Clinical Trials and the Importance of Patient Diversity

Jonathan Eilberg • January 21, 2023

To ensure clinical trial results are accurate, it is essential to recruit a diverse patient population with a wide range of backgrounds. That is why Trial AMPlify places such importance on recruiting a diverse group of participants for clinical trials. Recent advancements in clinical trial patient recruitment targeting have enabled researchers to tackle an ongoing hurdle in clinical studies -- subject diversity. 

Clinical trial patient diversity

With multiple pressing social needs, it is more important than ever for clinical trials to reflect the real-world population by recruiting a diverse pool of patients. At Trial AMPlify, we believe that the health needs of all individuals must be taken into account in order to create effective treatments for the general public. This is why our patient recruitment consulting services employ strategies to garner as many different types of subjects as possible.


First and foremost, greater diversity in clinical trial patient recruitment is key to creating treatments that are more tailored towards certain populations. By recruiting more diverse participants, trial researchers gain an understanding of how health differs across people with different genetic, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds. Having a better understanding of these differences creates more targeted treatments that are more responsive to specific health needs.


A second vital effect of increasing trial diversity is improved accuracy in trial results. This is due to the fact that when groups of minority individuals are included in clinical trials, the patterns of results are more valid and more likely to be effective for everyone.


Studies have shown that when a clinical trial does not include a diverse patient population, the results of the study cannot be accurately applied to communities of people with different backgrounds. That is why it is so important for clinical trials to aim for balanced representation in the areas of gender, race, age and geography.


Trial AMPlify is a full-service patient recruitment and enrollment agency that helps biopharmaceutical companies quickly identify and target patients for clinical research and world-wide studies. We recognize the crucial role diversity plays in patient recruitment and we strive to ensure each trial has a broad, representative patient population that is reflective of the target treatment.


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