Hedyeh Ebrahimi, Sandra Megally, Elana Plotkin, Latha Shivakumar, Nicholas J Salgia, Zeynep B Zengin, Luis Meza, Neal Chawla, Daniella V Castro, Nazli Dizman, Ruma Bhagat, Seila Liv, Xiaochen Li, Adam Rock, Sandy Liu, Abhishek Tripathi, Tanya Dorff, Randall A Oyer, Leigh Boehmer, Sumanta Pal, Alexander Chehrazi-Raffle
IMPORTANCE: While an overwhelming majority of patients diagnosed with cancer express willingness to participate in clinical trials, only a fraction will enroll onto a research protocol. OBJECTIVE: To identify critical barriers to trial enrollment to translate findings into actionable practice changes that increase cancer clinical trial enrollment. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This survey study included designated site contacts at oncology practices with teams who were highly involved with the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) Community Oncology Research Institute (ACORI) clinical trials activities, all American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)-ACCC collaboration pilot sites, and/or sites providing care to at least 25% African American and Hispanic residents...
April 1, 2024: JAMA Network Open