Clinical trials: Ethnic Group
Cancer
Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy for Cancer Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine whether cancer patients who receive the mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) program demonstrate improvement in health-related quality of life, a reduction in stress-related symptoms, and…
- Trial name
- NCT00034970
- Testing
- Mindfulness-based at therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Tobacco Dependence, HIV Infections
Reducing Ethnic Health Disparities: Motivating HIV+ Latinos to Quit Smoking
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a brief clinic-based culturally tailored smoking cessation treatment for a largely low-income, Latino, HIV+ population.
- Trial name
- AURORA (NCT00503230)
- Testing
- Standard Care Intervention (SCI), Culturally Tailored Intervention (CTI)
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Butler Hospital
Obesity, Overweight
Ethnic Dance and Screen Time Reduction to Prevent Weight Gain in Latina Girls
A randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of an after school ethnic dance program plus a culturally-tailored, home-based screen time reduction intervention to reduce weight gain (body mass index) among lower…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Excessive Weight Gain
- Trial name
- ECHALE (NCT00476775)
- Testing
- after school ethnic dance program - ballet folklorica, culturally-tailored, home-based screen time reduction, culturally-tailored health and nutrition education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 233 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Live Donors, Ethnic Minorities, Transplantation
Digital Intervention for Ethnic Groups in Transplantation (DIGIT)
Study Title Digital intervention for Ethnic Groups in Transplantation (DiGiT) Internal ref. no. (or short title) DiGiT Study Design Observational cohort study Study Participants 90 Planned Size of Sample (if applicable) 30 Follow…
- Trial name
- DiGiT (NCT04327167)
- Testing
- Video and questionnaire
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Chronic Kidney Diseases
Accuracy of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) Estimation Using Creatinine and Cystatin C and Albuminuria
The eGFR-C study will assess the accuracy of current and alternative tests of kidney function against a reference test in people with moderate (stage 3) chronic kidney disease (CKD).
- Trial name
- eGFR-C (NCT02433002)
- Where
- 6 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,249 people
- Sponsor
- University of Birmingham
Stress, Psychological, Stress, Emotional
Biology, Identity & Opportunity Study
This study will implement an intervention designed to promote ethnic and racial identity development. It is hypothesized that the intervention will have positive effects on ethnic-racial identity development, stress biology…
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Stress, Emotional, Stress, Physiological
- Trial name
- BIO (NCT03412162)
- Testing
- Ethnic and Racial Identity Promotion, Academic Skills Promotion
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Alzheimer Disease
Alzheimer's PET Imaging in Racially/Ethnically Diverse Adults
The study employs tau positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in a well-characterized multi-racial/ethnic cohort to examine the extent to which tau pathology is associated with cognition, differences in tau pathology across…
- Trial name
- NCT03706261
- Testing
- 18F-MK-6240, 18F-Florbetaben
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Adam Brickman
Lung Cancer
Molecular Epidemiology of Lung Adenocarcinoma in Multi-ethnic Asian Phenotype
Lung Cancer continues to be the major cause of cancer-related mortality in Singapore. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 75% of lung cancers and adenocarcinoma is the most common histological subtype.
- Trial name
- NCT01774526
- Testing
- Characterise the molecular epidemiology of lung adenocarcinoma in multi-ethnic asian phenotypes
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- National University Hospital, Singapore
Ischemia-reperfusion Injury
Effects of Dexmedetomidine on the Liver Injury After Hepatectomy
To investigate whether dexmedetomidine reduce liver injury after hepatectomy. During hepatectomy, surgeons always took inflow occlusion to reduce blood loss with Pringle maneuver.
- Trial name
- NCT02833688
- Testing
- dexmedetomidine, 0.9% sodium chloride
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese PLA General Hospital
Communication
Trial of Strategies to Communicate Genetic Information to Different Ethnic Subpopulations
The goal of this study is to better understand how clinicians give genetic risk information to patients from multi-ethnic groups and how patients understand this information and remember it and act upon it.
- Trial name
- NCT03023735
- Testing
- None. This is an observational study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 597 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Kidney Cancer
Studying Biomarkers in Samples From Younger Patients With Wilms Tumor
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tissue and urine from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctor learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT01542333
- Testing
- gene expression analysis, proteomic profiling, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer
Trial of Patient Navigation-Activation
The University of Rochester, Department of Family Medicine, funded by the National Cancer Institute will train community health workers to guide patients through the cancer care system.
- Trial name
- NCT00496678
- Testing
- Navigation, Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 900 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Acne Vulgaris
Clinical Trial to Compare Oral Isotretinoin to Standard of Care in Moderate Acne Skin of Color Patients
In Dermatology, assessment of people of color remains underrepresented in RCTs (<10%) and guidelines. Acne affects around 9% of the population worldwide and negatively affects quality of life and self-esteem with anxiety…
- Trial name
- ETHNIC (NCT06447480)
- Testing
- ISOtretinoin 5 MG, Topical cream
- Where
- 19 sites in France, French Guiana
- Volunteers
- 420 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Healthy
Racial/Ethnic in Calcium and Sodium Metabolism
The increased interest in personalized nutrition has arisen because scientists are beginning to understand subgroup differences in response to the environment including diet.
- Trial name
- NCT05537857
- Testing
- High dietary salt
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
Characteristics of Dermatologists Who Focus on Ethnic Skin
Assessment of Dermatologists at Skin of Color Clinics
As a physician, narrowing ones' practice to a particular pathology or group of people is common. Dermatologists are able to concentrate within a number of different areas: cancer, cosmetics, pediatrics or ethnic populations to…
- Trial name
- NCT03201029
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases
Diet, Exercise and Cardiovascular Health Among Ethnic Children
To document the patterns of influence or socialization from parents to children in regard to the transmission of cardiovascular disease risk related behaviors such as diet and physical activity.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT00005179
- Sponsor
- Augusta University
Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer
Patient Navigation in the Safety Net:CONNECTeDD
The Boston University Medical Center, funded by the National Cancer Institutes will train health workers at six of its affiliated Community Health Centers to guide patients through the cancer care system.
- Trial name
- NCT00613275
- Testing
- patient Navigation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4,038 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Schizophrenia
Program for the Introduction Into Clinical Practice of the Principles of Personalized and Preventive Medicine Based on the Isolation of Gene Polymorphism in Schizophrenia in People of the Kazakh Ethnic Group
This is a GWAS study that aims to identify possible candidate genes associate to schizophrenia by exploring single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in a group of schizophrenia, in the Kazakh population.
- Trial name
- NCT05090644
- Testing
- DNA analysis
- Where
- Kazakhstan
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University
Physical Activity
Health is Power: An Ecological Theory-based Health Intervention for Women of Color
Health Is Power (HIP) was a community based health intervention designed to increase physical activity among women of color. It was funded by a grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
- Trial name
- HIP (NCT02394171)
- Testing
- Group Cohesion
- Volunteers
- 410 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Advance Care Planning, Ethnic Minorities
Advance Care Planning Among Older People From Moroccon Origin in Belgium
Advance care planning (ACP) enables individuals to define goals and preferences for future medical treatment and care, to discuss these goals and preferences with family and health-care providers, and to record and review these…
- Conditions
- Advance Care Planning, Ethnic Minorities, Moroccans, Advance Medical Directives
- Trial name
- NCT04335214
- Testing
- one to one interview
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel