Duke Inclusion of Special Populations in Clinical Research Enrollment Dashboard

The Inclusion of Special Populations (ISP) in Clinical Research Enrollment Dashboard seeks to inform the public about the representation of participants from special populations in Duke clinical research. The ISP Dashboard shows representation by age, sex, race, ethnicity, and rurality for Duke Clinical Research Participants (DCRP) compared with U.S. Census regions (Durham County, NC state, U.S., 2000)

The ISP Dashboard has been updated through March 31, 2025, and includes 405,504 research encounters recorded for 273,911 individual participants (68% of all participations) across 6,686 study protocols (any status). Based on associated zip codes, about 73% of participants live in North Carolina, of whom 20% are in Durham County.

 For more information about the ISP Dashboard and variables, please see the Technical Appendix.

Duke Clinical Research Participant (DCRP) Demographics vs. U.S. Census Regions

SEX

DCRP Gender chart
Gender bar chart by region.

AGE

Age bar chart for Duke Clinical Research participants.
Age by region

ETHNICITY

Ethnicity bar chart for Duke Clinical Research participants.
Ethnicity by region bar chart

RACE

Race bar chart for Duke Clinical Research participants.
Race bar chart by region

RURAL-METRO STATUS

Rurality bar chart for Duke Clinical Research participants.
Rurality bar chart by region.