Clinical trials: African Americans
Cancer Survivors, African Americans
Grateful Strides Toward Physical Activity and Well-Being for Black Breast Cancer Survivors
This pilot study will assess the feasibility of a gratitude intervention to promote physical activity, and well-being and positively impact biomarkers of health among older African American breast cancer survivors.
- Conditions
- Cancer Survivors, African Americans, Women, Psychology, Positive
- Trial name
- NCT05473026
- Testing
- Gratitude Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Women Empowered to Live With Lupus Study
The purpose of this research is to examine whether the Chronic Disease Self-management Program (CDSMP) would improve health outcomes and reduce health care use in African American women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
- Trial name
- WELL (NCT02988661)
- Testing
- Chronic Disease Self-management Program (CDSMP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 699 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Chronic Kidney Diseases, High Blood Pressure
Diet and Hypertension Management in African Americans With Chronic Kidney Disease
The purpose of this study is to determine cultural and disease-related barriers and facilitators to following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) dietary pattern among Black Americans with moderate chronic kidney…
- Trial name
- NCT04084574
- Testing
- DASH diet counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Research Awareness
Awareness Enhancing Interventions
The purpose of this study is to determine if increasing awareness and, thus, enhancing positive attitudes about research, prior to recruitment attempts, will increase participation in cancer clinical research among African…
- Trial name
- AWEI (NCT04683510)
- Testing
- Navigation - Study Specific - Researcher Voice, Navigation - Study Specific - Cancer Survivor Voice, Navigation - Research General - Researcher Voice
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4,451 people
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Coronavirus
COVID-19 Risk Reduction Among African American Parishioners
African American adults, specifically those managing chronic disease and social isolation, are one of the most vulnerable groups susceptible to COVID-19.
- Trial name
- NCT04542343
- Testing
- Change in knowledge, motivation, skills, resources
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 405 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Financial Incentives Telephone Education and Skills Trial in African Americans With Diabetes (FITEST)
The aim of this study is to test the efficacy of financial incentives augmented telephone-delivered diabetes education and skills training intervention in improving HbA1c levels in African Americans (AA) with type 2 diabetes…
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Adult-Onset Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
- Trial name
- FITEST (NCT02722499)
- Testing
- High Frequency Financial Incentive, Moderate Frequency Financial Incentive, Low Frequency Financial Incentive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Smoking Cessation
Advancing Tobacco Use Treatment for African American Smokers
The purpose of this study is to examine whether or not providing Chantix (varenicline) will help African American smokers quit smoking.
- Trial name
- KIS-IV (NCT02360631)
- Testing
- Chantix
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lisa Sanderson Cox, PhD
HIV
Barbershop Talk: HIV Prevention for African American Heterosexual Men
This program utilizes a community-engaged research approach to implementing and evaluating a program that seeks to reduce sexual risk behavior among Black adult heterosexual men.
- Trial name
- NCT01980771
- Testing
- BTWB intervention, Cancer prevention and screening
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 860 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center
Oral Health, Child
Testing Preliminary Effectiveness of a Training to Support CHWs Outreach on Dental to African American Caregivers
Two arm study, experimental and control, to explore the impact of an online training program to help community health workers conduct effective outreach to support the dental health of African American youth via their caregivers.
- Conditions
- Oral Health, Child, Adolescents, Self Efficacy
- Trial name
- GRIN (NCT05511935)
- Testing
- professional development training for CHWs on dental health (GRIN)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 143 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KDH Research & Communication
Prostate Cancer
Phase II Clinical Trial of Purified Isoflavones in Prostate Cancer: Comparing Safety, Effectiveness
The purpose of our study is to recruit and treat 96 men diagnosed with prostate cancer and scheduled for a prostatectomy with a capsule form of either purified isoflavones or placebo for a 3-6 week period to see if we can slow…
- Trial name
- NCT01036321
- Testing
- Purified isoflavones, Methyl cellulose blend
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people
- Sponsor
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Triple Negative Breast Cancer, TNBC - Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Study of CB-839 in Combination w/ Paclitaxel in Participants of African Ancestry and Non-African Ancestry With Advanced Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)
CX-839-007 is an open-label Phase 2 study of the combination of CB-839 with paclitaxel in participants of African ancestry and non-African ancestry with advanced triple negative breast cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT03057600
- Testing
- Paclitaxel, CB-839
- Where
- 25 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Calithera Biosciences, Inc
Hypertension, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Brain Connections and Blood Pressure
This pilot randomized controlled study evaluates Mindfulness and DASH Diet resting state network and blood pressure in 36 (n=12 intervention; n=12 attention control; n = 12 control) Black and African American older adults with…
- Trial name
- NCT03736434
- Testing
- Mindfulness and DASH Diet Education, Education group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Hepatitis B Infection
Effect of Entecavir in Blacks/African Americans and Hispanics With Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection
The purpose of this clinical research study is to develop observational clinical experience with the use of entecavir in participants who are either of Black/African-American race or of Hispanic ethnicity.
- Trial name
- NCT00371150
- Testing
- Entecavir
- Where
- 27 sites in United States, Brazil and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 131 people
- Sponsor
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A Task Analysis Study of DECIDE For African American Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
The Decision-Making Education for Choices in Diabetes Every Day (DECIDE) program (copyrighted) was created by Dr. Felicia Hill-Briggs and is used by permission for the purpose of this pilot study.
- Trial name
- eDECIDE (NCT03855449)
- Testing
- eDECIDE Web-based Intervention Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Pain, Depressive Symptoms
Depression and Pain Perseverance Through Empowered Recovery Intervention
African American women who are 50 years of age and older with depressive symptoms, pain and difficulty with mobility will participate in the DAPPER intervention study that includes 8 nurse visits in participants' homes to help…
- Conditions
- Pain, Depressive Symptoms, Frailty, Aging
- Trial name
- DAPPER (NCT04091347)
- Testing
- DAPPER
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Hormone Receptor Positive HER-2 Negative Breast Cancer
Palbociclib / Letrozole or Fulvestrant in African American Women With HR+ HER2- Breast Cancer
This study aims to evaluate the hematological safety of palbociclib with letrozole and fulvestrant in African American women with hormone receptor positive HER2 negative advanced breast cancer.
- Trial name
- PALINA (NCT02692755)
- Testing
- Palbociclib + Letrozole or Fulvestrant
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
End Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis
Motivational Strategies To Empower African Americans To Improve Dialysis Adherence
This study addresses the need to rigorously advance the science and understanding of the development, feasibility, acceptability and adoption of novel culturally-sensitive motivational strategies to improve dialysis treatment…
- Trial name
- MoVE (NCT05003115)
- Testing
- Motivational interviewing
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Asthma
Phase4/Symbicort® Versus Pulmicort Flexhaler® in African Americans
To compare the efficacy of SYMBICORT® pMDI 160/4.5 μg x 2 actuations twice daily (bid) to that of budesonide inhalation powder DPI 180 μg x 2 inhalations bid, in African American(self-reported) subjects with inhaled…
- Trial name
- Titan (NCT00702325)
- Testing
- Budesonide / formoterol fumarate (SYMBICORT), Budesonide
- Where
- 57 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 311 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Type 2 Diabetes
Intervention to Improve Diabetes Outcomes in Older African American Women With Multi-Caregiving Burden
This is a two arm, pilot randomized control trial (RCT) in which 60 African American women (AAW), 40-64 years of age, with HbA1c ≥8% and multi-caregiving responsibilities will be recruited from communities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin…
- Trial name
- MCG-DM (NCT04831697)
- Testing
- Multi-Caregiving Intervention, Diabetes Enhanced Usual Care Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Type 2 Diabetes
Title: Therapeutic Targets in African-American Youth With Type 2 Diabetes
Background: The pill metformin treats diabetes. But it does not work for all youth, especially African-Americans. The injectable Liraglutide treats type 2 diabetes in adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02960659
- Testing
- Liraglutide, Metformin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)