Clinical trials: Peer Support
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Health Behavior
The Together on Diabetes Intervention - a Realist Evaluation
The Danish healthcare system is universal and free of charge for Danish citizens, as all healthcare services are financed by general taxes.
- Conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Health Behavior, Delivery of Health Care
- Trial name
- NCT04722289
- Testing
- Together on Diabetes
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Center for Diabetes, Copenhagen Municipality
Premature Birth of Newborn, Family
GPS (Giving Parents Support): Parent Navigation After NICU Discharge
BACKGROUND: Annually >400,000 US newborns require neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) care.1/3 will require ongoing or specialty care after discharge.
- Conditions
- Premature Birth of Newborn, Family, Immature Newborn, Newborn Morbidity
- Trial name
- GPS (NCT02643472)
- Testing
- Parent Navigator, Care Notebook
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Suicide
A Pilot Evaluation of a Digital Peer Support Intervention for Suicidal Adolescents
Suicide risk has increased among youth in underserved communities, where access to mental healthcare is limited. To address this need, the investigator team plans to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of a brief, low-cost…
- Trial name
- SWEEP (NCT06349915)
- Testing
- Supporting Wellbeing with Everyday Experiences of Peers (SWEEP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Hepatitis C, Infectious Disease
HepCare: The Effectiveness of Community Based Interventions With Peer Support to Improve Case Detection, Carry Out Pre-treatment Assessments and Assist Underserved Populations Through HCV Treatment
Hepatitis C infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease and death with approximately 3% of the world's population is infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV).
- Trial name
- NCT03524794
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 164 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR), Suicidal Ideation
Developing a Recovery-Oriented Suicide Prevention Program for Young People at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis
Young people at clinical high risk for psychosis are more likely to experience suicide thoughts than the general population, but there are few suicide prevention programs designed specifically for them.
- Conditions
- Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR), Suicidal Ideation, Psychosis, Suicidal Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT07756567
- Testing
- Suicide Prevention Intervention, Standard Care (in control arm)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Acute Care Service Utilization, Mental Health Status
Homeless Veterans and Peer Whole Health Coaching
Use of acute care services (e.g., hospitalizations, Emergency Department visits) contributes substantially to the cost of healthcare for Veterans. Homelessness is a robust social determinant of super utilization of acute care.
- Conditions
- Acute Care Service Utilization, Mental Health Status, Physical Health Status, Housing
- Trial name
- PWHC (NCT05176977)
- Testing
- Peer Support-Whole Health Coaching
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 177 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Breastfeeding Rates
Evaluation of a Community Health Nurse/Peer Counselor Program to Help Low-Income Women Breastfeed Longer
This research was done to better understand how new mothers who are breastfeeding feel and the questions they have. We wanted to use ways to help new mothers to breastfeed successfully.
- Trial name
- NCT00608088
- Testing
- Usual Care, Community Health Nurse/Peer Councelor Team
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Psychosis, Major Depression
Peer Support for Severe Mental Disorders
The purpose of this study is to determine wether peer support is effective for the treatment of people with severe mental illness.
- Conditions
- Psychosis, Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder
- Trial name
- PEER (NCT02276469)
- Testing
- peer support
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Internalizing Behavior, Externalizing Behavior
KEEP Connecting Kin
The current study provides a unique opportunity to conduct a summative evaluation of the KEEP Connecting Kin (KEEP-CK) program by leveraging extant relationships with Oregon's Child Welfare System (CWS), Self-Sufficiency Program…
- Conditions
- Internalizing Behavior, Externalizing Behavior, Child Permanency, Parenting
- Trial name
- KEEP-CK (NCT06294392)
- Testing
- KEEP-CK
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 192 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Social Learning Center
Coping Behavior, Emotional Distress
Creative Arts Diabetes Initiative for Youth/Young Adults Transitioning to Adult Care
The Creative Arts Diabetes Initiative will offer facilitated art therapy with a group/peer-support environment to two groups of youth/young adults, one with type 1 diabetes, and one with type 2 diabetes.
- Conditions
- Coping Behavior, Emotional Distress, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Trial name
- CADI (NCT02790892)
- Testing
- Art therapy - pre and post test measures
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
HIV Disease Progression
Acceptability, Feasibility and Effectiveness of Online Peer Support Group for ART Adherence Among Youth
In Uganda, Youth living with HIV/AIDS (YLHIVA) enrolled in HIV treatment experience suboptimal treatment adherence and have lower viral load suppression (VLS) rates compared to younger children or adults.
- Trial name
- NCT05688709
- Testing
- WhatsApp peer support group
- Where
- 3 sites in Uganda
- Volunteers
- 488 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Uganda
Obesity
Childhood Obesity Treatment: A Maintenance Approach
Obesity is a major public health problem. At least 15 million American adults are obese, and the number is rising. Childhood obesity is also increasing in prevalence and currently affects approximately 11-22 percent of children…
- Trial name
- NCT00301197
- Testing
- Behavioral Skills Maintenance, Social Facilitation Maintenance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 216 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Infant Premature
Evaluation of a Peer Counseling Breastfeeding Support Program for Mother-preterm Infant Dyads
Breastfeeding has a fundamental impact on the short-, medium- and long-term health of children and has an important impact on women's health.
- Trial name
- ALAIS (NCT03156946)
- Testing
- breastfeeding mother-to-mother support, Control
- Where
- 8 sites in Belgium, France and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 1,774 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Eating Disorder
Implementation Support for Prevention Program Delivery by College Peer Educators
This project will evaluate 3 approaches of implementation support for university peer leaders who will deliver a prevention program with a particularly strong evidence-base compared to changes observed in outcomes in response to…
- Trial name
- PI (NCT03409809)
- Testing
- Training, Training and Technical Assistance, Training, Tech. Assistance, Quality Assurance/Improvement
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,261 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Institute
Smoking Cessation, Pregnancy Related
PRAMS: Peer-support To Reduce Antenatal Maternal Smoking
The goal of this feasibility is test the feasibility of conducting a randomised trial of the use of an online peer support group to promote smoking cessation and enhance sustained abstinence for women who smoke in pregnancy.
- Trial name
- PRAMS (NCT06595199)
- Testing
- Online peer support
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Diabetes, Quality of Life
The Impact of Changing to a New Child- and Family-centered Outpatient Diabetes Clinic Focusing on Early Involvement of the Child With Diabetes, Training in Calmness Around Diabetes Management, Healthy Lifestyle, and Creating Peer-to-peer Networks
The goal of StenoChild is to strengthen the treatment of children under 10 years old with diabetes through a multi-component approach.
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Quality of Life, Children
- Trial name
- StenoChild (NCT07377266)
- Testing
- Group consultations and peer-to-peer learning, Standard Care (in control arm)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Social Support (Formal and Informal)
The Supporting Her In Navigating Exercise Program: Examining Peer Support to Promote Exercise Among Undergraduate Women
The purpose of this randomized controlled pilot trial is to test the effectiveness of a six-week tailored physical activity program with and without peer mentoring on the psychological constructs and exercise behaviour of…
- Trial name
- SHINE (NCT06823336)
- Testing
- Intervention, Control
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lakehead University
HIV Infections
Testing a Barbershop-based HIV Prevention Initiative Among Men
To test community-based approaches to engage heterosexual men at risk for HIV and specifically to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a barbershop based HIV prevention program.
- Trial name
- TRIM (NCT06148584)
- Testing
- General, status-neutral HIV education, HIV self-test kits, Information about where to receive HIV prevention services
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 271 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HIV Prevention Trials Network
Social Inclusion, Mental Illness
Peer to Community (P2C) Model: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
This study has been designed to conduct a pilot evaluation of a novel model of support aimed at promoting community integration (CI) following homelessness. This model is called the Peer to Community Model (P2C).
- Conditions
- Social Inclusion, Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT05884749
- Testing
- Peer to Community (P2C) Model, Care as Usual (UC)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
Early Inflammatory Arthritis, Chronic Disease
Peer to Peer Mentoring: Facilitating Individuals With Early Inflammatory Arthritis to Manage Their Arthritis: Peer Mentoring Program
Inflammatory arthritis (IA) is a major cause of long-term disability. Peer support may be a solution to the common problem of delayed treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT01054131
- Testing
- peer support
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre