Women Are Underrepresented Among Principal Investigators of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Clinical Trials in the United States.

Background: Leadership of clinical trials confers national recognition and promotes academic advancement. We hypothesized that women would be underrepresented among principal investigators (PIs) of hip and knee arthroplasty clinical trials in the United States.

Methods: A query of hip and knee arthroplasty clinical trials from 2015 to 2021 was performed on ClinicalTrials.