NCT07222696Recruiting
Healthier: Health Coaching for People With Rheumatoid Arthritis to Improve Mental Well-Being
Pilot Randomized Trial of Health Coaching for People With Rheumatoid Arthritis to Improve Mental Well-Being
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if peer coaching works to reduce levels of anxiety and/or depression in adults diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The main questions it aims to answer are: Do people with RA who complete the intervention with a peer coach have lower levels of anxiety and/or depression at 6 months from baseline? Do people with RA who complete the intervention with a peer coach have lower levels of anxiety and/or depression at 6 months compared to those in the control arm? Researchers will compare the peer coaching intervention to an active-control arm (where people without RA coach participants on general health and nutrition topics) to see if peer coaching works to reduce anxiety and/or depression. Participants will meet with a coach every week for 9 weeks and complete several surveys before, during and after the intervention
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 250 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 28 Oct 2025
- Start date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2030
- Lead sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Diseases
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- NCT number
- NCT07222696
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 250
- From 12 Jan 2026 to the primary completion date, Dec 2030
- 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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Other illness
- Having a rheumatic disease other than RA (e.g., psoriatic arthritis, gout, lupus)
- History of dementia or severe cognitive decline
Other
- Nursing home resident
- Are currently bedbound
- Severe depression defined as PHQ-8 scores of \>20.
Who the study is looking for
- Male or Female older than 18 years of age.
- Have a diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis by a rheumatologist and currently taking a Disease-Modifying Anti-rheumatic drug ( Conventional Disease-Modifying Anti-rheumatic drug and/or Biological Disease-Modifying Anti-rheumatic drug)
- Have high levels of depression defined as PHQ-8 scores between 10 to 20, OR high levels of anxiety based on GAD-7 scores \> 10
- Speaks English or Spanish
- Have access to the internet, a computer, and/or a smartphone
- Resides or lives in any state of the US, including Puerto Rico
- Willing to work with a peer coach or a coach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weill Cornell Medical College Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
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