Reporting and Representation of Participant Race and Ethnicity in National Institutes of Health-Funded Pediatric Clinical Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Enrolling racially and ethnically diverse pediatric research participants is critical to ensuring equitable access to health advances and generalizability of research findings.

Objectives

To examine the reporting of race and ethnicity for National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded pediatric clinical trials and to assess the representation of pediatric participants from different racial and ethnic groups compared with distributions in the US population.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study included NIH-funded pediatric (ages 0-17 years) trials with grant funding completed between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2019, and trial results reported as of June 30, 2022.

Exposures

National Institutes of Health policies and guidance

SUBMITTER: Lee LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10469249 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature