Clinical trials: Risk-Taking
Hiv, Adolescent Behavior
A Pragmatic Trial of An Adaptive eHealth HIV Prevention Program for Diverse Adolescent MSM
This pragmatic trial of an HIV prevention program focuses on HIV risk-reduction in men who have sex with men (MSM) ages 13-18. The design is a three-tiered, internet-based HIV prevention intervention series that uses a sequential…
- Conditions
- Hiv, Adolescent Behavior, Sex, Safe
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT03511131)
- Testing
- Queer Sex Ed, Keep It Up, Keep It Up-Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,306 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Depression, Anxiety
Efficacy of a Brief Intervention to Improve Sexual and Gender Minorities' Mental Health: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Experiences of violence, from micro to physical aggressions, have a deleterious impact on mental health. According to the Minority Stress Theory, unfavorable social conditions (such as anticipated and experienced discrimination…
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Psychological Distress, Social Phobia
- Trial name
- ESCREVA-SE (NCT05349877)
- Testing
- Expressive writing, Self-affirmation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 306 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Sexual Behavior, Alcohol Drinking
Adolescent Safer Sex Social Network Intervention
Social networks are thought to hold the potential for shaping behavior on the grounds that social and situational factors more strongly influence behavior than do personality variables.
- Conditions
- Sexual Behavior, Alcohol Drinking, Marijuana Smoking
- Trial name
- NCT00107562
- Testing
- Adolescent Safer Sex Social Network Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Exposure
Neutral Correlates of Risk-taking in Adolescents Exposed to Drugs Prenatally
Objective- To use fMRI to compare brain activity at rest and during memory and decision making tasks in normal children and in children exposed in utero to drugs of abuse.
- Trial name
- NCT01365988
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Nonsuicidal Self Injury, Risk-Taking
Social Feedback and Dysfunctional Risk Taking in NSSI Adolescents
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is defined as direct, intentional physical injury without suicidal intention. Problematic interpersonal relationships and decision-making have been demonstrated to play crucial roles in this…
- Trial name
- NCT05981677
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Feedback, Psychological, Underage Alcohol Use
Experimental Test of Facebook Social Drinking Norms on Adolescent Alcohol Use
The proposed research will be the first study to focus on experimentally manipulating both injunctive and descriptive norms on social networking sites in order to elucidate the relationship between alcohol and abstainer displays…
- Conditions
- Feedback, Psychological, Underage Alcohol Use, Risk-Taking
- Trial name
- Network (NCT03159286)
- Testing
- Abstainer, Abstainer + User, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 306 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Alcohol Drinking, Self Efficacy
ChangeGradients: Promoting Adolescent Health Behavior Change
As most adolescents visit a healthcare provider once a year, health behavior change interventions linked to clinic-based health information technologies hold significant promise for improving healthcare quality and subsequent…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Drinking, Self Efficacy, Adolescent Behavior, Risk-Taking
- Trial name
- NCT04110756
- Testing
- ChangeGradients
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression
Randomized Control Trial on Trauma Focused CBT in Zambia
The purpose of this study is to study the effectiveness of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in subset of children who are affected by trauma with significant mental health symptomatology in order to 1) examine the…
- Conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Risk Behaviors
- Trial name
- NCT01624298
- Testing
- Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 257 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Risk Behavior
Evaluation of Values in Perspective (VIP) Program
The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and perceived usefulness of the Values in Perspective (VIP) program in reducing and preventing engagement in risky behaviors among youths.
- Trial name
- NCT04879342
- Testing
- VIP Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 850 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Child Behavior, Adolescent Behavior
A Mother's Role in Delaying Onset of Sexual Activity in Her Children
The goal of this study is to enhance the mother's role in promoting avoidance of sexual risks and problem behaviors in 6- to 12-year-old children.
- Trial name
- NCT00060697
- Testing
- Adolescent sexual activity education for mothers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Hiv
Evaluation of the Preventing AIDS Through Live Movement and Sound (PALMS) Intervention for Minority Adolescents
The purpose of this program evaluation is to determine whether the Preventing AIDS Through Live Movement and Sound (PALMS) group-level intervention is effective in reducing HIV sex risk behaviors and increasing HIV testing of…
- Trial name
- NCT00137644
- Testing
- Preventing AIDS Through Live Movement and Sound (PALMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 264 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gambling
Evaluation of Effectiveness of the Unplugged Program on Gambling Among Adolescents (GAPUnplugged)
The main aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a new component on gambling prevention to be added to the evidence-based school based prevention curriculum "Unplugged".
- Trial name
- GAPUnplugged (NCT05630157)
- Testing
- Unplugged plus gambling component
- Volunteers
- 3,046 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro
Adolescent Behavior, Risk Behavior
CheckED Yourself Study
During adolescence, the most common causes of morbidity and mortality are related to risky behaviors. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that adolescents be screened for these behaviors during primary care visits, but…
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Risk Behavior, Motivation
- Trial name
- NCT03304574
- Testing
- Integrated personalized feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Cyberbullying, Grooming
Wise Interventions in the Digital Society
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a Wise intervention based on self-affirmation (SA) and Implicit Theories of Personality (ITP) in Spanish adolescents and young people.
- Conditions
- Cyberbullying, Grooming, Risk Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04497506
- Testing
- Wise Intervention (Self-affirmation and Incremental theory of personality), Standard preventive intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,212 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Deusto
Caffeine, Insufficient Sleep
Consequences of Caffeine Intake in Sleep Restricted Teenagers
The goal of this clinical trial is to systematically investigate two prominent factors in teenagers' daily life: Caffeine and sleep restriction (SR) and their combined influence on sleep, cognition, and behavior in healthy…
- Trial name
- NCT05790161
- Testing
- Caffeine
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel
Attitude, Risk-Taking
Attitudinal Measures Survey With HISLAC Physicians (SURVEY ONLY)
HiSLAC is an independent, professionally-led study which will evaluate a key component of NHS England's policy drive for 7-day services: the intensity of specialist-led care of emergency medical admissions, with a particular…
- Trial name
- HiSLAC (NCT03962192)
- Testing
- Attitudinal measures
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Birmingham
Substance Use, Depression
Trial of Automated Risk Appraisal for Adolescents
This is a study to find out which type of computer screening and nursing support can improve screening for high risk behaviors in doctor's offices.
- Conditions
- Substance Use, Depression, Suicidal Ideation, Risk Behavior
- Trial name
- TARAA (NCT00505440)
- Testing
- Telephone case management and motivational interviewing, Usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,185 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Risk-Taking, Adolescent Behavior
Prevention of Adolescent Risky Behaviors: Neural Markers of Intervention Effects
Adolescence is a time of biological and behavioral changes that can lead to risky and dangerous behaviors, and African-American youth are highly vulnerable to the consequences of risky behavior, including HIV/AIDS and violence…
- Trial name
- NCT03370393
- Testing
- Pathways for African-Americans' Success (PAAS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 146 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Risk Behavior, Risk Reduction
An Emotion Regulation Intervention for Early Adolescent Risk Prevention
This study will take a group-based intervention for adolescents that reduced sexual risk behavior and create a computer-based version, which is a format that adolescents like and that is more cost-effective.
- Conditions
- Risk Behavior, Risk Reduction, Emotion Regulation
- Trial name
- NCT03430570
- Testing
- Tablet TRAC Emotion Regulation Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rhode Island Hospital
Alcohol Abuse, Risk Behavior
Computerized Screening and Brief Physician Advice to Reduce Teen Drinking
The goal of this project is to adapt a computerized Screening and Brief Advice (SBA) protocol that has demonstrated efficacy in reducing underage drinking among adolescent primary care patients and then to test it in a multi-site…
- Trial name
- NCT00849589
- Testing
- Computerized screening and brief physician advice, Computerized SBA with technological extenders
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital