Can coaching doctors improve hospital talks with minority families?
NCT ID NCT05618652
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a coaching program for doctors to improve communication with Black and Latinx families during hospital rounds. The program taught doctors to be more respectful, collaborative, and trauma-aware. Researchers measured whether families felt more trust and satisfaction, and whether the program was easy to use. It was a small pilot with 51 participants to see if the approach is worth studying further.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- Clinician communication coaching program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could improve how medical teams partner with families from diverse backgrounds, potentially reducing stress and building trust.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study (51 participants) focused on feasibility, not on proving health outcomes. Results may not apply to other hospitals or settings.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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51 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Finished
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Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Eligibility criteria for caregivers: * Adults (18 years of age or older) * Proficient in English or Spanish * Capable of providing informed consent * Identified as a primary caregiver (parent or guardian) of a hospitalized Black or Latino(a/x) child on the general pediatrics team. * We will exclude caregivers of children undergoing evaluation for child abuse/neglect or other cases in which the medical team believes family-centered rounds are not appropriate. Eligibility criteria for clinicians: * pediatric attending physicians who provide hospital care to children at Duke Children's Hospital. * Capable of providing informed consent * We will exclude clinicians who do not provide hospital care to children on the general pediatrics team.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Duke University Health Sustem
Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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