Laboratory Eligibility Criteria as Potential Barriers to Participation by Black Men in Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials

JAMA Oncol. 2018 Mar 1;4(3):413-414. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.4658.

Abstract

This study examines the lack of race-adjusted measurements for renal function in eligibility criteria for participation of black men in prostate cancer trials.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Artifacts
  • Black or African American* / statistics & numerical data
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques* / standards
  • Clinical Trials as Topic* / methods
  • Clinical Trials as Topic* / statistics & numerical data
  • Creatinine / analysis
  • Creatinine / blood
  • Eligibility Determination / methods*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Function Tests / standards
  • Leukocyte Count / standards
  • Male
  • Neutropenia / blood
  • Neutropenia / diagnosis
  • Neutropenia / ethnology
  • Neutrophils / pathology
  • Patient Participation* / methods
  • Patient Participation* / statistics & numerical data
  • Patient Selection
  • Prostatic Neoplasms* / blood
  • Prostatic Neoplasms* / ethnology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms* / physiopathology

Substances

  • Creatinine