Minority Leader Survey Results about Clinical Trials


CISCRP Screening Questionnaire: African American Community Leaders
Center for Information and Study of Clinical Research Participants: n = 71*

	Average for Community Leaders from three states*

1	How safe do you believe clinical trials are?

		number	percentage
	Very Safe	26	36.61972
	Somewhat safe	42	59.15493
	Not very safe	1	1.408451
	Not safe at all	2	2.816901

2	Do you think there should be clinical trials targeting African-Americans?

		number	percentage
	Yes	63	88.73239
	No	7	9.859155
	No Opinion	1	1.408451

3	Why do you think such a small number of African-Americans
	take part in clinical trials?
	(several answered more than one response)
		number	percentage
	Not enough black physicians take part in research	29	26.12613
	No one asks them	32	28.82883
	Too many health risks for clinical research volunteers	11	9.90991
	The history of the Tuskegee study	28	25.22523
	Other	11	9.90991

	Other answers include:
	People that answer others include
	1. Afraid to see doctor - to participate in the studies
	2. Not enough information on the subject
	3. Fears and other priorities/concerns
	4. Lower rate of tasting and diagnosis
	5. Unconcern on the part of the US government
	6. No knowledge of them
	7. Fear of unknown
	8. Don’t trust the government


4	Do you think the FDA does a good job of protecting clinical research volunteers?
		number	percentage
	Yes	18	25.35211
	No	26	36.61972
	No opinion	27	38.02817



5	Would you be more likely to take in a:
		number	percentage