Clinical trials: Income
Nicotine Dependence
Counseling to Reduce Children's SHS Exposure: A Trial With Maternal Smokers
The goal of this study is to reduce infant and toddlers' secondhand smoke exposure (SHSe) in a high risk, medically underserved population of maternal smokers.
- Trial name
- NCT02117947
- Testing
- Behavioral Counseling, Self-help control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Hypertension
Strengthening Referral Networks for Management of Hypertension Across the Health System (STRENGTHS)
"STRENGTHS" is a transdisciplinary implementation research study, guided by the PRECEDE-PROCEED framework, to address the challenge of improving hypertension control in low-resource settings.
- Trial name
- STRENGTHS (NCT03543787)
- Testing
- Health IT and Peer Support Intervention
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people
- Sponsor
- Moi University
Obesity & Overweight
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Pediatric Referral to Summer Day Camps to Treat Obesity in Children From Low-Income Households
Children from low-income households have a 25-30% higher prevalence of OWOB compared to their higher-income peers. The lack of feasible and effective treatments to address obesity in children with OWOB and from low-income…
- Trial name
- NCT07464015
- Testing
- Summer Day Camp
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University of Central Florida
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Nutrition Education for Low-Income Healthy Participants Who Eat an Unhealthy Diet
RATIONALE: Decreasing the amount of fat in the diet and increasing fruit and vegetable intake may help prevent some types of cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00301691
- Testing
- behavioral dietary intervention, educational intervention, preventative dietary intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Asthma Attack, Lung Function
Cost Effective Air Filtration Intervention in Low-Income Housing to Reduce Asthma Morbidity
This project will investigate the effectiveness of HEPA air cleaners in reducing indoor air pollution and improving asthma morbidity in children living in East Harlem, New York City (NYC).
- Conditions
- Asthma Attack, Lung Function, Airway Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT07116460
- Testing
- Austin Air Cleaner
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
GECo: Implementation and Effectiveness of COPD Self Management Action Plans in Low and Middle Income Countries
This study will randomise people with clinically significant COPD (GOLD Grade B-D) to usual care or provision of a self-management action plan supported by monthly follow-up visits from a community health worker trained in the…
- Trial name
- GECo2 (NCT03359915)
- Testing
- COPD Self-Management Plan
- Where
- 3 sites in Nepal, Peru and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Post-Measles Pneumonia, Measles
Prophylactic Antibiotics in Measles
Objective It is the objective to test whether the use of prophylactic antibiotics in measles infection will reduce the incidence of post-measles pneumonia and/or admissions to hospital with 50%.
- Trial name
- NCT00168532
- Testing
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 218 people
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Overweight, Obesity
Food-for-Families: Experimental Grocery Store Study
This is a study about how the price of foods affects buying choices at the grocery store. The price of foods can have a big impact on what people choose to buy and prices change over time.
- Trial name
- NCT03296878
- Testing
- Own-Price Elasticity, Cross-Price Elasticity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center
Childhood Obesity
Creating Healthy Environments for Chicago Kids
Pediatric obesity interventions for low-income populations are increasingly delivered in children's homes, which may make treatment more accessible to families and enhance the potency of the intervention in several ways.
- Trial name
- CHECK (NCT03195790)
- Testing
- Family-based pediatric obesity treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 269 people
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Smoking Cessation
Smoking Cessation App. in Arabic
Smoking remains a significant global health challenge, causing over 8 million deaths annually, with the burden predominantly in low- and middle-income countries.
- Trial name
- iEndSmokin (NCT06766227)
- Testing
- iEndSmokin App, Educational Session
- Where
- Jordan
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yarmouk University
Obstetric Labor Complications, Stillbirth
The PartoMa Project: For Improving Monitoring, Action and Triage During Labour
OVERALL OBJECTIVE In an East African referral hospital, to develop and analyze the effect of locally agreed and achievable guidelines and a continual in-house training program for strengthening partogram-based…
- Conditions
- Obstetric Labor Complications, Stillbirth, Maternal Death
- Trial name
- PartoMa (NCT02318420)
- Testing
- The PartoMa intervention
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 3,087 people
- Sponsor
- Ib Christian Bygbjerg
Physical Activity
Citizen Science to Promote Sustained Physical Activity in Low-Income Communities
While low-income midlife and older adults are disproportionately affected by chronic diseases that can be alleviated by regular physical activity, few physical activity programs have been developed specifically with their needs…
- Trial name
- NCT03041415
- Testing
- ALED Alone Physical Activity Program, ALED + Our Voice PA Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Breastfeeding
Impact of a Smartphone Application on Postpartum Weight Loss and Breastfeeding Rates Among Low-income, Urban Women
Breastfed babies have significant health benefits extending beyond infancy, including lower rates of childhood obesity and infection.
- Trial name
- NCT03167073
- Testing
- BreastFeeding Friend (BFF), dummy app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Tuberculosis
Should Low Birth Weight Infants Be Vaccinated With BCG Vaccine at Birth in Developing Countries?
The World Health Organization (WHO) currently recommends BCG vaccination at birth in developing countries. Pre-term infants should be vaccinated when they reach the chronological age of 40 weeks.
- Trial name
- NCT00146302
- Testing
- Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG)
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 2,320 people
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Meales-mumps-rubella Vaccine
MMR at 6 Months Trial
Randomised, double-blind clinical trial to test humoral and cellular immunogenicity, and potential in-direct beneficial effect of the MMRvaxpro-vaccine administered at 6 months of age
- Trial name
- NCT03780179
- Testing
- MMRvaxpro
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 6,540 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Malaria Infection, Pregnancy
Diagnostic Access to Self-Care and Health Services in Low and Middle Income Countries (DASH) - Phase II
Our primary goal is to determine if on-demand, home-based rapid testing, or rapid testing done by a community health worker (CHW) results in people testing for diseases more frequently and getting care more quickly.
- Conditions
- Malaria Infection, Pregnancy, HIV, Diabetes
- Trial name
- DASH (NCT06588790)
- Testing
- Home-based rapid testing, Community health worker rapid testing
- Where
- 3 sites in Kenya, South Africa and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 2,250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington