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ReviewPediatric rheumatology online journal2018

Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group - over four decades of pivotal clinical drug research in pediatric rheumatology.

Hermine I Brunner, Lisa G Rider, Daniel J Kingsbury, Dominic Co, Rayfel Schneider, Ellen Goldmuntz, Karen B Onel, Edward H Giannini, Daniel J Lovell, PRCSG Advisory Council

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In one paragraph

Review in Pediatric rheumatology online journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Hermine I BrunnerDivision of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center & Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, MLC 4010, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA. Hermine.brunner@cchmc.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-2987
Lisa G RiderEnvironmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Daniel J KingsburyRandall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Portland, OR, USA.
Dominic CoUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
Rayfel SchneiderThe Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Ellen GoldmuntzDivision of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation, Rheumatologic Autoimmune Diseases Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Karen B OnelHospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Edward H GianniniDivision of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center & Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, MLC 4010, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.
Daniel J LovellDivision of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center & Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, MLC 4010, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.
PRCSG Advisory Council
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USNational Institutes of Health · USHospital for Special Surgery · USRandall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel · USUniversity of Toronto · CAUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Assessment, Therapy and Prevention Of Autoimmune DiseaseZ01ES101081 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MILLER, FREDERICK · 2002 to 2008
$2.2M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES101081NIEHS NIH HHS ES101081
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

importanceSpecialized research networks are essential to achieve drug approvals for rare pediatric diseases. Such networks help realize the potential of global legislation enacted upon the recognition that most children are treated with drugs whose most beneficial dose and regimen have not been established in pediatric patients. The Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG) is a North American clinical trials network that is specialized in the performance of clinical trials of new therapies for pediatric populations with rheumatic diseases. This review provides an overview of the strategies employed by this research network to achieve drug and biologic approvals for children with pediatric rheumatic diseases, particularly juvenile idiopathic arthritis. OBSERVATIONS: Clinical trial conduct in rare pediatric diseases has required global recruitment. Supported or led by the PRCSG, highly responsive, validated, composite measures have been established to assess drug efficacy. For pediatric orphan diseases with high disease burdens, specialized investigative sites and study designs are needed to complete adequately powered trials at the high standard necessary to enable drug labeling by regulatory agencies. Novel trial designs have been utilized for more efficient testing of innovative drug candidates. All these have been developed or co-developed by the PRCSG research network. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Specialized research networks in pediatric rheumatology, such as the PRCSG, have changed the landscape of available therapies and improved overall disease outcomes for children with pediatric rheumatic diseases.

Indexed as

Antirheumatic AgentsBiomedical ResearchChildClinical Trials as TopicDrug ApprovalHumansResearch DesignRheumatic DiseasesRheumatologyAntirheumatic AgentsClinical trialsDrug approvalsJIANetworksPediatricsPRCSG

Identifiers

PMID29996857
PMCPMC6042275
OpenAlexW2829621421

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