NIH Clinical Trial Integrity Act

This bill would require research groups funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to include, when applying to run certain clinical trials, measurable goals for recruiting and keeping participants that reflect the race, ethnicity, age, and sex of patients with the disease being studied, plus a plan to meet those goals. Funded groups would have to report participant demographic and retention data, without personal identifying information, and their researchers would have to complete diversity training. Applicants could instead explain why recruiting each group is not necessary or possible. The bill also directs a study of rules on paying or reimbursing trial participants, and creates a national awareness campaign and grant program funded at $10 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2029.

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Sponsors

• Andy Kim Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors