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Tackling a Major Deficiency of Diversity in Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutic Trials: An CTAD Task Force Report
Document Type
article
Source
The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease. 9(3)
Subject
Biological Psychology
Psychology
Neurosciences
Dementia
Clinical Research
Alzheimer's Disease including Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD)
Neurodegenerative
Brain Disorders
Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities
Acquired Cognitive Impairment
Aging
Alzheimer's Disease
Neurological
Advisory Committees
Alzheimer Disease
Humans
Alzheimer's disease
clinical trials
participant diversity
generalizability
Alzheimer’s disease
Biological psychology
Cognitive and computational psychology
Language
Abstract
As the last opportunity to assess treatment effect modification in a controlled setting prior to formal approval, clinical trials are a critical tool for understanding the safety and efficacy of new treatments in diverse populations. Recruitment of diverse participants in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) clinical trials are therefore essential to increase the generalizability of study results, with diversity broadly described to be representative and inclusive. This representation of study participants is equally critical in longitudinal cohort (observational) studies, which will be key to understanding disease disparities and are often used to design adequately powered AD clinical trials. New and innovative recruitment initiatives and enhanced infrastructure facilitate increased participant diversity in AD clinical studies.