Clinical trials: Health Behaviour Change
Food Literacy, Food Habits
FOODLIT-Trial: Digital Behaviour Change Intervention to Improve Food Literacy Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
Given that healthy food-related habits are protective of both malnutrition and multiple noncommunicable diseases (including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer), and acknowledging that poor diets constitute a greater risk to…
- Conditions
- Food Literacy, Food Habits, Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms, Eating Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04806074
- Testing
- Experimental Group, Comparison Group
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 215 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ISPA - Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Psicologicas, Sociais e da Vida
Household Air Pollution, Behavior, Social
P3 Ghana Cookstove Study
Background: Despite their potential health and social benefits, adoption and use of improved cookstoves has been low throughout much of the world.
- Trial name
- P3 (NCT03617952)
- Testing
- P3 Bio Intervention
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Smoking Cessation, Obesity
A Multiple Health Behavior Change Intervention for Overweight and Obese Smokers
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy, acceptability, and feasibility of an intervention that provides a behavioral weight gain prevention intervention in advance of smoking cessation treatment in individuals…
- Trial name
- NCT05136430
- Testing
- Self-Regulation strategies + large changes (SR), Healthy Lifestyle Education (LE), Smoking Cessation Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Drinking Behaviour
Promoting Alcohol-related Attitudinal and Behavioural Change Amongst Adolescents Through Internet Intervention
Objectives The aims of this study are to test the effectiveness of an online quiz competition in changing adolescents' alcohol-related attitudes and behaviour and to explore the fe¬asibility of using Internet viral marketing to…
- Trial name
- NCT02450344
- Testing
- Interactive health promotion, Passive health promotion
- Volunteers
- 7,933 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Sedentary Behavior
Impact of 4 Months of Exercise Changes of Heart Health-related Epigenetic Markers in Healthy, Sedentary Individuals
We aim to analyze the impact of a single acute exercise intervention (ergometry) on the expression pattern of specific heart health related miRNAs in healthy, previously sedentary participants, and how this pattern will be…
- Trial name
- miR-4-heart (NCT04791306)
- Testing
- supervised exercise training, home-based exercise training
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Paracelsus Medical University
Diet, Mediterranean, Health Behavior
Feeding America's Bravest: Mediterranean Diet-Based Interventions to Change Firefighters' Eating Habits
The purpose of this study is to modify the food culture of the fire service by motivating firefighters and their families to incorporate Mediterranean diet principles at work and home through behavior change strategies that…
- Conditions
- Diet, Mediterranean, Health Behavior, Program Sustainability, Program Effectiveness
- Trial name
- NCT02941757
- Testing
- Mediterranean diet Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 486 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Stroke, Family Caregivers
Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Intervention for Stroke Caregivers
The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of the revised Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit (TASK II) compared with an Information, Support, and Referral (ISR) intervention in family caregivers of stroke…
- Trial name
- TASKII (NCT01275495)
- Testing
- Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit (TASK II), Information, Support, and Referral (ISR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 254 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Cognitive Change, Creativity
Naturalistic Study of Microdosing With Psilocybin
This study seeks to understand the neural, cognitive and behavioral effects of low doses of psilocybin administered in the form of dried mushroom material (0.5 g of Psilocybe cubensis) consumed in natural settings following a…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Change, Creativity, Mood Change, Sleep
- Trial name
- NATMICRO (NCT05160220)
- Testing
- Psilocybin
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Argentina
HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
MEMA Kwa Vijana Trial: Impact of an Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention in Mwanza, Tanzania
The MEMA kwa Vijana Project is a community randomised trial which aims to assess the impact of a targeted intervention on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Mwanza Region, Tanzania.
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Pregnancy, Sexual Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT00248469
- Testing
- In-school Sexual Health Education, Youth-friendly health services, Youth condom promotion & distribution
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Obesity
The Impact of the PACE Program Implementation on Health Services Utilization by Obese Arab Women
Scientific background: Obesity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes. In Israel, the prevalence of obesity and diabetes among Arab females is 2 and 2.8 times higher than Jewish…
- Trial name
- AWESOME (NCT00827424)
- Testing
- Lifestyle counseling by applying a modified PACE protocol
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clalit Health Services
Behavior, Health, Behavior, Maternal
Women Lift Safely! An Intervention Study to Reduce the Risks of Heavy Lifting
The Women Lift Safely! Intervention study aims to increase safe carrying behavior to reduce health risks of heavy lifting in a rural area of Nepal (i.e. reducing weight and using safe lifting techniques).
- Conditions
- Behavior, Health, Behavior, Maternal, Work Related Stress
- Trial name
- NCT05154006
- Testing
- Information about benefits of the behavior, Instruction on how to perform a behavior, Self-efficacy
- Where
- 2 sites in Nepal
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Oncologic Diseases, Cancer
Implementation and Evaluation of a Program Aimed at Facilitating Palliative Care Conversations
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In the care of people with cancer, it is essential to pay sufficient attention to individual care needs and quality of life.
- Trial name
- MCMV (NCT07402057)
- Testing
- My Care My Voice Intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 271 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
PreDiabetes, Obesity
WorkWell: Work-based Activity and Metabolic Health
This study will test whether a range of pre-clinical cardiometabolic biomarkers can be improved via regular intervals of standing and light-intensity physical activity in real-world office environments.
- Trial name
- NCT04269070
- Testing
- Standing condition, Light physical activity (LPA) condition, Usual behavior condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Sustainable Consumption Behavior, Sustainability Attitudes
Environmental Sustainability-Focused Service-Learning for Nursing Students
This randomized controlled trial evaluates whether completing a service-learning project with an environmental sustainability-focused non-governmental organization (NGO) improves sustainable consumption behaviors and…
- Conditions
- Sustainable Consumption Behavior, Sustainability Attitudes, Nursing Education, SERVICE LEARNING
- Trial name
- NCT07904273
- Testing
- Environmental sustainability-focused service-learning, Service-learning with health and social NGOs
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Acibadem University
Melanoma, Cancer Survivorship
Mentored Community Gardening for Individuals With Skin Cancer
The investigators will conduct a single-arm pilot feasibility trial of mentored community gardening for melanoma survivors integrating dosimeters and accelerometers.
- Conditions
- Melanoma, Cancer Survivorship, Skin Cancer, Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Trial name
- H4H2-AZ (NCT05648604)
- Testing
- Mentored Community Gardening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Gestational Weight Gain, Diet, Food, and Nutrition
Nutri-CAP: Nutrition for Children, Adolescent Girls, and Pregnant Women in Slums of Dhaka City
The objective of the research project is to establish an evidence-based sustainable nutrition service delivery platform for optimizing pregnancy weight gain, increasing dietary diversity of adolescent girls, and ensuring proper…
- Conditions
- Gestational Weight Gain, Diet, Food, and Nutrition, Undernutrition, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05311436
- Testing
- Experimental - Intensive nutrition counselling for pregnant, adolescent and under2 children
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 3,278 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Risk Reduction Behavior
The Total Health Study
This study is a randomized, controlled, multiple risk intervention pilot study evaluated with clients recruited from VA Medical Center Substance Abuse Programs.
- Trial name
- NCT01415206
- Testing
- Extended Staging Health Risk Intervention (S-HRI), Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Kidney Transplant; Complications, Obesity
The wEight Management in Renal Transplant Online Study (ExeRTiOn)
The primary aim of this project is to create an online weight management tool (Physical activity, weight management and cognitive behavioral therapy) to prevent significant weight gain following kidney transplantation.
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplant; Complications, Obesity, Physical Activity, Weight Gain
- Trial name
- ExeRTiOn (NCT03699059)
- Testing
- ExeRTiOn
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College Hospital NHS Trust
Healthy Volunteers
Influence of a Modified Ramadan Fasting on Health and Well-being in Healthy Muslims - a Randomised Controlled Trial
In this study the investigators will test the impact of a modified Ramadan Fasting regimen on health and well-being. The 2016 Ramadan is around summer solstice in Germany making it one of the most challenging fasting periods for…
- Trial name
- Ramadan_16 (NCT02775175)
- Testing
- Modified Ramadan Fasting
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universität Duisburg-Essen
Cancer Survivor, Cancer
Leading Healthy Eating and Activity Promotion Program
The goal of the LEAP project is to improve the health and well-being of cancer survivors and their co-survivors living in persistent poverty areas by providing healthy behavior change support.
- Conditions
- Cancer Survivor, Cancer, Oncology
- Trial name
- LEAP (NCT06868524)
- Testing
- LEAP Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham