Equality, diversity, and inclusion in oncology clinical trials: an audit of essential documents and data collection against INCLUDE under-served groups in a UK academic trial setting

Table 3 Use of gendered terms for patients in patient information sheets

	Male terms	Female terms	Male and female terms	No gendered terms	N (N = 30)
Male sex specific trial	6	0	0	3^a	9
Female sex specific trial	0	7	0	0	7
Non-sex specific trial	0	1^b	9	4^c	14
Total	6	8	9	7	30

^aTwo trials approved > 6 years ago, of which one was industry funded and the other non-industry funded. The other trial was approved < 6 years ago and industry funded
^bTrial approved < 6 years ago and industry funded
^cTwo trials approved < 6 years ago and two approved > 6 years ago. Three were industry funded and one was non-industry funded

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