Pediatric Clinical Trials in Latin America and Guyana

Abstract

The survey indicated a considerable depth of interest in the improvement of the pediatric clinical research environment in Latin America. There is some momentum toward the development of a Latin American network for the facilitation and supervision of pediatric clinical research.

An International Asset Map of Clinicians, Educators, and Researchers Pursuing Better Medicine Use in Children: Initial Findings

“…As predicted from an earlier study in South America, 18 the current findings support on overall conclusion that there is an urgent need for a carefully designed action plan to bring about significant increases in the number of highly qualified personnel committed to improvement of pediatric therapeutics. It is clearly unacceptable that, in a world where, in 2014, spending on pharmaceutical products consumed more than a trillion dollars 19 and where there are almost 2 billion children under the age of 14, the needs for validation of drug therapy in this age group are being met by only a handful of adequately trained and committed individuals.…”

Pediatric clinical trials

“…[23] Pediatric clinical research networks (PCRNs) have been existence for over five decades with pediatric oncology community establishing the first networks in the 1950s. [38] Now networks exist across continuum of care (primary, secondary and tertiary care), across specialties (oncology, nephrology, neurology, etc) and across several countries.…”