| The KKS Network has a professional structure for clinical trials in paediatrics. Six coordinating centres offer scientific services specifically designed for the special requirements of clinical research in the paediatric field.
The paediatric modules have been combined into a network, PAED Net , to promote research with children for children throughout Germany. The PAED Net offers a similar range of services to those of the Coordinating Centres for Clinical Trials, but they are specifically adapted to the special requirements of paediatrics. In addition to trials conducted by the pharmaceutical industry, the most important segment is non-commercial investigator-initiated trials (IITs). The PAED Net regularly cooperates with KKS sites without a PAED module when conducting paediatric trials. The PAED Net works with numerous paediatrics practices and non-university children's hospitals throughout Germany. The paediatric network is supported by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. MODULES Paediatric modules have been established at six KKS sites:
In order to make an important contribution to the improvement of children’s medical care. Paediatric clinical studies are planned and carried out here with specially trained personnel. As the central first point of contact and mediator between the individual sites and the sponsor, the coordination office acts as the coordinating centre for the PAED Net in Mainz. paed-net@kks-mainz.de THE OBJECTIVES 40 to 80% of all drugs administered to children are not approved for use in children or have not been sufficiently tested in clinical trials in this special age group. For this reason, the main objective of the paediatric network is to perform multi-centre trials in out-patient and clinical paediatric situations with the help of an area-wide infrastructure. The Paed Net operates with the following objectives:
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