Clinical trials: sponsored by Emory University
HIV Infections
Integrating Supports to Promote PrEP for Black Adolescents Working With Apps- Atlanta
This study applies Social Cognitive Theory to develop behavioral interventions promoting PrEP adherence. It seeks to adapt and test the enhanced HMP app for feasibility and acceptability among Black adolescents and young adults…
- Trial name
- NCT07535346
- Testing
- Health MPowerment App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
HIV
Integrating Supports to Promote PrEP for Black Adolescents Working With Apps- Alabama
This study applies Social Cognitive Theory to develop behavioral interventions promoting PrEP adherence. It seeks to adapt and test the enhanced HMP app for feasibility and acceptability among Black adolescents and young adults…
- Trial name
- NCT06876324
- Testing
- HealthMPowerment App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Environmental Exposure
Plastic Waste and Human Health Effects in Guatemala
Ecolectivos is a type-1 hybrid-effectiveness-implementation study that uses a village-level cluster randomized controlled trial design.
- Trial name
- Ecolectivos (NCT05130632)
- Testing
- The community working group
- Where
- 2 sites in Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Organ Transplantation, Transplantation Immunology
Immune Monitoring and Assay Development in Organ Transplant Recipients
The purpose of this study to develop a well-characterized library of blood, biopsy tissue, and urine samples from transplant patients. Subjects without transplants will also be enrolled for comparison.
- Trial name
- IMP (NCT01283295)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Human Papillomavirus-Related Carcinoma
A Vaccine Promotion Package (TweenVax) to Improve Adolescent HPV Vaccination, TweenVax Trial
This clinical trial compares the effect of a vaccine promotional intervention, TweenVax, to standard of care vaccination promotion practices on rates of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT07104240
- Testing
- Best Practice, Educational Intervention, Health Promotion and Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,836 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Community Violence
Youth Participatory Action Research to Prevent Community Violence Among Black Youth
This behavioral intervention study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Youth Empowered Advocating for Health (YEAH) on youth prosocial behavior and aggressive behavior and assess racial identity and future orientation as…
- Trial name
- NCT06886204
- Testing
- YEAH: Youth Empowered Advocating for Health
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Treponema Pallidum Infection, Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection
Improving Maternal and Child Health Through Point-of-care STI Testing
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if point-of-care tests (POCTs) for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) improve the timely treatment of syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomonas in pregnant women.
- Conditions
- Treponema Pallidum Infection, Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection, Neisseria Gonorrheae Infection, Trichomonas Vaginalis Vaginitis
- Trial name
- MATCH-POINT (NCT07290439)
- Testing
- Point-of-care STI tests, Standard of care STI testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 756 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Autism, Infant Development
Screening for Autism in 9-Month-Olds by Measuring Social Visual Engagement
The goal of this project is to measure the clinical utility of an objective and quantitative eye-tracking assay collected on a standalone, mobile investigational device to accurately screen 9-month-old infants for autism spectrum…
- Trial name
- NCT05916430
- Testing
- EarliPoint Investigational Device
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Prevention of NAFLD in Hispanic Children
This is a 2 year clinical trial testing an intensive intervention to reduce dietary sugars as a means to prevent non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in pre-pubertal Hispanic children.
- Trial name
- NCT05292352
- Testing
- LFSD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Depression
Mechanisms of Behavioral Activation (BA)
The investigators will be comparing brain (neural) activation of depressed adolescent patients before, during and after a course of Behavioral Activation (BA) therapy using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
- Trial name
- NCT05548244
- Testing
- Behavioral Activation Therapy, Baseline assessment procedures
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Communication Disorder, Childhood, Autism
Evaluating Georgia Part C Implementation Outcomes
This study aims to answer the question: What is the best way to help Early Intervention (EI) providers deliver high-quality services to children with communication delays for autism? The primary goal of this project is to examine…
- Trial name
- NCT07148258
- Testing
- Project ImPACT Training As Usual, Project ImPACT Training Plus Co-Production, Routine Project ImPACT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Cystic Fibrosis
Role of Body Fat Distribution in Metabolic and Pulmonary Decline in Cystic Fibrosis (ORBIT-CF)
Nutrition and body composition, the amount of muscle and fat in the body, has a role in overall health. This study wants to learn more about how nutrition and body composition affects health outcomes like glucose tolerance and…
- Trial name
- NCT04002882
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Pregnancy, Phenylketonuria
Educational, Social Support, and Nutritional Interventions and Their Cumulative Effect on Pregnancy Outcomes and Quality of Life in Teen and Adult Women With Phenylketonuria
The purpose of this project is to study the effectiveness of teaching teens and young women with Phenylketonuria (PKU) or Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) about their disease and nutrition related issues in a camp environment.
- Trial name
- NCT01659749
- Testing
- Metabolic camp
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Meningitis
Meningococcal Serogroup ACYWX Conjugate Vaccine in Comparison With MenACWY-TT Conjugate Vaccine
Infants aged 9 months will be randomized to receive a meningococcal vaccine at 9 months or 15 months. Infants randomized to the 9-month age group will be further randomized in a 2:1 ratio to receive a single dose of the…
- Trial name
- NCT05093829
- Testing
- NmCV-5, MenACWY-TT
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 1,325 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Vaccination Refusal
An Adaptive Prenatal Intervention to Increase Childhood Vaccinations
This study will test whether proactively connecting expectant parents with factual vaccination information during pregnancy can build confidence in vaccinations and lead to timely vaccinations during pregnancy and once their…
- Trial name
- ADEPT (NCT05795855)
- Testing
- ADEPT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 770 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
HIV
HIV-Prevention Smartphone Game Trial
This project, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, will test the efficacy of an electronic game to prevent HIV among African adolescents (aged 12-17), delivered via inexpensive Android smartphones.
- Trial name
- NCT04437667
- Testing
- Tumaini Mobile Phone Game, Control Mobile Phone Game
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Trachoma
Trachoma Elimination Study by Focused Antibiotic (TESFA)
The study population consists of all households residing in eligible kebeles (sub-districts) within districts in Amhara National Regional State which are identified as having a high prevalence of trachoma and infection measured…
- Trial name
- NCT03523156
- Testing
- Azithromycin mass treatment, Azithromycin targeted treatment
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Adverse Childhood Experiences
ACEs Referral From PED
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic exposures that can cause many negative health impacts across life. ACEs are common in patients who seek out care in pediatric emergency departments (PEDs); this is an opportunity…
- Trial name
- NCT06574633
- Testing
- In-person therapy, Telehealth therapy
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Hormonal Contraception
Contraceptive Hormones, Immunity, and Microbiome Evaluation
The study is a prospective cohort study to explore the mechanisms underlying the HIV risk associated with pharmacologic doses of exogenous sex hormones via hormonal contraceptives specially progestin-containing hormonal…
- Trial name
- CHIME (NCT03660046)
- Testing
- Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), Etonogestrel implant (Eng-Implant), Levonorgestrel IUD (Lng-IUD)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Injury of Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Real-time Sensorimotor Feedback for Injury Prevention Assessed in Virtual Reality
Traumatic, debilitating anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur at a 2 to 10-fold greater rate in female than male athletes.
- Trial name
- NCT02933008
- Testing
- aNMT Biofeedback, Neuromuscular Training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University