Clinical trials: Women Veterans
Cardiovascular Disease, Psychological Stress
Mindful Hearts Study: Mindfulness to Reduce Stress
The purpose of this study is to determine how a stress reduction program, called Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), compared to a health education program, improves well being and reduces the risk of heart disease in…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Disease, Psychological Stress, Stroke, Coronary Artery Disease
- Trial name
- NCT01784796
- Testing
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Health Education Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 164 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stress Disorders, Post-traumatic
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Female Veterans With PTSD Who Experienced Military Sexual Trauma
In this study, we are evaluating the effectiveness of a yoga intervention to treat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), its associated symptoms of chronic pain and insomnia, and biological and physiological responses to trauma…
- Trial name
- PSLII (NCT02640690)
- Testing
- Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Intervention (TCTSY), Cognitive Processing Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3
Empowering Veterans to Communicate With Healthcare Providers
The goal of this VA Innovation Seed project is to test the best approach for the delivery, feasibility, and usability of a patient-centered CKD-QPS to facilitate better Veteran understanding and engagement in their CKD-care in…
- Trial name
- NCT03529071
- Testing
- CKD-Question Prompt Sheet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Precision-Medicine Diagnostic Support in Hospitalized Veterans With Acute Kidney Injury
Acute kidney injury (AKI) affects up to 20% of hospitalized Veterans and is strongly associated with morbidity and death. AKI is a diverse condition and timely and accurate diagnosis of the type of AKI is critical to begin…
- Trial name
- PRECISE-AKI (NCT07217808)
- Testing
- PRECISE-AKI Clinical Decision Support Tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Sexual Violence
Developing and Testing a Trauma-Informed Exercise Intervention for Women Veterans With Histories of Sexual Violence
Exposure to sexual violence disproportionally impacts women Veterans and can have profound negative impacts on daily functioning.
- Trial name
- NCT06746740
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
PTSD, Depression
Online and Shared Decision-Making Interventions to Engage Service Men and Women in Post-Deployment Mental Health Care
OEF/OIF/OND war Veterans have unique post-deployment care needs that the VA is striving to understand and address. Unfortunately, there is a significant disparity in utilization of mental health (MH) care and VA access as most…
- Conditions
- PTSD, Depression, Substance Use Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- eSDM (NCT03539068)
- Testing
- WEB-ED+ Treatment Arm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,312 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Menopause
MyHealtheVet to Enable Shared Decision Making Regarding Menopausal in Postmenopausal Women Veterans (MEANS)
The purpose of this research study is to examine the impact of educational secure messages on menopause. In particular, the investigators will examine whether the secure messages increase menopause knowledge and communication…
- Trial name
- MEANS (NCT03109145)
- Testing
- Menopause educational secure messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 859 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Miami VA Healthcare System
Substance Use Disorders
Women Veterans' Substance Abuse Treatment
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a gender-focused addiction treatment model (A Woman's Path to Recovery) versus a non-gender focused addiction treatment model (12-Step Facilitation) in a sample of women…
- Trial name
- NCT00734903
- Testing
- A Woman's Path to Recovery, 12-Step Facilitation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Diabetic Kidney Disease
Role of Finerenone in African American Veterans With Diabetic Kidney Disease
Primary Objectives: To study podocyte specific injury markers (podocyte specific proteins, PSP) nephrin, podocalyxin and Wilms'Tumor (WT-1) protein in exosomes urine from African American Veterans with albuminuric stage 2 and 3…
- Trial name
- NCT07155694
- Testing
- Finerenone 10 MG, Empagliflozin 10 MG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Musculoskeletal Pain
Piloting a Novel Peer Support Pain Self-Management Intervention (Project CONNECT)
The proposed study will test the feasibility and acceptability of an 8-week home-based reciprocal peer support pain self-management intervention (CONNECT) for women Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain.
- Trial name
- CONNECT (NCT04229134)
- Testing
- Project CONNECT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Women Veterans, Obese Women
High-Intensity Interval or Concurrent Exercise on Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Obese Women
Introduction: Menopause is associated with body composition change, an increase in the cardio-metabolic risk factor for oxidative stress.
- Conditions
- Women Veterans, Obese Women, Postmenopausal, Sedentary Lifestlye
- Trial name
- HICONEXOBWO (NCT07302191)
- Testing
- High-Intensity Interval, concurrent training, Control Group
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- University of Valladolid
Cardiovascular Diseases, Overweight
Enhancing Mental and Physical Health of Women Veterans 3.0
Women Veterans are the fastest growing segment of VA users, with most users in midlife. This dramatic growth has created challenges for VA to ensure that appropriate services are available to meet women Veterans' needs, and that…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Overweight, Obesity, Hypertension
- Trial name
- EMPOWER (NCT07356479)
- Testing
- EBQI Booster (EBQI/B), EBQI Booster + External Facilitation (EBQI/B+EF)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alcohol Misuse
Brief Alcohol Treatment for Women Veterans in Primary Care
The goal of this study is to develop and test a brief behavioral treatment for women Veterans with alcohol use in primary care. The study involves a development phase, an open trial phase, and a pilot randomized controlled trial.
- Trial name
- NCT07414589
- Testing
- Brief, Integrated Intervention for Women Veterans with Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care, Primary care usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Syracuse VA Medical Center
Chronic Kidney Disease
Veteran Centered Meal Intervention in Chronic Kidney Disease
This study will study if medically tailored meals can improve health and well-being among Veterans with kidney disease. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either medically tailored meals or usual care (wait-list…
- Trial name
- VETCKD (NCT07793591)
- Testing
- Medically tailored meals (MTMs)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alcohol Use Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Stress, Emotion Regulation, and Alcohol in Women Veterans
The purpose of the study "Stress, Emotion Regulation, and Alcohol in Women Veterans" is to learn about the effects of negative emotion and stress on behavior (including alcohol use) among women Veterans, including women with and…
- Trial name
- SERA (NCT04393623)
- Testing
- Cognitive Reappraisal, Psychoeducation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Effectiveness of Cognitive, Exposure, and Skills Group Manualized Treatments in Operations Iraqi (OIF)/Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Female Veterans
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of a group protocol for the delivery of evidence-based therapies in comparison to a wait-list control and evaluate the relative contribution of exposure, cognitive, and skills…
- Trial name
- NCT02069873
- Testing
- 16-Week Group Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New Mexico VA Healthcare System
Menopause
Improving Functioning Among Aging Women Veterans
Women are the fastest-growing group of U.S. Veterans. Over half of those using VA care are 45 or older, with more age-related health concerns than civilian women.
- Trial name
- NCT06580470
- Testing
- Tailored Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Menopause
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Intimate Partner Violence
Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Veterans
Up to 20% of women Veterans (WV) using VHA primary care experience past-year intimate partner violence (IPV), which contributes to numerous physical and mental health conditions, including suicidality.
- Trial name
- NCT04106193
- Testing
- Blended Facilitation, Implementation as usual, Toolkit
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 7,421 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Military Sexual Trauma, Intimate Partner Violence
Multifaceted Intervention to Restore Resilience and Overcome Risk
The MIRROR study will compare the effectiveness of two interventions in improving emotion regulation and reducing PTSD symptoms in female Veterans with military sexual trauma (MST) and/or intimate partner violence (IPV) and…
- Conditions
- Military Sexual Trauma, Intimate Partner Violence, Brain Injury, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Trial name
- MIRROR (NCT06988787)
- Testing
- webSTAIR, ExpoTx, PsychoEd
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Urinary Incontinence
Implementing a Mobile Health Application for Women Veterans With Urinary Incontinence (MyHealtheBladder): Function QUERI 3.0
Implementing a Mobile Health Application for Women Veterans with Urinary Incontinence (MyHealtheBladder): Function QUERI 3.0 aims to compare implementation approaches while also gathering information on clinical effects of the…
- Trial name
- MHB (NCT07219433)
- Testing
- Implementation Strategy: Foundational Arm, Implementation Strategy: REACH Arm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development