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Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Clinical Trial Design
  • Health Equity

Background:

  • Low enrollment of Black patients in clinical trials is a persistent issue.
  • This underrepresentation impacts the generalizability and perceived effectiveness of medical evidence.
  • Existing disparities in healthcare access and trust contribute to enrollment gaps.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the causes and consequences of low Black patient enrollment in clinical trials.
  • To model how sample representativeness influences physician and patient decision-making.
  • To identify strategies for improving clinical trial diversity and health equity.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a similarity-based extrapolation model to assess evidence relevance.
  • Conducted survey experiments with physicians and patients.
  • Analyzed the impact of clinical trial sample composition on prescribing behavior and belief formation.

Main Results:

  • Physicians are more willing to prescribe drugs tested in representative samples, reducing prescribing gaps.
  • Black patients update their beliefs about drug efficacy more when trial samples are representative.
  • The perceived benefit of a drug is influenced by both average efficacy and group representation in trials.

Conclusions:

  • Increasing clinical trial diversity enhances the relevance and applicability of medical evidence.
  • Representative data can mitigate racial disparities in physician prescribing and patient beliefs.
  • Addressing historical underrepresentation requires proactive strategies to ensure equitable participation in future research.