Clinical trials: Helping Behavior
Lower Limb Injury
Powered Hip Exoskeleton Assistance Study
The increased metabolic and biomechanical demands of ambulation limit community mobility in persons with lower limb disability due to neurological damage.
- Trial name
- NCT03924752
- Testing
- Powered hip exoskeleton
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgia Institute of Technology
Abdominal Pain, Flank Pain
Real Time Remote Tele-Mentored Ultrasonography in the ED
The goal of this pilot study is to evaluate the use of real time remote tele-mentored ultrasound in the emergency department at hospitals with physician shortage designation.
- Trial name
- ED RTMUS (NCT05635214)
- Testing
- real time remote tele mentored ultrasound exam
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Current Smoker, Tobacco Smoking
Project MARS: Mobile-Assistance for Regulating Smoking
This study aims to investigate approaches to capitalize on states of vulnerability and receptivity to deliver real-time self-regulation prompts among smokers.
- Trial name
- MARS (NCT04376489)
- Testing
- Messages recommending low effort strategies (participants experiencing negative affect & cigarettes are available), Messages recommending low effort strategies (participants not experiencing negative affect & cigarettes are available), Messages recommending low effort strategies (participants experiencing negative affect & cigarettes are not available)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Hyperlipidemia, Diabetes
Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Detection and Management of Metabolic Syndrome in Patients With Mental Illness
The study was a 12-month, multi-centered, quasi-experimental design to assess point-of-care (POCT) screening/monitoring of subjects on antipsychotic agents for metabolic syndrome.
- Conditions
- Hyperlipidemia, Diabetes, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT02029989
- Testing
- Glucose and lipids, Glycosylated Hemoglobin A1c, Blood Pressure and Heart Rate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Aging, Walking
Effects of a Powered Lower-Limb Exoskeleton on Walking Performance in Older Adults
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a powered wearable lower-limb exoskeleton can improve walking performance in independently ambulatory older adults aged 65 to 75 years.
- Conditions
- Aging, Walking, Physical Function, Mobility Limitation
- Trial name
- E-WALK (NCT07633093)
- Testing
- Powered Lower-Limb Exoskeleton
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hunan Normal University
Smoking Cessation, Smoking, Tobacco
Helping Poor Smokers Quit
Using a 2x2 randomized factorial design, we will conduct a statewide field trial in Missouri to compare the relative and combined effects of these two strategies for augmenting an existing, evidence-based tobacco quitline…
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation, Smoking, Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarette, Smoking, Pipe
- Trial name
- NCT03194958
- Testing
- Specialized Quitline, Basic Needs Navigator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,944 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Emergencies
The Effect of an Physician-Nurse Supplementary Triage Assistance Team on Emergency Department Patient Wait Times
The primary objective of this study is to investigate whether the introduction of a physician-nurse supplementary triage assessment team (MDRN STAT) is effective in improving time-based performance indicators for wait times.
- Trial name
- MDRNSTAT (NCT00991471)
- Testing
- Interaction with MDRN STAT, No MDRNSTAT
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 6,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Alzheimer Disease or Associated Disorder, Dementia
Dementia Caregivers' Link to Assistance and Resources
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Dementia Caregivers' Link to Assistance and Resources (DECLARE) program can improve support of, and engagement with, caregivers of home health patients with dementia.
- Trial name
- DECLARE (NCT06860035)
- Testing
- Dementia Caregivers' Link to Assistance and Resources (DECLARE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Firearm Injury
TRUsted rEsidents and Housing Assistance to Decrease Violence Exposure in New Haven
The overall objective of this study is to implement and test a strengths-based, community-driven intervention to reduce gun violence by (1) improving housing stability through providing financial assistance coupled with…
- Trial name
- TRUE HAVEN (NCT05723614)
- Testing
- TRUE HAVEN
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 61,770 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Slippery Pulse, Choppy Pulse
Visualization Engineering Platform for TCM Pulse Diagnosis - Pulse Diagnosis Based on Federated Learning to Diagnose Slippery and Choppy and Other Pulses Waveform Image Features to Assist in the Study of TCM Pathological Logic Analysis
The diagnoses processes of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) focus on the following four main types of diagnoses methods consisting of inspection, olfaction, inquiry, and palpation.
- Trial name
- NCT05630248
- Testing
- Recurrent Neural Network
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted, DNA Methylation
First Live Birth Rate With eSET After Preimplantation Methylome Screening (PIMS) Versus Conventional In-vitro Fertilization
To determine whether using DNA methylome to select embryos can increase the live birth rate.
- Trial name
- NCT05442125
- Testing
- Using DNA methylome to select embryos, Using morphologic score to select embryos
- Where
- 28 sites in China, Thailand
- Volunteers
- 1,146 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shandong University
Smoking Cessation
Helping Moms Quit Pilot Trial
The objective of this study is to test the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a tailored text message program to support smoking abstinence among postpartum women who smoke or recently quit.
- Trial name
- NCT05041413
- Testing
- Moms Quit, Text4Baby
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating the Efficacy of Clinical Pharmacist Assistance Along With Pharmaceutical and Non-pharmaceutical Therapy in the Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a progressive chronic autoimmune disease with a rising global burden, in which early diagnosis and timely therapeutic intervention are critical to preventing irreversible joint damage and…
- Trial name
- NCT07726355
- Testing
- Clinical Pharmacist Led Intervention, DMARD Therapy
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Deraya University
Healthy, Gait Disorders, Neurologic
Exoskeleton and Brain Activity With fNIRS
Background. Force control is one of the major parameter of motor activity. There is few study concerning the cortical activity imply for different levels of force during gait. Objective.
- Trial name
- ExoNIRS (NCT05298943)
- Testing
- walking in 4 situations
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans
Heart Failure
3D Assessment of RV Function in Patients Undergoing LVAD Implantation
This goal of this study is to analyze images of the right ventricle taken via 3D transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation.
- Trial name
- NCT05376254
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Food Insecurity Among Children
Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - KY
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity.
- Trial name
- EDECHKY (NCT04283344)
- Testing
- KY Ticket to Healthy Food Benefits
- Volunteers
- 4,504 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Early Follicular Phase vs Lutheal Phase Ovarian Stimulation in Bologna Criteria IVF/ICSI Cycles (LUTEAL Trial)
Exploratory, prospective, randomized, comparative, open trial with control group treated to assess the efficacy of follicular phase ovarian stimulation compared to lutheal phase ovarian stimulation in women with Bologna criteria…
- Trial name
- LUTEAL (NCT02625532)
- Testing
- Follicular phase, Luteal phase
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Bernabeu
Lung Cancer, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The Impact of AI Assistance on Radiologist Performance and Healthcare Costs in LDCT-Based Lung Cancer Screening
AI diagnostic systems show great promise for improving lung cancer screening in community healthcare settings. While not originally designed for primary care, these tools demonstrate capabilities in nodule detection and workflow…
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Randomized Controlled Trial
- Trial name
- NCT06988579
- Testing
- AI
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 7,294 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Nutrient Intake Inadequacy
The Indiana SNAP-Ed Long-term Study Sequel
The goal of the study is to determine the immediate and long-term effects of SNAP-Ed on the dietary intake of participants.
- Trial name
- NCT03436784
- Testing
- Indiana SNAP-Ed
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 261 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Heavy Smoking
High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Assists In Smoking Cessation
Cigarette smoking is a major public health problem causing significant morbidity and mortality. Yet, smoking cessation therapies are often ineffective at helping smokers break their addiction.
- Trial name
- NCT00284219
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 10Hz
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center