ArticleCancer2018
Strategic recruitment of an ethnically diverse cohort of overweight survivors of breast cancer with lymphedema.
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- A randomized trial of exercise and diet on body composition in survivors of breast cancer with overweight or obesity.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2021Trial
- The women in steady exercise research (WISER) survivor trial: The innovative transdisciplinary design of a randomized controlled trial of exercise and weight-loss interventions among breast cancer survivors with lymphedema.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
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- Understanding Barriers and Facilitators for Ethnic Minority Groups to Audio Recording Recruitment Discussions in Clinical Trials: A Participatory Approach to Improving Informed Consent and Participation.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Insufficient Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials.Annals of surgical oncology · 2023Review
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- Understanding organizational perspectives from clinical research stakeholders involved in recruitment for biopharmaceutical-sponsored clinical trials in the United States: Recommendations for organizational initiatives to improve access and inclusivity in clinical research.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
- Promoting inclusion in clinical trials-a rapid review of the literature and recommendations for action.Trials · 2021Review
- Lymphedema Information and Prevention Practices of Women After Breast Cancer Surgery.Florence Nightingale journal of nursing · 2020Article
- The Representation of Gender and Race/Ethnic Groups in Randomized Clinical Trials of Individuals with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.Current rheumatology reports · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundBlack women are more likely to experience adverse effects from cancer treatment such as lymphedema. Thus, black women may particularly benefit from research regarding interventions to improve lymphedema. Herein, the authors report the challenges and strategies related to the recruitment of minority survivors of breast cancer and to the recruitment of survivors of breast cancer with lymphedema into the Women In Steady Exercise Research (WISER) Survivor Clinical Trial.
methodsSubjects for this community-based trial were recruited from the Philadelphia area through active (mailings) and passive (printed materials and Web site) recruitment strategies. In addition, education sessions coordinated through partner hospitals in communities with a predominantly minority population were conducted to increase awareness of lymphedema in survivors of breast cancer. Women who were interested in the study were screened for lymphedema via telephone questionnaire and invited to see a study-related certified lymphedema therapist to confirm the presence of lymphedema.
resultsScreening was conducted among 2295 women: 628 were eligible, 450 consented, and 351 were randomized. Minority women comprised 38% of the study population. Letters to women on state and hospital registries resulted in a 0.4% randomization rate; education sessions yielded a 10% randomization rate. The authors observed that approximately 23.6% of the study sample had no previous diagnosis of lymphedema.
conclusionsThe WISER Survivor Clinical Trial faced multiple recruitment challenges and used unique strategies to successfully enroll minority survivors of breast cancer into a lifestyle intervention. Cancer 2018;124:95-104. © 2017 American Cancer Society.
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