Making it Work Program for Systemic Sclerosis

NCT ID: NCT06338722

Last Updated: 2025-02-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 33 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-12-08
• Study Completion Date: 2025-01-22

Brief Summary

The purpose of this clinical trial is to see if an online intervention program for people with Systemic Sclerosis (scleroderma) helps keep people in the workforce and increase self-confidence in dealing with challenges at work. The program is called Making it Work Systemic Sclerosis.

Researchers will compare a group who gets the program to a group who will get the program at a later point in time (wait list control group) to see if self-confidence in dealing with work challenge gets better.

People in the Making it Work group will complete questionnaires and attend one 2 hour meetings each week for 5 weeks and meet with an occupational therapist and vocational counselor. People in the wait list control group will complete the questionnaires and participate in the program at a later point in time.

Conditions

Scleroderma, Systemic

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Intervention group

Complete questionnaires Attend one 2 hour weekly virtual meeting for 5 weeks and an individual meeting with an occupational therapist and with a vocational counselor

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Making it Work Systemic Sclerosis

Intervention Type: OTHER

One 2 hour virtual meeting per week for 5 weeks, plus an individual meeting with an occupational therapist and a vocational counselor

control group

Complete questionnaires

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Making it Work Systemic Sclerosis

One 2 hour virtual meeting per week for 5 weeks, plus an individual meeting with an occupational therapist and a vocational counselor

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Currently employed (full-time, part-time)
• Over 18 and less than or equal to 67 years of age
• Reside and work in the United States
• Self-report diagnosis with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma; systemic sclerosis)
• Report concerns about risk for job loss
• Possess sufficient spoken English to participate in a group
• Have device with audio and visual videoconferencing capabilities
• Be willing to participate in a 2.0 hour virtual meeting once a week for 5 weeks
• Be willing to complete assigned pre-meeting worksheets
• Be willing to meet virtually with both an occupational therapist and vocational counselor after the 5th weekly sessin.

Exclusion Criteria

• Not working (full-time, part-time, self-employed, contract work)
• Pregnant
• Less than 18 and over 67 years of age
• Do not work in the United States
• Do not report are not concerned about job loss
• Do not have a device with audio and visual videoconferencing capabilities
• Do note communicate sufficiently in English
• Are not able to participate in the program for 5 weeks
• Are not wiling to complete pre-meeting worksheets
• Not willing to meet with both an occupational therapist and vocational counselor.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 67 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of New Mexico

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Janet L Poole

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of New Mexico

Locations

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

23-397

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id