NCT06880705Recruiting
The Trans-Led Care Study
A Gender-Affirming Stigma Intervention to Improve Substance Misuse and HIV Risk Among Transgender Women
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is testing a new mutual-help group called "the TLC program" for transgender adults who use substances or are recently in recovery. The TLC Program is based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or "ACT" which is a type of mental health counseling that focuses on using mindfulness skills to connect a person to their values and improve their mental health. The TLC Program was developed by transgender and gender diverse community members, mental health providers, and researchers.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 124 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 26 Feb 2025
- Start date
- Apr 2026
- Primary completion date
- Jul 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT06880705
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 124
- From Apr 2026 to the primary completion date, Jul 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Who the study is looking for
- Eligible transgender adults must:
- be 18 years of age or older;
- speak primarily English;
- live in the U.S.;
- have a gender identity different from their assumed gender, or sex assigned, at birth;
- identify as a person of transgender experience;
- endorse having experienced two or more problem(s) related to alcohol or other drug use within the past 12 months.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Institute of Technology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
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