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Mayo Clinic is committed to diversity and inclusion in clinical trials. Our scientists and clinicians are already working with communities to accomplish this important work. We're also addressing barriers that keep historically marginalized groups from enrolling in clinical trials. We're dedicated to understanding why certain communities have been excluded from enrolling in clinical trials, and why people from some groups might not want to participate. And we're doing the work to make sure every one of our studies is ethical, safe and inclusive.
This is critical because:
- Lack of representation results in wider disparities and poorer outcomes for many diseases.
- What works for one person may not work for another. In addition, safety and effectiveness might vary across groups.
- Without inclusion, some populations do not get to experience the benefits of drugs and therapies targeted to them.
- Clinical trial participants may get treatments or options they wouldn't otherwise have access to, while at the same time helping improve medical care for everyone.
- When clinical trials include many kinds of people, it leads to medical cures and treatments that can potentially help more people.
You can find trials by talking to your doctor or by searching Mayo's clinical trials website by condition, treatment or drug name.
The videos below highlight Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity, inclusion and diversity through their work.
By including more people from more diverse groups in clinical trials, we can increase our understanding of the effectiveness and safety of therapies for the broader population — but we can't do it without you.
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- Phone: 800-664-4542 (toll-free)
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Cancer-Related Clinical Studies Questions
- Phone: 855-776-0015 (toll-free)
- Contact form
International Patient Clinical Studies Questions
- Phone: 507-284-8884
- Email: intl.mcr@mayo.edu
Mayo Clinic provides language interpreter services at no cost to clinical trial participants to support diversity and inclusion in research.
If you would like to be notified about potential clinical trials for which you may qualify by enrolling in Mayo Clinic Florida’s Community Research Registry, please fill out this Mayo Clinic Community Research Registry Prescreening/ Interest Form
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