Creating Equitable and Inclusive Clinical Trials for Multiple Myeloma.

Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, Norwalk, CT; Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Electronic address:

Published: January 2024

Black and Latino/Hispanic populations are disproportionately impacted by multiple myeloma (MM) in the United States and are underrepresented in many clinical trials. The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation sponsored a 1-day workshop of 46 experts spanning the ecosystem of MM research and care, including government, academia, nonprofits, pharma/biotech, community partners, and retail pharmacy. Specific, tangible steps to overcome the well-documented barriers to improving the diversity and inclusivity of clinical trials were discussed, including broadening inclusion/exclusion criteria, reducing the financial and other burdens of trial participants, selecting diverse study sites, including implicit bias training, and taking steps to empower patients.

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