Research Participation With Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05927350

Enrollment

250

Registered

2023-07-03

Start date

2025-01-29

Completion date

2026-10-01

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Transgender Persons

Brief summary

Research has historically excluded the participation of transgender and gender-diverse people. The purpose of this research study is to find out about what goes into a transgender and gender-diverse youth's decision to participate in research. The results of this study will be used to improve access to research for transgender and gender-diverse youth and therefore, improve the representation of transgender and gender-diverse youth as research participants in research.

Interventions

OTHERSurvey

Survey asking about sociodemographics, pediatric research participation, experience with research, gender minority stress and resilience, vaccine hesitancy, medical mistrust, and connectedness to the LGBT community

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

15 Years to 21 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Gender identity different then sex assigned at birth * Between the ages 15-21 years

Exclusion criteria

* Gender identity the same as their sex assigned at birth * Younger than 15 years of age, and older than 21 years of age

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Quantitative Assessment of Pediatric Research Participation in Transgender Youth	through study completion, estimated to be 3 months	The outcome will be the responses (agree or disagree) to the different items in the Pediatric Research Participation measure.
Qualitative Assessment of Pediatric Research Participation in Transgender Youth	through study completion, estimated to be 3 months	The investigators will implement qualitative analysis to explore transgender and gender-diverse youths experiences with research, and barriers and facilitators to participating in research. Specifically, the outcomes will be themes and supporting quotes.

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTAn Pham, MD

an.pham@vcuhealth.org804-628-5880

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAn Pham, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 15, 2026