Clinical trials: Culture Media
Chronic Otitis Media Tympanic Membrane Perforation
Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma on Eardrum Healing and Hearing After Tympanoplasty in Adults
This single-center controlled trial evaluated whether intraoperative application of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP)-impregnated absorbable gelatin sponge improves graft take rates and audiological outcomes in adults…
- Trial name
- NCT07664319
- Testing
- Autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP)-impregnated Spongostan, Dry Spongostan (absorbable gelatin sponge)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ebubekir Toprak
Otitis Media Acute
Otitis Treatment With OtoSight™ - Modification of Antibiotic Treatment Intervention in Children
A pragmatic, mixed-method trial is to show the ability of OtoSight to change management of the pediatric patient presenting with ear pain in a way that improves patient outcomes and reduces costs.
- Trial name
- OTO-MATIC (NCT06285812)
- Testing
- OtoSight Middle Ear Scope
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- PhotoniCare, Inc.
Sexual Behavior
Evaluation Study of the Online High School Media Aware Program
The main aim of this study is to conduct a pretest-posttest RCT with a three-month follow-up to investigate the sustainability of outcomes in students who use the Media Aware program.
- Trial name
- NCT04035694
- Testing
- Media Aware Sexual Health - High School
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 590 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Innovation Research & Training
HIV Prevention, PrEP Uptake
Social Media Based Peer-Led Intervention for HIV Prevention
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of E-PrEP on reaching young men of color who have sex with men (YMCSM) at high-risk of HIV infection to reduce HIV acquisition.
- Trial name
- NCT03213366
- Testing
- E-PrEP- Peer-Led Intervention about PrEP, BxNow - General Health Campaign
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Drug Use
Youth Drug Abuse Prevention in Kazakhstan
This pilot study will adapt and test the feasibility and estimate the effect size parameters of Kazakhstani Family Together (KFT), a family-based multi-media intervention designed to reduce sexual and drug-related risks for HIV…
- Trial name
- NCT01969305
- Testing
- Kazakhstani Family Together, Usual Care Alone
- Where
- Kazakhstan
- Volunteers
- 181 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Infertility
Adding Cytokines to In Vitro Human Culture Media to Improve Embryogenesis and Implantation
Assessment of the embryological benefit of in vitro adding of Cytokines (LIF 5ng/ml, HB-EGF 5ng/ml and GM-CSF 2n/ml) to the culture media and closely monitor its effect on embryogenesis and implantation outcomes.
- Trial name
- GHLCSHED (NCT02420886)
- Testing
- Adding LIF, HB-EGF and GM-CSF to Lifeglobal human IVF culture media
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 443 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ibn Sina Hospital
Behavioral Symptoms
Self-Help Parent Training for Conduct Problems in Children
This project will introduce a self-help parent training programme for families on National Health Service (NHS) waiting lists for child mental health services.
- Trial name
- NCT00299442
- Testing
- Self-help Triple P Behavioural Family Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Fruit and Vegetable Selection in the Lunchroom, Consumption Frequency Versus Selection Frequency
Nutritional PSA's on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
The overall goal of this project is to learn how positive advertising messages impact school food choices. More specifically, this study will determine if positive video messages about fruits and vegetables delivered during the…
- Trial name
- PSA (NCT01948466)
- Testing
- Commercials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Depressive Disorder, Depression - Major Depressive Disorder
A Qualitative Analysis of Youth Responses to Depression Education Delivered on Social Media
Depression is a common mental disorder among adolescents, with increased rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite its high burden, few young people seek professional help due to, among other things, low mental health literacy…
- Conditions
- Depressive Disorder, Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Depression in Adolescence
- Trial name
- NCT07100548
- Testing
- "ich bin alles" (English: "I am everything")
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Child Development
The Influence of Interactive Media on Child Development in Early Childhood
Introduction: In the last decade the prevalence of the use of interactive media (smartphone, tablet) by children has grown worldwide.
- Trial name
- IMD (NCT04831229)
- Testing
- Children will perform activities on interactive tablet, Children will perform passive on interactive tablet
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of the Valleys of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri
Colorectal Cancer, Cancer Screening
Social Media for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Using social media for health promotion is an innovative and emerging approach but remains relatively unexplored in cancer screening.
- Trial name
- NCT04296630
- Testing
- Social media message #1, Social media message #2, Social media message #3
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 56,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Sexual Behavior
Feasibility Study of the Online High School Media Aware Program
This is a pretest-posttest feasibility study of Media Aware Sexual Health - High School, an interactive web-based comprehensive sexual health media literacy education program for high school students.
- Trial name
- FS-OHSMAP (NCT03855033)
- Testing
- Media Aware Sexual Health - High School
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 367 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Innovation Research & Training
Social Media Addiction, Depression, Anxiety
Change in Social Media Use and Well-being Among College Students Receiving a One-week Exercise or Mindfulness Intervention
The investigators will be randomizing 150 college student participants with high levels of social media use into either a 1) control condition (no intervention), a 2) mindfulness meditation cognitive intervention, or 3) a social…
- Conditions
- Social Media Addiction, Depression, Anxiety, Well-Being, Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT06143852
- Testing
- Mindfulness, Social Media Reduction + Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Exposure to Medical Diagnostic Radiation
Low Tube Voltage Computed Tomographic (CT) Urography Using Low Concentration Iodine Contrast Agent
Computed Tomographic (CT) urography is the best imaging modality to evaluate obstructing lesions of urinary tract such as urinary stone, tumor and inflammatory lesion.
- Trial name
- NCT01855204
- Testing
- Computed tomographic urography
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
COVID-19, Chronic Disease
The Psychological, Social, and Economic Impacts of COVID-19
A dynamic analytical tool is being implemented to monitor the health, psychosocial and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic as the crisis unfolds.
- Conditions
- COVID-19, Chronic Disease, Psychiatric Disorder, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- C19Survey (NCT04369690)
- Where
- 10 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Social Media, Mental Health Disorder
The Impact of Shallow Reading in Social Media
Social media is pervasively used in our life. There is a research hypothesis that the information in social media is "shallow" and the long-term use of it will cause readers' addiction, insomnia, and inability to pay attention…
- Conditions
- Social Media, Mental Health Disorder, Brain Imaging
- Trial name
- NCT05097807
- Testing
- smartphone related behaviors
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tang-Du Hospital
Infertility
Application of Two Different Synthetic Sequential Media for the Human IVF-Embryo Transfer (IVF-ET) Program
Quality-controlled commercial media have been used in many in-vitro fertilization (IVF) laboratories. However, commercial media are costly and difficult to compare directly because their exact compositions are not clearly…
- Trial name
- NCT01356238
- Testing
- MRC media, Sydney IVF media
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maria Fertility Hospital
Obesity, Adolescent
Insulin Resistance, Lipid Profile, CRP, IL-18 and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT) Diameter in Obese Adolescents
Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a marker for detecting endothelium dysfunction, and has become a non-invasive method that is very useful in detecting and evaluating subclinical atherosclerosis in obese children and…
- Trial name
- CIMT (NCT06152068)
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Airlangga
Cigarette Smoking
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Test the Effect of a Smartphone Quit Smoking Intervention on Young Adult Smokers
The primary aim of this study will be to determine the effectiveness of a smartphone delivered app for young adult smokers on quitting smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT01983150
- Testing
- Crush the Crave Application, On the Road to Quitting - Self Help
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,601 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Waterloo
PREVENTION OF INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE, Prevention of Pneumococcal-induced Acute Otitis Media
Safety Study of a Single Dose of Pneumococcal Whole-Cell Vaccine in Healthy Adults
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if whole-cell Streptococcus pneumoniae (wSp) vaccination is safe and tolerated in healthy adults. The main aim is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of wSp vaccine.
- Trial name
- STREPTO VAC I (NCT07059182)
- Testing
- Inactivated whole-cell Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Serum Life Science Europe GmbH