TY - JOUR
T1 - The institutional development award states pediatric clinical trials network
T2 - Building research capacity among the rural and medically underserved
AU - Snowden, Jessica
AU - Darden, Paul
AU - Palumbo, Paul
AU - Saul, Phil
AU - Lee, Jeannette
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2018 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - Purpose of review The institutional development award (IDeA) program was created to increase the competitiveness of investigators in states with historically low success rates for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding applications. IDeA states have high numbers of rural and medically underserved residents with disproportionately high rates of infant mortality, obesity, and poverty. This program supports the development and expansion of research infrastructure and research activities in these states. The IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN) is part of the environmental influences on child health outcomes program. Its purpose is to build research capacity within IDeA states and provide opportunities for children in IDeA states to participate in clinical trials. This review describes the current and future activities of the network. Recent findings In its initial year, the ISPCTN created an online series on clinical trials, initiated participation in a study conducted by the pediatric trials network, and proposed two novel clinical trials for obese children. Capacity building and clinical trial implementation will continue in future years. Summary The ISPCTN is uniquely poised to establish and support new pediatric clinical research programs in underserved populations, producing both short and long-term gains in the understanding of child health.
AB - Purpose of review The institutional development award (IDeA) program was created to increase the competitiveness of investigators in states with historically low success rates for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding applications. IDeA states have high numbers of rural and medically underserved residents with disproportionately high rates of infant mortality, obesity, and poverty. This program supports the development and expansion of research infrastructure and research activities in these states. The IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN) is part of the environmental influences on child health outcomes program. Its purpose is to build research capacity within IDeA states and provide opportunities for children in IDeA states to participate in clinical trials. This review describes the current and future activities of the network. Recent findings In its initial year, the ISPCTN created an online series on clinical trials, initiated participation in a study conducted by the pediatric trials network, and proposed two novel clinical trials for obese children. Capacity building and clinical trial implementation will continue in future years. Summary The ISPCTN is uniquely poised to establish and support new pediatric clinical research programs in underserved populations, producing both short and long-term gains in the understanding of child health.
KW - capacity building and professional development for clinical trial implementation
KW - multicenter pediatric clinical trials
KW - rural and underserved children
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U2 - 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000597
DO - 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000597
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29517535
AN - SCOPUS:85044227560
SN - 1040-8703
VL - 30
SP - 297
EP - 302
JO - Current Opinion in Pediatrics
JF - Current Opinion in Pediatrics
IS - 2
ER -