Clinical trials: Disparities
Health Status Disparities, Pediatric Obesity
Healthy Kids Beyond the Bell: Investigating the Impact of After-School and Summer Programs
Nearly one in five children are obese, and disparities in overweight and obesity between children from low- and middle-to-high-income households persist despite a multitude of school-based interventions.
- Conditions
- Health Status Disparities, Pediatric Obesity, Ethnic Group, Socioeconomic Factors
- Trial name
- NCT05880901
- Testing
- After school program, Summer day camp
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
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)
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Social Determinants of Health in Diabetes Outcomes
This is a cross-sectional study of six hundred adults with type 2 diabetes, (300 White and 300 African-American) who will be recruited from two primary care sites to determine how social determinants of health impact diabetes…
- Trial name
- NCT01749345
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 650 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Asthma
RVA Breathes: A Richmond City Collaboration to Reduce Pediatric Asthma Disparities
The goal of this study is to evaluate a sustainable, community-engaged program to reduce asthma disparities among 5 to 11-year-old children in Richmond, Virginia.
- Trial name
- NCT03297645
- Testing
- School, Asthma education, Home environmental remediation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Liver Function
Effects of Vitamin D Status and Multiple Mega-dose Supplementation on Health Care Disparities in Perioperative Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Receiving Hepatectomy
High concentrations of parathyroid hormone (PTH) are common in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study is aimed to investigate effects of vitamin D status and its multiple mega-dosage supplementation on PTH and…
- Conditions
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Liver Function, Postoperative Complications
- Trial name
- NCT05887505
- Testing
- Vitamin D
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Taoyuan General Hospital
Cancer
African American Cancer Prevention Project: Establishing a Cohort to Investigate Health Disparities
The goal of this research study is to learn if certain factors may affect cancer rates among African Americans. These factors include behavioral, social, and environmental factors including diet and physical activity, cigarette…
- Trial name
- NCT00823394
- Testing
- Questionnaire, Body Measurements, Self-help Materials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Information Seeking Behavior
Implementation of Point-of-Care Pharmacogenomic Decision Support Accounting for Minority Disparities
(a) To explore the feasibility and utility of implementing broad preemptive pharmacogenomic result delivery in the inpatient setting across multiple institutions specifically with the goal of incorporating minority-specific…
- Trial name
- NCT03225820
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Breast Cancer, Hematologic Malignancy
Global Cardio Oncology Registry
G-COR is the first Global Prospective Cardio-Oncology Registry. It is a multinational, multicenter prospective observational cohort registry, with the goal of collecting clinical, laboratory, imaging, demographic, and…
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Hematologic Malignancy, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Related Myocarditis, Cardiotoxicity
- Trial name
- G-COR (NCT05598879)
- Testing
- anonymized data collection during programmed surveillance clinical follow up
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Cancer
Veterans as Leaders in Understanding and Education (VALUE)
The primary objectives for this study are to develop an estimate of the prevalence of health literacy at four geographically diverse Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (Minneapolis, Portland, Durham, and West Los Angeles), and for…
- Trial name
- NCT00137241
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,850 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, Mental Health
A Natural History of Cardiometabolic Disease Among US Bhutanese: Developing the Cross-Sectional Bhutanese Community of Central Ohio Health Study to Understand Acculturation as Synergizing Socioenvironmental and Biobehavioral Risk Factors Propagating ...
Background: As of 2021, almost 45 million people in the United States were foreign-born immigrants. South Asians, including people from Bhutan, are the fastest-growing immigrant subgroup in the US.
- Trial name
- NCT06991751
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Pediatric Obesity, Exercise
Summer Food Service Program
This pilot trial is designed to test the acceptability and preliminary efficacy of offering the BOKS program, an evidence-based physical activity curriculum that engages school-age children in moderate to vigorous physical…
- Trial name
- NCT04544137
- Testing
- BOKS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
COVID-19
Using a Community-level Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention to Address COVID-19 Testing Disparities
In collaboration with community partners, this study will identify disparities and dynamics of COVID-19 testing and infections in three Texas regions; and implement a multilevel intervention that increases access to testing and…
- Trial name
- NCT05606003
- Testing
- Multi-Level Multi-Component Intervention (MLI), Community Just-In-Time Adaptive Intervention (Community JITAI)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,280 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm
An Observational Research Study for Cancer Patients on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors, DiRECT Study
This study compares treatment outcomes between patients of African American/Black (AA) ancestry and European American/White (EA) ancestry currently receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment.
- Trial name
- DiRECT (NCT05364086)
- Testing
- Biospecimen Collection, Electronic Health Record Review, Interview
- Where
- 259 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester NCORP Research Base
Health Care Utilization
Reducing Adolescent Sexual and Mental Health Disparities by Increasing Access to Telemedicine and Mobile Care
Investigators will attend a series of community outreach events that provide/demonstrate telemedicine and the Children's Mercy Mobile Unit which is equipped to provide direct patient care.
- Trial name
- NCT05031741
- Testing
- Peer Leader Model
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Obesity, Fruit and Vegetable Intake
Fruits and Vegetables Incentives Study
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of financial incentives delivered in real-time at point of purchase, on low-income consumers' purchase of fruits and vegetables, fruits and vegetables consumption, diet…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Fruit and Vegetable Intake, Healthy Diet
- Trial name
- NCT04235413
- Testing
- Real-Time Incentives Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 244 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania