Clinical trials: Criminal Behavior, open to volunteers
Anti Social Behavior
Evaluating the Feasibility and Effects of PULS
Background Youth involved in criminal groups represent a growing, high-risk population within Swedish institutional care, with elevated rates of recidivism and poor long-term outcomes.
- Trial name
- PULS on SiS (NCT07772128)
- Testing
- PULS, TAU
- Volunteers
- 224 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder
Effectiveness, Implementation, and Cost of Cognitive Processing Therapy in Prisons
Addiction and trauma exposure are common among the 5.5 million people (1 in 47 adults) in the U.S. who are in prison or under supervision.
- Conditions
- PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder, PTSD and Trauma-related Symptoms, Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
- Trial name
- STRIDES2 (NCT06923423)
- Testing
- Group Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Control Group Individual trauma focused self-help via workbook
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 640 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Psychotic Disorders, ADHD
Cognitive Remediation in Forensic Mental Health Care
Forensic patients often display cognitive deficits, particularly in the domain of executive functions, that represent a challenge to forensic rehabilitation.
- Conditions
- Psychotic Disorders, ADHD, TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), Aggression
- Trial name
- CRFMHC (NCT04610697)
- Testing
- Cognitive Remediation, Active Control
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
Self-Harm, Self-harm Behavior
Self-harm and the Prison Environment Mixed Methods Study
Self-harming behaviour is a major problem in UK prisons: the number of self-harm incidents has more than doubled over the past decade. People who self-harm in prison are at greater risk of subsequent death by suicide.
- Conditions
- Self-Harm, Self-harm Behavior, Self-Harm, Deliberate
- Trial name
- SHAPE (NCT06895668)
- Testing
- None (cohort study)
- Volunteers
- 458 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Aggression
Virtual Reality Intervention (VR-GINSO) for Reducing Aggression in Young Offenders
The goal of this clinical trial is to see if a specific intervention program that uses virtual reality (VR) helps young people reduce aggressive behavior more than the same program without VR or their usual treatment.
- Trial name
- VR-GINSO (NCT07484919)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality, Active Control, Treatment as usual
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Intoxication by Drug
Concentrations of Nitrous Oxide in Blood, Exhaled Air and Urine After Various Types of Exposure.
The study examines the concentrations of nitrous oxide that are achieved in blood, exhaled air, and urine after three different exposures to nitrous oxide: inhalation of three or four cartridges of nitrous oxide released in a car…
- Trial name
- NCT07690358
- Testing
- Nitrous Oxide 99 %, Nitrous Oxide + Oxygen Gas
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Opioid Use Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder
Removing Barriers: Community Partnering for Innovative Solutions to the Opioid Crisis
The opioid epidemic has become one of America's deadliest crises, surpassing car crashes, firearms, and HIV/AIDS as a leading cause of death for Americans under fifty years of age.
- Conditions
- Opioid Use Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder, Health Risk Behaviors, Criminal Behavior
- Trial name
- RB (NCT05665179)
- Testing
- Removing Barriers to Recovery
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Substance Use Disorder (SUD), Drug Overdose
Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network II TCU Hub
The current study proposes to use a Hybrid Type 3 implementation research strategy to: 1) Significantly enhance our understanding of public health outcomes [e.g., overdose incidents and substance-use (SU)-related Emergency…
- Conditions
- Substance Use Disorder (SUD), Drug Overdose, Criminal Behavior
- Trial name
- JCOIN II TCU (NCT07528846)
- Testing
- Core-interagency community engagement approach, Enhanced-Core plus community engagement specialist
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,620 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Christian University
Driving Under the Influence
Combined and Separate Effects of Cannabis and Tobacco: Psychomotor, Subjective and Physiological Outcomes
Co-administration of cannabis and tobacco is a common practice, but there is little experimental evidence aimed at understanding the reasons for this prevalence.
- Trial name
- CASE-CT (NCT05526196)
- Testing
- Cannabis, Tobacco, Cannabis tobacco
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Stimulant Abuse, Criminal Behavior
Neurocognitive Abnormalities in Stimulant Abuse Among High-Risk Women
Substance use disorders and psychopathy are serious and costly mental health issues. Psychopathy is known to be associated with aberrant moral decision making and there is considerable interest in determining whether substance…
- Trial name
- NCT05845333
- Testing
- Decision task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 334 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Mind Research Network
Serious Mental Illness, Psychotic Disorder
Changing Lives and Changing Outcomes-9 at Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital
People with serious mental illness (depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia spectrum disorders) have high rates of repeated criminal legal involvement and psychiatric hospitalizations.
- Conditions
- Serious Mental Illness, Psychotic Disorder, Depression, Bipolar
- Trial name
- CLCO-9 (NCT07359157)
- Testing
- Changing Lives and Changing Outcomes-9
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Equine-assisted Therapy, Addiction
The Impact of Equine-Assisted Therapy on Mental Health and Addictive Behaviors in Patients Receiving Addiction Treatment
Addiction is a major public health issue. According to the World Health Organization (2024), approximately 400 million people worldwide suffer from alcohol- or drug-related disorders, resulting in nearly 3.2 million deaths per…
- Conditions
- Equine-assisted Therapy, Addiction, Recidivism, Addictive Behaviors
- Trial name
- EQUI-ADDICT (NCT07495839)
- Testing
- Equine mediation
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Hopital La Musse
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity, Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Youth With Criminal Behaviors
1. Describe the prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders among youth with criminal behaviors 2. Explore the relationship between specific neurodevelopmental disorders and the rates and types of crime 3.
- Conditions
- Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Conduct Disorders in Adolescence
- Trial name
- NCT05875363
- Testing
- collect data
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Substance Use Disorder (SUD), Sexual and Reproductive Health
WORTH Paths Intervention
Women in the criminal legal system are more likely to experience substance use disorders and unintended pregnancy than women in the general public.
- Conditions
- Substance Use Disorder (SUD), Sexual and Reproductive Health, Sexual Risk Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT06889831
- Testing
- WORTH Paths Digital Intervention, WORTH Paths Wellness Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Fairleigh Dickinson University
Multiple Myeloma
Comparison Between Whole Body DWI and FDG PET/CT in Patients with Simptomatic Multiple Myeloma
The primary objective is to evaluate the concordance of FDG PET/CT and total body DWI MRI sequences performed during staging and at the completion of therapy.
- Trial name
- MMR-PET-22-04 (NCT06659276)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
MIBC, mpMRI
Early Prediction of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Response in Bladder Cancer Using Quantitative Multiparametric MRI
Bladder cancer is a prevalent malignancy globally, with muscle-invasive disease having a five-year survival rate below 50%. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) before radical cystectomy has shown efficacy for resectable…
- Conditions
- MIBC, mpMRI, NAC
- Trial name
- mpMRI (NCT07202845)
- Testing
- Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mpMRI)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Criminal Behavior, Violence
A Randomized Controlled Trial of ACT-P Versus T4C for Community Reentry
The purpose of the proposed study is to determine the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for prisons (ACT-P) and Thinking for a Change (T4C) as reentry programs in a randomized controlled trial (RCT).
- Trial name
- NCT05109689
- Testing
- ACT-P, T4C
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Iowa State University
ADHD
Benefits of ADHD Treatment in Detained People
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by difficulties paying attention, poor impulse control, and hyperactive behaviors.
- Trial name
- BATIR (NCT05842330)
- Testing
- Concerta
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Stéphanie Baggio
Antisocial Behavior
Matching Treatments to Cognitive Deficits in Offenders With Substance Use Disorders
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effect of two types of cognitive remediation training on real-world behavioral outcomes including substance use, institutional adjustment, and recidivism following release…
- Trial name
- MCT (NCT06981351)
- Testing
- Attention to Context (ATC) training, Affective Cognitive Control (ACC) training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 288 people
- Sponsor
- The Mind Research Network
Substance Use Disorders, Criminal Behavior
Improving Outcomes in Social Services Through Routine Outcome Monitoring and Systematic Client Feedback
In this project the investigators want to test whether a new method FIT (Feedback informed treatment) can improve the interventions people receive through social services.
- Conditions
- Substance Use Disorders, Criminal Behavior, Domestic Violence, Social Care
- Trial name
- NCT07303608
- Testing
- Feedback informed treatment (FIT), Treatment as usual (TAU)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet