Evaluation of Gender-Affirming Treatments on Pulmonary Function in Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients

Description

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate whether undergoing gender affirming care will impact the way the lungs function.

Conditions

Hormonal Gender-Affirming Therapy

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate whether undergoing gender affirming care will impact the way the lungs function.

Evaluating the Impact of Gender-Affirming Treatments on Pulmonary Function in Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Patients

Evaluation of Gender-Affirming Treatments on Pulmonary Function in Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients

Condition
Hormonal Gender-Affirming Therapy
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Rochester

Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Subjects speaking any language will be offered participation.
  • * Subjects capable of providing informed consent to the study. For those subjects younger than 18 years old who agree to participate in the study, informed consent will be obtained from patient's parents/guardian.
  • * Subjects capable of performing pulmonary function test (PFT) maneuvers, as per pulmonary function test laboratory protocol.
  • * Patients will be enrolled through the Mayo Clinic Rochester Transgender and Intersex
  • * Specialty Care Clinic (TISCC), once patient has decided to undergo hormonal gender-affirming therapies (pubertal blockers, and masculinizing or feminizing hormone therapies).
  • * Subjects unable to provide consent, or subjects who do not agree to discuss the study with their parents/guardians.
  • * The presence of contraindications for pulmonary function testing including (these will be reviewed at the time of recruitment and prior to each spirometry associated with the study):
  • * Recent surgical procedures (\<3 months) that could be affected by lung function testing, including the following categories: Abdominal surgery, Eye surgery, Thoracic surgery, Ear surgery, Brain surgery, Vascular surgery.
  • * The presence of previously known respiratory disorders including pulmonary embolism (\<6 months), pleural effusion, pneumothorax, hemoptysis.
  • * Recent myocardial infarction (\<1 month), new cardiac arrythmia (\<3 months), recent cardiac pacemaker implantation (\<3 months).
  • * Heart failure symptoms, significant shortness of breath, tachycardia, or angina
  • * The presence of chronic pulmonary diseases that maybe associated with changes in pulmonary function overtime such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or interstitial lung diseases.

Ages Eligible for Study

14 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Mayo Clinic,

Gustavo Cortes Puentes, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Mayo Clinic

Study Record Dates

2025-07