Clinical trials: Basic Science, open to volunteers
Child Abuse, Decision Making
K-ORCA: Testing a Decision Support Tool and Group Process for Selecting Interventions
This proposal responds to NIMH Objective 4.2.c to develop "decision-support tools and technologies that increase the effectiveness and continuous improvement of mental health interventions" by leveraging the Family First…
- Conditions
- Child Abuse, Decision Making, Child Welfare, Decision Making, Shared
- Trial name
- K-ORCA (NCT06375551)
- Testing
- Optimizing Responses with Collaborative Assessments-Automated (ORCA-A), Optimizing Responses with Collaborative Assessments-Live (ORCA-L)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chestnut Health Systems
Episodic Memory
Episodic Memory Integration and Interference
The purpose of this study is to assess how emotional memories integrate and interfere with one another over time. We will be using a multi-session experimental paradigm consisting of two encoding sessions and one retrieval…
- Trial name
- NCT05974371
- Testing
- emotional context similarity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College
Cancer, Exercise
From Exercise Oncology Research to Clinical Practice
Building on previous research that shows the benefits of exercise, this study aims to find out how best to implement exercise in real-world settings.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Exercise, Implementation of Evidence Based Programs, Cost Effectiveness
- Trial name
- PAC ICare (NCT07635589)
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Melanie Keats
Alcohol Use, Underage Drinking
Parent-Focused Alcohol Prevention Program for Hispanic Families in Faith-Based Settings
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether Guiando Buenas Decisiones, a parent-focused alcohol prevention program, can help prevent or delay alcohol initiation and use among Hispanic immigrant adolescents ages 12 to…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use, Underage Drinking, Parenting Intervention, Prevention
- Trial name
- NCT07869550
- Testing
- Guiando Buenas Decisiones (GBD)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 440 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Physical Inactivity, Dyslipidemia
Implementation Facilitation of Exercise is Medicine Greenville
A public health priority exists for the U.S. healthcare sector to integrate physical activity (PA) as a part of the patient care model.
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Dyslipidemia, Obesity and Overweight, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT07340580
- Testing
- Clinic Implementation Facilitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Substance Use, Substance-Related Disorders
Clinician Practice Companion to Address Youth Substance Use
Substance use, including the use of opioids, cannabis, and other drugs, is common among adolescents and young adults, and overdose has become a leading cause of death among youth in Canada and the United States.
- Conditions
- Substance Use, Substance-Related Disorders, Adolescent Substance Use, Cannabis Use
- Trial name
- NCT07725289
- Testing
- Practice Companion
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Colorectal Carcinoma
Implementation of a ColoRectal Cancer Screening Tool in US Primary Care Practices - Usual Quality Improvement (10 Clinics) vs Normalization Process Theory-Participatory Learning in Action (10 Clinics)
Although implementation intentions (I2)-based tools enhance colorectal cancer (CRC) screening uptake, prior studies have not tested their implementation into routine primary care delivery.
- Trial name
- (PB-iCRC) (NCT06682650)
- Testing
- NPT-PLA, Usual Quality Improvement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Sleep Deprivation, Critical Illness
Sleep Harmonization Via Bundled Team-Based Interventions in the ICU
SHANTI-ICU compares the effectiveness of two evidence-based multicomponent ICU sleep promotion bundles on delirium and patient-reported sleep quality in critically ill adults. Bundle A is a non-pharmacologic strategy.
- Conditions
- Sleep Deprivation, Critical Illness, Sleep-Wake Disorders, Bundle Care
- Trial name
- SHANTI-ICU (NCT07840560)
- Testing
- Nighttime noise & light reduction, Clustering patient-care interactions, Non-pharmacologic sleep aids
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 62,500 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Hypertension, Diabetes
Group-Care for Hypertension and Diabetes Management in Nepal
Hypertension and diabetes represent significant and growing public health challenges in Nepal, particularly in underserved communities.
- Trial name
- GCHD- Nepal (NCT07439380)
- Testing
- Low Intensity Community-Based Group NCD Care, High Intensity Community-Based Group NCD Care
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 1,110 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
PTSD, Depression
Local Participatory Systems Dynamics to Increase Reach of Evidence Based Addiction and Mental Health Care
The most common reasons Veterans seek VA addiction and mental health care is for help with opioid and alcohol misuse, depression and PTSD.
- Conditions
- PTSD, Depression, Alcohol Use Disorder, Opioid Use Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04356274
- Testing
- Participatory System Dynamics (PSD), Audit and Feedback (AF)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research
Frailty Syndrome
PREhabilitation of Frail Elderly PAtients Undergoing majoR surgEry at HOME (PREPARE-HOME) Using Smart Wearables
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether a prehabilitation program using wearable technology can improve physical function and postoperative outcomes in elderly patients (65 years or older) undergoing major elective…
- Trial name
- PREPARE@HOME (NCT06633614)
- Testing
- Supervised prehabilitation programme
- Volunteers
- 190 people
- Sponsor
- Singapore General Hospital
Sleep Disturbances, Insomnia
Home-Based Auricular Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) for Sleep Quality and Psycho-Academic Outcomes in Health Sciences Students
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and feasibility of a home-based auricular transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) program in Health Sciences university students with poor sleep quality.
- Conditions
- Sleep Disturbances, Insomnia, Stress
- Trial name
- NEUROSLEEP (NCT07371715)
- Testing
- Auricular Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS)
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Malaga
Anxiety Symptoms, Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms
Improving Student Mental Health Through a Universal Trauma-Informed Intervention
The goal of this trial is to identify the most effective ways for schools to deliver RAP Club, a universal school-based mental health intervention.
- Conditions
- Anxiety Symptoms, Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms, Depressive Symptoms, Behavioral Problems
- Trial name
- PPP (NCT07842432)
- Testing
- RAP Club Delivered by a School Clinician, RAP Club Delivered by a Teacher, Standard Supervision
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 960 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Developing an Intervention to Optimize Virtual Care Adoption for COPD Management
VA is a leader in virtual care (VC), including the patient portal, mobile apps, and telehealth programs. VC has great utility for managing chronic conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Trial name
- VC-OPTIONS (NCT05986214)
- Testing
- VC-OPTIONS
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)
Universal Type 1 Diabetes Screening in Pediatrics
This study examines how population-based screening for type 1 diabetes (T1D) using islet autoantibodies (i.e., immune system proteins) can be incorporated into pediatric primary care during routine well-child visits.
- Trial name
- NCT07612475
- Testing
- Set of implementation strategies
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 9,500 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Basic Science: Visual Attention in Healthy Participants, Attention
Probing the Role of Feature Dimension Maps in Visual Cognition: Manipulations of Relevant Locations on Salience Processing? (Expt 3.1 Pilot)
How do we know what's important to look at in the environment? Sometimes, we need to look at objects because they are 'salient' (for example, bright flashing lights of a police car, or the stripes of a venomous animal), while…
- Trial name
- NCT06852521
- Testing
- Stimulus Properties: Target Location, Stimulus Properties: Distractor Presence, Stimulus properties: Cue Validity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Santa Barbara
ICU Patients, Surgical
Implementation of Clinical Nutrition Practice Guidelines in Surgical ICUs
The goal of this interventional clinical trial is to evaluate whether the implementation of an evidence-based, context-adapted clinical nutrition practice guideline can improve clinical nutrition management in surgical intensive…
- Conditions
- ICU Patients, Surgical, Nutrition Intervention, Enteral Nutrition
- Trial name
- NCT07337798
- Testing
- Guideline Implementation
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
Chronic Diseases in Children, Chronic Diseases in Adolescence
Transmural Care for Chronically Ill Children: Scientific Guidance and Evaluation of Pilot Projects
The goal of this Realist Evaluation is to evaluate the implementation of pilot projects for transmural care in chronically ill children.
- Conditions
- Chronic Diseases in Children, Chronic Diseases in Adolescence, Health Personnel, Parents
- Trial name
- PETRACA (NCT06679595)
- Testing
- Pilot project paediatric transmural care
- Where
- 11 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
PreDiabetes
Small Steps for Big Changes - Healthy Cities Implementation Science
Small Steps for Big Changes (SSBC) is a diet and exercise counselling program that significantly reduces the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).
- Trial name
- HCIS (NCT06440395)
- Testing
- Behavioural: Small Steps for Big Changes Diabetes Prevention Program
- Where
- 12 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 4,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Unstable Angina (UA)
Scientific Rationale and Design for a Prospective Study to Codify Coronary Lesions Based on Fluid Mechanics and Acoustic Mechanisms
From January 2020 to June 2025, patients coming to the cardiac catheterization laboratories (CCL) for out-patient coronary angiography with diagnosis of unstable angina were screened for inclusion.
- Trial name
- NCT06868225
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tan Tao University, School of Medicine