Clinical trials: Health Policy
Nicotine Addiction
Developing Evidence to Inform Regulatory Policy on Nicotine Content in E-Liquids
The goal of this observational study is to learn if electronic cigarette users who currently choose to use lower nicotine eliquids have reduced harm compared those who choose higher nicotine eliquids.
- Trial name
- NCT06619964
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Rochester Institute of Technology
Physical Activity, Children, Only
Program Evaluation of an In-school Daily Physical Activity Initiative
The school system is one setting in which children's physical activity levels may be increased through daily physical activity (DPA) policies and initiatives.
- Trial name
- NCT03618927
- Testing
- Daily physical activity intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 362 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Perceptions of Health Policy Education, Engagement in Policy Roles
Perceptions of Medical Students Toward Health Policy Education and Engagement in Policy Roles, Sudan 2025
This study assesses medical students' perceptions of health policy education, their readiness for policy roles, and barriers to participation. Findings will highlight gaps and guide curriculum improvements in Sudan.
- Trial name
- NCT07194486
- Where
- Sudan
- Volunteers
- 405 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Research and Publication office
Evaluate the Effectiveness of Taxes on Unhealthy, Evaluate the Effectiveness Subsidies for Healthy Foods
Study of Purchasing Decisions and Food Consumption: Chile
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of taxes on unhealthy foods and subsidies for healthy foods in modifying the purchasing and consumption behavior of people in the Metropolitan Region, Chile. Research hypothesis: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT04654780
- Testing
- Taxes, Subsidies, Control
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Mayor
Stroke, Influenza Human
Vaccination Nudges From Pharmacists
The goal of this individual-level pragmatic randomized policy trial is to learn about the impact of behavioural nudges via mailed letters on increasing influenza and travel vaccination uptake in Alberta, Canada.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Influenza Human, Influenza Vaccines, Health Behavior Change
- Trial name
- NCT07161739
- Testing
- Behavioural Nudge (Influenza Risk Reduction), Behavioural Nudge (Travel Vaccination Benefit)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Legislation, Policy
Evaluation of the Research to Policy Collaboration Model
This work aims to evaluate an approach for improving federal legislators' use of evidence-known as the Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC) - which seeks to address known barriers to policymakers' use of research, including a…
- Conditions
- Legislation, Policy, Child Abuse, Family and Household
- Trial name
- RPC (NCT03671434)
- Testing
- Research-to-Policy Collaboration, Light Touch Policy Training
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 322 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Infectious Disease, Cardiovascular Disease
Promoting Evidence-Based Decision-Making in India: District Evaluation Study on Health
The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of disseminating information on comparative performance, along with actionable messages on how to improve health outcomes, to district-level decision-makers in India using a…
- Trial name
- DESH (NCT01003587)
- Testing
- District health information package
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada, India
- Volunteers
- 594 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Obesity
Comprehensive Analysis of the Program:Salud Escolar
The purpose of this study is to comprehensively evaluate Salud Escolar (School Health), a program led by the Mexican Ministries of Health and Education.
- Trial name
- NCT04507100
- Testing
- World Health Organization Health Promoting Schools
- Where
- Mexico
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico
Urinary Dysfunction, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
School-Based Bladder Health Intervention
The aim of this study is to promote healthy bladder behaviors among school children. We hypothesize that a combination of bladder health education and awareness events, additional resources such as a water station to support…
- Conditions
- Urinary Dysfunction, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Tract Infections in Children
- Trial name
- NCT06273098
- Testing
- Bladder Health Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Sexual Harassment
Evaluation of Virtual Course to Increase Knowledge in Sexual Harassment,Prevention and Sanction Policies of a University
Sexual harassment is the behavior of sexual or sexist connotation unwanted by the affected person. Despite being considered as gender-based violence, victims of sexual harassment can be of both sexes.
- Trial name
- NCT04021849
- Testing
- Face-to-face Class, Asynchronous Virtual Class
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Health Policy
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Portion Limit Study
This present study is an evaluation of de-identified data collected previously during a randomized controlled study (RCT). The objective of the original RCT titled "Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Portion Limit Dining Lab RCT" was…
- Trial name
- NCT04197063
- Testing
- Sweetened beverage portion size limit
- Volunteers
- 359 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Poverty, Tax Policy
Effect of EITC on Biological Markers of Aging, Health and Mortality
Paycheck Plus (PP) is a randomized controlled experiment (RCT) that explores the health and longevity effects associated with increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
- Trial name
- PaycheckPlus (NCT03226548)
- Testing
- Paycheck Plus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Substance Abuse, Substance Use Disorders
Testing Strategies to Improve Substance Misuse Prevention Research Use in State Policy Contexts
If science is to inform effective substance misuse prevention policy and ultimately improve public health, the field needs an effective strategy for directly supporting policymakers' use of research evidence, yet our field lacks…
- Conditions
- Substance Abuse, Substance Use Disorders, Prevention, Legislation
- Trial name
- NCT06856148
- Testing
- Intervention: RPC Group, Active Comparator: Control Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Inappropriate Dose of Drug Administered, Pain, Chronic
Trial Applying Policy to Eliminate or Reduce Inappropriate Narcotics in the General-population
To assess the effectiveness of a government-led population-based opioid intervention on discontinuation of opioid medication in community-dwelling adults with chronic non-cancer pain.
- Conditions
- Inappropriate Dose of Drug Administered, Pain, Chronic, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- TAPERING (NCT03400384)
- Testing
- Direct-to-consumer educational brochure
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 4,255 people
- Sponsor
- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Metabolic Syndrome X
Meta-analyses of Impotrant Food Sources of Sugars and Incident Cardiometabolic Diseases
There is an urgent need for stronger evidence to support recommendations for the role of sugars in diabetes and related cardiometabolic diseases.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Metabolic Syndrome X, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT02702375
- Testing
- Fructose-containing Sugars
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Implementation of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Policy
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are pervasive among children with 45% experiencing at least one ACE and 10% experiencing three or more, placing them at high risk for toxic stress and symptomatology.
- Trial name
- NCT04916587
- Testing
- Implementation Strategy of ACEs Screenings, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7,645 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Smoking, Tobacco, Smoking Behaviors
The Next Step in Smoking Prevention: the Reduction of Tobacco Retail Outlets, a Comprehensive Policy Evaluation
Few countries have legislation to reduce the number and types of tobacco retail outlets. The Netherlands plans to ban tobacco sales in supermarkets in 2024.
- Conditions
- Smoking, Tobacco, Smoking Behaviors, Smoking Cessation, Smoking Reduction
- Trial name
- NCT05554120
- Testing
- Supermarket tobacco sales ban
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 1,530 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Implementation Science, Diet, Food, and Nutrition
Sustainability Via Active Garden Education Wellness Implementation Strategies in Early Care and Education
This project compares four SAGE implementation strategies to evaluate effectiveness in implementation, sustainability, cost, and child health outcomes.
- Conditions
- Implementation Science, Diet, Food, and Nutrition, Child Care, Motor Behavior
- Trial name
- SAGE WISE (NCT07228819)
- Testing
- SAGE Basic, SAGE e-support, SAGE in-person support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 871 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Lightning Strategies on Health, Circadian Rhythms Photoentrainment
Population Based Lighting Study on Older Adults
The ENLIGHTENme project aims at collecting evidence about the impact of outdoor and indoor lighting on human health and wellbeing through the development and testing of innovative solutions and policies that will also counteract…
- Conditions
- Lightning Strategies on Health, Circadian Rhythms Photoentrainment, Photoentrainment and Sleep, DLMO
- Trial name
- ENLIGHTENme (NCT05676086)
- Testing
- indoor light intervention, no indoor light
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 191 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Usl di Bologna
Covid19, Infectious Disease
Policy Responses Against the COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America
Latin America is one of the worst-hit areas from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. Policy responses to COVID-19 in Latin America have sought to reduce viral spread, increase the capacity of the health system response, mitigate…
- Conditions
- Covid19, Infectious Disease, Death, SARS-CoV Infection
- Trial name
- NCT04816318
- Testing
- Social and public health measures against COVID-19, Control
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chile