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Equitable inclusion of diverse populations in oncology clinical trials: deterrents and drivers.

L Vidal, Z Dlamini, S Qian, P Rishi, M Karmo, N Joglekar, S Abedin, R A Previs, C Orbegoso, C Joshi and 10 more

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Review in ESMO open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. What services are available for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) patients in the cancer survivorship setting? An Australian study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

L VidalFortrea Inc., Durham, USA.
Z DlaminiSAMRC Precision Oncology Research Unit (PORU), DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Precision Oncology and Cancer Prevention (POCP), Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
S QianFortrea Inc., Durham, USA.
P RishiFortrea Inc., Durham, USA.
M KarmoTigerlily Foundation, Stone Ridge.
N JoglekarFortrea Inc., Durham, USA.
S AbedinImmunocore, Rockville.
R A PrevisLabcorp Oncology, Durham; Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA.
C OrbegosoDaiichi Sankyo Oncology France, Rueil Malmaison.
C JoshiFortrea Inc., Durham, USA.
H A AzimEmergence Therapeutics, Marseille, France.
H KarkariaFortrea Inc., Durham, USA.
M HarrisFortrea Inc., Durham, USA.
R MehrotraEmory University, Atlanta, USA.
M BerraondoFortrea Inc., Durham, USA.
G WerutskyLatin American Cooperative Oncology Group, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
S GuptaTata Memorial Center, Mumbai, India.
N NiikuraTokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
I ChicoFortrea Inc., Durham, USA.
K S SainiFortrea Inc., Durham, USA; Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: Kamalveer.saini@fortrea.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The burden of cancer exerts a disproportionate impact across different regions and population subsets. Disease-specific attributes, coupled with genetic and socioeconomic factors, significantly influence cancer treatment outcomes. Precision oncology promises the development of safe and effective options for specific ethnic phenotypes and clinicodemographic profiles. Currently, clinical trials are concentrated in resource-rich geographies with younger, healthier, white, educated, and empowered populations. Vulnerable and marginalized people are often deprived of opportunities to participate in clinical trials. Despite consistent endeavors by regulators, industry, and other stakeholders, factors including diversity in trial regulations and patient and provider-related cultural, logistic, and operational barriers limit the inclusiveness of clinical trials. Understanding and addressing these constraints by collaborative actions involving regulatory initiatives, industry, patient advocacy groups, community engagement in a culturally sensitive manner, and designing and promoting decentralized clinical trials are vital to establishing a clinical research ecosystem that promotes equity in the representation of population subgroups.

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Clinical Trials as TopicMedical OncologyNeoplasmsHumansPatient Selectionclinical trialsdiversityequityinclusionregulators

Identifiers

PMID38718705
PMCPMC11090874

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