Clinical trials: Behavioral Sciences
Smoking, Smoking Cessation
Implementation Science to Reduce the Disparity in Tobacco Treatment Among Individuals With Serious Mental Illness
This is a pilot trial to examine the feasibility and preliminary effect of a multilevel intervention 'Nudges to Quit' on smoking cessation in patients with serious mental illness who smoke in a community mental health center…
- Conditions
- Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Use Cessation
- Trial name
- ISRAISE (NCT05952401)
- Testing
- Usual Care, "Nudges"
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
HIV/AIDS
Effect of U=U Messaging on HIV in South Africa
This cluster randomized trial will investigate whether messaging about being undetectable equals untransmittable (U=U) designed through a participatory, user-centered approach increases HIV testing uptake within men in…
- Trial name
- U=U (NCT04364165)
- Testing
- Standard invitation to free HIV testing at mobile clinic, U=U messaging and invitation to free HIV testing at mobile clinic
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 1,048 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Increasing Engagement in Evidence-Based PTSD Therapy for Primary Care Veterans
The purpose of this study is to implement an evidence-based Referral Management System that will address patient and system-level barriers to the uptake of evidence-based psychotherapy for PTSD by Veterans Affairs primary care…
- Trial name
- NCT01984515
- Testing
- Referral Management System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Covid19
COVID-19 Vaccinations With a Sweepstakes
To reach herd immunity for COVID-19, experts estimate that 70% of the population will need to be vaccinated. However, vaccination rates have begun to slow down in the United States.
- Trial name
- NCT04951310
- Testing
- Philly Vax Sweepstakes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,827,656 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Suicide
Adaptive Implementation Intervention for VA Suicide Risk Identification Strategy
The overall objective of this national quality improvement project is to develop an adaptive implementation strategy to improve the implementation of suicide risk screening and evaluation in Veterans Health Administration…
- Trial name
- NCT04243330
- Testing
- Audit and Feedback, External Facilitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Urinary Incontinence
Enhancing Conservative Treatment for Urge Incontinence
The primary objective of this project is to evaluate whether enhancing drug therapy with components of behavioral training, including pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation, results in better outcomes than drug therapy alone for urge…
- Trial name
- COMBO (NCT00223821)
- Testing
- Oxybutynin chloride, extended-release, individually-titrated, Behavior Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 166 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Mental Health
Novel Methods for Implementing Measurement-Based Care for Youth in Low-resource Environments
This study will visit 4 community mental health clinics in Washington state and work with clinic staff to find out if staff are regularly evaluating clinical outcomes using questionnaires (which is also called measurement-based…
- Trial name
- NIMBLE (NCT05644756)
- Testing
- IMPACT Methods to Identify and Prioritize Determinants (Challenge I), Challenge and Match strategies to Prioritized Determinants (Challenge II)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Optimizing Dementia Care
The purpose of this randomized controlled pilot study is to examine the preliminary effectiveness, feasibility, and potential treatment moderators (i.e., behavioral symptoms and spousal relationship status) of a newly developed…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Dementia, Vascular, Caregivers
- Trial name
- ODeC (NCT02585232)
- Testing
- Counseling (C), Care Consultation (CC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alzheimer Disease, At Risk, Alzheimer Disease, Protection Against
The STEP 4Life Trial
The objective of this study is to test the feasibility of using behavioral economic interventions (gamification with social incentives) targeting daily step counts to prevent or delay the development of Alzheimer's Disease and…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, At Risk, Alzheimer Disease, Protection Against, Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT05069155
- Testing
- Gamification
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Smoking, Tobacco, Mental Illness
Proactive Outreach for Smoking Treatment
Tobacco use disorder is a chronic disease. This is particularly true for people living with mental illness, who are more likely to smoke and make more unsuccessful quit attempts than those without.
- Trial name
- POST (NCT04988477)
- Testing
- Study 3: Chronic care management, Study 2: Pilot trial
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 94 people
- Sponsor
- Sandra Japuntich
Depression
Using Affective Differences to Predict Response to Behavioral Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder
This study will determine how people with depression differ from healthy people in brain activity and interpreting emotions, both before and after receiving a psychotherapy treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT00909220
- Testing
- Behavioral Activation
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Anxiety, Depression
Sibling-Support for Adolescent Girls (SSAGE)
Forcibly displaced adolescents face increased risks for mental illness and distress, with adolescent girls disproportionately affected in part due to the heightened gender inequity that often accompanies forced displacement.
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Depression, Mental Illness
- Trial name
- NCT06078124
- Testing
- Sibling Support for Adolescent Girls in Emergencies
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 186 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Migraine Headache
TelemEdiciNe-bAsed Cognitive TherapY for Migraines
The goal of this pilot study is to evaluate a bundle of implementation strategies at three Veteran Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs) to facilitate the referral and adoption of a telehealth based, cognitive behavioral therapy…
- Trial name
- TENACITY (NCT04613362)
- Testing
- TENACITY Telehealth Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Migraine, Behavioral Usual Care
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Spinal Cord Injuries, Metabolic Syndrome
Spinal Cord Injury Exercise and Nutrition Conceptual Engagement
Evaluate and compare the health benefits of an at home exercise program using functional electrical stimulation (FES) for lower extremity exercise with diet versus a diet alone group in adults with spinal cord injury.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Metabolic Syndrome, Dietary Modification, Paraplegia
- Trial name
- SCIENCE (NCT03495986)
- Testing
- Functional Electrical Stimulation Leg Cycle Ergometry, Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Smoking
Electronic Proactive Outreach for Smokers With COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common respiratory diseases, with 90% of cases directly attributable to smoking. Unfortunately, many patients continue to smoke and have an urgent need to quit.
- Trial name
- NCT04462289
- Testing
- Proactive Outreach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Chronic Pain, Depression, Anxiety
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Real-Time Pain Management Intervention for Sickle Cell Via Mobile Applications
The investigators are conducting a comparative effectiveness trial among adult patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) who report chronic pain (N = 350), randomized to receive either mobile phone-delivered computerized cognitive…
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Depression, Anxiety, Opioid Use
- Trial name
- CaRISMA (NCT04419168)
- Testing
- cCBT, m-Education
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 359 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Autism Spectrum Disorder
App for Strengthening Services In Specialized Therapeutic Support
In partnership with a digital health software company, the University research team created two versions of a mobile application to help behavioral health technicians (BHT's) who work with students with autism collect data.
- Trial name
- ASSISTS (NCT05207956)
- Testing
- Behavioral economics strategies, Electronic platform
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Suicidal Self-directed Violence, Suicidal Preparatory Behavior
Maintaining Implementation Through Dynamic Adaptations (MIDAS) Suicide Prevention 2.0 Clinical Telehealth
Scientific advances are constantly leading to better treatments. However, it is quite challenging for healthcare systems, including VA, to ask very busy providers to change the way they practice.
- Trial name
- MIDAS SPCT (NCT06011759)
- Testing
- Academic Detailing (AD), LEAP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Health Behavior
Training LHDs to Disseminate Evidence-Based Interventions to Small Worksites
The proposed project will advance implementation science by comparing the effectiveness of different levels of technical support in an important but understudied community-based setting: local health departments.
- Trial name
- NCT03930420
- Testing
- Connect to Wellness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Tobacco Dependence
European Regulatory Science on Tobacco: Policy Implementation to Reduce Lung Diseases (EUREST-PLUS)
The main objective of EUREST-PLUS is to monitor and evaluate the impact of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) within the context of FCTC ratification at an EU level.
- Trial name
- EUREST-PLUS (NCT02773836)
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 6,036 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- European Network For Smoking and Tobacco Prevention