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A prospective, observational cohort study comparing cancer clinical trial availability and enrollment between early adolescents/young adults and children.

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BACKGROUND:Poor enrollment of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) (ages 15-39 years) onto cancer clinical trials (CCTs) may contribute to inferior survival gains compared with children. In this study, the authors assessed whether differences in CCT availability would explain lower CCT enrollment for early AYAs (eAYAs) (ages 15-21 years). METHODS:This prospective, observational cohort study was conducted at a single academic children's hospital. For consecutive patients who were newly diagnosed with cancer over a 13-month period, it was determined whether an appropriate CCT existed nationally or was available locally and whether enrollment on that CCT occurred. The proportions of eAYAs versus children in each category were compared using the chi-square test. The impact of age and other factors on enrollment status was assessed using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS:Among 216 patients, 58 were eAYAs, and 158 were children. There was no difference in the proportion of eAYAs versus children who had an existing CCT (28 of 58 eAYAs [48.3%] vs 85 of 158 children [53.8%]; P = .47) or an available CCT (23 of 58 eAYAs [39.7%] vs 75 of 158 children [47.5%]; P = .31). However, significantly fewer eAYAs were enrolled when a CCT was available (7 of 23 eAYAs [30.4%] vs 50 of 75 children [67.7%]; P = .002). In multivariable analysis, eAYAs were significantly less likely than children to be enrolled in an available CCT (adjusted odds ratio, 0.22; 95% confidence interval, 0.08-0.62). CONCLUSIONS:Equal proportions of children and eAYAs had CCTs available, but significantly fewer eAYAs were enrolled. These findings suggest that, for eAYAs, factors other than CCT availability are important enrollment barriers and should be addressed. Cancer 2018;124:983-90. © 2017 American Cancer Society.

journal_name

Cancer

journal_title

Cancer

authors

Thomas SM,Malvar J,Tran H,Shows J,Freyer DR

doi

10.1002/cncr.31127

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-03-01 00:00:00

pages

983-990

issue

eissn

0008-543X

issn

1097-0142

journal_volume

124

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A prospective, observational cohort study comparing cancer clinical trial availability and enrollment between early adolescents/young adults and children.