Socioeconomic representativeness of Australian, Canadian and British cohorts from the paediatric diabetes AdDIT study: comparisons to regional and national data

Given limited data regarding the involvement of disadvantaged groups in paediatric diabetes clinical trials, this study aimed to evaluate the socioeconomic representativeness of participants recruited into a multinational clinical trial in relation to regional and national type 1 diabetes reference populations.

Citation:
Mahmud FH, Clarke ABM, Elia Y, ……. Davis EA, Deanfield JE, Donaghue KC, Jones TW, Marshall SM, et al. Socioeconomic representativeness of Australian, Canadian and British cohorts from the paediatric diabetes AdDIT study: comparisons to regional and national data. BMC Med. 2023;21(1)

Keywords:
Clinical trial; Deprivation; Marginalization; Multicenter trials; Paediatric; Socioeconomic status; Type 1 diabetes

Abstract:
Given limited data regarding the involvement of disadvantaged groups in paediatric diabetes clinical trials, this study aimed to evaluate the socioeconomic representativeness of participants recruited into a multinational clinical trial in relation to regional and national type 1 diabetes reference populations.