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Inclusion of Pregnant and Lactating Persons in Clinical Trials - A Workshop

Completed

This public workshop enabled stakeholders to examine the current state of evidence for drug products used by pregnant and lactating persons, and discussed the barriers and opportunities for including these populations in clinical trials. It provided a foundation for a now completed consensus study on this topic, which was requested by Congress in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022.

Description

A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will organize a public workshop to examine the current state of evidence generation for drug products used by pregnant and lactating persons and discuss barriers and opportunities for including these populations in clinical trials.
The public workshop will feature invited presentations and discussions to:

  • Highlight knowledge gaps on drug product use during pregnancy and lactation with consideration for the clinical, ethical, and public health impacts on patient health;
  • Discuss the laws and regulations governing drug research and development for these populations;
  • Consider the liability risks to public and private stakeholders for conducting drug research and development for medical conditions experienced by pregnant and lactating persons, liability risks associated with the use of drug products in these populations, and other barriers to inclusion of pregnant and lactating persons in clinical trials;
  • Discuss practical short- and long-term opportunities and/or actions to improve evidence generation on the risks and benefits of therapeutic interventions for pregnant and lactating persons and increase their inclusion in clinical trials.

The planning committee will organize the workshop, develop the agenda, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate or identify moderators for the discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.

Contributors

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Sponsors

Amgen Inc

Association of American Medical Colleges

AstraZeneca

Biogen

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Critical Path Institute

Eli Lilly and Company

FasterCures, Milken Institute

Food and Drug Administration

Foundation for the National Institutes of Health

Friends of Cancer Research

Johnson & Johnson

Medable

Merck & Co., Inc.

National Cancer Institute

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

National Institute of Mental Health

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

New England Journal of Medicine

Office of the Director (National Institutes of Health)

Sanofi

Takeda

Staff

Carolyn Shore

Lead

Melvin Joppy

Andrew March

Deanna Giraldi

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