{"id":3647755,"date":"2024-05-02T13:03:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/?post_type=story&p=3647755"},"modified":"2025-03-17T15:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:20:45","slug":"podcast-a-candid-conversation-about-diversity-in-clinical-trials","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/stories\/podcast-a-candid-conversation-about-diversity-in-clinical-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: A candid conversation about diversity in clinical trials\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Clinical trials are an important part of helping to ensure new medicines are safe and effective. Yet a lack of awareness and feelings of hesitancy about joining one persist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people are uncertain about medical research due to past studies like the Tuskegee Experiment<\/a>, when Black men were denied treatment for syphilis in the 1930s. Today, many are cautious when receiving advice from members of the medical community, including their doctors.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Euvon Jones \u2014 a motivational artist, proud father and husband and a former clinical trial participant \u2014 hadn’t thought much about clinical trials before his diagnosis with prostate cancer, but he eventually decided to participate in a study to advance knowledge of the condition not only for himself but also for his community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this podcast, Jones joined Adrelia Allen, executive director of clinical trial patient diversity at our company, and Dr. Renee Matthews, director of live programming and production at BlackDoctor.org, <\/em>to <\/em>share the factors that impacted his decision to participate in a clinical trial and how that experience changed his perspective on medical research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jones said it’s hard to trust the process if you don’t trust your health care provider or the person recommending a clinical trial. \u201cGood information might be provided, but you have to trust that the information is good for you,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, Matthews discussed how misinformation perpetuates stigma around clinical trials and the work that her organization is doing to help instill confidence in people who are considering participating in clinical trials.  <\/p>\n\n\n