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Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Jun 15, 2025 7:00 AM - Jun 19, 2025 3:00 PM

801 Allen Y. Lew Place, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3614, USA

DIA 2025 Global Annual Meeting

Examining Bias in Lung Cancer Study Protocols: Lessons Learned from Multi-Stakeholders

Session Chair(s)

Jennifer  Kim, PHD

Jennifer Kim, PHD

Research Associate Professor

Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, United States

This session will be based on a recent effort that examined lung cancer studies to determine how and whether exclusion criteria could hinder the participation of racial minority patients. The panel will feature experts from sponsors, research sites, and academia to discuss challenges and areas of opportunities for re-thinking how to make lung cancer protocols more inclusive, and will include perspectives from the clinical operations, regulatory, research sites, and academia.

Learning Objective : Identify areas within a study protocol that can adversely exclude marginalized patient populations; Identify organizational challenges that may hinder redesign efforts, and the implications these challenges can have on the clinical operations and regulatory front; Discuss approaches, strategies, and lessons-learned to help simplify protocol design.

Speaker(s)

Ritesh  Jain, PHD

Sponsor Perspective: Implications of Protocol Complexity on Regulatory Oncology

Ritesh Jain, PHD

EMD Serono, United States

Senior Director

Umit  Tapan, MD

Perspectives from the Clinical Research Sites: Challenges Enrolling Racial Minority Participants

Umit Tapan, MD

Boston University, United States

Assitant Professor of Medicine

Kim  Ribeiro, MS

Sponsor Perspective: Overcoming Re-Design Efforts of Study Protocols

Kim Ribeiro, MS

Boehringer Ingelheim, United States

Director Patient Experience & Engagement

Abigail  Dirks, MS

Application of Large Language Models (LLM) to Examine Lung Cancer Protocol Exclusion Criteria

Abigail Dirks, MS

Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, United States

Senior Data Scientist

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