Clinical Pharmacology of Dermatology Products in Pediatric Drug Development
摘要
Drug development studies in pediatric patients have evolved in about the same time frame as the medical specialty of pediatric dermatology. While the efficacy trial design has a number of elements that have to be carefully planned, such as endpoints and enrichment of the study population as well as inclusion of a placebo, drug dosing and drug safety are the most critical factors to be addressed in pediatric dermatology drug development studies. Safety studies include maximal use trials and may include growth studies. Exposure-response analysis and modeling and simulation are now routine parts of a pediatric drug development trial. These advanced clinical pharmacology techniques must be applied to future drug development studies in pediatric dermatology.