Clinical trials: ACT
Stress
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Self-help to Reduce Stress
The efficacy of guided self-help based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to reduce subjective sense of stress will be investigated in a randomised controlled trial with two condition: 1) ACT-based self-help, and 2)…
- Trial name
- ACT (NCT03826732)
- Testing
- Guided self-help based on ACT
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 133 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Obesity Prevention, Weight Change
Optimizing an Extended Care Intervention to Promote Weight Loss Maintenance
The purpose of this study is to find out what combination of components, if any, offers the best support for keeping weight off after someone loses weight.
- Conditions
- Obesity Prevention, Weight Change, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Maintenance
- Trial name
- OPT-X (NCT06785064)
- Testing
- Reduced Food Variety (RFV), Home-based Resistance Training (HBRT), Buddy Training and Support (BTS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 544 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Healthy
A Study to Learn How Different Amounts of the Study Medicine Called PF-07985631 Are Tolerated and Act in the Body in Healthy Adults
The purpose of this study is to learn about the safety and effects of the study medicine (called PF-07985631) for the possible treatment of a kidney disease called IgA nephropathy.
- Trial name
- NCT07235150
- Testing
- PF-07985631
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Hemophilia A
Impact of Emicizumab on Activated Clotting Time Using the i-STAT Alinity Analyzer
Emicizumab (Hemlibra®) is a subcutaneous hemostatic treatment approved in 2019 for the prophylaxis in severe hemophilia A. Emicizumab is a bispecific monoclonal antibody mimicking factor VIIIa that provides a constant level of…
- Trial name
- EMISTAT (NCT05856903)
- Testing
- ACT
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Smoking Cessation
Individual Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Smoking Cessation for Schizophrenic Patients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of using Acceptance and commitment therapy for smoking cessation for schizophrenic patients.
- Trial name
- NCT03253445
- Testing
- Acceptance and commitment therapy, Control
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Asthma
Achieving Control of Asthma in Children In Africa
The main aim of the study is to identify altogether 3000 children aged between 12 and 16 years old with asthma symptoms in six sub-Saharan African countries.
- Trial name
- ACACIA (NCT03990402)
- Where
- 6 sites in Ghana, Malawi and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 3,767 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Anxiety, Cervical Cancer Screening
Cervical Cancer Awareness Education to Aid Confidence and Screening upTake (ACT): A Pilot Randomised Control Trial
Cervical cancer remains a major threat to women's health and wellbeing, with the burden disproportionately concentrated in low- and middle-income countries such as Nigeria, where inadequate awareness, limited access to screening…
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Cervical Cancer Screening, Health Education, Wellbeing
- Trial name
- ACT (NCT07863596)
- Testing
- cervical cancer Awareness education to aid Confidence and screening upTake (ACT), Control group
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Teesside University
Psychological Distress, Self-Assessment
Examining the Efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Microinterventions for Distressed First-Generation College Students
This research study aims to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of a micro-randomized acceptance and commitment therapy-based (ACT-based) intervention that is delivered to distressed first-generation college…
- Conditions
- Psychological Distress, Self-Assessment, Mood Change
- Trial name
- CompACT (NCT04081662)
- Testing
- compACT Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Fibromyalgia, Social Media Addiction
Fibromyalgia and the Act of Scrolling Through Social Media.
In recent years, the widespread use of social media and digital platforms has led to the emergence of behavioural patterns such as doomscrolling, which involves the compulsive consumption of negative or distressing online…
- Trial name
- NCT07092462
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 173 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uşak University
Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, and Act Sexual Assault Resistance Program With Alcohol and Cannabis Content
Development of an Alcohol, Cannabis, and Sexual Assault Risk Reduction Program for High Risk College Women
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the feasibility of the Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, and Act Sexual Assault Resistance Program with alcohol and cannabis content (EAAA+) in undergraduate college women between ages…
- Trial name
- NCT07726004
- Testing
- Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, and Act Sexual Assault Resistance Program, Assessment Only Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Behavior
Ready to Act - Health Education in People With Hyperglycaemia
A pre-randomized study in primary health care was designed to investigate health education in a subpopulation extracted from general practitioners (GPs) in one Danish county in the treatment arm of the ADDITION…
- Trial name
- NCT01945645
- Testing
- Ready to act
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 509 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Burnout Syndrome, Psychological Distress
Web-based ACT to Support Parents With Children With Chronic and Developmental Conditions
Parents of children with a chronic disease or functional disabilities have an increased risk of stress-related distress and reduced quality of life.
- Conditions
- Burnout Syndrome, Psychological Distress, Depressive Symptoms, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- Uupu (NCT04250012)
- Testing
- Internet-based ACT intervention, Psychoeducation
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 111 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Jyvaskyla
Physical Inactivity
Early Phase Clinical Trial to Test the Feasibility of an ACT-based Physical Activity Promotion Program for Adults With Depressive Symptoms
The goal of the proposed project is to conduct a feasibility clinical trial comparing group-based acceptance and commitment therapy for physical activity, (ACT; ACTivity) to a time- and attention-matched standard PA intervention…
- Trial name
- NCT05407935
- Testing
- ACTivity, Relaxercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Cancer
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Anxious Cancer Survivors
This randomized clinical trial compares group acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to usual care for cancer survivors experiencing anxiety following the end of cancer treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT02550925
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Group, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 139 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Boulder
Chronic Pain
Evaluating the Effectiveness of an ACT-Based Bibliotherapy Intervention Among Adults Living With Chronic Pain
Chronic pain has a significant impact on the physical and psychological functioning of those living with this condition. It is now recognized that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an effective intervention in managing…
- Trial name
- NCT03924687
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) bibliotherapy for chronic pain
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Mental Health
Mindfulness and Acceptance Applied in Colleges Through Web-Based Guided Self-Help (Phase II)
This study will develop and then test a web-based guided self-help version of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to be utilized at college counseling centers (CCCs).
- Trial name
- NCT02761681
- Testing
- ACT-CL Web-based guided self-help, Control Web-based guided self-help
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 221 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Contextual Change LLC
Chronic Pain
Managing Chronic Pain Through Self-Help
Chronic pain has a significant impact on the physical and emotional functioning of those living with this condition. It is now recognized that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an effective treatment in managing chronic…
- Trial name
- NCT03711851
- Testing
- Self-help Acceptance and commitment therapy (Web-based), Self-help Acceptance and commitment therapy (bibliotherapy), Self-help Education pamphlets on pain (active control group)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 297 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Health Behavior
Effect of Email Nudges on Plan Switching and Healthcare Utilization Among Unemployment Insurance Recipients
In March 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), a landmark federal economic relief and stimulus package designed to provide support to Americans hit by the economic recession brought…
- Trial name
- NCT05891418
- Testing
- Two informational emails with plan information, Standard notice of eligibility determination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42,470 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Office of Evaluation Sciences
Caregiver Burden
ACT-CSP for Family Caregivers of Palliative Care Patients
The goal of the study is to test the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of an acceptance and commitment therapy for supporting caregiver programme (ACT-CSP) on reduction of caregiver burden, anxiety and…
- Trial name
- NCT06221189
- Testing
- ACT-CSP
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University