Impact of patient demographics and neighborhood socioeconomic variables on clinical trial participation patterns for NHL.

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Abstract

Prior studies have demonstrated that certain populations including older patients, racial/ethnic minority groups, and women are underrepresented in clinical trials. We performed a retrospective analysis of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) seen at MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) to investigate the association between trial participation, race/ethnicity, travel distance, and neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES). Using patient addresses, we ascertained nSES variables on educational attainment, income, poverty, racial composition, and housing at the census tract (CT) level. We also performed geospatial analysis to determine the geographic distribution of clinical trial participants and distance from patient residence to MDACC. We examined 3146 consecutive adult p

SUBMITTER: Nze C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11318327 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature