Clinical trials: Health Disparities
Tendonitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Work and Health Disparities Among Rural Women
This is a study of the effects of fast paced assembly line work on women. We are studying problems women in poultry processing have with their muscles, tendons, and nerves as well as acute injuries they have in the workplace.
- Conditions
- Tendonitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cumulative Trauma Disorders, Overuse Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00042419
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Healthy, Chronic Kidney Disease
Impact of Lowering Phosphate Additive Intake on Metabolism and Cardiovascular Health in Community-Living Adults
The purpose of the study is to learn more about how common food additives can affect phosphorus metabolism in people with normal kidney function and people with chronic kidney disease.
- Trial name
- NCT02620449
- Testing
- Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Stress, Depression
Latina Friends Motivating the Soul (ALMA)
Latina immigrant women are particularly vulnerable to depression and anxiety due to the social and economic stressors they face, including high levels of poverty, low levels of education, family obligations, exposure to violence…
- Conditions
- Stress, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT03749278
- Testing
- Latina Friends Motivating the Soul (ALMA)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension
The GoodNEWS Lifestyle Enhancement Program
This study will train Lay Health Promoters (LHPs) from African-American churches to administer healthy living lessons and activities to their congregations in order to improve overall health and address cardiovascular disease.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes, Obesity
- Trial name
- GoodNEWS (NCT00669630)
- Testing
- Lay Health Promoter (LHP) with maintenance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 392 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Prostate Cancer
An Epidemiological Study of Genetic Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer in African-American and Caucasian Males
This study will examine the association of genetic variants and gene expression patterns with the risk of prostate cancer. There will be (It will include?) genotype analysis of blood DNA from 600 patients with the disease and…
- Trial name
- NCT00342771
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,033 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Colorectal Cancer
The FLU-FOBT Program in Primary Care Settings Where Disparities Persist
The investigators overall goals are to adapt, implement, evaluate, and disseminate the FLU-FOBT Program as an integrated nurse-run, primary care-based intervention that can reduce colorectal cancer screening disparities in…
- Trial name
- NCT01211379
- Testing
- FLU-FOBT Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,372 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Sugary Beverages
Kids SipSmartER, an Intervention to Reduce Sugar-sweetened Beverages
Overall Goal: To determine the effectiveness of Kids SIPsmartER in improving sugar-sweetened beverages behaviors among 7th grade students. Secondary aims are to determine (1) changes in secondary student outcomes (e.g.
- Trial name
- NCT03740113
- Testing
- Kids SipSmartER
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,013 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Hearing Loss
Randomized Controlled Trial of a Community Health Worker Program on Hearing Loss (Oyendo Bien)
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a community health worker intervention to expand access to hearing health care among older adults facing health disparities.
- Trial name
- NCT03255161
- Testing
- community health worker-audiologist communication education and support group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Obesity
Think Health! A Personal Weight Management Program
Think Health! A Personal Weight Management Program, or "¡Vive Saludable! Un programa personalizado de control de peso" aims to improve the treatment of obesity in adults in the general population, by conducting research with men…
- Trial name
- Think Health! (NCT00959608)
- Testing
- Think Health! program, Basic Plus program
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 261 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Diet Habit
Diet Quality Among U.S.-Born and Foreign-born Non-Hispanic Blacks
This study compares the diet quality between U.S.-born and foreign-born non-Hispanic Blacks using pooled NHANES data.
- Trial name
- NCT03266497
- Volunteers
- 4,243 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sara C. Folta
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction, Chronic Stress
Improving Minority Health Through Biofeedback and Stress Reduction
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a four-week heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback intervention to improve physiological stress response, emotion regulation, and anxiety-related symptoms in young ethnic…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction, Chronic Stress, Anxiety, Emotional Regulation
- Trial name
- NCT07172152
- Testing
- HRV Biofeedback Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Amelia Saul, PhD, CTRS, BCB
Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Infections
Connecting Healthy Women: Examining the Effect of an Intervention From the Effect of Being Reachable
The investigators propose to test a community-developed and targeted intervention that employs community health workers (CHWs) as aides to newly Medicaid-insured women.
- Conditions
- Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Cervical Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT02157168
- Testing
- Community health worker
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,267 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Prostate Carcinoma
Building Community Living Labs in Black Communities to Advance Prostate Health Equity and Reduce Prostate Cancer Disparities in Black Men
This clinical trial the possibility of establishing a Community Living Labs (CoLLab) Learning Health System to facilitate access to prostate health Risk, Education, and Assessment in the Community with Help (REACH) services in…
- Trial name
- CoLLab (NCT06541210)
- Testing
- Community Health Service, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Cervical Cancer
Using CHWs and HPV Home Tests to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening in Minority Populations
Caribbean immigrants (both Hispanics and Blacks from Haiti) are less likely to be screened for cervical cancer than the general population.
- Trial name
- SUCCESS (NCT02121548)
- Testing
- CHW Outreach and HPV Self-sampling, CHW Outreach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 601 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
SARS-CoV2 Infection
Rural Tailored COVID-19 Communication to Promote SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Testing in Saliva
This study seeks to evaluate communication strategies for better encouraging understanding and uptake of salivary SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing among individuals residing in rural Northern Michigan.
- Trial name
- NCT06085547
- Testing
- General SARS-CoV-2 Communication, Rural-Targeted SARS-CoV-2 Communication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 264 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Asthma Chronic, Health Behavior
Feasibility of the BREATHE Asthma Intervention Trial
Asthma rates are high and asthma control is greatly reduced in Black, Medicaid-insured adults, due in part to their poor adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), which in turn may be due to erroneous health beliefs about…
- Trial name
- NCT03036267
- Testing
- BREATHE, Attention Control Condition
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Lung Cancer, Cancer of the Lung
Implementation and Effectiveness of the BJC-Pink and Pearl Project on Lung Cancer Screening
The investigators proposal is ripe for executing as the investigators seek to leverage this "natural experiment" initiated by the BJC health system to evaluate the effectiveness of the Pink \& Pearl Campaign as an implementation…
- Trial name
- NCT06898333
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 279 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Diabetes, Hypertension
The Integrated Population (I-POP) Health Trial
The primary aim of this study is to determine whether community health worker (CHW) navigation improves outcomes of chronic disease and chronic disease risk factors in a low-income, primarily ethnic minority population when…
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Obesity
- Trial name
- I-POP (NCT04761016)
- Testing
- Usual Care, I-POP + CHW navigation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor Research Institute
Depressive Symptoms
Resilience Against Depression Disparities (Also Known as Resilience Education to Reduce Depression Disparities)
Depressive symptoms and disorders are among the most common adult health conditions with a lifetime prevalence of 15-20% and are a leading cause of disability /morbidity worldwide.
- Trial name
- RADD (NCT02986126)
- Testing
- Resiliency Class, Resource for Services (RS)
- Where
- 22 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 265 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bowen Chung, MD, MSHS
Health Disparities, Food Security
The Effect of Work Requirements in SNAP in Virginia
More than a dozen states have proposed or plan to implement work requirements in Medicaid, and similar requirements already exist nationally in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), yet evidence on the effects…
- Trial name
- NCT04888832
- Testing
- Work requirement exemption months
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)