Women and Leadership of Cardiology and Oncology Clinical Trials—Swimming Against the Tide

Sex and racial disparities in catheter ablation

“… Clinical trial steering committees should strive for sex and racial equality because research has shown that greater representation of women on steering committees leads to more diverse recruitment. 71 , 72 Improvements should be made in the recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups, which requires community engagement, decentralization of study sites to enhance accessibility, and increased racial representation among investigators. 73 Clinical trials and registries should report detailed results for sex and racial subgroups, as this may increase the variability and sample size for meta-analyses.…”

“…Clinical trial steering committees should strive for sex and racial equality because research has shown that greater representation of women on steering committees leads to more diverse recruitment. 71 , 72 …”