Clinical trials: Genetic Linkage
Health Systems, Electronic Community Health Information Systems
Digital Data Linkage and Scheduling to Track Pregnancy With or Without Community Data Use to Increase Antenatal Clinic Uptake in Western Kenya.
The investigators propose to increase ANC uptake through a health systems strengthening approach that links digital data platforms and trains community Work Improvement Teams (WITs) to use these data to identify problems and come…
- Conditions
- Health Systems, Electronic Community Health Information Systems, Antenatal Clinic Uptake, Pregnancy
- Trial name
- C-it-DU-it (NCT05929586)
- Testing
- The combined "C-it DU-it" intervention: community data use for ANC
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,440 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Point-of-Care Testing, HIV
Ayaangwaamiziwin Initiative: Carefulness and Preparedness
The goal of this clinical trial is to implement a test, treat, and connect intervention approach using HIV and syphilis rapid point-of-care (POC) testing in 3 Canadian Prairie provinces (Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan)…
- Conditions
- Point-of-Care Testing, HIV, Syphilis
- Trial name
- AI (NCT06893159)
- Testing
- INSTI HIV-1/2 Antibody Test, INSTI Multiplex HIV-1/2 Syphilis Antibody Test, Multiplo Complete Syphilis (TP/nTP) Antibody Test
- Where
- 8 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
HIV
Project TEACH-Kenya
Public health programs and policies have utilized the "combination prevention" model of bringing together tailored, proven interventions in order to reduce the global impact of HIV.
- Trial name
- TEACH (NCT01850576)
- Testing
- Risk Reduction Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Kenya
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Bronx Healthcare Network
HIV/AIDS
A Cluster Randomised Trial of Community-led Distribution of HIV Self-tests in Rural Malawi (HIV Self-Testing Africa [STAR])
The aim of this study is to determine the benefits, costs and safety of community-led delivery of HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits in rural Malawi, with a focus on testing and linkage to care and prevention services among defined…
- Trial name
- NCT03541382
- Testing
- OraQuick® HIV Self-Test
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 7,880 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Viral Hepatitis B
DEcentralize Testing, Education, and Linkage to Care by Using Electronic Best Practice Advisory for Hepatitis B (DETECT-B)
The overarching goal of this implementation study is to determine if an enhanced model of hepatitis B testing and linkage to care could be integrated into a public healthcare facility.
- Trial name
- DETECT-B (NCT06403657)
- Testing
- An enhanced model of hepatitis B testing and linkage to care
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vietnam Viral Hepatitis Alliance
HIV, HIV Linkage to Care
Implementation Trial to Evaluate a Population Health Combination Intervention to Meet HIV Testing, Linkage, and Viral Suppression Goals in Alabama
The purpose of this study is to adapt and evaluate a combination intervention that includes: (1) a data-driven approach to directed community-based HIV testing to areas with high need, (2) Project Connect to expedite linkage to…
- Conditions
- HIV, HIV Linkage to Care, HIV Testing, HIV Treatment
- Trial name
- COAST-AL (NCT05384145)
- Testing
- COAST-AL
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
HIV Infections, Men
Improving HIV Testing, Linkage, and Retention in Care for Men Through U=U Messaging
This study will evaluate the impact of U=U messaging and counseling on gaps in the HIV care cascade for men, including testing uptake and ART initiation (Aim 1), achieving viral suppression and retention in care (Aim 2) in two…
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Men, Treatment Adherence
- Trial name
- NCT05602376
- Testing
- U=U testing messaging scripts, U=U adherence messaging scripts
- Where
- 2 sites in South Africa
- Volunteers
- 3,642 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation
Developmental Articulation Disorder, Speech Disorder
Characteristics of Idiopathic Familial Speech Disorders
According to studies, speech disorders with unknown causes (idiopathic) affect approximately 5% of the population at some point in their life.
- Conditions
- Developmental Articulation Disorder, Speech Disorder, Stuttering
- Trial name
- NCT00001551
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 375 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Hiv
Identifying Efficient Linkage Strategies for Men
HIV self-testing (HIVST) has been found to be a highly acceptable approach for men to learn of their HIV status and has resulted in increased testing uptake.
- Trial name
- IDEaL (NCT05137210)
- Testing
- Male Counseling and Facility Navigation, Home-Based ART Initiation and Facility Navigation, Stepped Intervention
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 569 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Anodontia
Linkage and Identification of (a) Candidate Gene(s) for Tooth Disorders
The congenital absence of teeth, commonly referred to as hypodontia or tooth agenesis, is a common developmental anomaly of human dentition that affects approximately 20% of the population.
- Trial name
- NCT00026026
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Engagement, Patient, Male Peer Recruitment
Peer Led Outreach to Engage Male Partners of Pregnant Women in Uganda (Okutuuka Study)
It is critical to evaluate strategies that leverage women's engagement in antenatal care to increase male partner testing while alleviating the burden on pregnant women to encourage their male partners to HIV test.
- Conditions
- Engagement, Patient, Male Peer Recruitment, HIV Testing, Linkage to Care
- Trial name
- Okutuuka (NCT05388084)
- Testing
- Male peer engagement, SOC and delayed intervention
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
HIV, Chlamydia
National Rapid TLC: Testing and Linkage to Care
The goal of this cross-sectional study is to learn if the GeneXpert system is a practical system for HIV and STBBI testing in community-based organizations and health clinics.
- Conditions
- HIV, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, HCV
- Trial name
- NCT07730801
- Testing
- Xpert® HIV-1 Qual XC
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
HIV/AIDS
Demand Creation for Couples' HIV Counseling and Testing
This study aims at assessing the effect of a demand-creation intervention on couples' HIV counseling and testing (couples' HCT) uptake among married couples who have never tested together as a couple.
- Trial name
- NCT02492061
- Testing
- Demand creation for couples' HCT
- Volunteers
- 3,076 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
HIV
Home-based Partner Education and Testing (HOPE) Study
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impacts of home-based couple HIV-testing and counseling and male partner education on partner HIV testing and other critical maternal and infant health outcomes during pregnancy and…
- Trial name
- HOPE (NCT01784783)
- Testing
- HOPE Intervention, INVITE Intervention
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 601 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Macrosomia, Low Birth Weight
Wales Electronic Cohort for Children
The investigators are developing a research platform capable of improving children's health through the generation of knowledge from analysis of routinely collected data from within and outside the health service.
- Conditions
- Macrosomia, Low Birth Weight, Premature Birth, Childhood Obesity
- Trial name
- WECC (NCT01136681)
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 900,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swansea University
Social Network Strategy, HIV Self Testing
SNS to Increase HIV Testing Uptake and Linkage to Double Cascade Services Among Adolescent MSM and TGW in Thailand
UNAIDS aims to end AIDS by 2030 using "90-90-90" diagnosis-treatment-viral suppression targets. Thailand has achieved elimination of HIV mother-to-child transmission, but continues to see new infections among adolescent men who…
- Conditions
- Social Network Strategy, HIV Self Testing, Men Who Have Sex With Men
- Trial name
- NCT04953858
- Testing
- Social network strategy (SNS)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chulalongkorn University
Hereditary Oral Clefts
Genetic Analysis of Hereditary Non-Syndromic Oral Clefts
In a collaborative effort with the IBN AL-NAFEES Hospital (Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic), individuals from multiplex families determined to have hereditary oral clefts will be studied.
- Trial name
- NCT00340626
- Where
- Syria
- Volunteers
- 690 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection
Clinic-based Versus Hotspot-focused Active TB Case Finding
This five-year study will evaluate two strategies for conducting tuberculosis (TB) active case finding (ACF) and linkage to TB treatment or TB preventive therapy (TPT) in peri-urban Uganda.
- Trial name
- CHASE-TB (NCT05285202)
- Testing
- Active TB case finding with linkage to preventive therapy (ACF/TPT)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 146,539 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Mobile-Based Application "MyChoices"
This study is testing the acceptability and feasibility of MyChoices, a mobile application (app), to promote HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among young men who have sex with men (YMSM).
- Conditions
- HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis, Risk Reduction
- Trial name
- NCT03179319
- Testing
- MyChoices
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fenway Community Health
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Family Studies of Inherited Heart Disease
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetically inherited heart disease. It causes thickening of heart muscle, especially the chamber responsible for pumping blood out of the heart, the left ventricle.
- Trial name
- NCT00001225
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,880 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)