NCI-Clinical Trial Accrual in a Community Network Affiliated with a Designated Cancer Center.

ABSTRACT: Most cancer care is delivered in the community, while most clinical trials exist in academic centers. We analyzed clinical trial accrual of a tertiary care cancer center and its affiliated community sites to better understand what types of trials accrued at the community sites and whether community accrual increased ethnic diversity. The institutional clinical trial database was searched for solid tumor accruals during 2018-2019. Patient's race was abstracted, and trial's funding source, phase, and disease type/stage were tabulated. Of 3689 accruals, 133 were at community sites, representing 26 unique trials while the main campus accrued to 93 unique trials. Community site accruals were highest for breast and colorectal cancer, but patients with less common cancers such as renal, nasophary

SUBMITTER: Kim DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7355880 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature