Clinical trials: Loneliness, open to volunteers
Frailty
Effect of an Exercise Program for Frail Older Adults
Despite the high level of evidence for physical activity as a countermeasure for frailty, the current Flemish standard of care does not include structural PA interventions for community-dwelling frail older adults.
- Trial name
- AA@HOME (NCT05946109)
- Testing
- ACTIVE-AGE@home
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 195 people
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Social Isolation in Older Adults, Social Isolation or Loneliness
CAPABLE Care + Connect
In this evaluation scale-up research project, the investigators seek to test an implementation of CAPABLE on the infrastructure of home-based primary care for individuals who may experience social isolation and/or loneliness.
- Conditions
- Social Isolation in Older Adults, Social Isolation or Loneliness, Social Isolation, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT07123298
- Testing
- CAPABLE Care + Connect - Open Label Pilot, CAPABLE Care + Connect - Pilot
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Dementia in Nursing Home, Family
Connecting Today to Combat Social Isolation and Loneliness
The investigators developed Connecting Today, a feasible and highly acceptable remote visiting program that can support care home residents living with moderate to severe dementia to have video calls with their family members…
- Conditions
- Dementia in Nursing Home, Family, Remote Visits
- Trial name
- NCT07182019
- Testing
- Connecting Today
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Apathy, Loneliness
A Virtual Life Story Club Intervention to Improve Loneliness and Apathy in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Reminiscence therapy is a non-invasive, non-pharmacological intervention that has been shown to improve cognition, mood, functional status, quality of life, and apathy in older adults.
- Conditions
- Apathy, Loneliness, Reminiscence Therapy
- Trial name
- LSC Feasible (NCT06919094)
- Testing
- Life Story Club
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Cancer Survivorship, Loneliness
Adapting and Pilot Testing a Loneliness Intervention for Cancer Survivors
Loneliness, which is the perceived lack of social support and connection, has increased substantially in the past decade and is adversely affecting the health and wellbeing of cancer survivors.
- Trial name
- NCT07418437
- Testing
- Social Prescribing Group, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Aging, Physical Inactivity
Provincial Scale-up of Choose to Move (CTM) Phase 4
Choose to Move (CTM) is a 3-month, choice-based health-promoting program for low active older adults being scaled-up across British Columbia (BC), Canada.
- Conditions
- Aging, Physical Inactivity, Mobility Limitation, Loneliness
- Trial name
- NCT06434298
- Testing
- Choose to Move
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 5,720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Loneliness
Sauna for Offline Connections and Interactive, Authentic Living
This pilot trial will test an intervention (sauna visits) targeting reductions in loneliness in adults aged 19-25 years. Participants will: Visit a sauna in San Francisco once per week for 2 hours by themselves or with a friend…
- Trial name
- SOCIAL (NCT07223099)
- Testing
- Sauna Visits
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Older Adults Institutionalized in Residential Homes
A Virtual Reality Program for Nursing Home Residents With Physical Disabilities
This project will evaluate how well the immersive virtual reality psychological program works in residential care homes and how it can be used in everyday practice.
- Trial name
- NCT07879677
- Testing
- Psychological intervention
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Tung Wah College
Long Term Care Facility
Mind-Body Intervention for Older Adults in Long-term Care
Loneliness is a global health issue, particularly affecting the physical and mental health of older adults residing in long term care.
- Trial name
- NCT06932731
- Testing
- Mind-body Intervention, Befriending Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Loneliness, Older Adults (65 Years and Older)
Using Virtual Reality Travel to Reduce Loneliness in Older Adults
This study aims to investigate whether and how virtual reality travel (VRT) can reduce loneliness among older adults. It will utilize a mixed-methods research design that combines an randomly assigned experiment with follow-up…
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Older Adults (65 Years and Older), Virtual Reality, Leisure Activities
- Trial name
- VRT (NCT07644416)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Travel, Puzzle-Based Attention Control Activity
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Loneliness, Poverty
Alleviating Loneliness in Older Adults Living in Poverty: A Multi-level Intervention
The study aims to reduce loneliness among Hong Kong Chinese older adults living in poverty with a multi-level intervention involving components at the individual, interpersonal, and community levels.
- Trial name
- NCT07123064
- Testing
- Individual Level, Interpersonal Level, Community Level
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 1,344 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Education University of Hong Kong
Major Depressive Disorder, Loneliness
Treating Loneliness In The Older Adult With Depression With tDCS
High loneliness is prevalent among older adults and is a significant risk factor for major depression and low recovery rates in patients. Current interventions for loneliness are limited.
- Trial name
- NCT06658795
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the Left DLPFC, Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the right VLPFC
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital
Loneliness
How is Social Connection Represented in the Brain?
Nearly half of the U.S. population sometimes or always experiences loneliness, which is alarming given that loneliness confers risk for negative mental and physical health outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT04577911
- Testing
- Basic Science Experiment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 248 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Loneliness, Sleep Quality
Mindfulness for Lonely Older Adults With Emigrant Children
This study is to examine the feasibility of a proposed mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) and study methodology for future main study.
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Sleep Quality, Quality of Life, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT07711860
- Testing
- Intervention, Active Control
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Geriatric, Palliative Care
PALLIATIVE ASSESSMENT COHORT IN THE GERIATRIC EMERGENCY SETTING
The PALMA project is part of a larger palliative research program COPAL in Capital Region of Denmark led by Professor Tom Møller.
- Conditions
- Geriatric, Palliative Care, Socio-demographic Risk, Frailty at Older Adults
- Trial name
- PALMA cohort (NCT06911411)
- Testing
- Prospective observational cohort study., A prospective observational cohort study
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg
Suicide Prevention
Retreat-Based Program for Violence-Exposed Women Veterans
Given their elevated risk for suicide and barriers to engaging in VHA healthcare, violence-exposed women Veterans represent a specialized population for which expansions to current VHA programming are needed.
- Trial name
- GRIT (NCT07738445)
- Testing
- GRIT, GRI
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Knee
Feasibility of Choose to Move Replacement Ready
Choose to Move (CTM) is a 3-month, choice-based health-promoting program for low active older adults being scaled-up across British Columbia (BC), Canada.
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Knee, Osteoarthritis, Hip, Total Knee Arthroplasty; Total Hip Arthroplasty
- Trial name
- CTM-RR (NCT07069179)
- Testing
- Choose to Move Replacement Ready
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Chronic Pain, Poor Sleep Quality
The Women Veteran's Health Mission
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a customized web-based e-health program to provide online health promotion (Missions), peer support, and social connectivity to women Veterans and their families.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Poor Sleep Quality, Social Isolation or Loneliness, Sedentary Behaviors
- Trial name
- NCT07608952
- Testing
- Online Web-based Health Promotion
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Loneliness
Reducing Loneliness Among Older Adults Through Enhancing Positive Affect
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of two psychosocial interventions-Tele-Positive Affect (Tele-PA) and Tele-Behavioral Activation (Tele-BA)-compared to active control (telephone-delivered friendly visit, Tele-FV) in…
- Trial name
- NCT07021872
- Testing
- Tele-Positive Affect Intervention, Tele-Behavioral Activation Intervention, Tele-Friendly Visit
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 276 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Education University of Hong Kong
Well-Being, Psychological, Loneliness
Physiological, Hormonal, and DNA-based Mechanisms of Psychosocial Stress and Therapeutic Effect
The goal of this trial is to learn if the Groups 4 Health (G4H) intervention is effective in supporting student well-being at the University of Helsinki.
- Trial name
- NCT07152652
- Testing
- Groups 4 health
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Helsinki