting research with children presents unique ethical challenges: by virtue of their decreased autonomy and still-developing cognition, children are considered a vulnerable research population needing special protections.

Topics

• Why children should be involved in clinical research
• Federal regulations
• Minimal risk
• Placebo
• Parental permission
• Stories from the trenches

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