Welcome to Paediatric Research Consultancy (PRC)
A cost effective service to help you plan your paediatric clinical trials
Welcome - PRC is an independent, ethical, flexible and cost effective service to help you avoid expensive pitfalls commonly associated with testing medicines for children.
Metrics of good recruitment, retention and time to market are vital aspects of good paediatric trial management in a tight economy. It is therefore critical to avoid costly delays.
By planning child friendly studies early and ethically, there is a win-win for company and child. PRC's 17 years of pharmaceutical and academic paediatric trial and 7 years consultancy experience can assist you with the practical, ethical, informed consent/assent, training, planning and operational aspects of your paediatric research. Clients include big and small pharmaceutical companies, biotech, CROs and the European Commission.
SERVICE OVERVIEW:
PRC assistance is available in 4 areas:
Advice, Medical writing for children, Training, Expert network
SERVICE OVERVIEW: PRC assistance is available in 4 areas:
Advice, Writing, Training, Expert network
ADVICE
- Paediatric investigation plan(PIP) review
- Paediatric protocol feasibility
- Ongoing ethical monitoring during trial
- Practical paediatric trial planning
- Consent/assent strategy
- Recruitment and compliance in different age groups
- Fertility issues/pregnancy test sensitivities
- Paediatric trial rescue
MEDICAL INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN AND PARENTS
- Age specific information sheets for children
- Consent/assent forms
- Fertility information sheets
- Jargon free information for parents (and adult trials)
- UK paediatric trial ethics information sheets
- Artwork for very young children by children's artist
- Articles about paediatric clinical trials
- Easy to understand PIL leaflets (under supervision)
TRAINING
- In house or at location to suit client
- Anywhere in non Eastern Europe
- Presentations, workshops or lunchtime talks
- Informative and enjoyable
- Tailored to suit client requirements
- Cost effective as staff travel minimised
PRC EXPERT NETWORK
- Carefully chosen to match your needs
- Writing Paediatric Investigation Plans
- Small batch paediatric formulation manufacture
- PK/PD and scientific advice
- Elegant microdosing/microsampling for ADME
- Child friendly communications technologies
- Small sample metabolite sampling
- Small sample central laboratories
- Needle free technologies
- Legal and IP services
- Healthcare communications
- Paediatric health economics
BENEFITS OF USING PRC EXPERTISE:
- Saves you TIME and your company MONEY
- Reduces number of centres used
- Gives added value to your trial
- Optimises recruitment, retention
- Improves time to market
- Avoids practical pitfalls
- Facilitates informed consent/assent
- Improves recruitment/ compliance
- Improves communications
- Reduces risk of ethics rejection
- Prevents costly delays
- Prevents slippage of deadlines
- First class service
- Economical rates
- High quality and ethical
- Balances need of company AND child
- Saves you time and your company money
- Flexible: Ad hoc contracts or retainer basis.
- Independent impartial advice
- ICH/GCP and regulatory compliance
- Global outlook for multicentre trials with
- Respect for local & cultural research etiquette
- Assurance of commercial confidentiality
- Integrity around conflict of interest
- Flexible and rapid response wherever possible
- Ongoing professional development a high priority
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Site updated 01 September MMX