Clinical trials: Health Disparities
Physical Disability
Understanding Disparities in Healthcare and Primary Care Provider Quality
The project proposes to fill gaps in the understanding of disparities in healthcare and primary care provider (PCP) quality from the perspectives of adult Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities compared to those without…
- Trial name
- NCT02626910
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Breast Cancer Female, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Faith in Action! A Church-Based Navigation Model to Increase Breast Cancer Screening in Korean Women
The purpose of this research is to develop a culturally adapted "Faith in Action!" curriculum to train lay health navigators to provide breast cancer screening navigation to Korean American women within faith-based settings and…
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer Female, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Cancer Screening, Health Disparities
- Trial name
- NCT05298605
- Testing
- Faith in Action! Church-based Navigation Model, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
COVID-19, Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D Supplementation in the Prevention and Mitigation of COVID-19 Infection
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how useful vitamin D supplementation is in reducing the severity of COVID-19 symptoms and the body's inflammatory and infection-fighting response to COVID-19.
- Conditions
- COVID-19, Vitamin D Deficiency, Respiratory Viral Infection
- Trial name
- VitD-COVID19 (NCT04482673)
- Testing
- Daily Vitamin D3, Bolus vitamin D3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Smoking Cessation
Applying mHealth to Tobacco-related Health Disparities
The purpose of this study is to better understand what happens when someone attempts to quit smoking.
- Trial name
- Time2Quit (NCT03404596)
- Testing
- Nicotine Patch, Counseling, Smartphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Access to Health Services, Health Disparity, Minority and Vulnerable Populations
Become of Patients From the Permanent Access to Care (PASS) in Cayenne, French Guyana, Suffering From a Chronic Disease (High Blood Pressure - Diabetes) in the Common Law Schemes
It is an observational research, conducted at the Cayenne hospital about the future of hypertensive and/or diabetic patients after their follow-up at the Permanent Access to care (PASS).
- Conditions
- Access to Health Services, Health Disparity, Minority and Vulnerable Populations, Chronic Disease, Social Security
- Trial name
- PASSyDroit (NCT05788731)
- Where
- French Guiana
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne
Smoking Cessation
RITCH: Reducing Disparities in Tobacco Cessation Outcomes
Tobacco use is a leading contributor to racial and socioeconomic health disparities in the US primarily due to an unequal burden of tobacco-related disease from a disproportionate share of smokers in African American and lower…
- Trial name
- RITCh (NCT02785536)
- Testing
- RITCh Treatment, Standard Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 256 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The City College of New York
Tobacco Cessation
Addressing Tobacco Use Disparities in Rural Older Adults Through an Innovative Mobile Phone Intervention
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a Scheduled Gradual Reduction (SGR) intervention via SMS (short message service) text messaging plus SMS Support Messages in…
- Trial name
- NCT02510716
- Testing
- SGR, Support message only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Pregnancy, Postpartum Depression
Rosie the Chatbot: Leveraging Automated and Personalized Health Information Communication
Rosie the Chatbot is an educational chatbot that moms can have on their computers or cellphones and will work by moms typing in their questions about pregnancy, health, infant milestones, and other variety of health related…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Postpartum Depression, Infant Development, Infant Conditions
- Trial name
- NCT06053515
- Testing
- Rosie the Chatbot
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, College Park
Quality of Health Care
Measuring Ethnic Disparities in Family Planning Services in Peru
This study is designed as a crossover randomized controlled trial, to investigate the effects of client's ethnic characteristics on the quality of family planning services.
- Trial name
- NCT01885858
- Testing
- Indigenous profile, Mestizo profile
- Volunteers
- 351 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Cognitive Function 1, Social
Optimizing Cognition Via Exercise and Nutrition
Investigators propose to test the preliminary efficacy of the refined BAILAMOS™ Latin dance program plus a culturally tailored MIND diet (Mediterranean-DASH diet intervention for neurodegenerative delay) program on cognitive…
- Trial name
- OCEAN (NCT05472831)
- Testing
- BAILAMOS dance program plus MIND diet, BAILAMOS dance program plus Health Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Diet Habit, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
iSIPsmarter: A Pilot RCT to Evaluate a Web-based Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Sugary Beverages Among Black Adults
The proposed pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) will enroll 24 Black adults. The overall goal is to examine the preliminary efficacy of iSIPsmarter in a 2 group [iSIPsmarter vs.
- Trial name
- NCT06184737
- Testing
- iSIPsmarter, Patient Education (PE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Electronic Health Records, Chronic Disease
An RCT of an Online Training for Vulnerable Patients to Use an Online Patient Portal Website
Online patient portals are becoming ubiquitous in the US. Previous research has documented substantial usability barriers, especially among patients with limited health literacy.
- Conditions
- Electronic Health Records, Chronic Disease, Health Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT03354000
- Testing
- Take-home online training, In-person online training
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Depression Scale Score, Anxiety Symptoms
Unmute's CARE Framework: A Novel Approach to Strengthen the Therapeutic Alliance and Reduce Treatment Disparities
Aim 1: Expand and adapt the CARE framework to train providers to cultivate a strong early alliance with patients who do not share their background (e.g., mismatched dyads).
- Conditions
- Depression Scale Score, Anxiety Symptoms, Functioning, Psychosocial, Working Alliance
- Trial name
- CARE (NCT06625502)
- Testing
- Culturally-Affirming Racial Equity Framework
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University
Tobacco Use Disorder
Project 4, Study 2: Extended Exposure to Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Pregnant Women
Study 2 will evaluate the effects of extended exposure to cigarettes with varying levels of nicotine in pregnant smokers who have less than an Associate's degree. This study will be limited to two conditions: usual brand vs.
- Trial name
- NCT04033237
- Testing
- Very low nicotine content cigarettes
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Cancer
Addressing Disparities in Cancer Care for Latino Medicare Beneficiaries
To reduce Cancer health care disparities that exists among minority Medicare beneficiaries and to demonstrate cost effectiveness of patient navigation in reducing the burden of cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00385866
- Testing
- cancer screening and health education, facilitation of Services to improve cancer screening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,272 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Tobacco Use Disorder
Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Vulnerable Populations: Women of Reproductive Age
Despite marked reductions in cigarette smoking in the general population, smoking among economically disadvantaged women has increased.
- Trial name
- NCT04092387
- Testing
- Varying the nicotine content of cigarettes, E-Cigarettes
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 326 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Premature Birth, Low Birth Weight
Pilot Trial of CenteringPregnancy With Mindfulness Skills
In the U.S., rates of preterm birth and low birth weight have increased over the past 30 years. Poor birth outcomes are especially high among racial/ethnic minority populations.
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Low Birth Weight, Postpartum Depression
- Trial name
- NCT01646463
- Testing
- CenteringPregnancy, CenteringPregnancy with Mindfulness Skills
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Tobacco Use Disorder
Project 3, Study 2: Extended Exposure to Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes in People With Current Affective Disorders
This study will examine extended exposure to cigarettes varying in nicotine content among disadvantaged women. Adults with affective disorders are at increased risk for smoking, nicotine dependence, and using high nicotine yield…
- Trial name
- NCT02232737
- Testing
- Very low nicotine content cigarettes
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 775 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes
Diabetes and Heart Disease Risk in Blacks
It is unknown if obesity contributes to the development of heart disease in African American men and women. This study was created to determine whether there is a relationship between sex and body size and the incidence of heart…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes, Obesity, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT00001853
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, COVID-19 Pandemic
Reducing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Hispanic Parents
COVID-19 vaccines are available to children over six months, and these vaccines are powerful tools against this catastrophic pandemic.
- Conditions
- Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, COVID-19 Pandemic, Health-Related Behavior, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Trial name
- NCT06036134
- Testing
- Baseline surveys, Digital Storytelling Intervention, Information Control Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University