Clinical trials: Healthcare Utilization
Low Back Pain
A Trial on the Effect on Low Back Pain Related Disability of Different Health Education Programs for Retired Persons
The primary purpose of this study is to compare, in retired persons living in the Balearic Islands, the effectiveness on low back pain related disability of three educational programs.
- Trial name
- NCT00441038
- Testing
- The Back Guide, The Back Book, Cardiovascular and general health
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kovacs Foundation
Traumatic Brain Injury
Mayo Clinic Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Center: The CONNECT Trial
Mayo Clinic has been funded by the National Institute on Disability Independent Living \& Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) as a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Model System Center continuously since 1998.
- Trial name
- CONNECT (NCT02088099)
- Testing
- Complex clinical intervention, Treatment as usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 426 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Health Care Acceptability
Access to Healthcare and the Right to Health of People Living in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Around Cayenne in French Guiana
ACSES aims to describe the health behaviours and vulnerabilities of poor urban communities living in the greater Cayenne area. It was a questionnaire based study conducted around a red cross truck providing testing.
- Trial name
- ACSES (NCT03359707)
- Testing
- survey
- Volunteers
- 696 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne
Health Care Utilization, Health Care Associated Infection
COVID19 Vaccination: Clinical, Laboratory and Cellular Monitoring
Primary objective: 1. Monitor adverse events (Adverse Event Following Immunization - AEFI) in vaccinated subjects and analyze the associations with: (a) demographic variables and anthropometric parameters (sex, age, BMI, etc.)…
- Trial name
- SAPIENZAVAX (NCT04844632)
- Testing
- Vaccine anti-Covid19
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Roma La Sapienza
Healthy Ageing
Exploring Blood Flow Restriction as an Accessible Fitness Solution for Healthy Aging in Seniors
As people age, it can become harder to stay active and independent, especially when dealing with fatigue, joint pain, or other health problems.
- Trial name
- NCT07460609
- Testing
- Blood Flow Restriction Training Exercise, Health Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor University
Preterm Birth, Health Care Utilization
Health and Wellness After Preterm Birth
This study continues an adaptation of the behavioral intervention Care Coordination After Preterm Birth (CCAPB). This is a pragmatic pilot randomized controlled feasibility trial of CCAPB with baseline and post-intervention…
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Health Care Utilization, Tobacco Use, Contraceptive Usage
- Trial name
- NCT05756634
- Testing
- Care Coordination after Preterm Birth (CCAPB)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Maternal Distress, Health Care Utilization
The Effectiveness of Expressive Writing on a Sample of New Mothers
This pilot study aims to evaluate the effects of an expressive writing intervention on a sample of new mothers after the childbirth on the psychological health and on the healthcare costs.
- Trial name
- NCT04803344
- Testing
- Expressive Writing tecnique, Neutral Writing
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Roma La Sapienza
Elderly Women
Telerehabilitation on Physical and Mental Health of the Elderly in the Covid-19 Pandemic Context
Introduction: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic scenario, social distancing has become the main strategy to contain this pandemic, causing negative impacts on the physical and mental health of the elderly population.
- Trial name
- NCT05465811
- Testing
- Program of physical exercises and health education by telerehabilitation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Paulista University
Alcohol Use Disorder
Scale-up of Prevention and Management of Alcohol Use Disorders and Comorbid Depression in Latin America
A quasi-experimental study will compare primary health care-based prevention and management of alcohol use disorder, operationalized by heavy drinking, in three intervention cities from Colombia, Mexico and Peru with three…
- Trial name
- SCALA (NCT03524599)
- Testing
- Intervention municipality
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 690 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University
Medication Adherence, Inappropriate Prescribing
Carefully seLected and Easily Accessible at No Charge Medications
This trial evaluates the effect of providing primary care patients with free and convenient access to a set of essential medicines.
- Conditions
- Medication Adherence, Inappropriate Prescribing, Diabetes, Hypertension
- Trial name
- CLEAN-Meds (NCT02744963)
- Testing
- Free and convenient medicine access
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 784 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Pregnancy, Obesity
PregnanT Moms Measure - Do-It-Yourself Health Monitoring and Simulation of Health in Pregnant Women
The aim of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility of Do-It-Yourself studies in pregnant women to detect changes in health parameters by assessing compliance and user experiences of participants.
- Trial name
- oPTiMuM (NCT02537145)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- W.J. Pasman
Tobacco Use Cessation, Tobacco Use
Integrating Tobacco Use Cessation Into HIV Care and Treatment in Kisumu County, Kenya
People living with HIV (PLHIV) have higher rates of tobacco use than the general population and higher rates of disease and death compared with PLHIV who do not use tobacco.
- Trial name
- NCT05351606
- Testing
- Tobacco Use Cessation Counselling Sessions, Bupropion, Nicotine patch
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 580 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Substance-Related Disorders, Alcohol-Related Disorders
Conflict Between Maternal Autonomy and Child Health in Substance-use
Qualitative project, comprising open-ended semi-structured interviews with healthcare workers, who provide antenatal care to substance-using women.
- Conditions
- Substance-Related Disorders, Alcohol-Related Disorders, Amphetamine-Related Disorders, Inhalant Abuse
- Trial name
- NCT02797990
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Harmful; Use, Alcohol, Hazardous; Use, Alcohol
Primary Care Implementation Study to Scale up EIBI and Reduce Alcohol Related Negative Outcomes
The aim of this implementation study is to compare the effect of tailored training and support (T\&S) for general practioners with T\&S and alcohol community actions and the impact it has on early identification of hazardous and…
- Trial name
- PINO (NCT04398576)
- Testing
- Training and support, Community actions
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Accuracy, Compliance
Effectiveness of a Multimodal IT Enhanced Hand Hygiene Strategy on Healthcare Associated Infections in Nursing Homes
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy, enhanced with information technology (IT), in reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in nursing homes.
- Conditions
- Accuracy, Compliance, Healthcare-associated Infections
- Trial name
- NCT06925620
- Testing
- Multimodal Information Technology-based Hand Hygiene Strategies
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Asthma
Evaluation of the Effect of Web-designed Training Developed for Asthma Patients
The study is an experimental study with pre-test-post-test control group in order to determine the effect of web-designed training developed for asthma patients on drug compliance, asthma control, and fatigue
- Trial name
- NCT04607681
- Testing
- EDUCATION
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Cancer
Assessing Community Cancer Care After Insurance ExpanSionS
This innovative and timely study will measure the impact of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions on cancer screenings and preventive services.
- Trial name
- ACCESS (NCT02936609)
- Testing
- Medicaid Expansion
- Volunteers
- 1,939,783 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
HIV Infections, Pregnancy Related
mWACh-PrEP: A SMS-based Support Intervention to Enhance PrEP Adherence During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
In high HIV prevalence regions, women are at high risk for HIV during pregnancy and breastfeeding. To protect women and reach elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission, the World Health Organization recommends offering oral…
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Pregnancy Related, Adherence, Medication
- Trial name
- NCT04472884
- Testing
- mWACh-PrEP, Standard of Care
- Where
- 4 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Cardiac Arrest
Online Formation in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a Rural Area.
Background: Sudden death due to cardiorespiratory arrest has a high mortality and in most cases occurs in out-of-hospital. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) initiated immediately by witnesses doubles survival.
- Trial name
- RECADE (NCT05747495)
- Testing
- Online training in CPR-AED
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices
The Science Tooth Fairy: A Randomized Trial of a Storytelling-Based Educational Intervention to Promote Primary Tooth Donation in a Pediatric Setting
Study Overview Primary ("baby") teeth are unique biological samples because they can permanently store information about a child's early life health and development.
- Trial name
- STF RCT (NCT07711301)
- Testing
- Science Tooth Fairy Narrative, Cavities vs. Toothpaste, book by Didi Dragon
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital