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Wim Pinxten1, Herman Nys, Kris Dierickx

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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Clinical Research
  • Bioethics
  • Medical Policy

Background:

  • Children require safe and effective medications, yet few drugs are tested specifically for pediatric use.
  • Pediatricians often prescribe medications off-label, leading to uncertain efficacy and safety outcomes for children.
  • Ethical enrollment of minors in clinical trials presents unique challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the negotiation process for enrolling minors in clinical trials.
  • To examine the role of trust in facilitating ethical research participation for children.
  • To propose policy recommendations for improved guidelines on enrolling minors in clinical research.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of enrollment processes within clinician-minor-parent relationships.
  • Exploration of how "relationships of trust" can address concerns of research subjects.
  • Review of existing ethical frameworks, including The European Clinical Trials Directive.

Main Results:

  • Enrollment negotiations are deeply embedded in existing relationships of trust.
  • Trust provides a foundation for open discussion and addressing the concerns of child participants.
  • The European Clinical Trials Directive implicitly recognizes the importance of trust in research.

Conclusions:

  • Leveraging and strengthening trust is key to ethically enrolling minors in clinical research.
  • Clearer, ethically informed guidelines are needed to support the participation of children in clinical trials.
  • Policy recommendations are provided to enhance ethical considerations in pediatric clinical research.