Under-representation of older Indian persons with cancer in clinical trials
There is a gap between the proportion of older Indian adults with cancer in the hospital registry and those enrolled in interventional clinical trials, however, this gap has shrunk over time. Various factors that limit the recruitment of this vulnerable cohort like age-specific eligibility criteria are immediately actionable to make clinical trials more inclusive.
Authors
- Vikram Chaudhari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8033-0277)
- Oindrila Roy Chowdhury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0253-9563)
- Zoya Peelay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9089-9803)
- Sheila Nainan Myatra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6761-163X)
- Jai Prakash Agarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0430-8558)
- Vanita Noronha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0191-2744)
- Vijay Patil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7691-3995)
- Nandini Menon
- Vikram Gota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6348-6667)
- Shailesh V. Shrikhande (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8036-4212)
- Sarbani Ghosh Laskar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0744-4838)
- Manali Kolkur
- Amey Oak
- Vijayalakshmi Mathrudev
- Rajendra Badwe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0480-2831)
- Vedang Murthy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6011-9319)
- Anant Ramaswamy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8169-4264)
- Nita Nair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5481-7292)
- Sabita Jiwnani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8865-695X)
- Pankaj Chaturvedi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3520-1342)
- Vikas S Ostwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0067-4748)
- Sudeep Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6742-6378)
- Supriya Chopra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2656-1792)
- Devendra Chaukar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6309-9536)
- Sudhir Vasudevan Nair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4977-3779)
- Jigeeshu V. Divatia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7384-4886)
- Shripad Banavali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4069-023X)
- Rohini Hawaladar
- Kumar Prabhash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8858-5004)
- Minit Shah
- Srushti Shah
- Kavita Nawale
- Richa Vaish
- Shivakumar Thiagarajan
- Anil Keith Dcruz
Institutions
- Homi Bhabha National Institute (IN)
- Tata Memorial Hospital (IN)
- P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre (IN)
- Max Healthcare (IN)
- National Hospital (IN)
- Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Oncology
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjonc-2024-000445
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.65