Clinical Trials in Infant Nutrition

by Perman, Jay A., M.D.; Rey, Jean; Nestle Nutrition Services

• ISBN13: 9780781715645
• ISBN10: 0781715644
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Table of Contents

Guidelines for the Ethical Study of Drugs in Infants and Children and the FDA Regulations	1	(16)
Ralph E. Kauffman
Specific European Union Aspects on Ethics of Clinical Trials	17	(16)
Peter J. Aggett
Ethical Aspects of Nutritional Research on Infants in Developing Countries	33	(14)
Roger G. Whitehead
Statistical Analysis: Significance Tests vs. Confidence Intervals	47	(20)
Stephen D. Walter
Selection of Variables, Timing of Examinations, and Retention	67	(18)
Alex F. Roche
Shumei Guo
Meta-Analyses of Clinical Trials	85	(20)
Henry S. Sacks
Publication Bias in Clinical Research: Outcome of Projects Submitted to Ethics Committees	105	(16)
Jesse A. Berlin
Design of Randomized Clinical Trials: Review of Criteria for Patient Inclusion in Trials of Infant Nutrition	121	(16)
Frank L. Iber
Pediatric Gastroenterology Collabotative Research Group (PGCRG) Success and Failures in Multicenter Clinical Trials	137	(16)
George D. Ferry
Nutrition, Diet, and Infant Development: Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Infant Neurodevelopment	153	(28)
Ricardo Uauy-Dagach
Patricia N. Mena
Dennis R. Hoffman
Long-Term Outcome Trials of Early Nutrition on Later Health and Development	181	(22)
Alan Lucas
Considering Environmental Factors in Research on Nutrient Deficiencies and Infant Development	203	(6)
Betsy Lozoff
Health Claims in Infant Formulas and Foods: U.S. Regulations	219	(12)
Elisabeth A. Yetley
Regulation of Claims on Infant Foods in Canada	231	(6)
Margaret C. Cheney
Christiana M. Zehaluk
Health and Functional Claims in the European Union	237	(22)
Jean Rey
Clinical Trials in Infant Nutrition: The Role of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Committee on Nutrition	259	(12)
John N. Udall, Jr.
Robert M. Suskind
Conclusions	271	(2)
Subject Index	273