Minorities and Clinical Trials: Patients, Physicians, Clinical Trial Characteristics, and Their Environment
Abstract
Our study will comprehensively examine the factors that facilitate or hinder participation in prostate cancer trials by examining patients attitudes, physicians perceived barriers, characteristics of prostate trials and sites, and broader community indicators. In Year 02 and the first quarter of our No Cost Extension, the research team completed the majority of data collection. These activities included: entering and analyzing data from the RTM survey; finalizing the physician survey; finalizing the patient telephone survey through semi-structured interviews; translating the patient interview into Spanish and Chinese; and completing implementation of the patient telephone survey. We will continue to use the no cost extension to implement the physician survey. Preliminary results from the RTM Survey indicate that most clinical trial sites have language interpretation available, but primarily by bilingual staff rather than professionals. The majority of printed clinical trial materials are only available in English and participant incentives are limited, aside from parking discounts. This data, combined with the patient and physician information, will help inform future interventions aiming to increase prostate cancer clinical trial participation, particularly among minorities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA573587
Entities
People
- Celia Kaplan
Organizations
- University of California, San Francisco