Closing the Diversity Gap in Clinical Trials
To improve health outcomes and health inequities by increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of Principal Investigators and clinical trial participants.
Closing the Diversity Gap in Clinical Trials
What is ADVCT?
Advancing Diversity in Clinical Trials, LLC, (ADVCT) is dedicated to improving ethnic disparities in clinical trials by recruiting and training minority physicians for Principal Investigator (PI) roles, while ensuring inclusion and diversity in recruitment and enrollment of ethnic minority participants.
Courtesy of Michigan Medicine. (2019, February 2). Diversity in Clinical Trials [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/
Clinical Trials Barriers
Patient enrollment in clinical trials is a major issue, however, the lack of ethnic minorities can hinder the advancement of medical science to combat diseases.
Racial and ethnic minorities comprise 39% of the United States population. Of the 39%, only 2% to 16% account for clinical trials participants. Blacks are 13.6% of the US population and account for less than 5% of trial participants while Latinos are 18% of the population and only 1% represent trial participants.
Few barriers including:
> Fear and Mistrust
> Lack of ethnic minority PIs
> Lack of ethnic minority coordinators
> Cultural myths and stereotypes
The lack of information leads healthcare providers relying on limited or no information, such as effective dosing regimens and side effects, when treating their minority patients.
Limited patient data in underrepresented populations results in the lack of critical knowledge and information of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
Our Services
As a Site Management Organization (SMO), Advancing Diversity in Clinical Trials provides clinical trial-related services to contract research organizations (CRO), pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, medical device companies, clinical research sites, and other institutions that conduct clinical trials. Your clinical research team can benefit from the following services:
Principal Investigators
We offer culturally sensitive PIs that support the recruitment of participants from historically underrepresented patient groups.
Patient Recruitment
We manage patient recruitment and retention focusing on achieving enrollment of ethnically diverse populations, women, and elderly patients in clinical trials.
We Provide Study Management
> Trial startup, site initiation, and closeout operations.
> Data management and regulatory management.
> Budget and contract management.
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Informed consent forms (ICF), recruitment materials, and contracts.
> Monitoring and Ensuring Protocol Compliance
> Submission for IRB/IEC Approval
