Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Clinical Studies Reported to ClinicalTrials.gov, 2009-2024.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A lack of transparent reporting of race and ethnicity in clinical research limits the ability to identify health inequities and evaluate to what extent clinical research includes diverse populations.

Objective

To identify study characteristics associated with reporting race and ethnicity of clinical study participants and to document temporal trends in race and ethnicity reporting on clinicaltrials.gov.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of interventional trials and observational studies from 2009-2024; multivariable logistic regression assessed study-level factors associated with reporting race and ethnicity.

Setting

Global registry of clinical studies (clinicaltrials.gov).

Participants

58,163 studies with posted results and without early termin

SUBMITTER: Aziz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12330421 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature