Clinical trials: Homelessness
Substance Use
A Social Network AOD Intervention for Homeless Youth Transitioning to Housing
This project will pilot test a computer-assisted social network intervention, using motivational interviewing techniques, that can help case managers work with formerly homeless young adults who recently transitioned to…
- Trial name
- NCT04637815
- Testing
- Motivational Network Intervention, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
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
Alcohol Use Disorder, Treatment
Development and Testing of a Just-in-Time Adaptive Smart Phone Intervention to Reduce Drinking Among Homeless Adults
Homeless adults are 8 times as likely to be alcohol dependent compared with adults in the general population, yet few studies have examined the precipitants of alcohol use in this vulnerable population.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use Disorder, Treatment, Homelessness
- Trial name
- Smart-T (NCT03746808)
- Testing
- EMA + App/Treatment Messages
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Texas Health Science Center
Cigarette Smoking, Tobacco Smoking
Enhancing Smoking Cessation in the Homeless Population
The goal of this research study is to enhance smoking cessation rates for homeless smokers. The original study design proposed to test the effects of 1) an Intensive Smoking Intervention, and 2) integrating alcohol abuse…
- Conditions
- Cigarette Smoking, Tobacco Smoking, Smoking, Tobacco
- Trial name
- NCT01932996
- Testing
- nicotine patch plus nicotine gum/lozenge, Intensive Alcohol Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 352 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Healthy
Intervention to Improve Expression of End of Life Preferences for Homeless Persons
The purpose of this study is to determine whether homeless individuals will complete a living will and whether guidance enhances rates of completion and to see whether filling out a living will has any impact on the care given at…
- Trial name
- SELPH (NCT00546884)
- Testing
- MI condition, GI
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Hepatitis C, Chronic
The No One Waits Study: Acceptability and Feasibility of Community-based Point-of-diagnosis HCV Treatment Study
Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) offers a cure to those with chronic HCV infection. For marginalized communities, linkage to care services often aren't enough to overcome barriers to accessing the…
- Trial name
- NOW (NCT03987503)
- Testing
- Epclusa (SOF/VEL), Standard of care, Fibroscan® 430 Mini Plus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
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
Homelessness, Youth
Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness 2.0 (TYOH 2.0)
Introduction: This 12-month pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) built on previous community-engaged work and explored whether portable rent subsidies and an intervention targeting identity capital (purpose, control…
- Trial name
- NCT05781503
- Testing
- Identity Capital Intervention (Coach + Co-designed Leadership Guide), Monthly Rent Subsidies
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Homeless Persons
Effect of a Rent Subsidy and Mentoring on Youth Transitioning Out of Homelessness
Compared to the vast amount of literature about the risk factors associated with young people entering and becoming entrenched in homelessness, much less is known about how to facilitate and sustain transitions off the streets.
- Trial name
- NCT03779204
- Testing
- Mentorship, Rent Subsidies
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
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
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
Homelessness, Youth
Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness 2.5 (TYOH 2.5)
The idea for this study came from the research team's current study called Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness (TYOH) 2.0, which provides coaching and a leadership guide to youth transitioning out of homelessness.
- Trial name
- NCT06425458
- Testing
- Co-Designed Strengths-Based Leadership Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Dietary Modification, Physical Activity
Evaluation of a Shelter-Based Diet and Physical Activity Intervention for Homeless Adults
The proposed study will utilize a randomized controlled trial design to pilot-test a 4-week shelter-based diet and physical activity intervention in a sample of homeless adults residing in the transitional shelter at The Bridge…
- Trial name
- NCT02427100
- Testing
- Diet/Physical Activity
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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
Cigarette Smoking
E-Cigarettes and Financial Incentives to Promote Tobacco Harm Reduction Among Adults Accessing Shelter Services
This randomized controlled trial evaluated the feasibility and potential efficacy of 1) e-cigarette switching (EC) or 2) e-cigarette switching + financial incentives for combustible cigarette cessation (EC+FI)
- Trial name
- EXCHANGE (NCT03743532)
- Testing
- E-cigarette Switching, Financial Incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
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
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