The most socially vulnerable counties are less likely to have any cancer clinical trial, according to a research letter published online May ... Read More
Clinical Trials
I’m a Black Woman Working in Clinical Trials. Here’s What I Tell Patients About Them
As a Black woman working in clinical trials, I've seen firsthand the critical importance of diversity and inclusion in medical research. ... Read More
4 Common Myths About Clinical Trials
Sponsored by Merck Clinical trials are research studies that are designed to learn more about how our bodies respond to investigational ... Read More
3 Major Barriers to Black Clinical Trial Participation and How to Solve Them
Clinical trials play a key role in advancing cancer treatment, especially for Black Americans who face higher death rates and experience ... Read More
This Vaccine Fights Deadly Brain Tumor in Small Clinical Trial
(HealthDay News) — An experimental cancer vaccine can quickly reprogram a person’s immune system to attack glioblastoma, the most aggressive ... Read More
The Hidden Costs of Missing Diversity from Clinical Trials
Imagine you're testing a new medicine. To make sure it's safe and works well, you need people to try it out. These volunteers are part of a ... Read More
A Doctor Explains What’s Missing From Black Clinical Trial Enrollment
Patient success takes a village, and Dr. Craig Cole of Karmanos Cancer Institute believes the village extends to the recruitment of Black ... Read More
Overcoming Tuskegee: How To Establish Black Trust in Clinical Trials
The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment has left a painful legacy of medical mistrust in the Black American community. In the 1932-1972 study, ... Read More
Getting Blacks into Heart-Related Clinical Trials Isn’t a “Spectator Sport”
Despite progress in cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment, Black adults in the USA still face higher rates of premature CVD death ... Read More
How Black Clinical Trial Participation Can End Health Care Inequalities
New medical treatments often come with great promise, but sometimes that promise doesn’t fully extend to Black Americans. “Populations of ... Read More
Stage 4 Lung Cancer: Why I Said Yes to a Clinical Trial
In March 2020, Sheena P. was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, which came as a huge shock to her and her family. She decided to ... Read More
A Clinical Trial Saved My Life: Surviving Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Mel Mann shares his personal story of survival after being diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in 1995. Given only three years left to ... Read More
