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Two Food and Drug Administration databases, clinicaltrials.gov, and relevant primary manuscripts were reviewed for drug approval data and demographic representation in RCTs for classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Maps showing the distribution and frequency of trial participation relative to disease burden, insurance status, and racial representation were created. Black, Hispanic, and female patients were significantly underrepresented in the RCTs for lymphoma compared with that for the disease burden (3.6% [95% confidence interval (CI), 2.8-5.4] vs 14.6% [95% CI, 13.8-15.3]; 6.7% [95% CI, 5.5-7.9] vs 16.3% [95% CI, 15.5-17.1]; and 39.1% [95% CI, 37.3-40.9] vs 42.7% [95% CI, 42.3-43.1], respectively). White and male patients were overrepresented. More counties with higher mortality rates and racial minority representation had low access to the trials, particularly for cHL in the southern region of the United States. 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