Trans Care: An Online Intervention to Reduce Symptoms of Gender Dysphoria

NCT ID: NCT05903911

Last Updated: 2025-05-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

312 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-12-12

Study Completion Date

2025-05-19

Brief Summary

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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. The Trans Care intervention will involve the creation of an online intervention comprised of eight modules intended to reduce symptoms of gender dysphoria, increase active coping, and improve the well-being of TNB individuals. Aim 2 is a randomized controlled trial of the proposed intervention and will enroll 260 TNB participants.

Detailed Description

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The overall purpose of this project is to create a free intervention that can be disseminated widely throughout TNB communities to improve well-being in an easy, accessible way. Development and execution of the Trans Care intervention involves two primary aims:

* Aim 1) Feasibility and acceptability analysis (FAA) \[represented by NCT05884307\]
* Aim 2) A pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Trans Care's efficacy \[represented in this study record\]

Aim 2 is a RCT in which participants' scores of psychological wellbeing and coping strategies in the intervention vs waitlist control group will be analyzed. Additionally, participants who drop out of the RCT will be asked to complete measures at dropout to determine what dose size of Trans Care (i.e., how many modules) is necessary to have a significant change in mental well-being. Finally, waitlisted participants will be offered the intervention within one month of the completion of data collection.

Aim 2 Hypotheses:

* TNB Participants who received the Trans Care intervention will demonstrate improvement on quantitative measures of psychological well-being, GD symptoms, and coping strategies compared to waitlisted individuals.
* Changes will be maintained at 3 months follow-up indicating that the Trans Care intervention has a sustained impact on improving TNB individuals' coping.

Aim 2 Endpoints:

The primary endpoint of Aim 2 will be to determine if participants who engaged the Trans Care intervention experienced psychological improvement in their mental health as a result of completing the intervention.

Conditions

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Gender Dysphoria

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

130 participants randomized to intervention and 130 to waitlist control
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Trans Care Intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Trans Care Web App

Intervention Type OTHER

an educational and interactive website designed to improve coping strategies of TNB individuals

Waitlist Control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Trans Care Web App

an educational and interactive website designed to improve coping strategies of TNB individuals

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Identify as transgender, transsexual, nonbinary, and/or have a transgender history.
* Experience gender dysphoria.
* Time available to commit to completing a 4-5-hour online intervention and 1-2 hours to complete follow up surveys

Exclusion Criteria

* under 18 years old
* individual does not identify as transgender, transsexual, nonbinary, and/or have a transgender history
* does not experience gender dysphoria
* is unable to commit to the time requirements of the study
* does not have access to an internet compatible device
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Wisconsin, Madison

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Stephanie Budge, PhD, LP

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Locations

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University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Lindley, L., & Budge, S. L. (2022). Development and validation of the Trans and Nonbinary Coping Measure (TNCM): A measure of trans and nonbinary specific ways of coping with gender-related stress. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000618

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Related Links

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https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05884307

Public Record for Trans Care: An Online Intervention to Reduce Symptoms of Gender Dysphoria Feasibility and Acceptability Study

Other Identifiers

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UW Baldwin Endowment

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

A171600

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

Protocol Version 10/17/24

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2023-0644: RCT

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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