The importance of achieving sex- and gender-based equity in clinical trials: a call to action

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, VU University, De Boelelaan 1118 (4A-45), 1081 HZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• ² Department of Ethics, Law and Humanities, Amsterdam UMC, VU University, De Boelelaan 1118, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• ³ Interventional cardiology unit, San Raffaele scientific institute, Via olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy.
• ⁴ Clinical Study Center, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Campus Innenstadt, Lindwurmstr. 2a, 80336 Munich, Germany.
• ⁵ Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera de Canyet, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
• ⁶ Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University and Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
• ⁷ Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, Maryland, USA.
• ⁸ Department of Cardiology, The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Gustave L. Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029, USA.
• ⁹ Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, VU University, De Boelelaan 1118, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands.