Clinical trials: Healthcare Utilization
PTSD, Depression
Participatory System Dynamics vs Usual Quality Improvement: Staff Use of Simulation as an Effective, Scalable and Affordable Way to Improve Timely Mental Health Care?
Evidence-based VA care is best for meeting Veterans' mental health needs, such as depression, PTSD and opioid use disorder, to prevent suicide or overdose. But some key evidence-based practices only reach 3-28% of patients.
- Conditions
- PTSD, Depression, Opioid Use Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04208217
- Testing
- Modeling to Learn (MTL), Usual quality improvement (QI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Feasibility, Acceptability of Health Care
Introduction of Preconception Care Through Public Health System for Improving MNCH&FP
The goal of this study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of introducing preconception care into the public health system targeting newlywed couples in increasing the uptake of maternal, neonatal health, and family…
- Trial name
- MNCH&FP (NCT06175520)
- Testing
- Preconception care (PCC)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Medication Adherence, Heart Failure
Improving Medication Adherence Using Family-focused and Literacy-sensitive Strategies
People with heart failure who do not take their medications as prescribed are at high risk of complications leading to hospitalization, death and poor quality of life.
- Trial name
- FamLit_HF (NCT05548413)
- Testing
- FamLit, Attention Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jia-Rong Wu
Health Care Utilization, Health Care Seeking Behavior
Reminders, Cost Sharing, and Healthcare Use
The investigators conduct a large-scale randomized controlled trial in Finland by sending three types of information letters to households to examine whether the reminder letters affect healthcare use.
- Conditions
- Health Care Utilization, Health Care Seeking Behavior, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05117333
- Testing
- Reminder (information letter)
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 47,398 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Safety Issues, Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Operating Room WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Process Completion: an Observational Study
The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist is a simple tool designed to improve the safety of surgical procedures by bringing together the whole operating team (surgeons, anaesthesia providers and nurses) to perform key safety checks…
- Trial name
- NCT04965285
- Testing
- quality assesment
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 322 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nepal Mediciti Hospital
Dietary Habits, Compliance Behavior
Evaluating Consumer m-Health Services for User Engagement and Health Promotion: An Organizational Field Experiment
Introduction Chronic disease is prevalent and costly in the U.S. (Tu \& Cohen, 2009). Poor eating habit is one factor that account for risk of chronic disease (Arsand, Varmedal, \& Hartvigsen, 2007).
- Trial name
- NCT02206893
- Testing
- Self-monitoring via Smartphone, Peer support via Smartphone, Professional support via Smartphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 425 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carnegie Mellon University
Breastfeeding Education, Maternal Self-Efficacy
Mixed Reality as a Health Literacy Strategy for Breastfeeding Education
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate whether a mixed reality-based educational strategy improves breastfeeding satisfaction and self-efficacy in pregnant women compared to traditional counseling.
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding Education, Maternal Self-Efficacy, Breastfeeding Satisfaction
- Trial name
- NCT06800521
- Testing
- Mixed Reality Breastfeeding Education, Traditional Breastfeeding Counseling
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de la Sabana
Mobile Applications, Cell Phone Use
Mental Health Symptom Monitoring Utilizing the Cogito Behavioral Analytic Platform
The primary objective of this project is to test the acceptability and feasibility of a mobile application to facilitate mental health symptom monitoring and follow-up among Veterans.
- Conditions
- Mobile Applications, Cell Phone Use, Mental Health Issue, Acceptability of Health Care
- Trial name
- NCT04150354
- Testing
- Cogito Companion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 107 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
HIV/AIDS, HIV Infections
Harm Reduction Program For Informal PrEP Users In A Community-based Setting (seguiPrEP)
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a biomedical strategy consisting of the use of antiretroviral therapy by HIV-seronegative people at high risk of acquiring HIV, to prevent the infection.
- Conditions
- HIV/AIDS, HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Vaccination
- Trial name
- seguiPrEP (NCT03996941)
- Testing
- Harm reduction of informal PrEP use, PrEP follow up based on point of care testing
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- BCN Checkpoint
Health Care Utilization
A Pilot Study Efficiency of Techniques of 'Snail ' and 'Go-back' Application of an Alcoholic Antiseptic on Healthy Skin Before the Placement of a Intra-vascular Device,
Given the lack of scientific data on the effect of the antiseptic application technique on reducing the number of microorganisms present during application, this pilot study will provide data on the initial level of…
- Trial name
- TApAS (NCT04002245)
- Testing
- antiseptic application
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bordeaux
Compliance
A Feasibility Study for the One-dose Clinical Trial (1DT)
This feasibility study was developed to evaluate the proposed approaches for enrollment, sample collection, interview and retention over a six-month vaccination period for the clinical trial: "A scientific evaluation of one and…
- Trial name
- FS-ESCUDDO (NCT02799732)
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundación Inciensa
Dietary Habits
Adhering to Dietary Approaches for Personal Taste (ADAPT)
Understanding the impact of dietary patterns, exercise, and behavior change in the prevention of disease is paramount to improving the health and well-being of future generations and economies.
- Trial name
- NCT03226938
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,001 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Hypertension, Medication Adherence
Effectiveness and Adoption of the TelTex4BP Intervention Among Adults With Hypertension in Nepal
Despite evidence of preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk through lifestyle changes, many patients with hypertension (HTN) do not comply with this and suffer from CVD and other complications.
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Medication Adherence, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- TelTex4BP (NCT05979168)
- Testing
- Phone call and text Messages
- Where
- 2 sites in Nepal
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Department of Public Health
Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Evaluation of ECG Transmission and AI Models Using Apple Watch ECGs and Symptoms Data Collected Using a Mayo iPhone App
The purpose of the study is to determine if the Electrocardiograms (ECGs) and symptoms data obtained from an Apple Watch and transmitted to Mayo Clinic are of sufficient quality to guide a person's care.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Health Care Utilization
- Trial name
- NCT05324566
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4,163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Focus, School Health
School Nurse-Led Help-Seeking Program in Middle School Students
This study aims to evaluate the effect of a school nurse-led symptom awareness and appropriate help-seeking program on the health behaviors of middle school students.
- Conditions
- Focus, School Health, Symptom Awareness, Help-Seeking Behavior
- Trial name
- HELP-MID (NCT07582939)
- Testing
- School Nurse-Led Symptom Awareness and Help-Seeking Education Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karabuk University
Smoking Prevention
Digital Health Game as an Intervention Supporting Tobacco-related Health Literacy in Early Adolescents
This feasibility study evaluates acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a digital health game as an intervention supporting tobacco-related health literacy in 10- to 13-year-old early adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT02717910
- Testing
- Health game, Web page
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 151 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Turku
Health Behavior, Health Care Utilization
Evaluation of the SafeSpace App Intervention
The goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of SafeSpace Sexual Health App, an innovative sexual health promotion program focused on reducing sexual risk factors and promoting sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing…
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Health Care Utilization, Unprotected Sex, Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Trial name
- SafeSpace (NCT06043596)
- Testing
- SafeSpace Sexual Health, SafeSpace General Health
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Child Trends
Health Behavior, Colorectal Cancer
Building Engagement Using Financial Incentives Trial - Colorectal Cancer Screening
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to determine feasibility and explore whether financial incentives paid to primary care patients for completing colorectal cancer screening increase completion of colorectal cancer…
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Colorectal Cancer, Influenza, COVID-19
- Trial name
- BENEFIT-C (NCT06124131)
- Testing
- Financial incentive for colorectal cancer screening, Financial incentive for flu shot, Financial incentive for COVID-19 shot
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tulane University
Nocturnal Enuresis
A New Check-list Method for Nocturnal Enuresis
The study is aimed to demonstrate the benefits of newly formed written check-list of behavioral instructions and investigate its effects on parent's awareness, consciousness and motivation toward MNE.
- Trial name
- NCT03510975
- Testing
- desmopressin melt form 120 μg, Verbal behavioral therapy, Behavioral therapy with written check-list
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Training and Research Hospital
Knee Osteoarthritis
Investigating the Role of Motivational Interviewing in Swedish Patients Undergoing Knee Arthroplasty
Knee arthroplasty is a successful surgical treatment for end-stage osteoarthritis. Most patients are satisfied with the result, however, 10% of the patients have remained dissatisfied over the last decades despite the advantages…
- Trial name
- NCT05940246
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 149 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Region Stockholm