Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN
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J Natl Compr Canc Netw · Nov 2017
Randomized Controlled TrialApoyo con Cariño: Strategies to Promote Recruiting, Enrolling, and Retaining Latinos in a Cancer Clinical Trial.
Background: We present and describe tailored strategies to address known barriers to minority participation in clinical trial research. The strategies used allowed our team to engage communities and successfully recruit, enroll, and retain a diverse underserved population of Latinos with advanced cancer for this clinical trial. Methods: Participants were recruited from 3 urban and 7 rural sites. ⋯ Conclusions: Our community-informed strategies were highly effective for recruiting, enrolling, and retaining an underserved diverse population of Latinos. The barriers we identified and the strategies we used have the potential to inform research to increase minority participation in cancer clinical trials. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01695382.