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. 2015 Feb 17;33(10):1101–1103. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.58.1751

Table 1.

Summary of Enrollment of Black Men Onto CRPC Trials

Enrollment Sipuleucel-T Radium-223 Chloride Enzalutamide (pre-chemo) Enzalutamide (post-chemo) Abiraterone (pre-chemo) Abiraterone (post-chemo) Cabazitaxel All Patients With CRPC in RCTs Expected Black Enrollment*
Total patients 512 809 1,717 1,199 1,195 1,088 755 7,275
Random assignment 2:1 2:1 1:1 2:1 2:1 1:1 1:1
Percent black 5.8 2.0 2.0 3.9 3.6 2.8 5.3 3.3 15.8
No. of black patients 30 16 34 47 43 30 40 240 1,149
No. of black patients receiving trial drug 23 11 21 31 29 15 20 150 673

Abbreviations: chemo, chemotherapy; CRPC, castration-resistant prostate cancer; NCI, National Cancer Institute; RCT, randomized controlled trial.

*

Based on (1) conservative NCI enrollment data that 66% of the available black population enrolls onto NCI clinical trials; (2) the US population is approximately 12% black; (3) there is a greater than two-fold increase in the incidence of lethal prostate cancer in black men.1a,9