{"id":8017,"date":"2025-12-01T21:40:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metastatictrialtalk.org\/?p=7829"},"modified":"2025-12-01T21:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:40:34","slug":"diversity-clinical-trial-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/?p=8017","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Diversity in MBC Clinical Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7115 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Inside-Clinical-Trials-8-300x228.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\" data-contrast=\"none\">Clinical trials are done to test the safety of new treatments and how well they work. Doctors need to know how treatments will work in all types of people who will receive them. This knowledge comes when trials enroll diverse groups of people. Diversity in clinical trials is good science and benefits everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\" data-contrast=\"none\">Visit the links below to learn more about why diversity in clinical trials is important.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">BreastCancerTrials.org (video<\/span>): <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xDGnwo82NY4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Sabrina Mayhew explains why diversity in clinical trials is good science that benefits everyone<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">CenterWatch:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcgclinical.com\/insights\/diversity-in-clinical-trials-a-scientific-imperative-for-2025\/#:~:text=Diversity%20in%20clinical%20trials%20isn,by%20the%20disease%20under%20study.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diversity in clinical trials leads to better outcomes for patients by taking into account how race, sex, age, and other factors can impact response to treatment<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Harvard Medical School: <\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.hms.harvard.edu\/insights\/all-insights\/embracing-diversity-imperative-inclusive-clinical-trials#:~:text=The%20lack%20of%20diversity%20in,trials%20should%20ideally%20recruit%20minorities.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The population enrolled in clinical trials needs to represent the groups of people who will receive the treatment once it is app<\/span>roved<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diversity in clinical trials is good science and helps doctors know how treatments will work in all types of people who will receive them. Read below to learn more about why diversity in clinical trials benefits everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_block_theme_hide_title":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[24,29,47,62,76],"class_list":{"0":"post-8017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-inside-clinical-trials","8":"tag-cancer-treatment-planning","9":"tag-clinical-trial-navigation","10":"tag-inside-clinical-trials","11":"tag-navigating-cancer-care","12":"tag-screening-and-testing","14":"with-featured-image"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Inside-Clinical-Trials-8.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Inside-Clinical-Trials-8.png","author_info":{"display_name":"bctt","author_link":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breastcancertrialtalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}