"Unjustified Partiality or Impartial Bias? Reckoning with Age and Disability Discrimination in Cancer Clinical Trials"

J Law Med Ethics. 2024;52(3):731-733. doi: 10.1017/jme.2024.141. Epub 2024 Dec 16.

Abstract

In this issue, Zakout discusses European Union (EU) legal provisions for inclusion of patients of all types in clinical trials.1 Shee highlights the unfortunate failure to include adequate numbers of older adults and adults with disabilities in clinical trials of anti-cancer agents. We agree with her argument that this is an ethical issue as well as a scientific and clinical issue.

Keywords: Clinical Trials; Older Adults; Representative Populations.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Ageism
  • Clinical Trials as Topic* / ethics
  • Clinical Trials as Topic* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disabled Persons* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • European Union
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms*
  • Patient Selection / ethics