Advancing Pediatric Antibacterial Drug Development: A Critical Need to Reinvent our Approach

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2019 Mar 28;8(1):60-62. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piy001.

Abstract

The Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative convened with several groups in the pediatric antibacterial drug development community with the goal of identifying challenges and recommending ways to improve current practice. Attention to 5 major areas hold the promise of making new antibiotics available for use in children as soon as possible after they are approved for use in adults.

Keywords: antibacterial; antibiotics; clinical trials; drug development.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents*
  • Child
  • Clinical Protocols
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Drug Development / organization & administration*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent
  • Research Design
  • Stakeholder Participation
  • United States

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents