Clinical trials: Income
Meningitis, Encephalitis
BIGlobal Intervention Study: Improving Diagnosis and Management of Suspected Brain Infections Globally
Background: Patients with suspected brain infections pose major challenges to low and middle income countries, including their disproportionately high burden, diverse causes with inadequate surveillance, requirement for invasive…
- Conditions
- Meningitis, Encephalitis, Abscess Brain
- Trial name
- NCT04190303
- Testing
- Pragmatic, multi-component package
- Where
- 4 sites in Brazil, India and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 2,233 people
- Sponsor
- University of Liverpool
Sickle Cell Anemia, Severe Acute Malnutrition
Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in SCD, in Northern Nigeria
Except for children with HIV, all recommendations for treatment of childhood malnutrition are for children < 5 years of age. The overall goal of this randomized controlled nutrition feasibility trial is to identify whether…
- Trial name
- NCT03634488
- Testing
- hydroxyurea (20mg/kg/day), Ready-to-use therapeutic food
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Preventive Health Services, Health Promotion
Well-Child Care Redesign: A New Model of Care for Children in Low-Income Families
The purpose of this research is to design and test a new model for delivery of well-child care (WCC) for children ages 0-3 years in a sample of low-income parents.
- Trial name
- NCT02262962
- Testing
- Redesigned Well-Child Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 251 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Nutrition, Food Purchasing Intention
Taxation Online Experimental Supermarket
Scientific context The increase in the consumption of unhealthy food coupled with a suboptimal consumption of healthier options have increased the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCD) worldwide.
- Trial name
- SUPERNET 2 (NCT07593937)
- Testing
- Taxation, Subsidies
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 2,239 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Paris 13
Monitoring Blood Pressure, Aspirin Prophylaxis
Improving Prenatal Care to Reduce Early Onset Preeclampsia in Low-Income
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a telehealth hypertension group prenatal care program (Centering HER / HGPC-T) can improve blood pressure monitoring and aspirin adherence and help reduce early-onset preeclampsia in…
- Trial name
- NCT07491510
- Testing
- Active Comparator: Behavioral: Experimental: Centering HER (routine prenatal care + 7 doula-led 90-minute virtual group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Acute Respiratory Failure With Hypoxia, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
The Acute Respiratory Intervention StudiEs in Africa (ARISE-AFRICA) Study
The dearth of Intensive care units in low resource settings portends for poor outcomes amongst patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) .
- Conditions
- Acute Respiratory Failure With Hypoxia, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Acute Lung Injury
- Trial name
- ARISE-AFRICA (NCT04693403)
- Testing
- HFNC, CPAP, Standard Oxygen
- Where
- 17 sites in Uganda
- Volunteers
- 705 people
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
The Study is Intended to Increase Take-up of EITC
Earned Income Tax Credit Access Study
The EITC Access Study an intervention study provided to families in 7 counties in Michigan.The intervention involves appending a concentrated benefits advocacy intervention onto an existing home visiting program.
- Trial name
- NCT04901403
- Testing
- Education, Home visiting
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 208 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Physical Activity
Short bouTs of Exercise for Preschool-age Children
The purpose of this study is to examine if short bouts of structured physical activity implemented within the classroom setting as part of designated gross-motor playtime will increase preschool-age children during-school…
- Trial name
- STEP (NCT01588392)
- Testing
- Short bouts of structured physical activity, Unstructured physical activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 323 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Aging
Affordable Mobile Robots for the Elderly
This project develops and tests the use of service robots to track health of the elderly over time. The objectives are to develop a low-cost mobile manipulator capable of a limited set of elder- relevant manipulation tasks (e.g.
- Trial name
- NCT02807506
- Testing
- Mobile Service Robot, Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Vaccination
Mhealth Supported Bundle to Improve Vaccination Completion
Supported be a digital vaccine registry the investigators will test the impact of automated appointment reminders, real time appointment reminders, motivational interviewing and targeted vaccine on routine childhood vaccine…
- Trial name
- NCT05520736
- Testing
- Appointment reminders, motivational interviewing and targeted vaccine drives
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 2,855 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Fall, Fear of Falling
Optimizing a Technology-based Body and Mind Intervention
Older adults may feel at risk for falling, but do not have a physical risk of falling. On the other hand, some older adults may not feel at risk for falling, but do have a physical risk of falling.
- Conditions
- Fall, Fear of Falling, Physical Inactivity, Sedentary Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05778604
- Testing
- Physio-feedback, Cognitive reframing, Peer-led exercises
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 403 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Central Florida
Child Developmental Delay, Child Development
CASITA Intervention for Children at Risk of Delay in Carabayllo, Peru
Building on an intervention for early child development from the SPARK Center in Boston, Socios En Salud (SES) pilot tested "CASITA" a community-based package to screen and treat young children (ages 1-3 years of age) diagnosed…
- Conditions
- Child Developmental Delay, Child Development, Community Health Workers, Low Income Population
- Trial name
- NCT03010306
- Testing
- CASITA
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Diabetes (DM)
Evaluation of the Impact of a Food is Medicine Program on Diabetes-related Health Outcomes for People With Type 2 Diabetes in a Low Income Community-based Setting Compared to Usual Care
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a food is medicine intervention (Healthy Food Rx) improves diabetes-related outcomes in adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in a low-income, community-based setting more than usual…
- Trial name
- NCT07529184
- Testing
- Food is medicine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 405 people
- Sponsor
- Public Health Institute Center for Wellness and Nutrition
Cerebrovascular Disease
Quality of Life of Stable Stroke Survivors in Pakistan
In study the investigators sought to 1. Assess the quality of life experience in stable post stroke survivors in Pakistan and detail important factors influencing quality of life. 2.
- Trial name
- NCT02351778
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Mortality, Morbidity
Vitamin A With BCG Vaccine
Two studies from Asia have suggested a beneficial effect of vitamin A supplementation given at birth. Hypotheses: Vitamin A supplementation administered at birth together with BCG vaccination is associated with a 30% reduction in…
- Trial name
- NCT00168597
- Testing
- Vitamin A
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 4,800 people
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Mental Health Wellness 1
Jump Start Plus COVID-19 Support
The purpose of the study is to further develop and examine the Jump Start Plus COVID Support (JS+CS) program, which encourages improved psychosocial functioning by promoting resiliency in childcare centers.
- Trial name
- NCT05445518
- Testing
- Jump Start Plus COVID Support, Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children (HC2)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,505 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Low-income Populations, Social Determinants of Health
A Mixed-Method Evaluation of the Impact of Social Risk Screening on Uptake of Social Assistance
Children are disproportionately affected by the rise in poverty rates in the United States. Economic hardships can compromise child development, overall health, and the ability to succeed in school and in life.
- Trial name
- NCT05251311
- Testing
- Social Risk Screening Tool, Electronic Resource Map, Resource Menu
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,949 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
HIV/AIDS
Changing Health Through Food Support (CHEFS) Program
UCSF and Project Open Hand (POH), a community based organization in San Francisco which provides meals and groceries to chronically ill clients in the Bay Area, have partnered to conduct an initial randomized controlled trial…
- Trial name
- CHEFS (NCT03191253)
- Testing
- Medically-appropriate meals and groceries
- Volunteers
- 191 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Asthma
Asthma in the Delta Region of Arkansas (ADRA): Prevalence and Morbidity
The purpose of the study is to conduct a cross-sectional study to examine asthma prevalence and morbidity in a predominately minority, low-income population in rural Arkansas.
- Trial name
- NCT00589719
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 964 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Allergens
Cockroach Allergen Reduction by Extermination Alone in Low-Income, Urban Homes: A Randomized Control Trial
The most important risk factor for asthma in inner-city homes may be exposure to cockroach allergen. In a previous study, the researchers reported that extermination alone, without resident education or professional cleaning…
- Trial name
- NCT00341445
- Testing
- Effect of Cockroach Allergen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)