Clinical trials: Adolescents
Adolescent Obesity
SMART Use of Medication for the Treatment of Adolescent Severe Obesity
This study will examine the timing and sequence of using adjunct obesity pharmacotherapy for adolescents with severe obesity who do not respond to lifestyle modification therapy alone.
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT04007393)
- Testing
- Lifestyle Modification Therapy (LSMT), Phentermine Pill, Topiramate Pill
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Obesity, Adolescent, Health Behavior
Health Literacy and Obesogenic Behaviors
The prevalence of adolescent behaviors that can lead to obesity are alarming, and reduced life expectancy is the future of America's youth if behavioral changes are not implemented to improve health and reduce the obesity burden.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Adolescent, Health Behavior, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Diet, Healthy
- Trial name
- HL-Squared (NCT04252677)
- Testing
- Obesity Prevention, Health Literacy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- City University of New York, School of Public Health
Adolescent Behavior, Suicidal Ideation
Navigating Mental Health Treatment for Black Youth
This study looks to conduct a systematic adaptation of Suicidal Teens Accessing Treatment (STAT-ED) for Black youth presenting in the emergency department who have suicide risk.
- Trial name
- NCT05334381
- Testing
- Adapted STAT-ED, Standard Enhanced Treatment As Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Childhood Obesity, Overweight and Obesity
Childhood Obesity - Prevention of Diabetes Through Changed Eating Patterns
The main purpose of the present study is to perform a 10 weeks dietary intervention study with a follow-up for 52 weeks in children from 7-14 years of age with overweight or obesity.
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Overweight and Obesity, Adolescent Obesity, Adolescent Overweight
- Trial name
- COPE (NCT04522921)
- Testing
- Diet with a higher amount of protein (25E% per day), Increased follow-up contact after the 10-week intervention, Diet with a lower amount of protein (15E% per day)
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 211 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Adolescent HIV Infection
Intensive Combination Approach to Rollback the Epidemic in Nigerian Adolescents: UH3 Phase
Combination interventions with mHealth and Peer Navigation components will be evaluated in a randomized, stepped wedge trial among youth in Ibadan, Lagos, Sagamu, and Jos, Nigeria.
- Trial name
- iCARE (NCT04950153)
- Testing
- Peer navigation, SMS Text messaging
- Where
- 6 sites in Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 541 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Melanoma, Adolescents
Sun Protection and Tanning Awareness in Rural Schools
Drawing from prior school-based skin cancer prevention programs, we have adapted intervention materials to target rural high schoolers.
- Trial name
- STARS (NCT06694571)
- Testing
- Skin cancer prevention educational presentation and activities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Social Stress, Adolescent Behavior
Neural Correlates of the Shift in Social Buffering of Social Evaluative Threat
The purpose of this experiment is to determine the mechanisms through which parental buffering of stress physiology in response to social evaluative threat diminishes with pubertal development and whether this diminution of…
- Trial name
- NCT04211155
- Testing
- Questionnaires, MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 208 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Trial (BrAIST)
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a structural curve of the spine with no clear underlying cause. Bracing is currently the standard of care for preventing curve progression and treating AIS.
- Trial name
- BrAIST (NCT00448448)
- Testing
- Brace, Observation
- Where
- 25 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 383 people
- Sponsor
- Stuart L. Weinstein, MD
Depression, Adolescent Behavior
Adolescent Depression Screening and Treatment in Mozambican Primary Care
This is a cluster-randomized pilot trial of depression screening and treatment implementation at four Youth-friendly Health Services (YFHS) in primary care clinics, two in Maputo City and two in Maputo Province.
- Trial name
- NCT05476237
- Testing
- Group Interpersonal Therapy for Adolescents (IPT-AG), Treatment as Usual (TAU)
- Where
- 4 sites in Mozambique
- Volunteers
- 95 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Human Papillomavirus Vaccines, Adolescent Health Services
HPV Vaccine Communication ECHO for Primary Care Clinics
The safe, highly-effective human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine remains underused in the US; only 51% of 13- to 17-year-old girls and boys were up-to-date by 2018.
- Trial name
- NCT04587167
- Testing
- Project ECHO, Announcement Approach Training, Recall notices
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Adolescent, Bullying
Online Bullying Bystander Intervention for Middle Schools Phase II
School interventions to reduce bullying can be effective but also require substantial time and resources. Online technologies have the potential to deliver effective bullying interventions to a large number of middle school…
- Conditions
- Adolescent, Bullying, Technology, Mental Health
- Trial name
- STACII (NCT05572398)
- Testing
- STAC-T
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 613 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Klein Buendel, Inc.
ADHD, Sleep
Sleep IntervEntion as Symptom Treatment for ADHD
Up to 72% of adolescents with ADHD portray sleep problems. The most common sleep difficulties in adolescents with ADHD are initial insomnia, nocturnal awakenings, non-restorative or restless sleep.
- Conditions
- ADHD, Sleep, Adolescents, CBT
- Trial name
- SIESTA (NCT04723719)
- Testing
- SIESTA, Treatment as usual for ADHD
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 92 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Gender Dysphoria, Adolescent
Counseling Among Gender Diverse Adolescents Who Use Depot Medroxyprogesterone
Recommendations regarding contraceptive counseling and reproductive health differ amongst transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth compared to cis-gender youth.
- Trial name
- NCT05726903
- Testing
- Depo-subQ Provera Injectable Product
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
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
Social Stress, Adolescent Behavior
Affective Social Buffering
The purpose of this experiment is to determine the mechanisms through which parental buffering of stress physiology during affective stimulus presentation diminishes with pubertal development and whether this diminution of…
- Trial name
- NCT04312945
- Testing
- Questionnaires, MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Hypertension, Adolescent Behavior
Youth-Led Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure
The proposed study will develop, test, and collect implementation data on a youth-led hypertension (HTN) education intervention, which will act as an electronic tool to guide youth through learning and then teaching adults on how…
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Adolescent Behavior, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Trial name
- NCT05029687
- Testing
- Youth-Led Hypertension Education Digital Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Adolescent Behavior, Interpersonal Relations
Me & You-Tech: A Socio-Ecological Solution to Teen Dating Violence for the Digital Age
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a multi-level (youth, parent, school) Internet-based dating violence prevention program, 'Me \& You-Tech' (MYT) for 6th-grade middle school students.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Interpersonal Relations, Domestic Violence, Physical Violence
- Trial name
- MYTech (NCT05225727)
- Testing
- Me & You - Tech
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Child, Preschool, Child
Monitoring Activity And Gait In Children
COHORT A: To study whether a digital health tool called Actigraph can be used to collect information on gait and physical activity in healthy children aged 3-17.
- Conditions
- Child, Preschool, Child, Adolescent
- Trial name
- MAGIC (NCT04823650)
- Testing
- COHORT A: Actigraph, Panoramic Bracelet and GENEActiv
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Adolescent Drinking, HIV/AIDS
Assessing the Feasibility of Economic Approaches to Prevent Substance Abuse Among Adolescents
The proposed study will test the impact of an economic empowerment intervention on reducing alcohol and drug use (ADU) among adolescents and youth living with HIV (AYLHIV) in poverty-impacted communities in Uganda.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Drinking, HIV/AIDS, Drug Use
- Trial name
- NCT05597865
- Testing
- Economic Empowerment Intervention, Alcohol and Drug Use Risk Reduction Sessions
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
PCOS, Adolescent Obesity
Treating PCOS With Semaglutide vs Active Lifestyle Intervention
Girls with obesity and polycystic ovarian syndrome will receive either glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonist therapy or a dietary intervention for 12 weeks to decrease the metabolic syndrome, in particular to lower hepatic fat…
- Conditions
- PCOS, Adolescent Obesity, NAFLD
- Trial name
- TEAL (NCT03919929)
- Testing
- Semaglutide 3mg and 7mg [Rybelsus], Weight loss diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver