Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Virginia Commonwealth University

Code:

NCT05927350

Conditions

Transgender Persons

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 15 - 21

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Survey

Study Details

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.

Conditions

Transgender Persons

Study ID

NCT05927350

Start date

Jan 29, 2025

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Aug, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 15 - 21

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

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

Study Design

Enrollment

250 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Survey

Participants will complete a one-time 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

Interventions

Survey

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

Primary outcome measure

  • Quantitative Assessment of Pediatric Research Participation in Transgender Youth [ Time Frame: through study completion, estimated to be 3 months ]
  • Qualitative Assessment of Pediatric Research Participation in Transgender Youth [ Time Frame: through study completion, estimated to be 3 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

An Pham, MD

804-628-5880an.pham@vcuhealth.org

Locations

Virginia Commonwealth University

Recruiting

Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298

Contacts

An Pham

804-828-2467an.pham@vcuhealth.org

Principal Investigator:

An Pham

More Information

Sponsor

Virginia Commonwealth University

Last update posted

Jul 9, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Virginia Commonwealth University on 2026-07-09.