Black and Latino patients are rarely part of clinical studies. Why?

“I think my quality of life has improved. And it's sad that we don't know how to spread the word to people that it's not going to harm us or anything. It's going to help,” Vernell Brown says of clinical trials.

“I think my quality of life has improved. And it's sad that we don't know how to spread the word to people that it's not going to harm us or anything. It's going to help,” Vernell Brown says of clinical trials. Photo by Shutterstock.

KCRW looks at barriers to accessing clinical trials for Black and Latino people. Plus, one cancer patient explains how his life changed after becoming involved in a trial. 

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Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Angie Perrin, Amy Ta, Brian Hardzinski, Bennett Purser, Rebecca Haggerty, Nihar Patel, Zeke Reed