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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Anando SenORCiD, Avril PalmeriORCiD, Professor Volker StraubORCiD
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The conect4children (c4c) project aims to facilitate efficient planning and delivery of paediatric clinical trials. One objective of c4c is data standardization and reuse. Interoperability and reusability of paediatric clinical trial data is challenging due to a lack of standardization. The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) standards that are required or recommended for regulatory submissions in several countries lack paediatric specificity with limited awareness within academic institutions. To address this, c4c and CDISC collaborated to develop the Pediatrics User Guide (PUG) consisting of cross-cutting data items that are routinely collected in paediatric clinical trials, factoring in all paediatric age ranges.The development of the PUG consisted of six stages. During the scoping phase, subtopics (each containing several clinically relevant concepts) were suggested and debated for inclusion in the PUG. Ninety concepts were selected for the modelling phase. Concept maps describing the collection and representation procedure were developed for the 19 concepts that had no (or partial) previous modelling in CDISC. Next, metadata and implementation examples were developed for concepts. This was followed by a CDISC internal review and a public review. For both these review stages, the feedback comments were either implemented or rejected based on budget, timelines, expert review, and scope. The PUG was published on the CDISC website on February 23, 2023.The PUG is a first step in bridging the lack of child specific CDISC standards, particularly within academia. Several academic and industrial partners were involved in the development of the PUG, and c4c has undertaken multiple steps to publicize the PUG within its academic partner organizations – in particular, the European Reference Networks (ERNs) that are developing registries and dictionaries in 24 disease areas. In the long term, continued use of the PUG in paediatric clinical trials will enable the pooling of data from multiple trials, which is particularly important for medical domains with small populations.
Author(s): Owen J, Sen A, Aurich B, Engel C, Cavallaro G, Degraeuwe E, Kalra D, Cornet R, Walsh M, Berkery T, Palmeri A, Mahler F, Malik S, Persijn L, Amadi C, Thuet J, Woodworth S, Nally S, Leary R, Marshall R, Straub V
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Frontiers in Medicine
Year: 2024
Volume: 11
Online publication date: 17/06/2024
Acceptance date: 29/05/2024
Date deposited: 19/06/2024
ISSN (electronic): 2296-858X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
URL: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1370916
DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1370916
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