Clinical trials: Adolescent Behavior
Physical Inactivity
The Youth - Physical Activity Towards Health Intervention in Northern Ireland
The Y-PATH programme is an evidence-based intervention programme that has been found to be successful at increasing levels of physical activity in school children in the Republic of Ireland.
- Trial name
- Y-PATH NI (NCT06242990)
- Testing
- Y-PATH NI
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster
Autism, Asperger's Syndrome
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders in Adolescents With Autism
Due to the considerable prevalence of anxiety in youth with autism spectrum disorders, this study seeks to establish the efficacy of a modified cognitive behavioral therapy protocol in 50 adolescents versus other available…
- Conditions
- Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT01563003
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment as usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Obesity
Ecological Momentary Assessment of Eating Behavior in Overweight Youth
The current study seeks to elucidate the context of pathological and non-pathological eating behavior in a heterogeneous sample of overweight and obese children, aged 8-14 years.
- Trial name
- NCT02585518
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Physical Activity, Adolescent Behavior
TWOgether - From Sport Zero to Sport Hero
BACKGROUND: The physiological and psychological benefits of regular physical activity (PA) and reduced sedentary behavior are well documented.
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Adolescent Behavior, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- TWOgether (NCT03575559)
- Testing
- Individual planning, Collaborative planning, Education and motivation treatment
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Parent Management Training
Preventing Behavior and Health Problems in Foster Teens
The primary goal of this study is to test the efficacy of two levels of the KEEP intervention with adolescents and their foster and kin parents in the San Diego Child Welfare System.
- Trial name
- KEEP2 (NCT01549561)
- Testing
- Parent Training, Youth Skills Training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 259 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Social Learning Center
Gender Relations, Reproductive Health
Global Early Adolescent Study - Kinshasa
The Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS) is the first international study exploring how gender norms evolve over time and inform a spectrum of adolescent health outcomes, including sexual and mental health, through the adolescent…
- Trial name
- GEAS_KI (NCT03610568)
- Testing
- Growing up GREAT! Intervention
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 2,862 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Prevention
The Safe Teen Study
The study examines (1)the incidence of preventive health services provided by family physicians to adolescent patients, and (2)barriers and facilitators of prevention discussions between family physicians and their adolescent…
- Trial name
- NCT00380510
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Resilience, Depression
NAVO:J School-Based Group Intervention for Adolescent Mental Health
The purpose of this study is to determine and verify whether a school-based group intervention using the digital mental health platform NAVO:J can effectively improve the mental health of adolescents-particularly reducing…
- Trial name
- NCT07667179
- Testing
- NAVO:J (digital mental health platform)
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ajou University School of Medicine
Myopia, Obesity
Trial of a Novel Family-Based Intervention to Increase Outdoor Time and Fitness
This study aims to implement a new family-based health behavior community program to increase time spent outdoors and physical activity among Singapore children aged 6 to 12 years in a 1-year randomized clinical trial.
- Trial name
- FIT (NCT01388205)
- Testing
- Family-based Outdoor program
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 285 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Childhood Obesity, Overweight (BMI > 25)
Weight Status, Resilience, and Quality of Life in Indian Children
A school-based cross-sectional study that aims to generate context-specific evidence on how weight status is related to resilience, health behaviour, and quality of life among Indian adolescents.
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Overweight (BMI > 25), Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT05648045
- Where
- 16 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Depression
Reaching Out to Adolescents With Depression
Major Depression is one of the most common mental health disorders in adolescence and is associated with significant impairments in development and functioning.
- Trial name
- ROAD (NCT01140464)
- Testing
- Collaborative care, Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Suicide, Distress, Emotional
Surveillance of Suicide Ideation in Adolescents (VISIA)
The goal of this observational study is to validate an AI algorithm's capability to differentiate the population with suicidal ideation from a control population using various multimodal variables, including voice analysis…
- Conditions
- Suicide, Distress, Emotional, Adolescent Behavior, Healthy
- Trial name
- VISIA (NCT06341634)
- Where
- 4 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 339 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Servicio Gallego de Salud
Depression, Anxiety
Girls in Transition Study: Helping Girls Enter the Teenage Years
This is a pilot study of the Girls in Transition (GT) program, an intervention designed to promote resilience and reduce gender-related risk factors for depression.
- Trial name
- GT (NCT00641940)
- Testing
- Girls in Transition (GT) program, Waitlist Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swarthmore College
Neurofibromatosis
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults With Neurofibromatosis and Chronic Pain
Background: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a genetic disorder that can cause frequent and significant pain. This pain can have a severe impact on a person s quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT01633008
- Testing
- ACT Workshop
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Suicide, Depression
Adaptation of a French E-health Tool for Suicide Prevention in Young Populations
"France's suicide rate is among the highest in Europe, with the young among the more at risk. Several European projects have demonstrated the effectiveness of using e-tools in suicide prevention particularly for hard-to-reach…
- Conditions
- Suicide, Depression, Psychological Distress, Anxiety Disorders
- Trial name
- E-psYouth (NCT04946955)
- Testing
- Application and website with or without promotion
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 12,000,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Physical Activity
A Wearable mHealth Device to Promote Teenagers' Physical Activity
Due to disparities in childhood obesity, interventions for physical activity promotion and obesity prevention for low socioeconomic and racial/ethnic minority children and adolescents are vital to address disparities across the…
- Trial name
- NCT02031185
- Testing
- FitBit only, FitBit and Text Messages
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Substance Use, Binge Drinking
Substance Use Screening to Encourage Behavior Change Among Young People in Primary Care
This study evaluates whether completing a short screening questionnaire about health behaviours in the waiting room before a primary care consultation decreases excessive substance use in young people aged 14 to 24 years.
- Conditions
- Substance Use, Binge Drinking, Cannabis Use, Adolescent Behavior
- Trial name
- YP-HEALTH (NCT04146714)
- Testing
- Substance use questionnaire, Physical activity questionnaire
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 840 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prof. Dagmar M. Haller
Behavior, Health
Train Your Brain 2.0 - Improving Memory and Decision Making Among Youth
The goal of this clinical trial is to deliver a computer-based working memory training program to improve delay discounting (DD) and prevent substance misuse among at-risk adolescents in a traditionally underserved area.
- Trial name
- NCT06242704
- Testing
- Working Memory Training, Working Memory
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Pediatric Cancer
Pilot Evaluation of a Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Pediatric Cancer
This is a feasibility and acceptability trial to test a newly developed healthy lifestyle intervention for adolescent and young adult survivors of pediatric cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT04839952
- Testing
- Healthy Lifestyles, Education-Only Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Depression, Adolescent - Emotional Problem
Light Therapy for Depression in Adolescent Outpatients
The goal of this placebo lead-in clinical trial was to test bright light therapy (BLT) in adolescents with depression. The main question[s] it aimed to answer were: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT05823090
- Testing
- light box (Carex DayLight Classic Model)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago