Clinical trials: Minority Stress
LGBTQ, Racial Disparities
Family Acceptance Project Online (Pilot RCT)
Research shows that sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) experience high rates of mental health problems and other challenges (e.g., social, academic).
- Conditions
- LGBTQ, Racial Disparities, Family Relationships, Minority Stress
- Trial name
- FAP-O (NCT06839859)
- Testing
- Family Acceptance Project - Online
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Psychological Well Being
Yoga for Black and Brown Women Who Have Experienced Abuse From an Intimate Partner
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if a culturally tailored and trauma-informed yoga (CT-TIY) program improves the overall well-being of Black and Brown women who have experienced IPV.
- Conditions
- Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Psychological Well Being, Psychological Trauma, Historical
- Trial name
- SOAR (NCT07546266)
- Testing
- Culturally-Tailored, Trauma-Informed Yoga (CT-TIY), Enhanced Care as Usual (ECU)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Akron
Gay Men
A Brief Self-compassion Intervention for Body Image, Minority Stress, and Sexual Self-efficacy in Hong Kong Gay Men
This pilot study aims to explore the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a brief self-compassion writing intervention on body image, minority stress, and sexual self-efficacy among gay men in Hong Kong.
- Trial name
- NCT07369661
- Testing
- Brief self-compassion intervention
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Cancer, Breast Cancer
Improving Survivorship Among Minority Cancer Dyads
This proposed intervention centers on improving survivorship outcomes among African American and Latinx cancer survivor and caregiver dyads. As a result, there will be four major outcomes.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Caregiver Burnout
- Trial name
- NCT04685551
- Testing
- Change in knowledge, motivation, skills, and resources
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Psychological Distress, Stigma, Social
Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Stress Among Black Gender Minority Women
The research objectives of this study are to first, develop a culturally informed community-based intervention with guidance from community members (via focus groups and theater testing) to reduce the effect of chronic stigma…
- Trial name
- NCT05436106
- Testing
- Adaptive Intervention Approach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Stress, Externalizing Symptoms
Teenage Health and Wellness Study
This study evaluates the effects of mindfulness on physiological stress mechanisms implicated in externalizing behaviors and symptoms of affective and traumatic stress among urban adolescents.
- Conditions
- Stress, Externalizing Symptoms, Depression Symptoms, Anxiety
- Trial name
- THAW (NCT03989934)
- Testing
- The Mind in Action, Healthy Topics
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 203 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Depression, Anxiety, Alcohol Abuse
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Young Adult Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual: Transdiagnostic Minority Stress Approach
Background: LGB people experience a large number of anxiety and mood disorders, and risk behaviors than heterosexual (Marshall et al., 2011).
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Alcohol Abuse, Sexual Compulsivity, Unsafe Sex
- Trial name
- NCT03980873
- Testing
- ESTEEM (Effective Sikills to Empower Effective Men)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Major Depressive Disorder
Stress Reduction Intervention for Enhancing Treatment Outcome for Depressed Minority Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine the usefulness of a stress reduction treatment in helping minority patients with major depression get better.
- Trial name
- NCT00998959
- Testing
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Psychoeducation, Psychoeducation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Trina E. Chang, MD
HIV, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
A Unified Intervention for Young Gay and Bisexual Men's Minority Stress, Mental Health, and HIV Risk
The intent of the proposed randomized controlled trial is to test the efficacy of a principle-based, transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention that addresses the pathways through which minority stress…
- Trial name
- NCT02929069
- Testing
- ESTEEM, CMHT, VCT
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 254 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Social Discrimination, Sexual and Gender Minorities
Reducing Daily Stress Among Sexual and Gender Minorities
The purpose of this study is to identify which mindfulness technique, or combination of mindfulness techniques, is most effective at mediating or eliminating stress in emerging adults who are sexual and gender as well as racial…
- Conditions
- Social Discrimination, Sexual and Gender Minorities, Mindfulness
- Trial name
- REDUCE (NCT05131360)
- Testing
- Introduction Only, Purpose Only, Connection Only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University
Depression, Anxiety
The Mental Health Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minorities Living With Cancer and Their Care Partners
The purpose of this study is to examine relationships between contextual stressors and stress moderators, depression symptom experience, resilience, frailty, and quality of life among older sexual gender minorities cancer…
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Caregiver Burden, Stress
- Trial name
- SGMC (NCT05866705)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Stress (Psychology)
Effectiveness of A Mindfulness-centered Stress Management AI Chatbot to Reduce Stress and Enhance Mental Health Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a mindfulness-centered stress management AI chatbot in reducing perceived stress and enhancing mental health among Chinese men who have sex with men…
- Trial name
- MSM (NCT07732621)
- Testing
- Mindfulness-centered stress management AI chatbot, Psychoeducation
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Sexual and Gender Minorities, Pregnancy Complications
Physical and Mental Health Among Sexual and Gender Minorities During Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum
Mental illness increases the risk of adverse birth outcomes (e.g. preterm birth), obstetric complications (e.g. emergency caesarean, birth injuries), and birth trauma.
- Conditions
- Sexual and Gender Minorities, Pregnancy Complications, Obstetric Complication, Psychological Trauma
- Trial name
- NCT05354284
- Testing
- online questionnaire
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Linkoeping University
Worry, Stress
Mellowing Mind: Comparing Two Technology Based Mindfulness Interventions for Stress Impacted by COVID-19 in Underserved Communities
The purpose of this study is to examine the comparative effectiveness of two technology-based Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs (one via video/teleconference and one via a smartphone app) for reducing worry…
- Trial name
- NCT05180513
- Testing
- Teleconference Mindfulness Intervention, Smartphone App Mindfulness Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 270 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Emotional Problem, Pain, Back
Minority Joy and Minority Stress in Trans People: an Intervention Study
The aim of this project is to get a better understanding of transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people's experiences of minority joy and minority stress over time.
- Conditions
- Emotional Problem, Pain, Back, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT05693324
- Testing
- Minority stress
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Örebro University, Sweden
Obesity, Insulin Resistance
Guided Imagery Lifestyle Intervention to Promote Health and Prevent Diabetes in Youth
The childhood obesity epidemic, which falls disproportionately on Latino adolescents, represents a major public health threat to the current generation of youth, and therefore to the health of the nation overall.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT02088294
- Testing
- Lifestyle Education (LS), LS + Stress Reduction Guided Imagery, LS + Activity/Eating Guided Imagery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Heavy Drinking, Mental Health Issue
Affirmative Psychotherapy for Sexual Minority Women's Mental and Behavioral Health
The purpose of this 2-arm randomized controlled trial is to assess the efficacy of a 10-session lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ)-affirmative cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) delivered via telehealth…
- Trial name
- EQuIP (NCT05509166)
- Testing
- LGBTQ-affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, LGBTQ-affirmative Treatment-As-Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 274 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Infant Mortality, Infant Death
Today Not Tomorrow Pregnancy and Infant Support Program (TNT- PISP)
This pilot project aims to implement and investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a unique community based prenatal care and support model for African American women and infants in Dane County.
- Conditions
- Infant Mortality, Infant Death, Racial Bias, Prenatal Stress
- Trial name
- NCT04100577
- Testing
- Today Not Tomorrrow Pregnancy and Infant Support Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Gender Dysphoria
Trans Care: An Online Intervention to Reduce Symptoms of Gender Dysphoria
The current project aims to improve the well-being of trans and nonbinary (TNB) individuals through an online intervention (Trans Care) targeting the reduction of symptoms of gender dysphoria.
- Trial name
- NCT05884307
- Testing
- Trans Care Web App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Sexual Minority Stress
Project EQuIP: Empowering Queer Identities in Psychotherapy
The aim of this study is to develop an evidence-based psychosocial intervention for sexual minority women. This intervention will specifically target the adverse mental and behavioral health outcomes disproportionately…
- Trial name
- EQuIP (NCT03721276)
- Testing
- EQuIP (Empowering Queer Identities in Psychotherapy)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University