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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2014 Feb 17;167(6):921–929.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.02.002

Table II.

Pediatric sub-specialty trial characteristics

Pediatric (*) CV Adult (*) CV Pediatric (*) ID Pediatric (*) Hematology/ oncology Pediatric (*) Mental health Pediatric (*) Other therapeutic areas

(N = 213) (N=5256) (N = 1176) (N = 346) (N = 664) (N = 2636)
Age eligible for enrollment (), n (%)
 Neonates/infants (0–1 yr) 130 (61%) NA 839 (71%) 236 (68%) 23 (4%) 1122 (43%)
 Children (1–12 yrs) 144 (68%) NA 835 (71%) 304 (88%) 601 (91%) 2038 (77%)
 Adolescents (12–18 yrs) 103 (48%) NA 288 (25%) 233 (67%) 405 (61%) 1247 (47%)
Study duration (yrs) ()
 Median (25th, 75th) 2.2 (1.4, 3.3) 2.0 (1.1, 3.1) 1.3 (0.7, 2.3) 2.9 (1.6, 4.7) 2.4 (1.4, 3.9) 1.9 (1.0, 3.2)
 Study duration missing, n (%) 55 (26%) 1278 (24.3%) 314 (27%) 89 (26%) 162 (24%) 625 (24%)
Enrollment (No. of subjects) ()
 Median (25th, 75th) 68 (36, 186) 115 (46, 304) 305 (120, 751) 60.0 (26, 205) 80.0 (40.0, 192.0) 88 (40, 200)
 0 to 100 133 (64%) 2463 (48%) 260 (22%) 206 (62%) 372 (57%) 1461(57%)
 101 to 500 62 (30%) 1804 (35%) 487 (43%) 92 (28%) 253 (39%) 855 (33%)
 501 to 1000 8 (4%) 393 (7%) 177 (16%) 14 (4%) 15 (2%) 113 (4%)
 >1000 4 (1.9%) 454 (9%) 218 (19%) 20 (6%) 10 (2%) 142 (6%)
 Enrollment missing 6 (3%) 142 (3%) 34 (3%) 14 (4%) 14 (2%) 65 (3%)
Phase, n (%)
 Early (<= 2) 64 (30%) 1232 (23%) 351 (30%) 139 (40%) 180 (27%) 615 (23%)
 Late phase (>= 2/3) 77 (36%) 2412 (46%) 676 (58%) 111 (32%) 309 (47%) 1063 (40%)
 NA 72 (34%) 1612 (31%) 149 (13%) 96 (28%) 175 (26%) 958 (36%)
Intervention type, n (%)
 Procedure/Device 25 (12%) 1858 (35%) 63 (5%) 76 (22%) 24 (4%) 458 (17%)
 Drug/Biological 144 (68%) 2559 (49%) 1030 (88%) 224 (65%) 366 (55%) 1320 (50%)
 Behavioral 22 (10%) 387 (7%) 32 (3%) 19 (6%) 215 (32%) 438 (17%)
 Other (||) 22 (10%) 452 (9%) 51 (4%) 27 (8%) 59 (9%) 420 (16%)
Endpoint classification, n (%)
 Safety 12 (7%) 283 (6.3%) 142 (13%) 15 (6%) 27 (5%) 135 (6%)
 Efficacy 66 (37%) 1693 (37.7%) 321 (30%) 92 (38%) 283 (49%) 1001 (46%)
 Safety/Efficacy 79 (45%) 2294 (51.1%) 539 (50%) 120 (49%) 250 (44%) 912 (42%)
 Pharmacometrics 20 (11%) 223 (5%) 68 (6%) 18 (7%) 14 (2%) 135 (6%)
 Endpoint classification missing 36 (17%) 763 (15%) 106 (9%) 101 (29%) 90 (14%) 453 (17%)
Location of study facilities, n (%)
 U.S. only 84 (44%) 1621 (34%) 227 (21%) 132 (42%) 408 (69%) 1154 (48%)
 Foreign only 71 (37%) 2824 (59%) 769 (72%) 150 (48%) 162 (27%) 1110 (47%)
 Both U.S. and Foreign 38 (20%) 383 (8%) 69 (7%) 34 (11%) 23 (4%) 121 (5%)
 Locations unknown 20 (9%) 428 (8%) 111 (9%) 30 (9%) 71 (11%) 251 (10%)
Derived funding source (§), n (%)
 Industry 69 (32%) 2356 (45%) 708 (60%) 83 (24%) 227 (34%) 839 (32%)
 NIH 24 (11%) 295 (6%) 84 (7%) 57 (17%) 149 (22%) 305 (12%)
 Other 120 (56%) 2605 (50%) 384 (33%) 206 (60%) 288 (43%) 1492 (57%)
*

Restricted to trials excluding participants > 18 years for pediatric trials and trials excluding patients <18 years for adult CV trials.

Studies may enroll participants in > 1 age group and could be included in multiple columns.

Includes actual and anticipated duration or enrollment for completed and ongoing studies, respectively.

§

Funding source derived from submitted lead sponsor and collaborator information.

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Other interventions represent radiation, genetic (including gene transfer, stem cell and recombinant DNA), or dietary supplement (e.g., vitamins, minerals), as well as trials where interventions were identified as “other” (i.e., not any of the other listed intervention types.

Data are rounded to the nearest % and may sum to <> 100%.