Clinical trials: Behavior, Risk
Depression, Hypertension
Biological CVD Risk Factors in Older Depressed Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine if improvements in mood will ameliorate autonomic dysregulation, HPA dysfunction and typical (e.g.
- Conditions
- Depression, Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia
- Trial name
- NCT00318864
- Testing
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Hookah Smoking
Optimizing Risk Messages for Waterpipe Tobacco Cessation in Young Adults
The objective of this study is to examine whether messages conveying the harms and addictiveness of waterpipe (i.e., hookah) tobacco delivered by mobile phone multimedia messaging (MMS) are effective for promoting hookah tobacco…
- Trial name
- NCT03595280
- Testing
- Hookah tobacco risk messages
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 349 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Smoking Cessation
The Effectiveness of Using E-Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation and Decreasing Risk of Diseases Among Heavy Smokers
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate effectiveness of using e-cigarettes as harm reduction strategy for smoking cessation and decreasing risk of diseases in heavy smokers.
- Trial name
- NCT05639790
- Testing
- Electronic cigarettes + Health Counselling, Health Counselling
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited
Obesity, Insulin Resistance
Effects of Obesity and Intensity of Exercise on Ghrelin Levels
This study is investigating the effect of different intensities of exercise on levels of the hormone, ghrelin. In addition, we will be examining the relationship between any exercise induced changes in ghrelin and insulin…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
- Trial name
- NCT04581980
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Disease
Effect of HIV/STD Risk Reduction Program on South African Adolescents
This study will evaluate the effect of an HIV/STD risk-reduction program on the sexual behavior of South African adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT00559403
- Testing
- HIV/STD Risk-Reduction, Health Promotion
- Volunteers
- 1,057 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Risk Reduction
Consumer Motivation for Disease Prevention 2 (Clear Labels)
The purpose of this study is to examine (1) how the causal structure of a disease influences people's disease prevention decisions; and (2) how the causal structure of a disease interacts with people's regret anticipation in…
- Trial name
- NCT04228562
- Testing
- non-modifiable factor, induction of anticipated regret
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 256 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Alcohol Use Disorder
Neural and Hormonal Influences on Sex Differences in Risk for AUD
The sex gap in alcohol consumption is closing rapidly, due to alarming increases among women. From 2002-2013, Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) increased 84% for women, compared to 35% for men.
- Trial name
- NCT04929288
- Testing
- Alcohol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jessica Weafer
Sedentary Lifestyle
The Health Action Process Approach and Movement Patterns in Adult Office Workers
Societal changes have resulted in reduced demands to be active and increased daily time spent sitting. Excessive sitting has been shown to be a health hazard.
- Trial name
- NCT03091686
- Testing
- HAPA SB Intervention Slideshow, HAPA MVPA Attention-Control Slideshow
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 218 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
Parent-Child Relations
Parent-child Communication and Health-risk Behavior
Engaging in health-risk behaviors such as tobacco and alcohol use put youth at risk for health problems that may compromise their futures and are extremely costly to society.
- Trial name
- MP (NCT02330666)
- Testing
- Mission Possible: Parents & Kids Who Listen
- Volunteers
- 604 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Obesity, Childhood, Risk Factor, Cardiovascular
The Svendborg-project
The main aim of this study is to describe differences in development of health and motor performance over time in relation to type of school and other background variables.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Risk Factor, Cardiovascular, Sports Injury, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- CHAMPS-DK (NCT03510494)
- Testing
- Augmented physical education program
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,209 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
Depressive Disorder, Suicide, Attempted
Brain Markers of Suicide Risk and Psychological Pain in Elderly Depressed Patients
The main objective of this study is to show MRI functional and structural differences between depressed elderly patients with a history of attempted suicide compared to depressed elderly patients with no history of attempted…
- Trial name
- SPAD-IRM (NCT03287986)
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Cardiovascular Diseases
HOPE-CVD-Virtual: A Virtual Trial to Evaluate the Primary Prevention of CVD
This 4-arm (1:1:1:1) single-blind randomized controlled trial. Arm 1 will communicate risk and encourage behavioral change that mirrors the standard pathway for health screening in Singapore.
- Trial name
- NCT05827861
- Testing
- HeartAge, HOPE-CVD Mobile App, Genetic Risk Score
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 1,121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Development, Infant, Development, Language
Early Neurophysiological Markers of Language Impairments
The present project aims at identifying very early electrophysiological risk markers for language impairments. The long-term goals of the study include the characterization of learning developmental trajectories in children at…
- Conditions
- Development, Infant, Development, Language, Developmental Language Disorder, Learning Disabilities
- Trial name
- NCT05767242
- Testing
- Electrophysiological recording, Behavioral assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
HIV Infections
PrEP Seguro: Antiretroviral-based HIV Prevention Among Men at High Risk in Mexico
The objective of this R34 application is to prepare for testing innovative user-centered ways to promote PrEP adherence at scale.
- Trial name
- NCT03674983
- Testing
- Conditional Economic Incentive (CEI)
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 310 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Overweight, Risk Behavior
Fasting-mimicking Diet and Longevity Diet, Body Composition and Aging
This study was designed as a large, randomized, controlled clinical trial in a heterogeneous population and is aimed at assessing as a primary objective whether the fasting-mimicking diet alone or in combination with the…
- Conditions
- Overweight, Risk Behavior, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05698654
- Testing
- Fasting-mimicking diet (FMD), Longevity Diet (LD) + Fasting-mimicking Diet (FMD)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 501 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Valter Longo
Smoking, Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Effect of Resistance Training on Tobacco-Related Cardiovascular Disease Risk
This project is prompted by the urgent public health need to identify novel strategies to prevent and treat tobacco-related cardiovascular disease (CVD) and by compelling pilot data that suggests cessation of smoking results in…
- Trial name
- START (NCT01705951)
- Testing
- Resistance Training (RT), Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder
An Eye Tracking Study of Affective Disorder Patients With Suicide Risk
This research tries to investigate the validity and reliability of eye-tracking technologies by using different paradigms (eg. free-view, pro-saccade and anti-saccade) which served as a novel way of evaluating suicide risk among…
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Suicide
- Trial name
- NCT03711045
- Testing
- eye-tracking
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central South University
Substance Use Disorders, HIV Infections
Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Tool for At-Risk Trauma-Exposed Young People
This is a multi-phased study, funded through a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) K24 grant that aims to ultimately refine a virtual reality tool through qualitative and quantitative research targeting HIV and substance…
- Trial name
- NCT05816083
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Physical Activity, Obesity
Effectiveness of a Physical Activity Intervention to Prevent Obesity and Improve Academic Performance
Coordinated project whose objectives are: a) to test the effectiveness of a promotion of physical activity intervention (MOVI-KIDS) on preventing obesity; and b) to improve the academic performance in both children with and…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Obesity, Children, Academic Underachievement Disorder
- Trial name
- MOVI-KIDS (NCT01971827)
- Testing
- MOVI-KIDS
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Castilla-La Mancha
Epigenetics, DNA Methylation
Methylated Biomarkers of Smoking as a Selection Tool in Participants for Lung Cancer Screening
The MET-SELS study aims to revolutionize how we identify individuals for lung cancer screening by moving beyond the limitations of self-reported smoking history.
- Conditions
- Epigenetics, DNA Methylation, Lung Cancer Screening, Risk Stratification With Biomarker
- Trial name
- MET-SELS (NCT07631624)
- Testing
- DNA-methylation in saliva
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Antwerp