NCT06903897Recruiting
Social Needs Screening and Chronic Diseases Study (WE CARE)
Improving Chronic Disease Outcomes Across the Lifespan by Addressing Structural Racism
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the implementation of the WE CARE social determinants of health (SDOH) screening and referral intervention with an antiracist lens in primary care settings can lead to a meaningful decrease in chronic disease by monitoring conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, depression, hyperlipidemia, and asthma through clinical measures. The main question it aims to answer is: Does the WE CARE SDOH screening and referral intervention applying an antiracism lens informed implementation strategies have the potential to reduce racial/ethnic health inequities in chronic diseases for minoritized patients?
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 68000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 25 Mar 2025
- Start date
- 8 Oct 2025
- Primary completion date
- 30 Sept 2028
- Lead sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
- Diseases
- Asthma, High blood pressure
- NCT number
- NCT06903897
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 68000
- From 8 Oct 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Sept 2028
- 3 sites 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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Age
- In adults (\>18 years of age), those without one or more of the following diagnoses as recorded by ICD-10 codes in their EHR: hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, or depression.
- In children (\<18 years of age), those without a diagnosis of asthma.
Who the study is looking for
- Adults and children with diagnosed chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, asthma, or depression) who receive Family Medicine care at one of the study sites.
- Children (\<18 years of age) with a diagnosis of asthma.
- Adult patients (18 years or older) with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and/or depression.
Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Health Center of Worcester Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Worcester | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| UMass Memorial Medical Center - Hahnemann Campus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Worcester | United States | Recruiting |
| UMass Memorial Medical Center -Benedict Family Medicine Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Worcester | United States | Not yet recruiting |
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