Latest Research in Children’s Health and Development

Sanford Research – the research arm of Sanford Health – is finding the causes of diseases and childhood disorders, creating better treatment options and improving health care for kids everywhere.

Your child can get cutting-edge care and help advance medicine for others by participating in a clinical trial through their primary or specialty care provider at Sanford Health:

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Why is Pediatric Clinical Research Important?

Children are still growing and developing, which makes them different from adults. The World Health Organization explains the importance of pediatric clinical trials this way: Clinical trials in children are essential to develop age-specific, empirically verified therapies and interventions to determine and improve the best medical treatment available.

We enroll patients of all ages, and we take informed consent seriously. For your child to participate in a clinical trial at Sanford Research, you can give parental consent and what is known as children’s assent, or agreement after an age-appropriate conversation with your child about the research they’re participating in. 

Clinical trial participation is voluntary, and you can change your mind at any time. Researchers and doctors find that most participants stay involved because they want to help themselves and possibly others in the future.