Common pitfalls of perioperative clinical trials in response to ‘Barriers and enablers to recruiting participants within paediatric perioperative and anaesthetic settings: lessons learned from a trial of melatonin versus midazolam in the premedication of anxious children (the MAGIC trial)’

Summary: In this issue, Hyslop and colleagues discuss challenges leading to inadequate enrolment and premature termination of the MAGIC trial, a multicentre randomised controlled trial of melatonin vs midazolam premedication for anxiety among children. The authors should be commended for sharing the...

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Main Authors: Tori N. Sutherland, Paul A. Stricker, Andrew J. Davidson
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Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772609625000334
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description Summary: In this issue, Hyslop and colleagues discuss challenges leading to inadequate enrolment and premature termination of the MAGIC trial, a multicentre randomised controlled trial of melatonin vs midazolam premedication for anxiety among children. The authors should be commended for sharing their experiences, as they underscore common pitfalls of well-intended trials in the perioperative setting, including issues with study design and implementation.
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spelling doaj-art-5658fc82b47e4131bf6127245aaeffd92025-08-20T03:14:38ZengElsevierBJA Open2772-60962025-06-011410040910.1016/j.bjao.2025.100409Common pitfalls of perioperative clinical trials in response to ‘Barriers and enablers to recruiting participants within paediatric perioperative and anaesthetic settings: lessons learned from a trial of melatonin versus midazolam in the premedication of anxious children (the MAGIC trial)’Tori N. Sutherland0Paul A. Stricker1Andrew J. Davidson2Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Center for Clinical Futures, CHOP Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Corresponding author.Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USADepartment of Anaesthesia, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Melbourne Children's Trials Centre, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaSummary: In this issue, Hyslop and colleagues discuss challenges leading to inadequate enrolment and premature termination of the MAGIC trial, a multicentre randomised controlled trial of melatonin vs midazolam premedication for anxiety among children. The authors should be commended for sharing their experiences, as they underscore common pitfalls of well-intended trials in the perioperative setting, including issues with study design and implementation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772609625000334enrollment challengesMAGIC trialpaediatric clinical trials
spellingShingle Tori N. Sutherland
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Common pitfalls of perioperative clinical trials in response to ‘Barriers and enablers to recruiting participants within paediatric perioperative and anaesthetic settings: lessons learned from a trial of melatonin versus midazolam in the premedication of anxious children (the MAGIC trial)’
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MAGIC trial
paediatric clinical trials
title Common pitfalls of perioperative clinical trials in response to ‘Barriers and enablers to recruiting participants within paediatric perioperative and anaesthetic settings: lessons learned from a trial of melatonin versus midazolam in the premedication of anxious children (the MAGIC trial)’
title_full Common pitfalls of perioperative clinical trials in response to ‘Barriers and enablers to recruiting participants within paediatric perioperative and anaesthetic settings: lessons learned from a trial of melatonin versus midazolam in the premedication of anxious children (the MAGIC trial)’
title_fullStr Common pitfalls of perioperative clinical trials in response to ‘Barriers and enablers to recruiting participants within paediatric perioperative and anaesthetic settings: lessons learned from a trial of melatonin versus midazolam in the premedication of anxious children (the MAGIC trial)’
title_full_unstemmed Common pitfalls of perioperative clinical trials in response to ‘Barriers and enablers to recruiting participants within paediatric perioperative and anaesthetic settings: lessons learned from a trial of melatonin versus midazolam in the premedication of anxious children (the MAGIC trial)’
title_short Common pitfalls of perioperative clinical trials in response to ‘Barriers and enablers to recruiting participants within paediatric perioperative and anaesthetic settings: lessons learned from a trial of melatonin versus midazolam in the premedication of anxious children (the MAGIC trial)’
title_sort common pitfalls of perioperative clinical trials in response to barriers and enablers to recruiting participants within paediatric perioperative and anaesthetic settings lessons learned from a trial of melatonin versus midazolam in the premedication of anxious children the magic trial
topic enrollment challenges
MAGIC trial
paediatric clinical trials
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772609625000334
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