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SUBMITTER: Lane K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6138411 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lane Karen K Keita Maningbe M Avadhani Radhika R Dlugash Rachel R Mayo Steven S Thompson Richard E RE Awad Issam I McBee Nichol N Ziai Wendy W Hanley Daniel F DF
Clinical researcher (Alexandria, Va.) 20180814 7
<h4>Background</h4>Under-enrolling minority patients in clinical trials reduces generalizability. CLEAR III, a randomized controlled trial, presented an opportunity to assess African American (AA) participation.<h4>Methods</h4>AA enrollment was compared to U.S. population and NINDS trial data then stratified by region; census data for 42 recruitment cities were compared to screening and randomization percentages, using simple linear regression.<h4>Results</h4>AAs were 25% of screens and 45.1% of ...[more]