Clinical Trial Technologies for Improving Equity and Inclusion in Cardiovascular Clinical Research

• Published in: Cardiology and Therapy Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 215 - 225
• Main Authors: Broadwin, Cassandra, Azizi, Zahra, Rodriguez, Fatima
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cheshire Springer Healthcare 01.06.2023; Springer; Adis, Springer Healthcare
• Subjects: Cardiology; Cardiovascular research; Clinical trials; Commentary; Diversity and inclusion; Health care disparities; Health equity; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Prevention; Quality management; Racial disparities; Social aspects; Technology application; United States; Health equity; Diversity and inclusion; Racial disparities; Cardiology

Approximately one-third of clinical trials fail to meet their recruitment goals, which can cause costly delays to sponsors and compromise the scientific integrity and generalizability of a trial. Inadequate recruitment and retention of patient groups who have the disease under investigation may prod...