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ArticleJCO oncology practice2025

Association of Community-Level Social Vulnerability With Clinical Trial Discussion and Participation Among Cancer Survivors.

Rishi R Sekar, Avinash Maganty, Kristian D Stensland, Lindsey A Herrel

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Article in JCO oncology practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Rishi R SekarDepartment of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.ORCID 0000-0001-6023-1722
Avinash MagantyDepartment of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.ORCID 0000-0001-6436-6667
Kristian D StenslandDepartment of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.ORCID 0000-0002-4917-2984
Lindsey A HerrelDepartment of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.ORCID 0000-0003-0221-0784

Funding

Interdisciplinary Research Training Center in Cancer Care DeliveryT32CA236621 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Lauren P Wallner · 2020 to 2026
$2.8M
Understanding the effects of the Oncology Care Model on cancer care for dual eligible patientsK08CA237638 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HERREL, LINDSEY ALLISON · 2019 to 2023
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA237638NCI NIH HHS T32 CA236621
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Abstract

purposeCommunity factors and structural barriers may contribute to disparities and underrepresentation in cancer clinical trials. We evaluate the influence of community-level social determinants of health, as measured by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index (SVI), on disparities in cancer clinical trial discussion and participation.

methodsWe performed a cross-sectional analysis of the 2021 Health Information National Trends Survey-SEER, a representative survey of cancer survivors sampled from three SEER registries. The primary outcomes included patient-reported clinical trial discussion and participation. The primary exposure was county-level SVI, linked to each survey respondent by ZIP code of residence and categorized into quintiles. Survey-weighted bivariate comparisons and multivariable logistic regression were performed to evaluate the association between SVI and clinical trial discussion and participation, adjusting for age, sex, race and ethnicity, education, income, and cancer stage.

resultsWe identified 1,220 respondents residing in 153 counties with a median SVI of 0.41 (IQR, 0.27-0.62), representing a population of over 400,000 cancer survivors on weighted analysis. Of the cohort, 15.1% reported clinical trial discussion and 7.7% reported clinical trial participation. Patients who are most socially vulnerable (fifth quintile of SVI) had significantly lower odds of clinical trial discussion (odds ratio [OR], 0.36 [95% CI, 0.15 to 0.87];

conclusionThese findings suggest interventions to identify socially vulnerable communities for expansion of clinical trial opportunities and infrastructure may be an impactful strategy toward improving diversity and representation in cancer clinical trials.

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