Importance of Pediatric Inclusion in COVID-19 Therapeutic Trials.

Raabe, Vanessa N; Lighter, Jennifer; Caplan, Arthur L; Ratner, Adam J · Clin Infect Dis · 2020

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Abstract

Pediatric patients are excluded from most coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) therapeutic trials. We outline a rationale for the inclusion of children in COVID-19 therapeutic trials, which enabled us to include children of all ages in a therapeutic COVID-19 trial at our institution.

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