Condition

Burnout clinical trials and research

• 18Clinical trials
• 19NIH research projects
• 9Countries

Newest Burnout clinical trials

All recruiting trials (18)

• Using voice patterns to detect burnout in healthcare workers

  This study tests whether speech and voice signals can reveal burnout and stress in clinicians and whether a stress-management device changes those voice markers.

  Recruiting Phase 4 Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation · Minneapolis, Minnesota · NCT07780812

• Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Peer Workers

  We’re testing whether Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention can help substance-use peer workers cut down on use and burnout compared with usual referrals to a 12-step program.

  Recruiting University of Texas at Austin · Austin, Texas · NCT07741825

• Floatation-REST for frontline workers with post-traumatic stress symptoms

  This early pilot tests whether two 60-minute Floatation-REST sessions can be safely tried by frontline healthcare workers and first responders who have post-traumatic stress symptoms, compared to watching a documentary.

  Recruiting Early Phase 1 Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Inc. · Tulsa, Oklahoma · NCT07710417

• Student Midwife Support Circle to reduce burnout and strengthen resilience and professional belonging

  This project will try a Student Midwife Support Circle with midwifery students to see if it lowers burnout and increases resilience and a sense of professional belonging.

  Recruiting Amasya University · Amasya, Center · NCT07583199

• Strengthening compassion in hospital care at Herlev and Gentofte

  This project will test whether translated questionnaires can reliably measure compassion for Danish patients and healthcare staff at Herlev and Gentofte Hospital.

  Recruiting Herlev and Gentofte Hospital · Herlev · NCT07568977

• Professional Readiness Through Emotional Preparedness (PREP) for Nurse Residents

  The PREP program tests a 5-month educational series to see if it improves emotional well-being and work readiness for nurse residents.

  Recruiting AdventHealth · Orlando, Florida · NCT07472127

• Online ACT vs Recuperation and Vocational Support for Clinical Burnout

  Three online treatments are tested to see which helps adults with clinical burnout return to work and feel better compared with each other.

  Recruiting Uppsala University · Uppsala, Uppsala County · NCT07272421

• Strengthening health literacy and stress resilience in hospital staff using mind-body medicine and nutrition

  This program will test whether a combined mind-body, self-care, and psycho-biotic nutrition approach can improve stress resilience and mental well-being in University Medicine Essen staff.

  Recruiting Universität Duisburg-Essen · Essen · NCT07255313

• Reducing burnout among VA primary care teams with an evidence-based quality improvement program

  This pilot will test whether a tailored evidence-based quality improvement program can reduce burnout among VA primary care providers and staff.

  Recruiting VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System · Bakersfield, California and 4 other locations · NCT07031245

• Training supervisors in Dutch SMEs to support mental health at work

  This study tests if training supervisors in small and medium-sized businesses in the Netherlands can help them better support their employees' mental health and reduce absenteeism.

  Recruiting VU University of Amsterdam · Amsterdam · NCT06989398

• Music therapy to support humanized care for emergency nurses

  This program will try short music therapy sessions to see if they reduce stress and improve compassionate care for emergency department nurses at FSFB.

  Recruiting Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota · Bogotá, Bogota D.C. · NCT06939426

• Psilocybin-assisted therapy to improve physician well-being and reduce burnout

  This project will test whether psilocybin-assisted therapy can reduce burnout and improve well-being in physicians at UC San Diego.

  Recruiting Phase 1/2 University of California, San Diego · San Diego, California · NCT06814522

• Eastern Principles Therapy for Injury Prevention in Nurses

  This study is testing if a new therapy based on Eastern mindfulness can help nurses and nursing aides in the U.S. and Thailand prevent work-related injuries and reduce stress better than traditional therapy or no treatment at all.

  Recruiting Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, Ohio · NCT06813495

• Understanding how general practitioners manage burnout in everyday practice

  This study tests how French general practitioners think and act when handling burnout to see why practices vary.

  Recruiting Nantes University Hospital · Nantes · NCT06811181

• Program to support healthcare managers in promoting employee recovery

  This study tests a program that helps healthcare managers learn how to better support their employees' recovery from burnout and improve their sleep.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Karolinska Institutet · Gothenburg and 1 other locations · NCT06678347

• Web-based tools to enhance resilience and well-being

  This study is testing whether online tools that help boost resilience can improve well-being and reduce burnout in adults.

  Recruiting Duke University · Durham, North Carolina · NCT05636072

• Mindful Compassion Care Program for Nurses During COVID-19

  This study tests a mindfulness and compassion program to see if it can help nurses dealing with stress and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Recruiting Universita di Verona · Verona, Italia · NCT05308537

• Evaluating the impact of self-help CBT in primary care behavioral health

  This study is testing if adding guided self-help therapy to regular mental health care can help patients feel better and improve their daily lives.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Linnaeus University · Varberg, Halland County and 3 other locations · NCT04900064

NIH-funded research (19)

Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.

• PATH program to reduce burnout among overdose-prevention peers

  Aimed at peer recovery support specialists, this project tests a virtual training and group coaching program to help reduce burnout and improve the quality of overdose prevention services.

  NIH research Chestnut Health Systems, INC. · Bloomington, United States · NIH-11454655

• Understanding hospital strain and clinician burnout during respiratory viral surges to boost preparedness

  This grant studies how hospitals and clinicians are affected when respiratory viruses surge, with the goal of making care during future outbreaks stronger and more sustainable.

  NIH research University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, United States · NIH-11447606

• Understanding and reducing burnout in community health centers using systems thinking

  A research project at Northeastern University aims to help doctors and nurses in community health centers feel less overwhelmed by improving workflows and resilience.

  NIH research Northeastern University · Boston, United States · NIH-11425324

• Improving Nurse Practitioner Practice Environments to Prevent Burnout

  A U.S. study aims to improve how primary care clinics support nurse practitioners to reduce burnout and boost job satisfaction and retention.

  NIH research Columbia University Health Sciences · New York, United States · NIH-11388986

• Helping VA primary care teams avoid burnout

  This project uses expert-guided quality improvement and team input to create and pilot ways to reduce burnout among VA primary care providers and staff.

  NIH research VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System · Los Angeles, United States · NIH-11220431

• Reducing burnout and improving resilience in community health centers

  This project tries systems changes to cut work burden and burnout for doctors, nurses, and staff at community health centers.

  NIH research Northeastern University · Boston, United States · NIH-11193976

• Hospital work conditions, clinician burnout, and staff turnover costs

  This project looks at how hospital work conditions and job stress affect hospital-based doctors' and advanced practice providers' mental health, burnout, and the costs when they leave.

  NIH research University of Colorado Denver · Aurora, UNITED STATES · NIH-11180042

• Early Signs — digital signals of burnout and thinking changes in emergency room doctors and nurses

  Using phone, video, and wearable data to find digital signals that can warn when emergency clinicians are becoming burned out or having changes in thinking.

  NIH research New York University School of Medicine · New York, United States · NIH-11146405

• Finding ways to help therapists reduce burnout while treating children with trauma.

  This study is all about finding better ways to help therapists who work with kids that have gone through tough times, by giving them tools to avoid burnout so they can keep providing great care.

  NIH research San Diego State University · San Diego, United States · NIH-11080939

• Improving support for peer recovery specialists in harm reduction services

  This study is all about helping peer recovery support specialists, who help people dealing with substance use issues, feel better and do their jobs more effectively by providing them with online training and group support to reduce burnout and improve their well-being.

  NIH research Chestnut Health Systems, INC. · Bloomington, United States · NIH-11056224

• Exploring ways to reduce burnout among healthcare professionals.

  This study is looking into why healthcare workers are feeling so burned out, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it aims to find better ways to help them work more efficiently and feel better, which will also improve care for patients like you.

  NIH research Northeastern University · Boston, United States · NIH-11029672

• Using wearable technology to predict burnout in nurses

  This study is working on a smart technology that helps spot early signs of burnout in nurses so they can take care of themselves and continue providing great care to their patients.

  NIH research Mayo Clinic Rochester · Rochester, United States · NIH-11018629

• Using virtual reality to help healthcare workers prevent substance use issues caused by burnout

  This study is testing a virtual reality program designed to help healthcare workers deal with stress and burnout by offering supportive group activities and resources they can use on their phones or VR headsets.

  NIH research See Yourself Health, LLC · Beverly, United States · NIH-11008046

• Understanding how workplace environment affects nurse anesthetists' job satisfaction and burnout in rural areas.

  This study is looking into why Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) in rural areas are feeling burned out at work and how things like their workload and support from their bosses affect their job happiness and plans to stay in their jobs, with the goal of making their work environment better for them and imp

  NIH research Columbia University Health Sciences · New York, United States · NIH-10976825

• Using AI to understand nurse workload and burnout

  This study is looking at how artificial intelligence can help understand and reduce burnout among nurses by analyzing their work patterns, which could lead to better care for patients.

  NIH research University of Utah · Salt Lake City, United States · NIH-10936933

• Creating a model to predict and prevent physician burnout

  This study is working on a way to spot primary care clinics where doctors might be feeling overwhelmed, so they can make changes to help them feel better and provide great care to patients before burnout happens.

  NIH research Stanford University · Stanford, United States · NIH-10914807

• A program to help staff in gun violence prevention manage stress and avoid burnout.

  This study is testing a program called FOREST that helps people working to prevent gun violence by teaching them how to handle stress and feel more positive, so they can take care of themselves and do their important work better.

  NIH research Northwestern University at Chicago · Chicago, United States · NIH-10893836

• Finding ways to reduce burnout among VA primary care providers

  This study is all about helping healthcare workers in VA primary care feel less burned out by creating a special program that fits their needs, so they can take better care of patients like you.

  NIH research VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System · Los Angeles, United States · NIH-10880269

• Using digital tools to find early signs of burnout and cognitive issues in emergency department clinicians

  This study is looking for early signs of burnout and thinking problems in emergency department doctors and nurses by using video and audio recordings, so they can get help sooner and feel better, which will also help them take better care of patients.

  NIH research New York University School of Medicine · New York, United States · NIH-10683368

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Quick answers

How many Burnout clinical trials are recruiting right now?

18, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where are these trials running?

In 9 countries. The most sites are in United States (8 trials), Sweden (3 trials), Netherlands (1 trial), Denmark (1 trial), Turkey (Türkiye) (1 trial). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.

What phases are they in?

Phase 1/2: 1, Early Phase 1: 1, Phase 4: 1. Trials with no phase listed are usually device, behavioural or observational studies.

How do I join one?

Open a study, check the "Is this trial a fit for you?" section, then contact the study team listed on the page. They will ask a few screening questions. Asking is free and does not commit you to anything. Talk it over with your doctor first.

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