COVID-Era Trial Flexibilities, Equity Focus, Could Be Used To Reshape Cancer Study Enrollment
Executive Summary
US FDA is open to keeping COVID-necessitated trial changes that may have had unexpected benefits. The agency is also looking at building on pandemic’s focus on health disparities and inequities to push for more generalizable and inclusive clinical trial designs.
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