Neonatal drug therapy: the first frontier of therapeutics for children

K Allegaert, J van den Anker - Clinical Pharmacology & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Knowledge about the safe and effective use of medicines in neonates has increased
substantially but has resulted in few label changes. Drugs developed for use in adults are …

[HTML][HTML] Use of antibiotics in preterm newborns

R Simeoli, S Cairoli, N Decembrino, F Campi… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to complex maturational and physiological changes that characterize neonates and
affect their response to pharmacological treatments, neonatal pharmacology is different from …

Physiologically‐based pharmacokinetic modeling vs. allometric scaling for the prediction of infliximab pharmacokinetics in pediatric patients

PRV Malik, AN Edginton - CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The comparative performances of physiologically‐based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling
and allometric scaling for predicting the pharmacokinetics (PKs) of large molecules in …

Renal clearance in newborns and infants: predictive performance of population‐based modeling for drug development

J Wang, SS Kumar, CM Sherwin… - Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study was to evaluate the predictive performance of population models
to predict renal clearance in newborns and infants. Pharmacokinetic (PK) data from eight …

Integration of ontogeny into a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for monoclonal antibodies in premature infants

PRV Malik, AN Edginton - The Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An understanding of pediatric pharmacokinetics (PK) is essential for first‐in‐pediatric dose
selection and clinical trial design. At present, there is no reliable way to scale the PK of …

PBPK in preterm and term neonates: a review

R Michelet, JV Bocxlaer… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Introduction: The neonatal population remains one of the populations in which appropriate
dosing regimens are still lacking, resulting in a large off-label or unlicensed use. Clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles: unique considerations for optimal design of neonatal clinical trials

CHT Yeung, RHJ Verstegen, R Greenberg… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Core clinical pharmacology principles must be considered when designing and executing
neonatal clinical trials. In this review, the authors discuss important aspects of drug dose …

Suggestions for model‐informed precision dosing to optimize neonatal drug therapy

JC Euteneuer, S Kamatkar, T Fukuda… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence for dosing, efficacy, and safety of most medications used to treat neonates is
sparse. Thus, dosing is usually derived by extrapolation from adult and pediatric …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing the use of antibacterial agents in the neonatal period

JB Cantey - Pediatric Drugs, 2016 - Springer
Antibiotics are invaluable in the management of neonatal infections. However, overuse or
misuse of antibiotics in neonates has been associated with adverse outcomes, including …

[HTML][HTML] Dose rationale and pharmacokinetics of dexmedetomidine in mechanically ventilated new-borns: impact of design optimisation

SC van Dijkman, PAJG De Cock, K Smets… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose There is a need for alternative analgosedatives such as dexmedetomidine in
neonates. Given the ethical and practical difficulties, protocol design for clinical trials in …