Clinical trials: Firearm Injury
Safety Issues, Injuries
An Interactive Web Platform to Teach Children Hunting, Shooting and Firearms Safety
Firearms injuries present a major pediatric public health challenge, killing >800 children ages 0-15 annually and leading to lifelong disability among >1000 survivors.
- Conditions
- Safety Issues, Injuries, Firearm Injury
- Trial name
- NCT04622943
- Testing
- firearms safety, nutrition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Injuries
The Use of Public Messaging for the Promotion of Firearm Safety to Veterans
This pilot study seeks to determine if exposure to the firearm safety public service announcement (PSA) developed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is associated with changes in related beliefs and safe storage…
- Trial name
- NCT03417752
- Testing
- Exposure to firearm safety PSA, Exposure to health promotion PSA
- Volunteers
- 474 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Canandaigua VA Medical Center
Violence, Adolescent
Addressing Root Causes for Gun Violence Prevention (ARC-GVP)
The goal of this study is to help build the evidence base for a locally-relevant youth firearm violence prevention program in Washington D.C., a city experiencing disparities in youth firearm violence outcomes.
- Conditions
- Violence, Adolescent, Firearm Injury, Aggression
- Trial name
- NCT05887973
- Testing
- The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Firearm Injury, Suicide Due to Use of Firearm
Target Safety: a Collaboration of Firearm Retailers and Health Care to Address Suicide Prevention
The purpose of the study is to understand how culturally competent messaging on secure firearm storage and temporary out-of-home storage (TOHS) is perceived and accepted by firearm owners.
- Trial name
- NCT07223970
- Testing
- Temporary out-of-home storage (TOHS) training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 310 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Firearm Injury, Safety Issues
Pediatric Trauma Centers RE-AIM at Gun Safety
Universal firearm injury and violence prevention counseling of parents and patients has been recommended by multiple national organizations for over a decade, yet clinicians rarely deliver this counseling.
- Trial name
- ACTFAST (NCT06123611)
- Testing
- Adopting Comprehensive Training for FireArm Safety in Trauma centers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Firearm Injury, Violence, Physical
HVIP Outcomes and Stakeholder Insights
The study's goal is to perform an evaluation of a Southeastern hospital violence intervention program (HVIP) that includes comprehensive patient outcomes, perceived benefits and opportunities for improvement of an HVIP from the…
- Trial name
- NCT06582953
- Testing
- Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program (hospital violence intervention program)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Firearm Injury, Safety Issues
Adult Trauma Centers RE-AIM at Gun Safety
The goal of this interventional study is to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of a comprehensive a universal firearm injury prevention program, ACTFAST (Adopting Comprehensive Training for FireArm Safety in Trauma…
- Trial name
- ACTFAST (NCT06302452)
- Testing
- Adopting Comprehensive Training for FireArm Safety in Trauma Centers
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,776 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Prevention
Enhancing an Existing Prevention Strategy to Reduce Intentional Firearm Injuries Among High-risk Youth (Phase 1)
Over the past three decades, substantial resources have been devoted to developing youth violence prevention (YVP) programs. These programs have demonstrated positive effects on reducing aggression and related behaviors…
- Trial name
- NCT07305467
- Testing
- Establish an advisory board of high-risk youth, Feedback and advice sessions, Youth advisory board training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Firearm Safety, Firearm Injury
Firearm Screening in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Firearm injuries is the leading cause of death for children in the United States with approximately 5,000 children being injured or killed by firearms annually.
- Conditions
- Firearm Safety, Firearm Injury, Firearm Ownership
- Trial name
- NCT07482982
- Testing
- Screening Questions 1, Screening Questionnaire 2, Screening Questionnaire 3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 784 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
Gun Shot Wound
Effect of Violent First-Person Shooter (FPS) Video Games on Shooting Accuracy
The present research tests the effects of violent shooting games on behavior within the game (Pilot Study) and on behavior after the game is turned off (Experiment Proper).
- Trial name
- NCT03445156
- Testing
- Video game, Controller
- Volunteers
- 327 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Firearm Injury
Rise up! A Youth-Informed Video Program For Young Children To Stay Safe From Community Violence
Gun violence is the number one reason children die in the U.S. In big cities, most of these cases come from shootings related to assaults and homicides.
- Trial name
- NCT07548437
- Testing
- Rise Up! video-based program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
PTSD, Firearm Injury
Project Safe Guard-Trauma
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to determine if a counseling intervention, Project Safe Guard-Trauma (PSG-T), increases secure firearm storage practices in adults who screen positive for posttraumatic stress…
- Conditions
- PTSD, Firearm Injury, Suicide Prevention, Firearm Safety
- Trial name
- PSG-T (NCT06876740)
- Testing
- Project Safe Guard - Trauma, Project Safe Guard
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 168 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Suicide, Suicide, Attempted
Improving Firearm Storage in Alaska Native Villages
Rates of suicide among young Alaska Native males are over ten-fold higher than among a similar age cohort in the rest of the United States. A high proportion of these deaths are associated with firearms.
- Conditions
- Suicide, Suicide, Attempted, Wounds and Injuries
- Trial name
- NCT00643812
- Testing
- Installation of gun locker in household
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 266 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Firearm Injury
Clinical Screening for Firearm Violence Risk
The purpose of the proposed work is to harness cutting-edge machine learning methods to optimize prediction of future firearm violence in youth ages 18-24 so that prevention resources can be allocated efficiently.
- Trial name
- NCT05436457
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,506 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Firearm Violence, Firearm Carriage
Project IntERact V2
The present study is evaluating the efficacy of a behavioral intervention to reduce risky firearm carriage among a high risk sample of youth reporting recent firearm carriage and ownership of a smartphone.
- Conditions
- Firearm Violence, Firearm Carriage, Injury Prevention
- Trial name
- NCT05109325
- Testing
- IntERact
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 373 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Firearm Injury, Economic Problems
Recovery Legal Care Clinical Trial
Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs (HVIPs) affiliated with trauma centers in the US often focus on individual behavior modification for reduction in re-victimization.
- Conditions
- Firearm Injury, Economic Problems, Injury Traumatic
- Trial name
- HVIP-MLP (NCT06618794)
- Testing
- Recovery Legal Care, HVIP Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 202 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Firearm Injury
TRUsted rEsidents and Housing Assistance to Decrease Violence Exposure in New Haven
The overall objective of this study is to implement and test a strengths-based, community-driven intervention to reduce gun violence by (1) improving housing stability through providing financial assistance coupled with…
- Trial name
- TRUE HAVEN (NCT05723614)
- Testing
- TRUE HAVEN
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 61,770 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Mental Health Disorders, Suicide or Selfinflicted Injury by Firearms and Explosives
Firearm Storage Device Distribution to Families of Children With Mental Health Complaints
This study aims to describe the baseline rate of safe firearm storage device use in the homes of pediatric patients with mental health complaints treated in the Emergency Department (ED) and/or inpatient psychiatric unit of an…
- Trial name
- NCT03386409
- Testing
- Free safe firearm storage device distribution, Low cost safe firearm storage device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 255 people
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Firearm Injury, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Randomized Trial to Improve Safe Firearm Storage
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effect of providing gun locks to caregivers of children presenting to the emergency department for mental health concerns.
- Conditions
- Firearm Injury, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Suicide and Self-harm, Mental Health Issue
- Trial name
- FARTHER (NCT05568901)
- Testing
- Lethal means counseling, Provision of Cable-style gun locks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Firearm Injury
Launching the Houston Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program (Houston-HVIP): Developing and Evaluating a Hospital-Based Intervention to Reduce Recurrent Violence
A prior violent injury is one of the strongest predictors of future violent injury, highlighting the importance of effective hospital-based interventions to prevent reinjury.
- Trial name
- NCT06263647
- Testing
- Houston-HVIP treatment, Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 274 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston