2025
Reducing inequalities through greater diversity in clinical trials – As important for medical devices as for drugs and therapeutics
Roope L, Walsh J, Welland M, Samuel G, Johansen-Berg H, Nobre A, Clare S, Higham H, Campbell J, Denison T, Miller K, Fazel S, Costa M, Farmer A, Knight M, Taylor R, Henderson L, Vaid A, Geddes J, Kiparoglou V, McShane H, Clarke P. Reducing inequalities through greater diversity in clinical trials – As important for medical devices as for drugs and therapeutics. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2025, 45: 101467. PMID: 40235622, PMCID: PMC11999327, DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2025.101467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRandomised controlled trialsTrial recruitmentImprove trial recruitmentInvolvement of community partnersIncreasing health inequalitiesActual recruitment processCohort of participantsHigh quality evidenceGold standard evidenceHealth inequalitiesCommunity partnersImprove recruitmentRecruitment processQuality evidenceEvidence baseNon-monetary incentivesStandard evidenceReduce inequalitiesFinancial incentivesControlled TrialsFunding streamsPublic healthClinical researchReal-world populationTrials
2023
Barriers and facilitators to recruitment of underrepresented research participants: Perspectives of clinical research coordinators
Heffernan M, Barrera L, Guzman Z, Golbeck E, Jedraszko A, Hays P, Herzog K, D’Aquila R, Ison M, McColley S. Barriers and facilitators to recruitment of underrepresented research participants: Perspectives of clinical research coordinators. Journal Of Clinical And Translational Science 2023, 7: e193. PMID: 37745931, PMCID: PMC10514687, DOI: 10.1017/cts.2023.611.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImplicit bias measuresCultural competency trainingClinical research coordinatorsFacilitators to recruitmentBias measuresImpact of cultural competence trainingCompetency trainingProspective participantsGeneralizability of research findingsResearch participantsResearch coordinatorsPediatric academic medical centerIn-person study visitsParticipants' languageAcademic medical centerAssociated with intentionExamined barriersImprove recruitmentParticipantsIn-personResearch literacySurvey topicsMedical CenterStudy visitsCompensate participants
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