{"title":"Brechas de la investigación pediátrica en la República Dominicana","authors":"D. A. Herrera Morban, Manuel Colomé-Hidalgo","doi":"10.24265/horizmed.2020.v20n2.06","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"espanolObjetivo: Identificar brechas de investigacion pediatrica relacionadas con el origen del financiamiento, los estudios realizados sin aprobacion etica del ente regulador nacional, los temas de investigacion con respecto a las necesidades de salud y el tipo de estudio desarrollado. Materiales y metodos: Se realizo un estudio descriptivo, observacional y basado en datos de fuentes de informacion secundarias para identificar los proyectos de investigacion pediatrica implementados en la Republica Dominicana desde 2005 al 2018 que incluyeron la poblacion de 0 a 17 anos de edad, sin importar patrocinador, institucion responsable de la investigacion y region del pais.Resultados: Los proyectos de salud representaron el 17 % de las investigaciones realizadas con fondos nacionales y de ellos, el 7,5 % se relacionaba a la pediatria. Los trabajos en el campo de la salud desarrollados con fondos internacionales fueron 40,9 %, sin embargo, el numero total de investigaciones fue menor. La investigacion pediatrica represento un 38,9 % del registro de los ensayos clinicos de Clinical Trials con predominio de las instituciones privadas para la implementacion de los estudios en un 64,6 % de los casos.Conclusiones: Se evidencio una discrepancia entre las lineas de investigacion de necesidad nacional con las que fueron patrocinadas por la industria farmaceutica o por fondos nacionales e internacionales. Ademas, se realizaron ensayos clinicos sin la debida aprobacion etica por el ente regulador nacional. EnglishObjective: To identify the gaps in pediatric research regarding the origin of financing, the studies conducted without the ethical approval of the national regulatory body, the research topics concerning healthcare needs, and the study type.Materials and methods: A descriptive and observational study based on secondary sources of information was conducted to identify pediatric research projects developed in the Dominican Republic from 2005 to 2018. Such projects included a population between 0 and 17 years of age, regardless of the sponsor, institution in charge of the research and country region.Results: From all research conducted with national funds, health research accounted for 17 %, out of which 7.5 % was related to children. Health research carried out with international funds accounted for 40.9 %. However, the total number of research projects was lower than the number of research conducted with national funds. Thirty eight point nine percent (38.9 %) of the clinical trials included in the Clinical Trials registry were related to pediatric research, out of which 64.6 % were sponsored by private institutions.Conclusions: We found discrepancies between the research topics urged by our country and those sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry or national/international funds. Moreover, clinical trials were conducted without the pertinent ethical approval of the national regulatory body.","PeriodicalId":30557,"journal":{"name":"Horizonte Medico","volume":"20 1","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Horizonte Medico","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.24265/horizmed.2020.v20n2.06","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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espanolObjetivo: Identificar brechas de investigacion pediatrica relacionadas con el origen del financiamiento, los estudios realizados sin aprobacion etica del ente regulador nacional, los temas de investigacion con respecto a las necesidades de salud y el tipo de estudio desarrollado. Materiales y metodos: Se realizo un estudio descriptivo, observacional y basado en datos de fuentes de informacion secundarias para identificar los proyectos de investigacion pediatrica implementados en la Republica Dominicana desde 2005 al 2018 que incluyeron la poblacion de 0 a 17 anos de edad, sin importar patrocinador, institucion responsable de la investigacion y region del pais.Resultados: Los proyectos de salud representaron el 17 % de las investigaciones realizadas con fondos nacionales y de ellos, el 7,5 % se relacionaba a la pediatria. Los trabajos en el campo de la salud desarrollados con fondos internacionales fueron 40,9 %, sin embargo, el numero total de investigaciones fue menor. La investigacion pediatrica represento un 38,9 % del registro de los ensayos clinicos de Clinical Trials con predominio de las instituciones privadas para la implementacion de los estudios en un 64,6 % de los casos.Conclusiones: Se evidencio una discrepancia entre las lineas de investigacion de necesidad nacional con las que fueron patrocinadas por la industria farmaceutica o por fondos nacionales e internacionales. Ademas, se realizaron ensayos clinicos sin la debida aprobacion etica por el ente regulador nacional. EnglishObjective: To identify the gaps in pediatric research regarding the origin of financing, the studies conducted without the ethical approval of the national regulatory body, the research topics concerning healthcare needs, and the study type.Materials and methods: A descriptive and observational study based on secondary sources of information was conducted to identify pediatric research projects developed in the Dominican Republic from 2005 to 2018. Such projects included a population between 0 and 17 years of age, regardless of the sponsor, institution in charge of the research and country region.Results: From all research conducted with national funds, health research accounted for 17 %, out of which 7.5 % was related to children. Health research carried out with international funds accounted for 40.9 %. However, the total number of research projects was lower than the number of research conducted with national funds. Thirty eight point nine percent (38.9 %) of the clinical trials included in the Clinical Trials registry were related to pediatric research, out of which 64.6 % were sponsored by private institutions.Conclusions: We found discrepancies between the research topics urged by our country and those sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry or national/international funds. Moreover, clinical trials were conducted without the pertinent ethical approval of the national regulatory body.