ArticleHealth equity2025
Qualitative Study of Health Care Professional Perspectives on Recruiting Minority Patients in Cancer Trials.
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- Understanding recruitment challenges in Swiss oncology trials: Patient voices from focus groups.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2026Article
- Barriers and Opportunities to Include Underrepresented Population Groups in Vaccine Trials: Cross-Sectional, Observational, Online Survey Study From the VACCELERATE Research Network.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Observational
- Facilitators and Barriers to Patient Enrollment in the Arteriovenous Access Trial of Vascular Access Outcomes: A Qualitative Study.Kidney360 · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Underrepresented minority (URM) patients enroll in cancer clinical trials at low rates. We studied the perspectives of health care professionals to better understand the challenges and potential facilitators of recruiting URM patients into clinical trials. Methods: A purposeful sampling approach was utilized to recruit health care professionals and clinical research staff who recruited and cared for URM patients in a therapeutic cancer clinical trial at any Mayo Clinic site, from July 2018 through October 2021.Data were gathered using a semistructured qualitative interviews. Participants were interviewed about the challenges of recruiting URM patients into cancer clinical trials and possible strategies for improving URM patient enrollment. Data were analyzed using a thematic analysis. Results: Of the key themes that emerged from participant interviews ( Conclusions: Our findings reveal barriers that have limited URM patient inclusion in cancer clinical trials and highlight strategies to overcoming these barriers.
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