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ReviewMayo Clinic proceedings2024

Clinical Trials for Special Populations: Children, Older Adults, and Rare Diseases.

Robert M Jacobson, Robert J Pignolo, Konstantinos N Lazaridis

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In one paragraph

Review in Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Is It Time to Change Our Approach to Childhood Lupus Nephritis?Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2026
    Article
  3. Nursing's Role in Advancing Care for Rare Genetic Diseases.The Nursing clinics of North America · 2025
    Review
  4. The Current Landscape of Clinical Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
    Article
  5. Article
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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert M JacobsonDepartment of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine and Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Electronic address: jacobson.robert@mayo.edu.
Robert J PignoloDepartment of Medicine and Divisions of Hospital Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Home of Medical Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, and Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Konstantinos N LazaridisCenter for Individualized Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Mayo Clinic in Arizona · USMayo Clinic · US

Funding

Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS UL1 Supplement - Dr. Timothy Curry)UL1TR002377 · NCATS · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI VESNA D GAROVIC · 2017 to 2026
$78.4M
Dissecting the pathogenesis and outcomes of PSC using multi-omics by studying the exposome and genomeRC2DK118619 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI LAZARIDIS, KONSTANTINOS N · 2018 to 2022
$7.8M
"Less Pain, Less Fuss, Right Now!" and "Make It Count!"- Multilevel Interventions for Patient, Parent, and Practice to Enhance Provider Recommendations for HPV VaccinationR01CA217889 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI GRIFFIN, JOAN M., JACOBSON, ROBERT M. · 2018 to 2023
$2.9M
Pathogenesis of Primary Biliary CholangitisR01DK126691 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI LAZARIDIS, KONSTANTINOS N · 2021 to 2024
$2.6M
Geroscience Education and Training (GET) NetworkR25AG073119 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI ESPINOZA, SARA ELYSE, KUCHEL, GEORGE A · 2021 to 2023
$925k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002377NCI NIH HHS R01 CA217889NIA NIH HHS R25 AG073119NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK126691NIDDK NIH HHS RC2 DK118619
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research cannot maximize population health unless it improves health for all members of the public, including special populations such as children, older adults, and people living with rare diseases. Each of these categories require special considerations when planning and performing clinical trials, and common threads of ethical conduct of research in vulnerable populations appear throughout. In this review, definitions of each of the three categories of special population (children, older adults, and rare diseases) are discussed in terms of US research regulations, the unique challenges to conducting clinical trials for these special populations, critical ethical issues, and opportunities for innovative ways to design and operationalize clinical trials in special populations. Additional critical attention is focused on factors that influence the generalizability of study results to reduce health disparities, as well as the importance of community engagement and advocacy groups that can help to educate potential trial participants of the benefits of clinical trial participation.

Indexed as

Rare DiseasesVulnerable PopulationsAgedChildHumans

Identifiers

PMID38309939
PMCPMC10842263
OpenAlexW4391426789

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Registered trials

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