New research highlights a significant and continued gap in achieving diversity in clinical trials of medical therapies
PHILADELPHIA, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Clario, a healthcare research technology company that delivers leading endpoint technology solutions for clinical trials, and the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD) will present the results of new research highlighting critical levels of under-representation by race and ethnicity in pivotal trials supporting drugs and biologics approved between 2007 and 2021.
- Preliminary results are to be presented during the Drug Information Association (DIA) 2023 Annual Global Meeting .
- Commenting on the research, Otis Johnson, Chief Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability Officer, Clario, said, "lack of diversity in clinical trials means that the medicines, when approved, may not work for the underrepresented and could harm them.
- It enables ease of trial access for a broader pool of participants with the potential to speed up trial enrollment.
- It is also good for business, as the approved drugs can be confidently prescribed to a broader, more diverse patient population".