Clinical trials: Migrants
Plasmodium Infection
Reducing Malaria Transmission in Forest-going Mobile and Migrant Populations in Lao PDR and Cambodia
This stepped-wedge cluster-randomized controlled trial with nested mixed methods study will assess the effectiveness, acceptability, feasibility and cost-effectiveness of a personal protection package to reduce malaria…
- Trial name
- NCT05117567
- Testing
- Personal protection package
- Volunteers
- 5,868 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health Ltd
Helicobacter Pylori Infection
Community-based Helicobacter Pylori Eradication
Based on a universal eradication of H. pylori in an offshore island (Matsu) with a high prevalence of gastric cancer as well as premalignant gastric lesion, we first examined the infection rate of H. pylori.
- Trial name
- NCT00155389
- Testing
- Helicobacter pylori eradication
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Teenage Pregnancy
Teenage Pregnancies in Refugee and Migrant Adolescents on the Thai-Myanmar Border
This study is to explore perceptions, experiences, beliefs and knowledge around teenage pregnancy, motherhood, sexual and reproductive health, family planning and support structures adolescent refugees and migrants and to…
- Trial name
- NCT02890628
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Alzheimer Disease, Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive Disorder
DIV-AD BARCELONA: Alzheimer's Blood-Based Biomakers for a Diverse Community
The DIV-AD study aims to find out whether levels of Alzheimer's disease markers in blood differ among the main ethnical groups living in central Barcelona.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive Disorder, Dementia, Neurodegenerative Disease
- Trial name
- DIV-AD (NCT07521722)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall Foundation
Health Behavior
"HASCV-R" Health Programme
The goal of this randomized controlled trial: is to determine the effect of " HASCV-R " health programme on the health promoting and protective behaviours of the Turkish-Greek Population Exchange migrant women.
- Trial name
- HASCV-R (NCT06177145)
- Testing
- HASCV-R program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bozok University
Health Behavior, Medication Adherence
Assessing Illustrated Medication Labels
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the impact of graphic-based medication labels on medication understanding and to assess the health literacy of our farmworker population.
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Medication Adherence, Understanding of Medication Instructions
- Trial name
- NCT07389317
- Testing
- standard medication label, Illustrated medication label
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wayne Sanderson
Health Promotion, Vulnerable Populations
Qualitative Study Among Migrant and Socially Vulnerable Populations on Their Interest in Collective Approaches to Health Promotion.
This exploratory qualitative study aims to collect the health needs and representations of migrant and socially vulnerable populations attending the Doctors in the World center in Nice, and to assess their interest in collective…
- Conditions
- Health Promotion, Vulnerable Populations, Access to Health Care
- Trial name
- NCT07174154
- Testing
- Interview
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Dementia
Pilot of a New Cognitive Assessment Tool for Detecting Dementia in the Migrant Somali Population
Aims The investigators want to find out if the tool that they have made to assess memory and thinking in Somali elders ( the 'MSCAT') is acceptable to that community and practical to administer and score.
- Trial name
- NCT05163821
- Testing
- Manchester Somali Cognitive Assessment Tool, ACE-III Somali Translation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
SARS-COV-2
Level of Immunity, Neutralization of the COVID-19 Virus and Reinfections in Residents of 2 Migrant Workers' Residences
A previous seroprevalence survey showed very high seroprevalence levels among residents of the two among the residents of the two migrant workers' hostels surveyed, indicating a high level of circulation of the virus SARS-COV-2…
- Trial name
- NCT04932837
- Testing
- Blood and Saliva collection
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Depression, Anxiety
A Migration-Focused Adaptation of EMDR for Psychological Distress Among Turkish Migrants
Many people who migrate to new countries experience significant emotional and psychological challenges. These challenges can include depression, anxiety, stress, and difficulty adjusting to a new culture and society.
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Social Adaptation
- Trial name
- EMDR (NCT07822165)
- Testing
- EMDR
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands, Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Derin Kubilay
Home Caregiver-older Adults Relationship
Life Story Book for Older Adults and live-in Migrant Caregivers
The relationship between older adults and live-in migrant caregivers is always challenged by weak emotional connectedness, ineffective communication, power struggling and unmet needs of both, that may lead to poor care quality…
- Trial name
- NCT03726034
- Testing
- Life Story Book, Self-selected social activities
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tung Wah College
Migraine, Headaches
Effect on Migraine Frequency of Combined Anti-oxidant Therapy: The MIGRANT Study.
Migraine affects 15% of Western Australians and is a leading cause of suffering and disability in our community (1,2). Research suggests that inflammation of the brain's coverings (meninges) by nerve cell inflammation and the…
- Trial name
- MIGRANT (NCT02629536)
- Testing
- N-acetyl cysteine 600 mg, VitE 250 IU, VitC 500 mg tablet
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Notre Dame Australia
Labor Pain, Satisfaction, Consumer
Community Based Doulas for Migrant Women in Labour and Birth in Sweden - a Randomised Controlled Trial
One initiative to address communication problems between migrant women not fluent in Swedish and caregivers throughout childbirth is to provide language assistance, cultural interpretation and labour support to the woman through…
- Conditions
- Labor Pain, Satisfaction, Consumer, Language, Birth Depression
- Trial name
- NCT03461640
- Testing
- Community-based doula support for labour, Standard labour support
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 164 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Tuberculosis (TB), Tuberculosis Infection, Latent
Screening With Portable X-rays for Rapid Recognition of TB
SPOT-TB (Screening with Portable X-rays for rapid recOgniTion of TB) is a prospective study evaluating a community-based tuberculosis (TB) screening strategy for migrant populations in New York City.
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis (TB), Tuberculosis Infection, Latent, HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
- Trial name
- SPOT-TB (NCT07737275)
- Testing
- Mobile chest radiography for tuberculosis screening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Acculturation
Health Habits and Cancer Risk Comparison Among Migrant Sri Lankans and Sri Lankans
Objectives: General objective: To determine how acculturation to United States has influenced the health and cancer risk among a US migrant Sri Lankan population. Specific objectives: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT00476580
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Sri Lanka
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Coronavirus, Trust
Migrant Workers' Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Rumors circulate widely during public health crises and have deleterious consequences. In this study, we seek to document the base rates of migrant workers' rumor exposure and identify predictors of rumor hearing, sharing and…
- Conditions
- Coronavirus, Trust, Misinformation
- Trial name
- NCT04718519
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 1,011 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale-NUS College
High Altitude
The Study of Personalized Health Check-up Programs and Standards for High-altitude Migrant Populations
By using wearable devices to monitor and record the physiological data changes and health outcomes (incidence and severity of high-altitude illnesses) of high-altitude migrants at different stages (pre-entry, acute/chronic…
- Trial name
- NCT07018193
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Capital Medical University
Covid-19
A Preventive Treatment for Migrant Workers at High-risk of COVID-19
In December 2019, a novel coronavirus, now called COVID-19, emerged as a global health threat from Wuhan, China. Within weeks, the contagious virus spread within and between communities, causing a lower respiratory tract…
- Trial name
- NCT04446104
- Testing
- Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate Tablets, Ivermectin 3mg Tab, Zinc
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 4,257 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University Hospital, Singapore
Heart Rate Variability, Burnout
Helping Overcome Pressure and Exhaustion: Empowerment Classes for Southeast Asian Migrant Care Workers
As Taiwan's population ages, Southeast Asian migrant care workers are widely employed to fill the care labor gap. These workers often face symptoms of burnout and emotional stress due to long working hours and high-pressure…
- Conditions
- Heart Rate Variability, Burnout, Depression
- Trial name
- HOPE (NCT06532305)
- Testing
- HOPE empowerment classes
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Diagnosis
Echocardiographic Standards and Sub-Saharian Africans (SSA) Migrants' in New Aquitaine Region
Standards Echocardiographic have been defined mainly on caucasian or Asian populations. In the EchoNoRMAL study the criteria for African populations were based solely on data from 198 subjects.
- Trial name
- NEMANA (NCT04865068)
- Testing
- Echocardiography measures on SSA participants
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Limoges