Clinical trials: Health Behavior Change
Obesity
A Study to Assess the Compliance and Impact on Weight of Kurbo, a Pediatric Centered Weight Loss App
Kurbo is a health and fitness app that is targeted toward the pediatric population. It utilizes games and activities to educate children about healthy eating, portion control/size and exercise.
- Trial name
- Kurbo (NCT02880254)
- Testing
- Kurbo, Personal Health Coach
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baystate Medical Center
Obesity, Overweight
Balance: A Pragmatic Trial of a Digital Health Intervention to Prevent Weight Gain in Primary Care
Up to 50% of obese patients are not interested in, or ready for, weight loss. Clinical practice guidelines clearly recommend that these patients avoid gaining weight.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Overnutrition, Nutrition Disorders
- Trial name
- D0479 (NCT03003403)
- Testing
- Intervention Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 443 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Dementia, Mental Health
Compass for Care: A Theory-driven Mobile Solution to Promote Well-being Among Caregivers of Individuals With ADRD
In the US, the over 11 million Americans currently providing unpaid care to a family member, relative, or friend with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia (ADRD) are over 6 times more likely than the general population to…
- Trial name
- Compass4Care (NCT06249139)
- Testing
- Compass for Care (Well-being intervention), Compass for Care (Safety intervention)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 278 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pro-Change Behavior Systems
Coronary Heart Disease
Family Heart Health Program: Randomized, Controlled Trial
Background: Family members (spouses, siblings, offspring) of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) may themselves be at increased risk for developing CHD for genetic, biochemical and/or behavioural reasons.
- Trial name
- FHHP-RCT (NCT00552591)
- Testing
- 12-week risk reduction program, managed by a Heart Health Educator
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 426 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
Smoking, Tobacco Product
Japanese Post-Market Cohort Study
The objectives and endpoints of this study were analyzed in the study population of adults eligible to purchase tobacco products.
- Trial name
- NCT03020667
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 1,124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philip Morris Products S.A.
Combat Disorders
Prospective Study of Veteran Health in Previously Deployed Soldiers
Background: Previous deployments like that to the Persian Gulf in 1991 produced veterans with post-deployment symptom-based health problems with no medical explanation.
- Trial name
- NCT00285246
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 838 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Weight Change, Body, Smoking Cessation
Efficacy of Two Novel Behavioral Post-cessation Weight Gain Interventions
The study aims to randomize 400 participants to 1 of 3 arms: a) a weight stability intervention prior to smoking cessation (Group 1); b) a weight loss intervention prior to smoking cessation (Group 2); or c) a self-guided weight…
- Trial name
- NCT03156660
- Testing
- Weight gain prevention (Group 1), Weight loss intervention (Group 2), Self-guided intervention (Group 3)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 305 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Tobacco Smoking Cessation, Motivation
Pro-Change Smoking Cessation Intervention
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a behavioral economics solution impacts smoking cessation program engagement and quit rates.
- Trial name
- NCT02299076
- Testing
- Behavioral economics incentives, Minimal incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 422 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VAL Health, LLC
Pollution; Exposure, Health Behavior
Improving the Behavioural Impact of Air Quality Alerts
The evidence shows that adherence to air quality advice to adopt protective behaviours during pollution episodes is suboptimal, and that the traditional strategy of simply informing people about high pollution episodes is not…
- Trial name
- NCT03552198
- Testing
- Alternative health advice
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Tobacco Use Cessation
Changing the Default for Tobacco Treatment
The purpose of this study is to determine the impact and efficacy of a new approach to smoking cessation treatment versus the traditional approach.
- Trial name
- NCT02721082
- Testing
- Opt Out Treatment Program, Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Opt In Treatment Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Risk Reduction, Environmental Exposure
Monitoring Environmental Exposures and Behavioral Change
The goal of this study is to examine what effect real-time feedback on particulate matter (PM) air pollution levels has on risk recognition and behavior.
- Conditions
- Risk Reduction, Environmental Exposure, Risk Behavior, Health
- Trial name
- NCT05338242
- Testing
- Real-Time Exposure Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Alteration of Cognitive Function, Dietary Modification
Cognitive Health Promotion Project in the Community
This study was based on baseline data derived from a large prospective study called the Suwon Project (SP), a cohort comprising random clustering samples of elderly people, all of whom are ethnic Koreans aged over 60 years.
- Trial name
- NCT01012947
- Testing
- Lifestyle Counseling Usual Care, Lifestyle Counseling Telephone, Bimonth, Lifestyle Counseling Telephone, Month
- Volunteers
- 1,115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ajou University School of Medicine
Overweight and Obesity
SMART 2.0: Social Mobile Approaches to Reducing weighT in Young Adults
The SMART 2.0 study is a 24-month trial designed to evaluate the impact of the intervention with technology and personal health coaching or with technology alone on objectively measured weight among overweight young adults in a…
- Trial name
- SMART 2 (NCT03907462)
- Testing
- SMART 2.0
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 638 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Cognitive Change, Health Behavior
A Multidomain Approach to Preventing Dementia in African Americans: Cognitive Prescriptions
The goal of this R21 study is to explore the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of individualized cognitive prescriptions (CogRxs) in improving engagement in healthy behaviors and other outcomes in middle-aged AAs and to gain…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Change, Health Behavior, Health Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT03864536
- Testing
- Cognitive Prescriptions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Obesity, Overweight
A Maintenance Program for the Be Fit Employee Wellness Program
This research study is being done: 1) to determine if the MGH Be Fit program helps employees to change their nutrition and exercise habits and lower their risk for chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes and 2) to…
- Trial name
- NCT00707577
- Testing
- Internet-based maintenance program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Survivorship, Cancer
Title: Leveraging Technology to Address Health Outcomes of Cancer Survivors
At the end of cancer treatment, many patients are still dealing with symptoms of cancer and side effects of treatment. Many are also left in a surreal mental state with uncertainty regarding the future of their health.
- Conditions
- Survivorship, Cancer, Symptoms and Signs
- Trial name
- POSTHOC (NCT05499663)
- Testing
- POSTHOC app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Antimicrobial Resistance, Attitude to Health
Testing New Ways to Name Antimicrobial Resistance
This study aims to investigate the public's views on antibiotics and the impact of different ways to name the potential consequences of antibiotics not working in the future.
- Trial name
- NCT06356285
- Testing
- Presentation of Antimicrobial Resistance
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 4,296 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Cigarette Smoking
A Smoking Cessation Study to Understand the Biological and Functional Changes After One Year of Smoking Cessation
The purpose of this study was to understand the biological and functional changes after one year of smoking cessation and to collect data on a broad range of biomarkers of exposure (BoExp) and biomarkers of effect (BoE).
- Trial name
- RIBESC (NCT02432729)
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Germany and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 1,184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philip Morris Products S.A.
Cigarette Smoking
Smoking, Stress, HIV and Mobile Technology
The present investigation aims to address disparities in cigarette use outcomes among Black/African American adults with HIV. The specific aims of this study are: (1) To modify a recently developed, culturally adapted, mobile…
- Trial name
- NCT05709002
- Testing
- MASP+, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Houston
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Men Together Making a Difference: Reducing HIV/STD Risk Behavior Among South African Men
Sub-Saharan Africa has about 10% of the world's population, but was home to more than 60% of all people living with HIV in 2003.
- Trial name
- NCT01490359
- Testing
- Men Making a Difference HIV/STD Risk Reduction Intervention, Health Promotion Control
- Volunteers
- 1,181 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania