RESEARCH UNITS ON PEDIATRIC PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY--AUTISM

儿科精神药理学-自闭症研究单位

• 批准号: 6142147
• 负责人: JAMES MCCRAKEN
• 金额: $ 16.68万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-30 至 2000-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6142147
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); autism; child (0-11); child mental disorders; clinical research; clinical trials; dosage; drug screening /evaluation; human subject; human therapy evaluation; mental disorder chemotherapy; pediatric pharmacology; psychopharmacology

The purpose of the contract is to 1) establish qualified clinical research units that, by building of existing research resources at the host Institution and combining the necessary expertise in clinical pharmacology and child psychiatry, can become national resources where studies ont he safety and efficacy of psychotropic medications can be conducted in a prompt and cost effective manner; and 2) fund selected research projects of particular public health significance, in particular in the area of autism and other pervasive developmental disorders, to be conducted at these units. The units, together with the already funded RUPPs will work as a network of research sites and conduct high priority clinical studies in various pediatric ages, conducting research on various aspects of pediatric psychopharmacology, including (but not limited to): dose ranges, dosing regimen, pharmacokinetics, general safety profile, efficacy and effectiveness, and effects on cognition, behavior and development. To establish research units of where clinical studies on the safety, efficacy, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of psychotropic medications can be investigated in children and adolescents, in general, and in patients suffering from autism and other pervasive developmental disorders in particular. To conduct a minimum of 2 studies at each research unit (of which one shall be a clinical efficacy trial and the other a pharmacokinetic and/or pharmacodynamic dose finding study or a pilot efficacy and tolerability study) during the 3 years of the contract. In addition, if the two year option is exercised, at least another two similar studies (i.e., one efficacy trial and one pharmacokinetic and/or pharmacodynamic dose finding study) shall be conducted. To spur the conduct of other clinical trials and studies in pediatric psychopharmacology to be funded through mechanisms other than this contract (i.e., investigator-initiated grants from federal agencies, private foundations, and pharmaceutical companies).

本合同的目的是1)建立合格的临床医师