Clinical trials: Community Based Programs
Health Behavior
RCT of Health-promoting Intervention for Older Foreign-born Adults
The overarching aim with this study was to develop, implement and evaluate a health promoting programme for people from Finland or the Western Balkan region, who were 70 years of age or older and independent daily activites (1).
- Trial name
- NCT01841853
- Testing
- Senior meetings
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 131 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University
Pre-Diabetes
Community-based Adolescent Diabetes Prevention Program
The number of youth with type 2 diabetes is predicted to quadruple by 2050, with a disproportionate increase among minority youth.
- Trial name
- NCT02458131
- Testing
- TEEN HEED
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Infant Development
A Community Based Implementation of a Toolkit and Parenting Program for Improving Brain Development in Newborns
The investigators propose to develop and test the efficacy of a low cost evidence based toolkit aimed at improving brain development among newborns a rural setting of Pakistan.
- Trial name
- NCT02290756
- Testing
- Parenting Program, Low cost evidence based toolkit
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,080 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Pediatric Obesity
Packaging and Disseminating the JOIN for ME Program in Low-Income Settings
One in five children in the United States have obesity, and under-served populations are differentially impacted by both obesity and its related health consequences.
- Trial name
- NCT04647760
- Testing
- JOIN for ME
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Social Isolation, Fall
The Impact of Community Exercise on Social Connectedness and Falls in Older Adults: Leveraging Exercise to Age in Place
The goal of this study is to reduce risk of falls and social isolation in older adults age 50+ through participation in community based health and exercise programs.
- Trial name
- LEAP (NCT03624049)
- Testing
- Exercise, Health Class
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 671 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Pre Diabetes, Obesity
Community Based DPP Program for Hispanic/Latino Females
Is well known that obesity is increasing in the United States (US) and particularly among Hispanic/ especially in in socially disadvantaged groups.
- Trial name
- NCT04052815
- Testing
- Diabetes prevention program culturally tailored
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loyola University
Infant Mortality, Infant Death
Today Not Tomorrow Pregnancy and Infant Support Program (TNT- PISP)
This pilot project aims to implement and investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a unique community based prenatal care and support model for African American women and infants in Dane County.
- Conditions
- Infant Mortality, Infant Death, Racial Bias, Prenatal Stress
- Trial name
- NCT04100577
- Testing
- Today Not Tomorrrow Pregnancy and Infant Support Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Physical Functional Impairment, Cognitive Impairment
Community Recreation to Enhance Function in Aging
This aim of this study is to examine the therapeutic impacts of a group-based recreational program that delivers guided visual artmaking and dual-task exergaming, to older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07104435
- Testing
- Artmaking and exergaming
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Blood Pressure, Hypertension
Changing Population Salt Consumption in Lithgow, Australia
The objective of this study is to determine whether a community-based salt reduction program can reduce average salt consumption levels.
- Conditions
- Blood Pressure, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02105727
- Testing
- Community-based salt reduction
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 991 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The George Institute
Zinc Deficiency, Diarrhea
Impact of Preventive and Therapeutic Zinc Supplementation Programs Among Young Children
Zinc supplementation can either be provided in a lower daily dose to prevent zinc deficiency or in a higher dose for 10-14 days as part of the treatment of diarrhea.
- Conditions
- Zinc Deficiency, Diarrhea, Malaria
- Trial name
- NCT00944359
- Testing
- Surveillance control group
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 7,680 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Cardiometabolic Disease
Building Access to Food Through Systems and Solidarity (BASIS): A Subsidized and Culturally-adapted Produce Box Program for Immigrant Communities of Brooklyn, NY
The goal of this study is to improve diet and social cohesion among Chinese American families living in New York City (NYC) through a program that provides whole grains and legumes, builds ethnic identity, and fosters family…
- Trial name
- NCT07076251
- Testing
- Family Box program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Low Back Pain
Back to Living Well: Implementation of a Community-based Program for Low Back Pain
Low back pain (LBP) is usually a long-term condition with episodes of improvement, remission, and recurrence. There is evidence that long term exercise combined with education and self-management is effective at reducing the…
- Trial name
- NCT05929846
- Testing
- Back to Living Well Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Heart Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases
Strong People Strength Training Study
The Strong People Strength Training study aims to assess whether a community-based progressive strength training program can improve risk factors for diabetes and heart disease in older rural adults.
- Conditions
- Heart Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes, Sedentary Lifestyle
- Trial name
- NCT04203563
- Testing
- Strong People Strength Training
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 167 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
Stage II Lung Cancer, Stage III Lung Cancer
A Web-based Program to Help Caregivers of Lung Patients Learn About Available Supportive Care Resources
Clinical trial that tests the feasibility of a web based caregiver support resource, along with caregiver navigation sessions for caregivers of patients with stage II-IV lung cancer.
- Conditions
- Stage II Lung Cancer, Stage III Lung Cancer, Stage IV Lung Cancer
- Trial name
- CONNECT (NCT06383988)
- Testing
- Support for Caregiver - Generic List, Support for Caregiver - Personalized List, Internet-Based Intervention - CONNECT
- Where
- 25 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Eye Disease, Eye Care
Project inCharge: Increasing the Rate of Comprehensive Eye Care Utilization by Older African Americans Through Community-Based Eye Health Education Program
The study design is a randomized intervention evaluation. Ten senior centers in predominately African American communities in the Birmingham, Alabama will be selected as sites for the educational intervention.
- Conditions
- Eye Disease, Eye Care, Vision
- Trial name
- inCharge (NCT00591110)
- Testing
- Eye care education, Social-contact control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 177 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mental Health Issue, COVID-19
Music Mindfulness Study 2a.
Mental health vulnerability due to stress is increased in People of African Descent (PADs) in America due to disproportionate effects of racism, poverty, education, and criminal justice sentencing.
- Trial name
- NCT06505226
- Testing
- in person meditation, in person meditation using headphones, virtual meditation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Hypertension (HTN), Diarrhea
Mortality Control Program for Economically Productive Age Group in Tribal Area of Melghat.
Background: Age specific mortality rate (ASMR) of 16-60 years is very high in Indian tribal areas due to communicable and non-communicable diseases.
- Conditions
- Hypertension (HTN), Diarrhea, Pneumonia, Malaria Fever
- Trial name
- MCPEPAG (NCT07436104)
- Testing
- Trained village health workers (VHWs) , provided treatment of HTN, diarrhoea, malaria, pneumonia, asthma and COPD by Amlodipine, ORS, Norfloxacin, Chloroquine, Azithromycin, salbutamol rotacaps, Appropriate referral
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 72,564 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MAHAN Trust
Resilience,Psychological, Bereavement
A Community-based Resilience Program of Only-child Loss Parents
This is a community-based participatory research aiming at helping the only-child loss parents to be happier and resilient from bereavement. It is a psycho-behavioral intervention research.
- Conditions
- Resilience,Psychological, Bereavement, Happiness
- Trial name
- NCT03328598
- Testing
- Positive psychology therapy group, Resilience promotion therapy group, Controlled routine activity
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central South University
Accidental Falls
Community-based Falls Prevention Program for the Elderly
Background: Falls are the leading cause of injury among older adults in Singapore, but falls among the elderly can be preventable and the risks are predictable.
- Trial name
- NCT01713543
- Testing
- physical therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Singapore
- Volunteers
- 354 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
HIV-infection/Aids
Community-Based Peer Facilitator Intervention (Zimbabwe)
The goal of this community randomized operations research study was to evaluate the effect of a peer-facilitated community support group intervention on uptake of maternal and neonatal child health (MNCH) and PMTCT services and…
- Trial name
- NCT02496793
- Testing
- Peer-facilitated community support group
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation