'Being disabled' as an exclusion criterion for clinical trials: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with disabilities (PWDs) are often excluded from biomedical research, but comprehensive data regarding their participation in clinical trials are not available. The objective of this study was to assess the rates of exclusion of PWDs from recent medical scientific research.

Methods

The protocol of the study was designed according to PRISMA-ScR (PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) extension for Scoping Reviews) guidelines. All completed interventional clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov between 2010 and 2020 regarding the 10 leading causes of global disability-adjusted life-years according to the Global Burden of Disease Study were analysed. An exclusion criterion from the study was considered explicit if

SUBMITTER: Camanni G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10626873 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature