Clinical trials: Health Prevention
Obesity, Obesity, Childhood
Healthy Homes, Healthy Habits
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether an intervention targeting healthy habit development reduces the risk and prevalence of obesity in low-income mothers and children.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Obesity, Childhood, Obesity; Familial
- Trial name
- HABITS (NCT03433456)
- Testing
- Home visitation + HABITS program, Standard home visitation program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 296 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Influenza, Infections, Pneumococcal
System Alignment for VaccinE Delivery (SAVED): Improving Rates of Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Through Patient Outreach, Improved Medical Record Accuracy and Targeted Physician Alerts
The goal of this research study is to improve rates of appropriate influenza and pneumococcal vaccination among adults who receive care at a large multi-specialty group practice in central Massachusetts.
- Trial name
- NCT02266277
- Testing
- Arm 1: E-portal message with IVR call, Arm 2: E-portal message with no IVR call, Arm 3: No e-portal message with IVR call
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Cardiovascular Health
Promoting Heart Health in Preschool Children
As part of the Colombian Hearty Health Initiative program led by Mount Sinai Cardiovascular Institute, a multidisciplinary team design and implemented a pedagogic and communication strategies for the promotion of healthy heart…
- Trial name
- NCT01551355
- Testing
- Children-Multicomponent intervention
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 2,279 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Valentin Fuster
Mental Health Issue, Hiv
Walk-in Therapy in Low Barrier Primary Care
The goals of the current research are to adapt an effective walk-in psychotherapy clinic intervention for the context of low-barrier primary care; and conduct a pilot implementation study in a low-barrier primary care clinic…
- Conditions
- Mental Health Issue, Hiv, Substance Use
- Trial name
- NCT06552325
- Testing
- Single Session Narrative Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Melanoma, Adolescents
Sun Protection and Tanning Awareness in Rural Schools
Drawing from prior school-based skin cancer prevention programs, we have adapted intervention materials to target rural high schoolers.
- Trial name
- STARS (NCT06694571)
- Testing
- Skin cancer prevention educational presentation and activities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Adherence, Medication
Life-Steps Counseling to Enhance Adherence and Engagement in PrEP Care
The purpose of this study is to test how different types of interventions may affect how someone takes their pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication.
- Trial name
- NCT04316715
- Testing
- Lifesteps for PrEP, Daily text message reminders
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Tobacco Use Cessation, Cancer Prevention
Project Impact 2: A Culturally Tailored Smoking Cessation Intervention for Latino Smokers
The goal of this research study is to learn how 3 different kinds of counseling treatments may help individuals to quit smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT02596711
- Testing
- Nicotine Patch, Questionnaires, Carbon Monoxide (CO) Test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Substance-related Disorders
Women's Treatment and Early Recovery
Approximately 25 million Americans struggle with alcohol or drug problems annually. Abuse of alcohol and drugs is costly to our nation, exacting more than $428 billion in costs related to crime, lost work productivity and health…
- Trial name
- MBRP-W (NCT02977988)
- Testing
- Mindfulness Meditation, Brain and Recovery (B&R)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Cardiovascular Diseases, Cerebrovascular Disorders
Women's Health Study (WHS): A Randomized Trial of Low-dose Aspirin and Vitamin E in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of low-dose aspirin and vitamin E in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer in apparently healthy women.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Cerebrovascular Disorders, Coronary Disease, Heart Diseases
- Trial name
- WHS (NCT00000479)
- Testing
- Aspirin, Vitamin E
- Volunteers
- 39,876 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
HIV/AIDS
HIV Oral Testing Infographic Experiment
Premised on the National AIDS Strategy's focus on identifying new HIV infections through increased HIV testing, the purpose of this formative pilot study is to develop and test an integrated HIV self-testing strategy that…
- Trial name
- HOTIE (NCT04061915)
- Testing
- Infographic Intervention, Paper-based HIV self-testing information
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 322 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University
Cholera
Single Dose Azithromycin to Prevent Cholera in Children
This study aims to determine whether single-dose azithromycin is effective in preventing cholera in children who are at extremely high risk of infection.
- Trial name
- NCT04326478
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 2,475 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Depression
Technology Assisted Programs That Promote Mental Health for Teenagers
The mission of this project is to develop novel systems of care that can provide efficacious, scalable, cost-effective, participant friendly behavioral intervention technologies (BITs) for the prevention of depression in…
- Trial name
- ProjectTECH (NCT01912729)
- Testing
- Networked Peer Support with Peer Guide, Networked Peer Support with Clinician Coach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Preventive Health Services, Health Communication
Patients Engaged in Prevention: Enhancing Outreach to Increase Patient Engagement in Diabetes Prevention
This study examines whether a health message that includes a self-affirmation intervention (where people reflect on values that are important to them) increases acceptance of the message and encourages people to take steps to…
- Trial name
- PEP (NCT03550066)
- Testing
- Values affirmation, No affirmation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Nicotine Dependence
Effectiveness of GW468816, an NMDA Glycine Site Antagonist, for Prevention of Relapse to Smoking
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the glycine antagonist, GW468816, compared with placebo on duration of abstinence and rates of relapse in recently quit female smokers in a randomized, double-blind…
- Trial name
- NCT00218465
- Testing
- GW468816
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 264 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Alzheimer's Disease
Health Evaluation in African Americans Using RAS Therapy
The purpose of this study is to determine if telmisartan, an FDA approved blood pressure medication, may also have beneficial effects on Alzheimer's disease prevention in African Americans, who are at high risk for Alzheimer's…
- Trial name
- HEART (NCT02471833)
- Testing
- Telmisartan 20mg, Telmisartan 40mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Mobile Phone Use, Hiv
Mobile HIV Prevention App for Black Women
Black women have a significantly higher risk of acquiring HIV compared to their non-Black counterparts. The purpose of this study is to refine and test a mobile HIV Prevention and Reproductive Health app developed specifically…
- Conditions
- Mobile Phone Use, Hiv, Stigma, Social
- Trial name
- In-the-kNOW (NCT05080972)
- Testing
- in-the-kNOW mobile app, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Behavior, Health, Child Obesity
Greenlight Plus Study: Approaches to Early Childhood Obesity Prevention
A randomized controlled trial enrolling 900 parent-infant dyads (English and Spanish speaking) comparing Greenlight (control), a behavioral intervention focusing on nutrition, physical activity, media use, and sleep as compared…
- Trial name
- NCT04042467
- Testing
- Greenlight Plus, Greenlight
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Accidental Falls
Falls Prevention in Older Home Care Recipients
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a falls-prevention exercise programme on health-related quality of life, fear of falling, falls and physical function in older people receiving home care.
- Trial name
- NCT02374307
- Testing
- Exercise and education
- Where
- 6 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 155 people
- Sponsor
- Oslo Metropolitan University
HIV
SEARCH CAB LA Dynamic Choice HIV Prevention Study Extension
The overall purpose of this SEARCH CAB-LA (Cabotegravir Injectable Suspension) randomized extension study is to determine if adding the option of CAB-LA as a prevention choice using a person-centered dynamic choice HIV (human…
- Trial name
- NCT05549726
- Testing
- Cabotegravir Injectable Suspension, Dynamic Choice Delivery Model, Standard of Care
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 984 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Depression, Anxiety
Mobile Mental Health Apps for Suicide Prevention
Access to mental health care by essential workers and the unemployed during the COVID19 pandemic has been challenging. Usual access to mental health care is limited by social distancing, and for many now unemployed due to…
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Emotional Regulation
- Trial name
- NCT04536935
- Testing
- Mobile Mental Health App - 1, Mobile Mental Health App - 2, Mobile Mental Health App - 3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 838 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington