Study finds clinical trial eligibility criteria commonly exclude people with disabilities

Despite constituting the largest minority group in the U.S. and expressing interest in participating in clinical trials, people with disabilities remain excluded. A new study led by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, has examined the relationship between study protocol eligibility criteria and the inappropriate exclusion of people with disabilities from clinical trials. Results are published in the October issue of Health Affairs.