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Characteristics of Clinical Trial Participants with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Data from the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network (MD STARnet)
Background: Therapeutic trials are critical to improving outcomes for individuals diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Understanding predictors of clinical trial participation could maximize enrollment. Methods: Data from six sites (Colorado, Iowa, Piedmont region North Carolina, South...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8534386/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682100 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8100835 |
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author | Mathews, Katherine D. Conway, Kristin M. Gedlinske, Amber M. Johnson, Nicholas Street, Natalie Butterfield, Russell J. Hung, Man Ciafaloni, Emma Romitti, Paul A. |
author_facet | Mathews, Katherine D. Conway, Kristin M. Gedlinske, Amber M. Johnson, Nicholas Street, Natalie Butterfield, Russell J. Hung, Man Ciafaloni, Emma Romitti, Paul A. |
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description | Background: Therapeutic trials are critical to improving outcomes for individuals diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Understanding predictors of clinical trial participation could maximize enrollment. Methods: Data from six sites (Colorado, Iowa, Piedmont region North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah, and western New York) of the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network (MD STARnet) were analyzed. Clinical trial participation and individual-level clinical and sociodemographic characteristics were obtained from medical records for the 2000–2015 calendar years. County-level characteristics were determined from linkage of the most recent county of residence identified from medical records and publicly available federal datasets. Fisher’s exact and Wilcoxon two-sample tests were used with statistical significance set at one-sided p-value (<0.05) based on the hypothesis that nonparticipants had fewer resources. Results: Clinical trial participation was identified among 17.9% (MD STARnet site: 3.7–27.3%) of 358 individuals with DMD. Corticosteroids, tadalafil, and ataluren (PTC124) were the most common trial medications recorded. Fewer non-Hispanic blacks or Hispanics than non-Hispanic whites participated in clinical trials. Trial participants tended to reside in counties with lower percentages of non-Hispanic blacks. Conclusion: Understanding characteristics associated with clinical trial participation is critical for identifying participation barriers and generalizability of trial results. MD STARnet is uniquely able to track clinical trial participation through surveillance and describe patterns of participation. |
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spelling | pubmed-85343862021-10-23 Characteristics of Clinical Trial Participants with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Data from the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network (MD STARnet) Mathews, Katherine D. Conway, Kristin M. Gedlinske, Amber M. Johnson, Nicholas Street, Natalie Butterfield, Russell J. Hung, Man Ciafaloni, Emma Romitti, Paul A. Children (Basel) Article Background: Therapeutic trials are critical to improving outcomes for individuals diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Understanding predictors of clinical trial participation could maximize enrollment. Methods: Data from six sites (Colorado, Iowa, Piedmont region North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah, and western New York) of the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network (MD STARnet) were analyzed. Clinical trial participation and individual-level clinical and sociodemographic characteristics were obtained from medical records for the 2000–2015 calendar years. County-level characteristics were determined from linkage of the most recent county of residence identified from medical records and publicly available federal datasets. Fisher’s exact and Wilcoxon two-sample tests were used with statistical significance set at one-sided p-value (<0.05) based on the hypothesis that nonparticipants had fewer resources. Results: Clinical trial participation was identified among 17.9% (MD STARnet site: 3.7–27.3%) of 358 individuals with DMD. Corticosteroids, tadalafil, and ataluren (PTC124) were the most common trial medications recorded. Fewer non-Hispanic blacks or Hispanics than non-Hispanic whites participated in clinical trials. Trial participants tended to reside in counties with lower percentages of non-Hispanic blacks. Conclusion: Understanding characteristics associated with clinical trial participation is critical for identifying participation barriers and generalizability of trial results. MD STARnet is uniquely able to track clinical trial participation through surveillance and describe patterns of participation. MDPI 2021-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8534386/ /pubmed/34682100 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8100835 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Mathews, Katherine D. Conway, Kristin M. Gedlinske, Amber M. Johnson, Nicholas Street, Natalie Butterfield, Russell J. Hung, Man Ciafaloni, Emma Romitti, Paul A. Characteristics of Clinical Trial Participants with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Data from the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network (MD STARnet) |
title | Characteristics of Clinical Trial Participants with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Data from the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network (MD STARnet) |
title_full | Characteristics of Clinical Trial Participants with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Data from the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network (MD STARnet) |
title_fullStr | Characteristics of Clinical Trial Participants with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Data from the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network (MD STARnet) |
title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of Clinical Trial Participants with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Data from the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network (MD STARnet) |
title_short | Characteristics of Clinical Trial Participants with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Data from the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network (MD STARnet) |
title_sort | characteristics of clinical trial participants with duchenne muscular dystrophy: data from the muscular dystrophy surveillance, tracking, and research network (md starnet) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8534386/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682100 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8100835 |
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