Representation of racial minorities in cardiac surgery randomized clinical trials.

Gianmarco CancelliKatia AudisioRoberto Perezgrovas Olaria Giovanni Jr SolettiDavid ChadowMohamed RahoumaN B RobinsonMario F L Gaudino

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)

Only 9 (17.6%) of the 51 cardiac surgery RCTs published between 2000 and 2020 reported the race of the patients enrolled and only 11.2% of them were nonWhite patients. Given the association between race and clinical outcomes, future RCTs should either guarantee a balanced inclusion of racial minorities or be designed to specifically enroll them.

Keyphrases

cardiac surgery
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
acute kidney injury
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
systematic review
clinical trial
patient reported outcomes
patient reported