Different Rates of Clinical Trial Enrollment Between Adolescents and Young Adults Aged 15 to 22 Years Old and Children Under 15 Years Old With Cancer at a Children's Hospital

Abstract

A significantly lower proportion of adolescents and young adults patients (aged 15 to 22) were placed on a treatment trial than younger patients. The lack of an open clinical trial was the main reason for this deficit. Interventions to address this discrepancy need to be instituted on a national level.