An interventional study of Commensality groups in Professional Fulfillment, Burnout and Social Isolation or Loneliness, sponsored by University of Southern California. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-01-21.
Sponsored by University of Southern California · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Among 149 studies in Burnout, Psychological with a site in United States — 30 open to participants now, 41 under way, none of them phase 3. Burnout, Psychological · United States.
Among the 149 studies in Burnout, Psychological with a site in United States, this one is the 65th largest by planned enrollment of the 134 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 20 that started in 2025, is one of 127 with no phase, reaches primary completion later than 9 of the 40 other live ones, and was the 109th registered.
467 studies on the registry are indexed under Burnout, Psychological; 121 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 80 is close to the median of 80 across 343 interventional studies indexed under Burnout, Psychological.
Browse Burnout, Psychological studies →30 of the 149 studies in Burnout, Psychological with a site in United States are open now.
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Of the 66 Burnout, Psychological studies recruiting now, 43 (65%) set no upper age limit and 17 (26%) stop at 75 or younger; 15 take children under 18; 34 take healthy volunteers.
This study: all sexes · healthy volunteers too.
The full table on the hub →149 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.
A study in two phases is counted once above. Listed by phase, each with its combined phases: Phase 1 4 · Phase 2 3 · Phase 4 1
First in 2008; this study’s year is marked. 20 started in 2025.
Median enrollment 80 across the 134 interventional studies, 50 across the 15 observational. Of the 101 that completed or were terminated, 16 (16%) have results posted.
7 of 149 have an industry lead sponsor. The 10 most frequent:
University of Southern California is the lead sponsor of 791 studies on the registry; 136 are open to participants now.
Of its 70 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 32 (46%) have results posted.
University of Southern California has 2 studies filed under Burnout, Psychological — fewer than ten, so there is no comparison to draw.
16 of the studies in Burnout, Psychological with a site in United States that are under way reach primary completion within a year, 0 of them phase 3. Phase 3 first, then by date:
| Study | Primary completion |
|---|---|
| NCT07742761Washington University School of MedicineEmergency Medicine Practitioners Overall Well-being Enhancement With Ambient AI Scribes | 2026-12 |
| NCT07773168Brigham and Women's HospitalBurnout and Safety Assessment in Home Hospital Versus Brick-and-Mortar Hospital | 2026-12 |
| NCT07710417Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Inc.FLOAT for Healthcare PTSS | 2026-12 |
| NCT05942469Northwestern UniversityFostering Optimal Regulation of Emotion for Prevention of Secondary Trauma (FOREST) | 2026-12-31 |
| NCT07639827Massachusetts General HospitalA Study of a Mental Fitness Intervention for Anesthesiology Resident Wellbeing and Self-Compassion | 2027-01 |
Among the 149 studies in Burnout, Psychological with a site in United States, from their registry updates:
Medical students are at high risk for burnout, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and substance use disorder with burnout seen as a mitigating factor for suicidal ideation. Help-seeking among medical students suffering from burnout is only 30%. The highest rates of burnout among medical students is at the end of their clinical rotations, with estimates of up to 60%. "Commensality groups" have been found to significantly reduce burnout and improve meaning in work by creating opportunity for connection and collegiality among physicians. These groups consist of providing a reimbursed monthly meal with structured questions that generate conversation for the first 15 minutes with 6-8 participants meeting monthly, for six months. Physician participants in Commensality groups maintain these gains one year later.
The investigators propose to apply the model of Commensality groups to medical students who are launching into their experience clinical practice, and have been on clinical rotations for at least 4 months. The investigators will form randomly assigned groups of 6-8 medical students with 1 resident leader. The resident leader role has been added to encourage compliance with the standardized discussion questions and to avoid the potential negative impact of a "venting" session. The overall intention of this study is to explore whether Commensality groups can increase well-being for medical students in their clerkship years, as it has previously been shown to do for residents and physicians.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Participants attend commensality groups
Behavioral: Commensality groups
Participants receive no intervention
Participants will attend at least 3 out of 6 commensality groups over the course of 6 months.
Survey
Survey containing 5 evidence-based measures
Time frame: Baseline (within one month prior to launch of study), immediately post intervention (within one month after final intervention), approximately 3 months after the final intervention, and approximately 6 months after the final intervention
Plan to share: Yes — IPD for all study participants will be shared.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form
Time frame: Beginning 3 months and ending 2 years after the publication of results.
Access criteria: Investigators whose proposed use of the data has been approved by an independent review committee identified for this purpose.
Started Jan 2025 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Feb 2026, 13 months after the start.
Of 253 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Burnout, Psychological, half reached primary completion within 12 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 24. This study's planned 13 months is close to that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 260 studies reached it within 12 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 24.
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