Minorities substantially underrepresented in pancreatic cancer clinical trials
Despite the fact that certain racial and ethnic minorities get pancreatic cancer more often, are diagnosed at a younger age and die sooner, clinical trials fail to include representative proportions of non-White patients at every phase of study, according to research that was selected for presentation at Digestive Disease Week
® (DDW) 2021.
We see disparities in representation across all kinds of clinical trials, so we were not surprised to see that it also occurs in pancreatic cancer trials. But hopefully we can make a change in that arena in the future.
Kelly Herremans, MD, lead researcher on the study and surgical research fellow at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville
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Bethesda, MD (May 14, 2021) Despite the fact that certain racial and ethnic minorities get pancreatic cancer more often, are diagnosed at a younger age and die sooner, clinical trials fail to include representative proportions of non-White patients at every phase of study, according to research that was selected for presentation at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2021. We see disparities in representation across all kinds of clinical trials, so we were not surprised to see that it also occurs in pancreatic cancer trials. But hopefully we can make a change in that arena in the future, said Kelly Herremans, MD, lead researcher on the study and surgical research fellow at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.
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Clinical trials of pancreatic cancer fail to include and report on representative proportions of non-white patients at every study phase, researchers suggested.
This discrepancy is troubling in that certain racial and ethnic minorities get pancreatic cancer more often, are diagnosed at a younger age, and die sooner, noted Kelly Herremans, MD, of the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville. Currently there s a heightened awareness of racial and ethnic disparities in society, particularly in healthcare, Herremans said during a press briefing held in advance of the annual Digestive Disease Week meeting.
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