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medRxiv PreprintsInternational13 October 2026

Language eligibility criteria and enrolled racial and ethnic composition in US clinical trials: a cross-sectional study

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BACKGROUND: Federal policy now requires sponsors to submit diversity action plans for clinical trials, yet the modifiable features of trial design associated with enrolled composition remain poorly characterized. English-language proficiency requirements are written into eligibility criteria and recorded as free text in a public registry, making them visible and, in principle, amenable to revision, but their relationship to enrolled composition has been examined only within single disease areas and in small samples of trials. We examined whether these requirements and documented language accom
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