Clinical trials: Behavior Changes
Obesity
Approaches for Improving Long-term Weight Loss
The purpose of this study is to examine two approaches for improving long-term weight loss success. All participants will receive a 12-week, in-person standard behavioral weight loss program followed by either 12 weeks of yoga…
- Trial name
- NCT03799289
- Testing
- Behavioral weight loss followed by yoga instruction, Behavioral weight loss followed by cooking/dietary education instruction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Obesity, Weight Loss
Behavioral Mechanism of Energy Compensation With Exercise
Over 70% of Americans are either overweight or obese, putting them at risk for many chronic diseases including diabetes. Exercise is commonly used as a weight loss and weight loss maintenance strategy.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Loss, Eating Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04651218
- Testing
- exericse
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kyle Flack
Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol Abuse
Using Counter Attitudinal Advocacy to Change Drinking Behavior
High volume drinking by young adults has proven resistant to change, so new approaches are needed. We adapt a theory-based attitude change strategy for use in alcohol prevention.
- Trial name
- NCT04042909
- Testing
- Counter Attitudinal Advocacy, Personalized Normative Feedback
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 591 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Anxiety, Depression
Attention Bias Modification Training for Young People
Attention bias modification training (ABMT) is a computer-based attention training programme designed to modify the way a person's attention is directed to mild threats in the environment.
- Trial name
- NCT02270671
- Testing
- ABMT
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Dublin
Body Weight, Body Weight Changes
Online Family Dyadic Skills Training for Black Adults in Behavioral Weight Loss Program
The purpose of this research study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of an interactive counselor -led online family skills training as part of a behavioral weight loss program for Black Adults.
- Conditions
- Body Weight, Body Weight Changes, Obesity, Overweight and Obesity
- Trial name
- TEAM+ (NCT05981508)
- Testing
- Together, Eating and Activity, Matter Plus (TEAM+) Online, Together, Eating and Activity, Matter Plus (TEAM+) In-Person
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Smoking Cessation
Motivating Change in Aging Smokers
The purpose of this research is to evaluate messages that motivate older smokers to make quit attempts using evidence based smoking treatments (EBSTs).
- Trial name
- NCT05194917
- Testing
- Older Smoker Motivational Intervention, Control Motivational Message
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Smoking
Nicotine Pharmacokinetic Profile and Safety of the Tobacco Heating System 2.2 (THS 2.2)
The primary objective of this clinical study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile (rate and amount of nicotine absorbed) following a single use of the THS 2.2 compared to the PK profiles from a single use of a…
- Trial name
- NCT01967732
- Testing
- THS 2.2, CC, NNS
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philip Morris Products S.A.
Obesity, Overweight
A Maintenance Program for the Be Fit Employee Wellness Program
This research study is being done: 1) to determine if the MGH Be Fit program helps employees to change their nutrition and exercise habits and lower their risk for chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes and 2) to…
- Trial name
- NCT00707577
- Testing
- Internet-based maintenance program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Physical Activity
Development and Feasibility of an Incentive Scheme to Promote Walking/Cycling to School
The aim of this study is to investigate whether an incentive scheme is a feasible approach to increase walking/cycling to school.
- Trial name
- RIGHT_TRACKS (NCT02282631)
- Testing
- Incentive scheme
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Newcastle University
Sedentary Lifestyle, Self Efficacy
Increasing Physical Activity Among Sedentary Older Adults:What, Where, When, and With Whom
The goal of this study is to develop a smart phone app to administer a behavior change program that helps adults to increase daily steps by planning where, when, and with whom to walk.
- Conditions
- Sedentary Lifestyle, Self Efficacy, Control Locus, Aging
- Trial name
- NCT03124537
- Testing
- App Experimental condition, App Condition Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brandeis University
Obesity, Weight Loss
Lifestyle Behavior Weight Loss Intervention
This lifestyle behavior intervention aims to weight loss in low-income overweight or obese mothers of young children through promotion of stress management, healthy eating, and physical activity.
- Trial name
- NCT04649047
- Testing
- Goal-oriented episodic future thinking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Insufficient Physical Activity
A BCT Intervention for Physical Activity Among Individuals on Statins
The purpose of this project is to identify the minimum effective dose (MED) of a multi-component behavioral change intervention required to increase levels of physical activity (PA) among participants on primary prevention statin…
- Trial name
- NCT05273723
- Testing
- 5 Behavioral Change Techniques
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Cardiovascular Health
Promoting Heart Health in Preschool Children
As part of the Colombian Hearty Health Initiative program led by Mount Sinai Cardiovascular Institute, a multidisciplinary team design and implemented a pedagogic and communication strategies for the promotion of healthy heart…
- Trial name
- NCT01551355
- Testing
- Children-Multicomponent intervention
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 2,279 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Valentin Fuster
Coronary Heart Disease
Family Heart Health Program: Randomized, Controlled Trial
Background: Family members (spouses, siblings, offspring) of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) may themselves be at increased risk for developing CHD for genetic, biochemical and/or behavioural reasons.
- Trial name
- FHHP-RCT (NCT00552591)
- Testing
- 12-week risk reduction program, managed by a Heart Health Educator
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 426 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
Obesity, Weight Loss
Phone Coaching for Weight Loss Maintenance
The purpose of this study was to examine whether 4 consecutive weeks of phone coaching aids in recovery from weight regain during weight loss maintenance.
- Trial name
- NCT04293055
- Testing
- Maintenance program, Phone coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Overweight, Obesity
Sharing Digital Self-Monitoring Data With Others to Enhance Long-Term Weight Loss
Adults attempting weight loss through lifestyle modification (LM) typically find maintenance of behavior change difficult. Outcomes might be improved if participants are provided with sustained sources of accountability and…
- Trial name
- FitLink (NCT05180448)
- Testing
- Coach Share On, Group Share On, Friend/Family Share On
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 321 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Drexel University
Tobacco Use
A Study to Evaluate Changes in Smokers Using Oral Tobacco-derived Nicotine Products.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate changes in exposure to selected harmful and potentially harmful constituents (HPHC) by measuring biomarkers in adult smokers who partially or completely switch from smoking cigarettes to…
- Trial name
- NCT03692078
- Testing
- OTDN product 1, OTDN product 2, Tobacco Cessation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 231 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Altria Client Services LLC
Combat Disorders
Prospective Study of Veteran Health in Previously Deployed Soldiers
Background: Previous deployments like that to the Persian Gulf in 1991 produced veterans with post-deployment symptom-based health problems with no medical explanation.
- Trial name
- NCT00285246
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 838 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Contraceptive Usage, Alcohol Use Complicating Childbirth
Native-Changing High-risk Alcohol Use and Increasing Contraception Effectiveness Study
Native CHOICES is a randomized controlled trial of an adapted intervention to reduce the risk of alcohol exposed pregnancies in American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs).
- Conditions
- Contraceptive Usage, Alcohol Use Complicating Childbirth, Alcohol Drinking
- Trial name
- Native-CHOICES (NCT03930342)
- Testing
- Native-CHOICES
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 404 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington State University
Pediatric Obesity, Weight Loss
Our Lifestyles Our Lives
The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of step goals with pedometers to improve children's weight loss, physical activity, and psychosocial health during behavioral treatment.
- Trial name
- OLOL (NCT02965729)
- Testing
- Family-based weight management, Pedometer, Individualized step goals
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center