Exclusion of Families Who Speak Languages Other than English from Federally Funded Pediatric Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether individuals in the United States who speak languages other than English (LOE) are excluded from federally funded pediatric clinical trials and whether such trials adhere to the National Institutes of Health policy regarding inclusion of members of minority groups.

Study design

Using ClinicalTrials.gov, we identified all completed, federally funded, US-based trials inclusive of children ≤17 and focused on one of 4 common chronic childhood conditions (asthma, mental health, obesity, and dental caries) as of June 18, 2019. We reviewed ClinicalTrials.gov online content, as well as published manuscripts linked to ClinicalTrials.gov entries, to abstract information about language-related exclusion criteria. Trials were deemed to exclude LOE participa

SUBMITTER: Anwar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10757988 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature