临床试验 少数侵袭性妇科手术中的种族和民族差异
Katherine Moran Sweterlitsch1, Raanan Meyer2, Aviran Ohayon3
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Drs. Sweterlitsch, Meyer, Hamilton, Truong, Wright, and Siedhoff), Los Angeles, California.
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology
|February 7, 2024
概括
在最小侵入性妇科手术 (MIGS) 随机对照试验 (RCT) 中存在种族和种族差异. 白人和黑人参与者占比过高,而西班牙裔和亚裔参与者占比不足,这凸显了需要改进招聘和报告的需要.
科学领域:
- 生殖医学和外科手术
- 临床试验方法论 临床试验方法论
- 健康 公平 研究 健康 公平 研究
背景情况:
- 随机对照试验 (RCT) 对于推进微创妇科手术 (MIGS) 至关重要.
- 了解MIGS RCT参与者的种族和民族多样性对于确保概括性和公平性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在MIGS RCT中调查参与者代表性的种族和民族差异.
- 为了比较不同种族和种族群体在MIGS RCT中的入学比例与美国人口普查数据.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面研究,涉及到在2012年至2023年期间在高影响力妇产科杂志上发表的MIGSRCT的在线审查.
- 在PubMed和ClinicalTrials.gov上搜索了MIGS程序的相关术语.
- 使用美国人口普查局数据计算实际与预期参与者的入学比例 (ER),用于美国的试验,并提供种族和种族信息.
主要成果:
- 在352个已识别的MIGSRCT中,只有65个 (18.5%) 报告了种族和/或种族数据.
- 在46项美国试验中 (4645名参与者),白人 (70.8%) 和黑人或非裔美国人 (15.4%) 与预期的比例相比,参与者的比例过高.
- 西班牙裔 (6.7%),亚裔 (1.7%),夏威夷原住民或太平洋岛民 (0.1%),美洲印第安人或阿拉斯加原住民 (0.2%) 参与者显著代表性不足.
结论:
- 在招募美国MIGSRCT的参与者方面存在显著的种族和民族差异.
- 在分析的试验中,报告的种族数据不到五分之一.
- 未来的MIGS RCT需要改进公平的种族和民族招聘策略,以及全面的数据报告.
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