We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Dialogues on Diversifying Clinical Trials: Successful Strategies for Engaging Women and Minorities in Clinical Trials.
- Authors
Coakley, Meghan; Fadiran, Emmanuel Olutayo; Parrish, L. Jo; Griffith, Rachel A.; Weiss, Eleanor; Carter, Christine
- Abstract
There is mounting scientific evidence pointing to genetic or physiologic distinctions between genders and among racial and ethnic groups that influence disease risk and severity and response to treatment. The diverse enrollment of subjects engaged in clinical trials research is, thus, critical to developing safer and more effective drugs and medical devices. However, in the United States, there are striking disparities in clinical trial participation. To address this problem, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Women's Health and the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) together convened the 2-day meeting, Dialogues on Diversifying Clinical Trials. The conference was held in Washington, DC, on September 22-23, 2011, and brought together a wide range of speakers from clinical research, industry, and regulatory agencies. Here, we present the major findings discussed at this meeting about female and minority patients and physicians and their willingness to participate in clinical trials and the barriers that sponsors face in recruiting a diverse trial population. We also discuss some recommendations for improving trial diversity through new technologies and greater efficiency in trial regulation and review.
- Subjects
PATIENT selection; CLINICAL trials; CONFERENCES &; conventions; EXPERIMENTAL design; HEALTH education; MINORITIES; STRATEGIC planning; WOMEN'S health; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; HEALTH equity; HUMAN research subjects
- Publication
Journal of Women's Health (15409996), 2012, Vol 21, Issue 7, p713
- ISSN
1540-9996
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1089/jwh.2012.3733