Clinical trials: Harm Reduction
Preterm Birth, Premature Birth
Exposure to Plasticisers in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Neonatal intensive care relies on indwelling plastic medical devices fundamental in respiratory support, intravenous catheterization, and nutrition.
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Premature Birth, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Pulmonary Disease
- Trial name
- PLASTIC-NICU (NCT05404815)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Antwerp
HIV-1-infection
Uganda PrEP and Harm Reduction Evaluation
This is an evaluation of programs to integrate PrEP into existing services for PWUD. PrEP will be delivered according to Uganda national guidelines and data from national monitoring and evaluation forms will be leveraged to…
- Trial name
- NCT05040308
- Testing
- Integrating PrEP delivery
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Pregnancy Related, Sexual Behavior
Rigorous Evaluation of High School FLASH
High School FLASH is a 15-session comprehensive sexual health curriculum designed for classroom settings in grades 9 to 12. The basis of High School FLASH is a public health approach to behavior change.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Sexual Behavior, STD
- Trial name
- NCT04079608
- Testing
- FLASH curriculum, Sexual Health Education for Adolescents
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,597 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ETR Associates
Adolescent Relationship Abuse
School Health Center Healthy Adolescent Relationship Program
This community-partnered participatory study will work within high school health centers (SHCs) to test, via a 2-armed cluster randomized controlled trial, a multi-level intervention to reduce adolescent relationship abuse (ARA)…
- Trial name
- SHARP (NCT01678378)
- Testing
- SHARP Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,012 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Interventions to Enhance Emergency Health Care
EQUIP Emergency: Promoting Health Equity for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People in Emergency Departments
Emergency Departments (EDs) in Canada often operate over-capacity and are under significant pressures. In this environment, particular groups of people experience inadequate and inequitable treatment in EDs, including Indigenous…
- Trial name
- NCT03369678
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 5,439 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Opioid Overdose, Drug Overdose
Preventing Overdose Using Information and Data From the Environment
The objectives of this project are to leverage surveillance data to predict future overdose outbreaks, and to evaluate the impact of a randomized, statewide, community-level intervention trial to target overdose prevention…
- Trial name
- PROVIDENT (NCT05096429)
- Testing
- PROVIDENT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
HIV, HIV Self-testing
Our Healthbox - Evaluating Interactive Dispensing Systems for Low-Barrier Access to HIV Testing and Harm Reduction.
When REACH Nexus at MAP Centre for Urban Solutions out of St. Michael's Hospital launched its signature program, I'm Ready in 2021, our goal was to democratize access to free HIV self-testing to reach the undiagnosed in Canada.
- Conditions
- HIV, HIV Self-testing, Harm Reduction, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT05516069
- Testing
- Our Healthbox (smart vending machine or interactive dispensing system)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Medication Abuse, Harm Reduction
Clinical Decision Support for Safety of Opioid Transitions
The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of a clinical decision support (CDS) alert designed to notify providers when an opioid prescription will result in a patient transitioning into a new phase of opioid therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT06527040
- Testing
- Opioid Transitions Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Medication Abuse, Harm Reduction
Clinical Decision Support to Increase Use of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of clinical decision support (CDS) in the form of an alert to identify patients who may be at risk of opioid use disorder (OUD) and a clinical care pathway helping providers…
- Conditions
- Medication Abuse, Harm Reduction, Opioid Use Disorder, Supportive Care
- Trial name
- NCT06526286
- Testing
- Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Pathway Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes, Uncomplicated
Impact of Nicotine Reduction on Adolescent Cigarette Use, Alternative Tobacco Use, and Harm From Tobacco
Adolescents are an important vulnerable population to consider as the FDA moves toward a nicotine reduction policy. Such a policy, which would mandate a reduction of nicotine in all commercially available cigarettes, has the…
- Trial name
- SIREN (NCT03860077)
- Testing
- Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes, Normal Nicotine Content Cigarettes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Depressive Symptoms
Efficacity of Psychological Intervention on Reducing the Suicidal Ideations, Depression Level and Improving Reinsertion
Suicide is the third leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults in the United States and the second leading cause in European countries.
- Trial name
- MLADO (NCT03655730)
- Testing
- weekly psychotherapeutic individual sessions, Usual care
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 159 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Substance Use, Harm Reduction
A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Novel Drug Education and Diversion Program (iDECIDE) for Middle and High School Students
The primary goal of this study is to test the effectiveness of the iDECIDE (Drug Education Curriculum: Intervention, Diversion, and Empowerment) curriculum, a novel drug education and diversion program, in approximately 300…
- Conditions
- Substance Use, Harm Reduction, Adolescent Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT06115746
- Testing
- iDECIDE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Alcohol Prevention, Harm Reduction
An Augmented Reality Videogame for Alcohol Use Prevention and Harm Reduction in Teens
The goal of this research study is to develop the AR-based alcohol use prevention and harm reduction intervention, "No Time Wasted", with the further aim of conducting a pre-post pilot study to assess whether the game reduce risk…
- Trial name
- NCT04351958
- Testing
- Experimental: Augmented Reality ("No Time Wasted")
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Medication Abuse, Harm Reduction
Evaluation of Clinical Decision Support in Opioid Tapering
The 2022 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids for pain recommends that when tapering a patient's opioid dose, doses should be decreased at a slow rate to reduce the…
- Conditions
- Medication Abuse, Harm Reduction, Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid Prescribing
- Trial name
- NCT06527079
- Testing
- Observational study without a prospective intervention
- Volunteers
- 200,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Harm Reduction, Naloxone
Vending Machine Naloxone Distribution for Your Community (VENDY)
Vending machines are an innovative strategy shown to increase access to naloxone, a medication used to reverse opioid overdose. The aim of this proposal is to study the reach of a community-initiated, stakeholder engaged…
- Conditions
- Harm Reduction, Naloxone, Opioid Overdose
- Trial name
- NCT06429436
- Testing
- VENDY
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Adolescent Behavior, Harm Reduction
Self-harming Behaviors Study of Adolescents in a Juvenile Detention House
Incarcerated adolescents engage in suicide ideation, self-harming behaviors and have poor coping abilities, suggesting a need for mental health intervention and treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT01130441
- Testing
- psychotherapy
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 277 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
Drug Abuse, Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction Intervention for Anabolic-androgenic Steroids Users: a Randomized Controlled Trial
This clinical trial aims to investigate the short and long-term efficacy of a harm reduction intervention in reducing the use of non-clinical anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) in abusive users of AAS.
- Conditions
- Drug Abuse, Harm Reduction, Minimization, Harm, Anabolic Steroids Adverse Events
- Trial name
- SOS-RCT-HR (NCT07039539)
- Testing
- harm reduction intervention in non-clinical anabolic-androgenic steroids users
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
HIV, Hepatitis C
Ending Transmission of HIV, HCV, and STDs and Overdose in Rural Communities of People Who Inject Drugs (ETHIC)
This study will evaluate the referral to harm reduction services (HRS) including syringe services, naloxone overdose prevention, substance use treatment referral, HIV, HCV, and STD testing and referral and linkage to care through…
- Conditions
- HIV, Hepatitis C, Opioid-use Disorder, Injection Drug Use
- Trial name
- ETHIC (NCT04427202)
- Testing
- Referral to harm reduction services
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 306 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Alcohol Problem, Harm Reduction
Game-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
This is a randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of a game-based intervention to reduce alcohol-related harms among sexual and gender minority youth.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Problem, Harm Reduction, Alcohol-Related Harm
- Trial name
- NCT06215664
- Testing
- Singularities Game, Food4Thought
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
HIV, Medication Adherence
WelTelOAKTREE: Text Messaging to Support Patients With HIV/AIDS in British Columbia
WelTel Oak Tree is a repeated measures study that enrolled 85 HIV+ individuals from the Oak Tree Clinic at BC Women's Hospital. Participants were be provided with a cell phone and/or unlimited text messaging capability if they do…
- Trial name
- WelTelOAKTREE (NCT02603536)
- Testing
- WelTel
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre