Clinical trials: Behavioral Risks of Cancer
Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes
Meta-Analyses of Low-risk Lifestyle Behaviours and Patient Important Outcomes
Public health policy is universal in recommending the adoption of low risk low-risk lifestyle behaviors for health promotion and prevention of chronic or non-communicable diseases (NCDs).These behaviors generally include…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Cancer, Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT03234101
- Testing
- Low-risk lifestyle behaviours
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Cascade Testing, Lynch Syndrome
Initial Testing of a Behavioral Intervention About Genetic Services for Families at Risk of Lynch Syndrome
The purpose of the study is to see if our education materials help people at risk for Lynch syndrome decide about seeking genetic services.
- Conditions
- Cascade Testing, Lynch Syndrome, Decision Making, Colorectal Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT07106359
- Testing
- Information Letter and Booklet, Information Letter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 185 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Prevention
Using Physical Tracking to Predict Sunburn
Recreational UV exposure is associated with every form of skin cancer and individuals who engage in more physical activity have a higher prevalence of sunburn, a proximal biomarker of melanoma risk, perhaps explaining why…
- Trial name
- NCT04977700
- Testing
- Intervention Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Klein Buendel, Inc.
Cancer
Evaluating the Impact of the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal on Cancer Prevention Behaviours in Underserved Populations
The goal of the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal is to be a trustworthy source for health information. The Portal team can see (through measuring analytics of website use) that thousands of people are using the Portal and the…
- Trial name
- NCT03186703
- Testing
- Tailored knowledge translation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 549 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Cancer Colorectal
Evaluation of Letters Promoting Colorectal Cancer Testing
In this evaluation, 4 different versions of letters are being sent with mailers promoting colorectal cancer screening with an at-home test.
- Trial name
- NCT04548765
- Testing
- Letter, Loss Frame and Fear Appeals, Transparency
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14,644 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Lung Carcinoma
Educational Intervention for the Promotion of Knowledge and Preventive Health Behaviors Related to Personal Air Pollution Exposure, The Air Study
This clinical trial will conduct an educational intervention to promote knowledge of and preventive health behaviors related to personal air pollution exposure.
- Trial name
- NCT04922697
- Testing
- Educational Intervention, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Prostate Cancer
An Epidemiological Study of Genetic Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer in African-American and Caucasian Males
This study will examine the association of genetic variants and gene expression patterns with the risk of prostate cancer. There will be (It will include?) genotype analysis of blood DNA from 600 patients with the disease and…
- Trial name
- NCT00342771
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,033 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
Steering Together in a New Direction: Reducing the Risk of HIV/STD Among African American Men
African American men have by far the highest rates of HIV in the US, but there are few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions to dissuade heterosexually active African American men from engaging sexual risk…
- Trial name
- STAND (NCT02572401)
- Testing
- STAND HIV Risk Reduction Intervention, Text Messaging Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 391 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Melanoma, Child
Family Lifestyles, Actions, and Risk Education Intervention: Version 2
The overall purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of the Family Lifestyles, Actions, and Risk Education (FLARE) intervention in improving melanoma preventive behaviors.
- Trial name
- FLARE (NCT04201223)
- Testing
- FLARE Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 752 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Risk Reduction Behavior, Breast Cancer
Nigerian Breast Cancer Risk-Reduction Study
The study will be a randomized controlled trial. The aim of the study is to determine the Breast Cancer (BC) risk and to evaluate the effect of BC risk counseling on lifestyle changes and adherence to risk-reduction practices…
- Conditions
- Risk Reduction Behavior, Breast Cancer, Health Behavior, Health Care Utilization
- Trial name
- NBCRS (NCT05834933)
- Testing
- Individualized breast cancer risk assessment, Individualized breast cancer risk counselling
- Where
- 4 sites in Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 719 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ibadan
Adult Cancer Survivors, Adult Cancer Patients
Holistic Evaluation of Approaches to Long-term Health & Survivorship
This study aims at investigating behaviors of cancer patient regarding complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with mixed methodology.
- Trial name
- HEALTHS (NCT07745205)
- Testing
- Interventional mixed-methods evaluation of cancer patient's behaviour regarding CAMs (focus groups), Quantitative evaluation of cancer patient's use of CAM's
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jules Bordet Institute
Endometrial Neoplasms
Time Restricted Eating (TRE) Among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Women at Risk for Endometrial Cancer
The long-term goal of this study is to determine the efficacy of time restricted eating (TRE) for improving metabolic health and preventing endometrial cancer.
- Trial name
- TIMESPAN (NCT04763902)
- Testing
- Time Restricted Eating (TRE) Schedule, Control Schedule
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Cancer, Prevention Harmful Effects
Social Contextual Influences on Physical Activity
The goal of this study is to learn why some black and Latino men and women choose not to exercise very often. Researchers also want to learn more about any social and environmental factors that may affect the way an exercise…
- Trial name
- NCT01195337
- Testing
- PA Prescription Plan, Pedometer, Newsletters
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 336 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Chronic Non-communicable Disease
Risk Factors at Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in People of Working Age
Objectives: to study the clinical and demographic characteristics of working age persons, to highlight the main factors of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), to identify NCDs with physical examination, laboratory tests…
- Trial name
- FORTUNE (NCT06812767)
- Testing
- electrocardiography, analysis for glucose and cholesterol in the capillary blood, detection of microalbumuria
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine
Risk Reduction, Mammographic Density Reduction
Low Dose Tamoxifen for Mammographic Density Reduction
KARISMA2 is a randomized, double-blinded, six-armed placebo controlled study to identify a low dose of tamoxifen, with less side-effects and a density reduction non-inferior to the standard dose of 20 mg.
- Trial name
- KARISMA2 (NCT03346200)
- Testing
- Tamoxifen Oral Tablet
- Volunteers
- 1,440 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Per Hall
Breast Cancer, Counseling
The Communication of Genetic Risk to Adolescent Daughters of Women With Breast Cancer
The purpose of this study is to first understand how MSKCC Clinical Genetics Service doctors talk to women with breast cancer about any genetic risks they might carry, and if they help women to think about what they might say, in…
- Trial name
- NCT00588705
- Testing
- focus group & questionaire
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Oral Contraceptive and Cardiovascular Risk in PCOS
Oral contraceptive therapy is routinely used for the treatment of menstrual disturbances of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
- Trial name
- NCT00593294
- Testing
- Physical exercise, OC - Drospirenone plus Ethynylestradiol, Vitamin, polyvitamins tablets
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federico II University
Breast Neoplasms
The Influence of Breast Cancer Risk and Risk Perception on Lifestyle Behaviors Among Women With a Family History: A Mixed Method Approach
Lifestyle behaviors among women with a family history of breast cancer are likely to be influenced by a number of factors, including both objective risk factors and subjective risk, or perceived risk.
- Trial name
- NCT00393406
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Melanoma and Other Malignant Neoplasms of Skin
Modifying Young Adult Skin Cancer Risk and Protective Behaviors
Skin cancer is the most common cancer and can be deadly, debilitating, damaging, and disfiguring, yet is highly preventable. In 2014, the US Surgeon General made a call to action about the "major public health problem" of skin…
- Trial name
- UV4me2 (NCT03313492)
- Testing
- UV4.me2, UV4.me, E-Pamphlet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,746 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Colon Cancer, Colonic Neoplasms
A Randomized Trial of Cancer Risk and Health Education in Relatives of Colorectal Cancer Patients
Having at least one first-degree relative (FDR) with colon cancer increases an individual's risk of developing the disease. Many relatives of cancer patients are ineligible for genetic testing and, therefore, do not receive…
- Trial name
- NCT00188305
- Testing
- General health counselling and risk information
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 252 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto