Clinical trials: Educational Achievement
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Heart Failure
An Intervention to Improve Function in Severe Cardiopulmonary Illness
The study is a randomized trial of a cardiopulmonary self-management intervention to improve functional capacity, health-related quality of life, and to reduce health care utilization.
- Trial name
- NCT00467298
- Testing
- Exercise adherence, Self-management- prevention of illness, Self-management of illness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Preterm Birth, Breast Feeding
Prenatal Breast Pump Education of Mothers and Their Support Person
The study will follow a prospective cohort of racially and economically diverse mothers of premature infants for 3 weeks following delivery to test whether antenatal education of the support person of mothers may decrease time to…
- Trial name
- NCT04006509
- Testing
- Prenatally Delivered Lactation Educational Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Latent Cancer (Prostate)
Impact on Instructional Video on Patients' Compliance With Preparation During CT Planning for Prostate Cancer
Rectal toxicity limits dose escalated intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for prostate cancer. The dose volume constraints that predict for rectal toxicity require minimizing prostate motion and rectum and bladder filling of…
- Trial name
- NCT02410291
- Testing
- Educational video
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Prescription Drug Abuse (Not Dependent)
Mobile Application for Prescription Drug-Abuse Education (MAPDE)
The aims of this pilot study are: (1) to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a mobile application to educate military members about the risks of prescription drug misuse; (2) to determine if there is evidence that the…
- Trial name
- MAPDE (NCT03165175)
- Testing
- prescription drug-abuse education smartphone application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Naval Health Research Center
Diabetic Neuropathies, Peripheral Nerve Diseases
Effect of Exercise on Gait and Balance in Peripheral Neuropathy
The purpose of this study is to find out if participation in one of the study groups: functional balance training, Tai Chi, or education, results in better outcomes overall.
- Conditions
- Diabetic Neuropathies, Peripheral Nerve Diseases, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT00270842
- Testing
- Tai Chi, Functional Balance, Education Control group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Chemotherapy Effect
Effect of Nurse-led Education on Parent's Anxiety and Depression on Managing Side Effects of Chemotherapy
ABSTRACT Background: Today, a wide range of pediatric cancers is treated by chemotherapy. More than 21 side effects of chemotherapy have been identified. Among those nausea; vomiting, infection and anemia are most common.
- Trial name
- NCT03753542
- Testing
- Multimedia education, booklet Providence and tele-nursing follow-up
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nomi Waqas Gul
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Promoting Informed Decisions About Cancer Screening in Older Adults
This project aims to examine the impact of different interventions designed to help individualize colorectal cancer (CRC) screening decisions in adults aged 76-85. Clinicians will be assigned by chance to one of two arms.
- Trial name
- PRIMED (NCT03959696)
- Testing
- Notification, Training
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 536 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Retention
Oral Health Literacy and Oral Education
This is study aims to evaluate the retention of information on oral health and eating habits in children under two years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT02436811
- Testing
- Written form instruction, Standardized oral instruction, Control
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
Voice Disorders
Vocal Warm-up and Respiratory Muscle Training
The purpose of this study is to verify the effects of two speech-pathology interventions: vocal warm-up and respiratory training in teachers who work in a public school of the city of Salvador-Bahia, with or without complaints of…
- Trial name
- NCT02102399
- Testing
- Vocal Warm-up, Respiratory Muscle Training
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Bahia
Children With Medical Complexity (CMC), COVID-19
ReSET Aim 1b: Restarting Safe Education and Testing for Children With Medical Complexity - COVID-19 Testing in School With Children and Staff
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is a worldwide pandemic that has resulted in large-scale quarantines in cities, states, and countries throughout the world.
- Trial name
- NCT04899245
- Testing
- BinaxNOW Rapid Antigen System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive, Patient Compliance
Tailored Intervention to Promote Positive Airway Pressure Adherence
The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of a tailored (i.e., individualized) intervention to promote adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) in adults with newly-diagnosed, CPAP treated…
- Trial name
- SCIP-PA (NCT01454830)
- Testing
- Tailored, Usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 118 people
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Asthma, COPD
Teaching Use of Respiratory Inhalers (TURI)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of enrolling and randomizing patients into one of two educational interventions to teach appropriate respiratory inhaler technique and to collect preliminary estimates of…
- Trial name
- TURI (NCT01456494)
- Testing
- Brief Intervention, Teach-to-Goal Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
COVID-19 Vaccination
HOPE Intervention for COVID-19
The Harnessing Online Peer Education COVID-19 (HOPE COVID-19) intervention will assess whether a peer-led online support community can improve behavioral health outcomes related to COVID-19.
- Trial name
- NCT04376515
- Testing
- HOPE intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Heart Failure; With Decompensation
Danger Signs in Heart Failure- Effects of Video Education
Lack of recognition of HF danger signs and lack of understanding of how to control and minimize danger signs could lead to their escalation and prompt all-cause and HF-related health care resource utilization (HCRU).
- Trial name
- NCT03657459
- Testing
- Danger Signs of Heart Failure Videos
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 746 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Sudden Cardiac Death, Heart Failure
Educational Videos to Address Racial Disparities in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy
VIVID is a prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical trial in African American patients that will to evaluate: (1) the effect of an educational video on knowledge of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and implantable cardioverter…
- Trial name
- VIVID (NCT02819973)
- Testing
- Educational Video1, Educational Video 2, Usual Care 3
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 343 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Hemiplegia, Stroke, Acute
Effects Of Sensory Training and Electrical Stimulation on Sole of The Foot Sensations in Patients With Acute Hemiplegia
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of the sole of foot sensory education and electrical stimulation on proprioceptive and cortical senses in patients with acute hemiplegia.
- Conditions
- Hemiplegia, Stroke, Acute, Sensory Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT04252092
- Testing
- Sensory training, Electrical stimulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Yeditepe University
Opioid Use, Chronic Pain Post-Procedural
Video-based, Patient-Focused Opioid Education in the Perioperative Period
This is a pilot study designed to assess the feasibility of using a novel, video-based opioid education tool for opioid naïve ambulatory surgery patients in the perioperative period.
- Trial name
- NCT03986866
- Testing
- Video
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Colorectal Cancer
Use of Telehealth In-home Messaging to Improve GI (Gastrointestinal) Endoscopy Completion Rates
Low endoscopy completion rates are a major problem in the VA, causing delay or failure to receive essential care, increased clinic wait times, lost capacity, increased costs, thus limiting endoscopic screening for colorectal…
- Trial name
- GIVER (NCT00310362)
- Testing
- Use of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system to improve adherence to GI appointments and prep procedures
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,610 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Diabetes Mellitus
Use of the FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System to Enhance Education and Glycaemic Control
To demonstrate that in patients with persistent poorly controlled diabetes, short/intermittent use of continuous glucose monitoring can driver better longer-term glycaemic control and HbA1c.
- Trial name
- NCT01214824
- Testing
- FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Where
- 5 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Abbott Diabetes Care
Hospice, Caregivers
A Telenovela Intervention for Caregivers of African-American and Hispanic Hospice Patients
This randomized clinical trial (RCT) intends to look at the preliminary efficacy of NOVELA (intervention group) in changing anxiety and self-efficacy compared to usual hospice care (control group).
- Trial name
- NOVELA (NCT06835764)
- Testing
- NOVELA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University