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Embedding equity, diversity and inclusion processes within clinical trials and health and social care research.
Review in BMJ open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Optimizing Health for Canadian Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Feasibility Study: Optimiser la santé des jeunes Canadiens présentant un risque clinique élevé de psychose : Une étude de faisabilité.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026Trial
- Improving Diversity in Recruitment: Lessons Learned During the REACH Pregnancy Circles Pilot Trial.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Trial
- Vulnerability, protection and fairness: ethical and regulatory limits in small-N gene therapy trials.Trials · 2026Article
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- Patient and public involvement and engagement in Long COVID research: embedding inclusion in research.Research involvement and engagement · 2026Article
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- Racial and ethnic diversity in clinical studies reported to ClinicalTrials.gov, 2009-2024.BMJ open quality · 2026Article
- Design of a card-based operational framework for the implementation of inclusive representation in clinical trials.Trials · 2026Article
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- Finding trials for participants: an ethnographic study of successful recruitment strategies for clinical trials.Trials · 2025Article
- Setting priorities for how future research in multiple sclerosis in Canada considers equity, diversity and inclusion: A modified e-Delphi study.Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinicalArticle
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Abstract
The lack of diverse and inclusive clinical research populations fuels health inequalities in the UK, and there is an urgent need to reverse this. This communication provides a practical framework for positive action to integrate equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) processes into clinical research design, protocols and implementation and to establish accountable clinical research systems that are trustworthy to the public and accessible to diverse communities.This framework is a consensus-based guide developed by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion working group of the National Institute for Health and Care Research's (NIHR's) Clinical Research Network in North West London. This work involved analysing challenges to integrating EDI within the clinical research process, such as clinical trial protocols as directed by industry sponsors and National Health Service investigator teams. It aligns with the UK government's clinical research strategy and NIHR's INCLUDE project.It advises an interconnected approach to embedding EDI throughout the clinical research lifecycle. By following this framework, we aspire to guide clinical research towards a more equitable, inclusive and representative model that better serves the needs of all populations.
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