Clinical trials: Homeless Persons
Feasibility
The EMERGE Project: Feasibility of Assessing Economic and Sexual Risk Behaviors Using Text Messages in Young Adults
As part of the development of the Engaging Microenterprise for Resource Generation and Health Empowerment (EMERGE) Project, the study team will conduct a single-group study to examine the feasibility of assessing economic and…
- Trial name
- NCT03237871
- Testing
- Text-message survey and informational text messages
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Homeless Persons
Engaging Homeless Veterans in Primary Care
The objectives of this study are to test an evidence-based model for improving primary and preventive care engagement among homeless Veterans not currently receiving care and to demonstrate the additive benefit of primary…
- Trial name
- NCT00858507
- Testing
- RN Brief Intervention, Social Worker Outreach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 221 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Youth, Homelessness
The Identity Project
Understanding how to create successful pathways out of homelessness is crucial. Thirty young people (aged 18 - 26 years) who have transitioned out of homelessness within the past three years will be offered scholarships to…
- Trial name
- TIP (NCT03772522)
- Testing
- dk Leadership
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Homeless Persons, Primary Health Care
Aligning Resources to Care for Homeless Veterans
"Aligning Resources to Care for Homeless Veterans" (ARCH) will study ways to best organize and deliver primary care for homeless Veterans.
- Trial name
- ARCH (NCT01550757)
- Testing
- Embedded Peer Mentor
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 382 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Depressive Symptoms
Mindfulness-based Intervention to Address PTSD in Trauma-exposed, Homeless Women
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a major public health concern that disproportionately effects minorities and those with low-socioeconomic status, such as homeless women, creating a critical health disparity.
- Conditions
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Depressive Symptoms, Hydrocortisone, Substance Use
- Trial name
- NCT04605198
- Testing
- Modified Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction, Health Promotion Wellness Classes
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Tobacco Smoking
Financial Incentives for Homeless Smokers: A Community-based RCT
This community-based randomized controlled trial will test the effect of contingent financial rewards on smoking abstinence among homeless-experienced adult cigarette smokers.
- Trial name
- NCT04445662
- Testing
- Financial incentives, Varenicline, Tobacco coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 184 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cigarette Smoking-Related Carcinoma
Smoking Cessation Intervention Development for Homeless Youth
This trial develops a contextually tailored and optimized smoking cessation intervention and studies smoking motivations and motivations to quit smoking in homeless youth.
- Trial name
- NCT06754215
- Testing
- Focus Group, Interview, Smoking Cessation Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 179 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Substance-related Disorders
Voucher-Based Incentives in a Prevention Setting
This study evaluates a contingency management program that rewards homeless, non-treatment-seeking substance abusing men who have sex with men (MSM) for abstaining from drugs and for performing prosocial behaviors.
- Trial name
- VIPS (NCT00607269)
- Testing
- Voucher-Based Reinforcement Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people
- Sponsor
- Friends Research Institute, Inc.
Telehealth at the Library, Control Group
"Bupe by the Book": Testing Library Telehealth With Unstably Housed Persons With Opioid Use Disorder
Public libraries nationwide are facing an on-premise opioid overdose crisis. Many persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) remained unhoused and profoundly hard to reach.
- Trial name
- BBB (NCT05872386)
- Testing
- Library Telehealth with Buprenorphine Provider, Treatment-as-Usual Control group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Homelessness, Substance Abuse Disorders
Addiction Housing Case Management for Homeless Veterans
The study examined intensive case management for homeless Veterans in addiction treatment by integrating addiction/housing case managers (AHCM), operating from a Life Skills Training perspective, into an addiction specialty…
- Conditions
- Homelessness, Substance Abuse Disorders, Mental Disorders
- Trial name
- AHCM (NCT01346514)
- Testing
- Intensive Addiction/Housing Case Management, Housing Support Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 181 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Housing Problems
Diabetes Homeless Medication Support
This randomized pilot trial of the Diabetes Homeless Medication Support intervention vs. brief diabetes education will test the perception and feasibility of anticipated study procedures and refine randomization and blinding.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Housing Problems, Psychological Distress
- Trial name
- D-HOMES (NCT05258630)
- Testing
- Diabetes Homeless Medication Support (D-Homes), Enhanced usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Smoking
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Financial Incentives, Text Messaging, and Usual Care for Homeless Smokers
The QUIT (Quitting with Usual Care, Incentives, and Technology) Smoking Study is a 3-arm pilot randomized controlled trial that will test the effect of 2 different experimental smoking cessation interventions relative to a…
- Trial name
- QUIT (NCT02565381)
- Testing
- Transdermal nicotine patch, In-person smoking cessation counseling, Contingent financial rewards for smoking abstinence
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Influenza, Respiratory Viral Infection
Test-and-treat for Influenza in Homeless Shelters
This study is a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial of on-site rapid testing and treatment for influenza in homeless shelters within the Seattle area to determine whether this strategy reduced the incidence of influenza in the…
- Trial name
- NCT04141917
- Testing
- Point-of-care molecular testing and treatment of influenza
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,618 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Linkage to Care, Homelessness
Improving Linkage to Health and Other Services for Veterans Leaving Incarceration
Veterans leaving incarceration and re-entering their communities (often described as "reentry" Veterans) face a number of challenges, including uncertainty about housing, vulnerability to substance use and relapse, on-going…
- Conditions
- Linkage to Care, Homelessness, Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health
- Trial name
- PIE (NCT02964897)
- Testing
- Peer-support plus usual care from the Health Care for Reentry Veterans program, Usual care from the Health Care for Reentry Veterans program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Substance Abuse
Evaluation of Treatments for Homeless Youths
Youth who leave home for the streets are at significantly more risk for a multitude of problems, yet little research is available to guide treatment intervention efforts with this population.
- Trial name
- NCT01143792
- Testing
- Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) + HIV prevention, Case Management + HIV Prevention, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) + HIV prevention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 270 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Nurse-Led Community Health Worker Adherence Model in 3HP Delivery Among Homeless Adults at Risk for TB Infection and HIV
Tuberculosis (TB) is the prototypical disease of poverty as it disproportionately affects marginalized and impoverished communities.
- Trial name
- 3HP-LTBI (NCT03702049)
- Testing
- Nurse-led Community Health Worker TBI (RN/CHW TBI) program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Alcoholism, Substance-related Disorders
Group Motivational Interviewing (GMI) For Homeless Veterans In VA Services
Homeless Veterans with substance use disorders (SUDs) are a major group served by VA and are heavily represented in VA housing. VA recently adopted a 'Housing First' approach emphasizing rapid housing placement to initiate…
- Conditions
- Alcoholism, Substance-related Disorders, Dual Diagnosis
- Trial name
- NCT02233738
- Testing
- Group Motivational Interviewing (GMI), Control Treatment Condition (CT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 185 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
HIV/AIDS, Housing Problems
Enhanced Housing Placement Assistance
Randomized controlled trial of housing placement assistance for homeless persons with HIV
- Trial name
- EHPA (NCT03334825)
- Testing
- Enhanced housing placement assistance, Standard housing placement assistance
- Volunteers
- 236 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Smoking Cessation, Second Hand Tobacco Smoke
Smoke-free Home Intervention in Permanent Supportive Housing
The focus of this study is on expanding access to voluntary smoke-free homes to formerly homeless residents residing in permanent supportive housing and examining the impact of this intervention on reducing tobacco-caused…
- Trial name
- NCT04855357
- Testing
- Resident counselling, Staff Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 452 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection
Development of a Community-based HCV Treatment Completion Intervention Among HCV Positive Homeless Adults
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) will test the efficacy of a Community Health Worker/Registered Nurse (CHW-RN) HCV intervention for homeless individuals, many who are also drug users.
- Trial name
- NCT04513899
- Testing
- Community health worker (CHW)/ registered nurse (RN) [CHW/RN], Clinic-based Standard of Care (cbSOC) Program (control group)
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine