Clinical trials: Social Networks
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Adaptive Community-based Treatment to Improve Outcomes Using Navigators (ACTION) Network
The Autism Adaptive Community-based Treatment to Improve Outcomes Using Navigators (ACTION) Network-a new interdisciplinary network of 6 institutions-will blend clinical effectiveness and implementation research designs to study…
- Trial name
- NCT03575429
- Testing
- Engagement Intervention, Engagement + Coaching Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
PrEP Uptake
PrEP US NoW: PrEP Utilization Through Increasing Social Capital Among YBMSM Networks With Women
This project is a randomized intervention looking at PrEP uptake among young, black men who identify as gay, bisexual, or same gender loving, utilizing black females within the community to help deliver study related topics.
- Trial name
- NCT07024745
- Testing
- Intervention Group, Control (Standard treatment)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Obesity, Overweight
Use of Facebook as a Motivating Factor in a Weight-reduction Program for Obese and Overweight Adolescents
The purpose of this study is to determine if Facebook can be used as a motivating factor for obese or overweight adolescents in a weight-reduction program.
- Trial name
- NCT01819376
- Testing
- Facebook Status Update
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- TecSalud Investigación Clínica
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)
Tuberculosis Infection
Intensifying Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Contact Tracing by Social Network Analysis
Tuberculosis burden in Vietnam increasing with contribution from low detection rates and increased drug resistance. There is a need to identify MDR-TB (MultiDrug Resistant Tuberculosis) among both notified TB cases and their…
- Trial name
- SNAP (NCT02175849)
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 596 people
- Sponsor
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam
Hypertension
Skills-Based Educational Strategies for Reduction of Vascular Events in Orange County
The Skills-Based Educational strategies for Reduction of Vascular Events in Orange County, CA (SERVE OC) study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a culturally tailored, skills-based, cardiovascular health (CVH) intervention amongst…
- Trial name
- SERVEOC (NCT05641519)
- Testing
- SERVE OC Intervention, Enhanced Standard Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 483 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Subthreshold Depression, Young People
TDCS Interventions for Subthreshold Depressive Symptoms in Young Individuals.
The purpose of this study is to assess the mechanisms of the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in alleviating subthreshold depressive symptoms in young individuals, and individualized outcome prediction is…
- Conditions
- Subthreshold Depression, Young People, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Trial name
- NCT06294184
- Testing
- tdcs lDLPFC, tdcs rVLPFC
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital
Self-regulation
The Primary Care Obesity Network (PCON): Incorporating Principles of Self-regulation of Intake
In response to the high prevalence rates of childhood obesity in central Ohio, the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition (CHWN) established the Primary Care Obesity Network (PCON); a partnership between primary care physicians…
- Trial name
- PCON (NCT02206191)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Physical Activity
The Causal Impact of Online Social Media on Physical Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The overall objective of this research is to collect data for understanding whether messages in online environments impact fitness attitudes and behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT02267369
- Testing
- Media-assisted fitness program, Social network-assisted fitness program, Basic fitness program
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Complications of Prematurity
Prematurity Related Risks of Cognitive Impairment at School Age
The main purpose of this study is to better evaluate prematurely born children cognitive development at school age, with regards to birth conditions but also to social situation, intra family relationships, and modalities of…
- Trial name
- NEORIS (NCT02054507)
- Testing
- Cognitive evaluation (Wechsler IV tests)
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jean Michel Hascoet
First Episode Psychosis, Schizophrenia
OnTrackNY With the Option of Social Network Meetings
Early intervention programs for psychosis help improve short-term treatment and recovery outcomes for individuals experiencing psychosis.
- Trial name
- NCT03464162
- Testing
- Social Network Meetings
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Lisa Dixon
Maternal and Child Health, Maternal Nutrition
Social Networks for Improving Maternal & Child Health
Brief Summary: Improving Maternal and Child Health via Indigenous Structures The goal of this cluster randomized controlled community trial is to assess the effect of community-based interventions using indigenous community…
- Trial name
- SoNIMCH (NCT07522047)
- Testing
- Community-based Health and Nutrition Counseling via Indigenous Social Support Structures (ISSS)
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bahir Dar University
Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer
Testing the Efficacy of an Online Social Network Intervention to Increase Social Support for Physical Activity
This study was designed to determine whether participation in an online social network intervention increases perceived social support for physical activity versus a minimal education control group by conducting a randomized…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Obesity
- Trial name
- INSHAPE (NCT01421758)
- Testing
- online social network enrollment plus education and self monitoring, Web education control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Suicide, Attempted
Network Health Intervention for Adolescents Leaving Acute Psychiatric Care
The purpose of this pilot study is to refine and then assess the feasibility, acceptability, and target engagement of Acute Youth Connect - a network health intervention for adolescents leaving acute psychiatric care with…
- Trial name
- NCT05340296
- Testing
- Acute Youth Connect
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Contraceptive Behavior, Social Norms
Impact of Gender-Transformative Interventions on Contraceptive Use and Reproductive Autonomy in Somalia
Since 2019, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has led family planning programming in Somalia under the Women's Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) program, funded by the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development…
- Trial name
- FPIL-SOM (NCT07902700)
- Testing
- Intensive Gender-Transformative Programming, Light-Touch Gender-Transformative Programming, Standard Family Planning Services (WISH-2)
- Where
- Somalia
- Volunteers
- 5,436 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guttmacher Institute
Solid Tumor, Hematological Malignancies
The Good Patient Study
Adolescents with cancer weigh multiple influences in medical decision-making, including their own best interest, the perceived wishes of family members, and the interpreted preferences of the health care team.
- Conditions
- Solid Tumor, Hematological Malignancies, Brain Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT02199548
- Testing
- Interview
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
HIV Infections, Adolescent Behavior
Piloting a Smartphone App to Improve Treatment Adherence Among South African Adolescents Living With HIV
The overall goal of this pilot randomized-controlled trial (RCT) is to pilot MASI (MAsakhane Siphucule Impilo Yethu; Xhosa for "Let's empower each other and improve our health"), an ART adherence-supporting smartphone app with 50…
- Trial name
- NCT04661878
- Testing
- Social Support, Informational Resources, Self-Monitoring and habit formation
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
A Pilot Peer Mentor Intervention That Trains Black Men Who Have Sex With Men (BMSM) to Use and Promote Uptake of HIV/STI Self-Testing to Peers and Sex Partners: STAR Study (Self-Testing at Your Residence)
The objectives of the study are to assess the feasibility, reach and preliminary efficacy of a brief intervention that trains Black men who have sex with men [referred to as Index] (a) to use home-based testing for HIV and…
- Trial name
- STAR (NCT04121962)
- Testing
- Peer Mentor, Website only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Lead Poisoning
Social Network Based Intervention to Reduce Lead Exposure Among Native American Children
The purpose of this study is to examine whether adding an inter-generational component to an existing social network-based lay health advisor intervention increases its effectiveness in mobilizing a Native American community to…
- Trial name
- NCT00011661
- Testing
- Education on behaviors to reduce lead exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Suicidal Behaviors
Social Web Mining for Suicide Prevention
According to a recent and alarming WHO (World Health Organisation) report (September 4, 2014), one person dies of suicide every 40 seconds in the world.
- Trial name
- Don't Do It (NCT04052477)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier