The Ronald O Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Center for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Lasers Surg Med. 2022 Aug;54(6):819-822. doi: 10.1002/lsm.23546. Epub 2022 Apr 4.
Despite cosmetic procedures being on the rise in the US in all demographics, cosmetic procedures remain heavily skewed towards non-skin of color patients. Cosmetic clinical trials in the United States must be representative of the ever-increasing diversity of the US population. We sought to analyze published cosmetic randomized controlled trials, both industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated, to characterize and assess representation of skin of color participants over the past three decades. Our study shows that industry sponsorship correlates with poor study participant ethnic/racial diversity in aesthetic randomized controlled trials, and should serve as a call to action for industries to increase the inclusion of skin of color participants in their studies.
尽管在美国所有人群中，美容手术的数量都在上升，但美容手术仍然严重偏向于非肤色患者。美国的美容临床试验必须反映出美国人口日益增加的多样性。我们试图分析过去三十年来已发表的美容随机对照试验，包括行业赞助和研究员发起的试验，以描述和评估有色人种参与者的代表性。我们的研究表明，行业赞助与美容随机对照试验中研究参与者的种族/民族多样性较差相关，这应该呼吁行业采取行动，增加有色人种参与者在其研究中的参与度。
