Participant diversity and inclusive trial design: a meta-epidemiologic study of Canadian randomized clinical trials

Shannon M. Ruzycki, Kirstie C. Lithgow, Claire Song, Sarah Taylor, Abinaya Subramanian, Miriam Li, Stephanie Happ, Mark Shea, Debby Oladimeji, Wayne Clark, Dean A. Fergusson, Sarina R. Isenberg, Patricia Li, Sangeeta Mehta, Stuart G. Nicholls, Courtney L. Pollock, Louise Pilote, Amity E. Quinn, Syamala Buragadda, David Collister

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.112098
Published: 2026-03
Container: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.112098,
  title = {Participant diversity and inclusive trial design: a meta-epidemiologic study of Canadian randomized clinical trials},
  author = {Shannon M. Ruzycki and Kirstie C. Lithgow and Claire Song and Sarah Taylor and Abinaya Subramanian and Miriam Li and Stephanie Happ and Mark Shea and Debby Oladimeji and Wayne Clark and Dean A. Fergusson and Sarina R. Isenberg and Patricia Li and Sangeeta Mehta and Stuart G. Nicholls and Courtney L. Pollock and Louise Pilote and Amity E. Quinn and Syamala Buragadda and David Collister},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Journal of Clinical Epidemiology},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.112098},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.112098}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Participant diversity and inclusive trial design: a meta-epidemiologic study of Canadian randomized clinical trials
AU  - Shannon M. Ruzycki
AU  - Kirstie C. Lithgow
AU  - Claire Song
AU  - Sarah Taylor
AU  - Abinaya Subramanian
AU  - Miriam Li
AU  - Stephanie Happ
AU  - Mark Shea
AU  - Debby Oladimeji
AU  - Wayne Clark
AU  - Dean A. Fergusson
AU  - Sarina R. Isenberg
AU  - Patricia Li
AU  - Sangeeta Mehta
AU  - Stuart G. Nicholls
AU  - Courtney L. Pollock
AU  - Louise Pilote
AU  - Amity E. Quinn
AU  - Syamala Buragadda
AU  - David Collister
PY  - 2026
JO  - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
DO  - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.112098
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Ruzycki, S. M., Lithgow, K. C., Song, C., Taylor, S., Subramanian, A., Li, M., Happ, S., Shea, M., Oladimeji, D., Clark, W., Fergusson, D. A., Isenberg, S. R., Li, P., Mehta, S., Nicholls, S. G., Pollock, C. L., Pilote, L., Quinn, A. E., Buragadda, S., & Collister, D. (2026). Participant diversity and inclusive trial design: a meta-epidemiologic study of Canadian randomized clinical trials. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.112098

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