Clinical trials: Immigrant
Trauma, Psychological, Mental Disorder in Adolescence
Fuerte Program for Newcomer Immigrant Youth
The present study is a randomized control trial to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of a school-based group prevention program (Fuerte) in San Francisco Unified School District Public Schools.
- Conditions
- Trauma, Psychological, Mental Disorder in Adolescence, Adolescent - Emotional Problem
- Trial name
- Fuerte (NCT04156373)
- Testing
- Fuerte
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 321 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Health Behavior, Parenting
Engaging Immigrants in Preventive Parenting Interventions
The objective of this community-based randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the outcomes of a theory-based parent engagement intervention (i.e., culturally-tailored video) aimed at promoting the participation of Filipino…
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Parenting, Social Acceptance
- Trial name
- NCT03040154
- Testing
- Video Documentary entitled, "Para Sa Kinabukasan ng Mga Anak (For Our Children's Future)", Usual Care Video that is publicly available
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Type 2 Diabetes
Implementing an Effective Diabetes Intervention Among Low-Income Immigrants
The goal of this IDEAL project is to examine the effectiveness and implementation process of the video-based Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) + community health worker (CHW) (hereafter: "IDEAL") intervention…
- Trial name
- IDEAL (NCT06319703)
- Testing
- Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) Videos, Community Health Worker Support (CHW)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 270 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Computer, Screening
Computer-assisted Psychosocial Risk Assessment (CaPRA) for Refugee Health and Settlement
The purpose of this study was to examine preliminary effect of Computer-assisted Psychosocial Risk Assessment tool (CaPRA) among Afghan refugees visiting medical professionals (family physicians or nurse practitioners) at a…
- Conditions
- Computer, Screening, Decision Support System, Primary Care
- Trial name
- CaPRA (NCT01427829)
- Testing
- Computer-assisted Psychosocial Risk Assessment (CaPRA)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Smoking Cessation
Integrating Financial Management Counseling and Smoking Cessation Counseling to Reduce Health and Economic Disparities in Low-Income Immigrants
This is a 24 month pilot project that will implement and evaluate an innovative program that integrates financial counseling with smoking cessation counseling for low-income immigrants.
- Trial name
- NCT03187730
- Testing
- Integrated Smoking Cessation and Financial Counseling, Waitlist Integrated Smoking Cessation and Financial Counseling, Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 410 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Advanced Cancer
Meaning-Centered Counseling for Chinese Patients Who Are Being Treated for Advanced Cancer
The purpose of the study is to modify a type of counseling called "Individual Meaning Centered Psychotherapy" to meet the needs of Chinese cancer patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02112188
- Testing
- In-depth Patient Interviews, Adaptation of IMCP for Chinese Immigrant Cancer Patients, Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Chinese (IMCP-Ch) (For Phase 3 and Phase 4)
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Health Behavior
Evaluation of the Refugee Family Strengthening (RFS) Program
The US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) will be conducting an evaluation of a healthy marriage and relationship program developed by USCRI titled Refugee Family Strengthening (RFS) Program.
- Trial name
- NCT02829086
- Testing
- Relationship Enhancement, Family Stress and Conflict Management, Financial Management
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,365 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
Type 2 Diabetes
"Effect of High Fat and High Glycemic Diets
The investigators will determine whether people with high muscle mitochondrial capacity produce higher amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) on consuming high fat /high glycemic diet and thus exhibit elevated cellular oxidative…
- Trial name
- NCT01494935
- Testing
- High Glycemic Diet, Control diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Covid19, Mental Health Issue
CRISOL Contigo: a Multi-level Intervention to Reduce the Disproportionate Toll of COVID-19 Among Latino Communities in Philadelphia.
Latinos have been one of the racial/ethnic groups most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and evidence of effective strategies to curb the pandemic, reduce disparities, and mitigate its impact is lacking and very urgent.
- Conditions
- Covid19, Mental Health Issue, Violence
- Trial name
- CRISOL Contigo (NCT04646616)
- Testing
- Community popular opinion leader (POL) based intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 178 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Drexel University
Diet, Healthy, Weight Loss
Pilot Social Network Weight Loss Intervention
Specific Aim #1: Pilot test a social network-informed CBPR-derived health promotion program for feasibility outcomes with overweight or obese adults from two immigrant communities.
- Trial name
- HIC (NCT04273503)
- Testing
- Mentoring/educational session
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Hypertension
Efficacy of Remote Ischemic Conditioning for Hypertension in High-Altitude Immigrant Populations
This study is a multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label, parallel-controlled clinical trial. The study participants are adult patients with hypertension who have been long-term residents (for >6 months) in high-altitude…
- Trial name
- NCT07562477
- Testing
- RIC
- Volunteers
- 184 people
- Sponsor
- Capital Medical University
Neoplasms, Advance Care Planning
Resilience in East Asian Immigrants for Advance Care Planning Discussions
The purpose of the study is to develop a culturally tailored digital resilience-building intervention to help East Asian immigrants engage in advance care planning discussions with their family caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT06035549
- Testing
- Culturally Tailored Digital Resilience-Building, Semi-structured interviews
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Psychological Distress
Cultural Adaptation of Hap-pas-Hapi (Step-by-Step) for Albanian-speaking Immigrants in Switzerland and Germany
We aim to compare two different levels of cultural adaptation of an Internet- and mobile-based intervention for the treatment of depression called Hap-pas-Hapi among Albanian-speaking immigrants in Switzerland and Germany.
- Trial name
- NCT04230135
- Testing
- Hap-pas-Hapi
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany, Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 97 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Stress, Anxiety
Mobile Application Mindfulness
The goal of this clinical trial (single-arm pilot trial) is to learn whether a mobile application-based mindfulness intervention can improve mental health outcomes in older Korean immigrants aged 60 years and older.
- Conditions
- Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Psychological Distress
- Trial name
- NCT07550166
- Testing
- AI-Enabled Mobile App-Based Mindfulness Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Transplant Recipient (Kidney)
Developing a Health Literacy Intervention for Immigrant Kidney Transplant Recipients
The goal of this complex interventions study is to improve health literacy (HL), medication adherence and patient education outcomes in immigrant kidney transplant recipients (KTRs).
- Trial name
- IMMIHEALTH (NCT06860139)
- Testing
- Health literacy intervention
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Screening Mammogram
Increasing Breast Cancer Screening in Chinese Immigrants
The long-term goal of this research is to increase breast cancer screening rates in NYC Chinese immigrants. The researchers plan to accomplish this objective by developing and testing a culturally- and linguistically-adapted…
- Trial name
- NCT05089292
- Testing
- Narrative breast health education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mental Health
Supporting Refugee and Immigrant Youth's Mental Health
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of STRONG on the mental health of refugee and immigrant students using a group randomized waitlist control design (e.g., randomization by school/group).
- Trial name
- NCT05208359
- Testing
- Supporting Transition Resilience Of Newcomer Groups (STRONG)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loyola University Chicago
Female Circumcision, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
A Community-based Participatory Intervention to Change Attitudes Towards Female Circumcision Among Somali Immigrants in Sweden
Female circumcision (FC) causes both immediate and long-term health consequences. In general, the more severe type of FC, the worse health consequences can be seen.
- Trial name
- NCT02335697
- Testing
- Attitude change towards female circumcision, No intervention
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 372 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Immigrant Physical Activity and Nutrition
Healthy Immigrant Families: Working Together To Move More and To Eat Well
This project will broadly explore the efficacy of community participation in the design and implementation of an intervention to improve physical activity and nutrition among immigrant and refugee (Hispanic, Somali, Sudanese…
- Trial name
- NCT01952808
- Testing
- Face-to-face family mentoring and education sessions, Telephone follow-up
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 151 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic