The challenge of developing pain medications for children: therapeutic needs and future perspectives.

Pediatric Investigation Plan acute pain pain relief pediatric patients tapentadol

Journal

Journal of pain research
ISSN: 1178-7090
Titre abrégé: J Pain Res
Pays: New Zealand
ID NLM: 101540514

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
received: 23 11 2018
accepted: 27 02 2019
entrez: 20 6 2019
pubmed: 20 6 2019
medline: 20 6 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

It is broadly accepted that children of all age groups including (preterm) neonates and young infants can perceive pain and that there is an absolute need to treat their pain safely and effectively. The approved treatment options for children, particularly (preterm) neonates and young infants, are very limited with only a few medications specifically labelled for this population. This article presents the challenges of developing pain medications for children. A short overview gives information on pain in children, including pain perception, prevalence of pain and the long-term consequences of leaving pain untreated in this vulnerable population. Current pain management practices are briefly discussed. The challenges of conducting pediatric clinical trials in general and trials involving analgesic medications in particular within the regulatory framework available to develop these medications for children are presented. Emphasis is given to the operational hurdles faced in conducting a pediatric clinical trial program. Some suggestions to overcome these hurdles are provided based on our experience during the pediatric trial program for the strong analgesic tapentadol used for the treatment of moderate to severe acute pain.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31213880
doi: 10.2147/JPR.S195788
pii: 195788
pmc: PMC6536714
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

1649-1664

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Mariëlle Eerdekens, Christoph Beuter, and Claudia Lefeber are employees of Grünenthal GmbH. They report personal fees from Grünenthal GmbH, outside the submitted work. John van den Anker is a paid consultant for Grünenthal. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work.

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Auteurs

Mariëlle Eerdekens (M)

Grünenthal GmbH, Aachen, Germany.

Christoph Beuter (C)

Grünenthal GmbH, Aachen, Germany.

Claudia Lefeber (C)

Grünenthal GmbH, Aachen, Germany.

John van den Anker (J)

Division of Paediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, University of Basel Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.

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