在癌症临床试验中改善各种参与
1Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association
|September 13, 2023
概括
由于健康不平等,癌症生存效益在不同的人群中不均. 增加临床试验的多样性至关重要,以确保新的癌症疗法对所有患者都是安全有效的.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
- 临床试验 临床试验
背景情况:
- 癌症死亡率显著下降,但生存效益在所有人口群体中并不统一,特别是那些具有不同遗产的人群中.
- 卫生不平等,包括社会决定因素,晚期诊断和获得医疗保健的障碍,导致癌症发病率的差异.
- 历史上,在临床试验中不同人群的代表性不足,造成了对这些群体治疗有效性和安全性的理解差距.
研究的目的:
- 突出癌症健康不平等的多因素驱动因素.
- 强调在癌症临床试验中对多样化的患者积累的关键需求.
- 讨论旨在增加临床试验参与多样性的战略和立法.
主要方法:
- 审查有关癌症健康差异的现有文献.
- 分析导致临床试验代表人数不足的因素.
- 审查目前和拟议的立法策略,以提高试验多样性.
主要成果:
- 癌症健康不平等是由社会决定因素,医疗保健准入和文化障碍驱动的.
- 少数群体,如拉丁裔和非裔美国人,受到特定癌症 (例如肝细胞癌,骨髓瘤,前列腺癌) 的不成比例影响.
- 临床试验中的代表性不足限制了新癌症疗法发现的概括性.
结论:
- 为了实现公平的癌症结果,需要解决系统性健康差异.
- 临床试验中的多样化代表性对于为整个人口开发安全有效的癌症治疗方法至关重要.
- 实施有针对性的战略和支持性立法是必要的,以改善临床试验的多样性.
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