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ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2021

Recruitment of African Americans into Cancer Clinical Research: Strategies and Outcomes.

Vanessa B Sheppard, Arnethea Sutton, Esther Holmes, Megan Edmonds, Michael A Preston, Asmaa M Namoos, Matthew Wells, Maria D Thomson

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Article in Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vanessa B SheppardDepartment of Health Behavior and Policy, Office of Health Equity & Disparities Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, 830 East Main Street, PO Box 980149, Richmond, VA, 23298-0149, USA.
Arnethea SuttonDepartment of Health Behavior and Policy, Office of Health Equity & Disparities Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, 830 East Main Street, PO Box 980149, Richmond, VA, 23298-0149, USA.
Esther HolmesDepartment of Health Behavior and Policy, Office of Health Equity & Disparities Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, 830 East Main Street, PO Box 980149, Richmond, VA, 23298-0149, USA.
Megan EdmondsDepartment of Health Behavior and Policy, Office of Health Equity & Disparities Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, 830 East Main Street, PO Box 980149, Richmond, VA, 23298-0149, USA.
Michael A PrestonDepartment of Health Behavior and Policy, Office of Health Equity & Disparities Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, 830 East Main Street, PO Box 980149, Richmond, VA, 23298-0149, USA.
Asmaa M NamoosDepartment of Health Behavior and Policy, Office of Health Equity & Disparities Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, 830 East Main Street, PO Box 980149, Richmond, VA, 23298-0149, USA. Asmaa.Namoos@vcuhealth.org.ORCID 0000-0001-7720-0500
Matthew WellsDepartment of Health Behavior and Policy, Office of Health Equity & Disparities Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, 830 East Main Street, PO Box 980149, Richmond, VA, 23298-0149, USA.
Maria D ThomsonDepartment of Health Behavior and Policy, Office of Health Equity & Disparities Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, 830 East Main Street, PO Box 980149, Richmond, VA, 23298-0149, USA.
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHP30CA076292 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI John L. Cleveland · 1998 to 2026
$93.5M
Virus Vector Shared ResourceP30CA016059 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Renato Martins · 1985 to 2026
$51.0M
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Support Grant ECIA SupplementP30CA177558 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI Jennifer F Rogers · 2013 to 2026
$38.3M
PREDICTORS OF ADJUVANT ENDOCRINE THERAPY ADHERENCE IN WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCERR01CA154848 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI SHEPPARD, VANESSA B · 2011 to 2015
$2.5M
Unpacking the Multi-level Drivers of Cardiotoxicity Disparities in Breast Cancer SurvivorsK99CA256038 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI SUTTON, ARNETHEA LA'SHAUN · 2021 to 2022
$225k
NCI NIH HHS K99 CA256038NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016059NCI NIH HHS P30 CA076292NCI NIH HHS P30 CA177558NCI NIH HHS R01 CA154848NIMHD NIH HHS L60 MD000291
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study utilized data from four cancer-focused research studies that recruited and retained African Americans. Strategies and outcomes across four cancer prevention and control studies were analyzed. Descriptive statistics were used to display participant characteristics. There were 712 African American (Black) participants of which 14.6% were males. Common strategies involved connecting with community stakeholders and identifying study champions. Study recruitment methods might not be generalizable to all populations of African Americans due to geographic locations, study protocols (e.g., risk reduction), target populations (i.e., eligibility criteria), and available resources. Many African Americans have a strong interest in cancer-related research as demonstrated by participation levels. Teams that connect with relevant stakeholders and include diverse teams may be useful to engage larger numbers of minorities in cancer control research to impact morbidity and mortality.

Indexed as

Black or African AmericanNeoplasmsHumansMaleMinority GroupsPatient SelectionAmerican AfricanBreast cancerCancer dispartiesClinical researchClinical trialProstate cancer

Identifiers

PMID34374033
PMCPMC8352149
OpenAlexW3188709962

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Registered trials

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