Conect4Children: Clinical Trials Workshop

• Wednesday, 14 May 2025
• 08:00-12:00

Clinical trials are one important way to gather the information needed to prevent and treat ill-health in babies, children, and young people. Paediatric trials of medicines need to be adapted to the participants as well as meeting standards for high quality evidence.

This workshop will give participants experience in scoping a clinical trial protocol in a small group. The workshop will be preceded by a carefully curated series of short talks introducing key elements of a paediatric trial of one or more medicine. The workshop will be followed by the opportunity to each small group to develop their protocol, leading up to a proposal for funding.

This workshop is a collaboration between ESPGHAN and Conet4children Stitching, the European network for paediatric clinical research.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the principles of developing a clinical trial protocol to evaluate one or more medicines
2. Apply principles of clinical trial protocol development to a specific research question

 

Action Objective:

1. To scope a clinical trial protocol

One session of 2 hours live online made up of prerecorded sessions and Questions and Answers.

The session will be available online for two weeks before the meeting and two weeks after the meeting.

Pre-Congress: Online session:

*Details will be sent, in due course, regarding the online session to those that have registered for the Workshop.

Introduction (30 Minutes)

• Key features of a clinical trial protocol
• Endpoints
• Safety assessment

Medicines Supplies (30 Minutes)

• Patient and Public Involvement
• Collaboration with industry

Sponsors and Approvals Ethics (30 Minutes)

• PK (including blood volumes)
• Sites and logistics
• What to fund and how to find funding?

Questions (20 Minutes)

For the session agenda, onsite in Helsinki, please click here and view in the interactive programme.

We invite enthusiastic researchers, including young members, to apply. We are looking for delegates with an idea of a clinical research project who may benefit from experts’ assistance but also for young delegates who may extensively learn from participation in a real-life experience of designing a clinical trial.

Applicants are required to provide a short CV and if applicable, a one pager including a proposed clinical trial design.

Please click the button below to submit your application.  The deadline for submission is Wednesday, February 26th, 2025, at 23:59 CET.  We look forward to receiving your application and having you join us for this engaging and educational experience.