Qualitative Study of Health Care Professional Perspectives on Recruiting Minority Patients in Cancer Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Underrepresented minority (URM) patients enroll in cancer clinical trials at low rates. We studied the perspectives of health care professionals to better understand the challenges and potential facilitators of recruiting URM patients into clinical trials.

Methods

A purposeful sampling approach was utilized to recruit health care professionals and clinical research staff who recruited and cared for URM patients in a therapeutic cancer clinical trial at any Mayo Clinic site, from July 2018 through October 2021.Data were gathered using a semistructured qualitative interviews. Participants were interviewed about the challenges of recruiting URM patients into cancer clinical trials and possible strategies for improving URM patient enrollment. Data were analyzed using

SUBMITTER: Price KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11848063 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature