ASCO 2019 sessions provide guidance on expanding patient pools for clinical trials

Two sessions at this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting gave drug developers a glimpse of how to match more patients to clinical trials by broadening eligibility criteria and encouraging trial enrollment in community settings.

Both measures could increase patient enrollment, especially in rare indications or those where enrollment at academic centers is competitive, and they could increase access to patients who better reflect the diversity in the real world...