Clinical trials: Minority Health
Smoking, Pregnancy
Effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Reducing the Risk of Nicotine Exposure in Pregnant Minority Smokers
This study will compare the effectiveness of counseling plus use of a nicotine patch with counseling alone for helping pregnant women quit smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT00341432
- Testing
- Nicotine Replacement Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Minority Stress, Psychological Stress
Effect of Ashwagandha Root Extract on Stress, Anxiety, and Sleep Quality in Adults Experiencing Minority Stress
Sexual and gender minority adults often experience elevated levels of chronic stress due to stigma, discrimination, and social adversity, commonly referred to as minority stress.
- Conditions
- Minority Stress, Psychological Stress, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT07441070
- Testing
- Ashwagandha Root Extract
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SF Research Institute, Inc.
Cancer, Cancer Comorbidities
The Cancer Stage Shifting Initiative: Registry and Biorepository to Research and Address Health Disparities in Cancer Care
The goal of this observational study is to establish a patient registry and a biorepository (sample collection and storage) to investigate health disparities, access, and barriers to cancer screening and early detection…
- Trial name
- CSSI (NCT07461493)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Minority Quality Forum
Sexual Health
Real Risks of the Online World
Development and validation of questionnaire/scale to assess problematic online dating app (ODA) use in a sub-cohort of the SwissPrEPared cohort study (validation sample: n=229).
- Trial name
- NCT04714034
- Testing
- to develop and validate a scale measuring problematic online dating app (ODA) use in sexual minorities
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 229 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
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
Depression, Suicidality
Development and Preliminary Trial of a Brief, Portable Health Intervention for Rural Sexual Minority Emerging Adults
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of writing interventions specifically designed for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) emerging adults (ages 18-29) that are aimed at improving the outcomes: depression…
- Conditions
- Depression, Suicidality, Substance Abuse, HIV
- Trial name
- Project LEAP (NCT03751020)
- Testing
- Expressive Writing (EW) Intervention, Self-Affirmation (SA) Intervention, Control
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Mental Health Wellness 1
Jump Start Plus COVID-19 Support
The purpose of the study is to further develop and examine the Jump Start Plus COVID Support (JS+CS) program, which encourages improved psychosocial functioning by promoting resiliency in childcare centers.
- Trial name
- NCT05445518
- Testing
- Jump Start Plus COVID Support, Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children (HC2)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,505 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Smoking Cessation, Nicotine Dependence
Engaging Sexual and Gender Minority Cigarette Smokers Into Social Media-based Treatment
This research study will evaluate the preliminary efficacy of Pride Posts Plus, a social media-based smoking cessation treatment.
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation, Nicotine Dependence, Tobacco Use, Cigarette Smoking
- Trial name
- NCT04461288
- Testing
- Social media-based education, counseling, and support, Nicotine replacement therapies (NRT), Gamification
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Digital Health Literacy, COVID-19
Digital Health Literacy on COVID-19 for All: Co-creation and Evaluation of Interventions for Ethnic Minorities and Chinese People With Chronic Illnesses in Hong Kong
During the pandemic, people are anxious for information, and electronic platform serves the purpose of having first-hand health information and spreading it to massive population within a short time.
- Trial name
- NCT06004323
- Testing
- Digital health literacy intervention
- Volunteers
- 528 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Pediatric Obesity, Healthy Eating
Childhood Obesity Treatment Designed for Low Income and Hispanic Families
This study is a type-1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation RCT comparing a novel family-inclusive childhood obesity treatment program, the "Healthy Living Program" (HeLP), to a protocol that enhances usual primary care to deliver…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, Minority Health
- Trial name
- NCT05041855
- Testing
- The Healthy Living Program/La Vida Saludable, Recommended Treatment of Obesity in Primary Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 554 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Communication, Trust
CALS Patient Activated Learning System (PALS)
The overall goal in this line of inquiry is to test whether the Patient Activated Learning System (PALS) is effective in reducing disparities in access to reliable, easily understood health information, and whether this increased…
- Conditions
- Communication, Trust, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Trial name
- NCT04212117
- Testing
- The Patient Activated Learning System (PALS), WebMD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 232 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
HIV, Minority Stress
Developing an Online Mindfulness-based Intervention to Reduce Minority Stress and HIV Risk Among Young Adult MSM
The overall aim of the research study is to develop and test a mindfulness-based program for young adult gay, bisexual, and queer men at risk for HIV (Brown University IRB approved protocol #2004002698).
- Conditions
- HIV, Minority Stress, Mental Health Wellness 1
- Trial name
- NCT05540652
- Testing
- Mindfulness-Based Queer Resilience (MBQR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
HIV/AIDS
HIV Oral Testing Infographic Experiment
Premised on the National AIDS Strategy's focus on identifying new HIV infections through increased HIV testing, the purpose of this formative pilot study is to develop and test an integrated HIV self-testing strategy that…
- Trial name
- HOTIE (NCT04061915)
- Testing
- Infographic Intervention, Paper-based HIV self-testing information
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 322 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University
Telerehabilitation, Low Back Pain
Effect of Telerehabilitation Use in the Treatment of Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain in the Brazilian Afrodescendants
The goal of this study is to measure the effect of telerehabilitation on the treatment of nonspecific chronic LBP in the adults Brazilian Black population. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT06443229
- Testing
- Graded Activity based in exercises and educational approach, Educational Approach
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Asthma in Children
BREATHE-Peds Pilot- II III Trial and Post Trial
The overall aims of this study are to develop and pilot test BRief intervention to Evaluate Asthma THErapy (BREATHE)-Peds, a dyadic shared decision-making intervention, to improve asthma by supporting self-management among racial…
- Trial name
- NCT05832437
- Testing
- BREATHE-Peds Intervention, Control Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Engagement, Patient
QT-Digital Mental Health Engagement Study
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations are disproportionately impacted by mental health concerns relative to their heterosexual and cisgender peers.
- Trial name
- QT-DIMES (NCT07278765)
- Testing
- HAPA Engagement Strategies
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Covid19, Influenza
Increasing COVID-19, Influenza, and Pneumonia Vaccine Uptake
This proposed study seeks to community knowledge and understand the experience of underserved communities in the exploration of reducing health disparities and increasing vaccine uptake and acceptability COVID-19, influenza, and…
- Conditions
- Covid19, Influenza, Pneumonia, Vaccine Refusal
- Trial name
- NCT04761692
- Testing
- Full VEPMP Intervention, Partial VEPMP Intervention, Delayed VEPMP Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Tobacco Use, Smoking
An Extended Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers
The 2-year research plan will test the Extended Put It Out Project (POP-6) in a pilot randomized trial (N=168) compared to TSP-6, as well as comparing POP-6 and TSP-6 to the POP-3 and TSP-3 interventions from a…
- Conditions
- Tobacco Use, Smoking, Tobacco Dependence, Tobacco Use Disorder
- Trial name
- POP-6 (NCT03553992)
- Testing
- POP-6:, TSP-6:
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 173 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Environmental Exposure
Minority-focused Environmental Health Education and Tracking Pilot Study
The goal of this study is identify educational material related to EDC exposures that is culturally appropriate for the black community and test the usability of the material. The main questions this study aims to answer are: 1.
- Trial name
- MEET (NCT07461857)
- Testing
- Education curriculum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 151 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Million Marker Wellness, Inc.
Mental Health Wellness 1, Depression
A Mental Health Intervention for a Community Program Called the PowerObesity
The intervention will focus on identifying risk factors for depression and anxiety and will quantitate the educational component of the POWER Obesity group intervention delivered by mental health professionals that are currently…
- Conditions
- Mental Health Wellness 1, Depression, Anxiety, Sedentary Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05605028
- Testing
- Mental Health lifestyle intervention, Dietitian-led
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science