Clinical trials: Patient Communication
Patient Empowerment
Mobile Video Education to Improve Patient Clinician Communication During Prenatal Clinic Visits
The goal of this clinical trial is to test an animated video delivered by text message in patients whose pregnancies are complicated with fetal anomalies.
- Trial name
- NCT06323343
- Testing
- Video Intervention, Webpage links
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Adult Solid Neoplasm, Lymphoma
Improving Communication in Older Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers
Over 60% of cancers occur in older persons, and the number of older persons with cancer is expected to grow as the population ages.
- Trial name
- COACH (NCT02107443)
- Testing
- Geriatric Assessment Summary, Geriatric Assessment Targeted Recommendations, Geriatric Assessment (GA)
- Where
- 19 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 546 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Supriya Mohile
Communication, Bias, Racial
REACH Implicit Bias Training Project
The overall goal and theme of the Duke Center for Research to Advance Equity in Healthcare is to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health through interventions that affect the clinical encounter.
- Conditions
- Communication, Bias, Racial, Relation, Doctor Patient
- Trial name
- NCT03415308
- Testing
- Focus Groups, Cognitive Interviews, Pilot Testing of Implicit Bias Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Advanced Cancer
Patient-caregiver Communication Intervention for Prognostic Understanding
The purpose of this study is to: (1) develop a communication-based intervention to improve advanced cancer patients' and caregivers' prognostic understanding using communication strategies (e.g., acknowledgment, validation of…
- Trial name
- NCT03833817
- Testing
- Talking about Cancer (TAC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Stroke, Acute, Aphasia
Yes/No Questionnaire for Aphasic Patients (YNQ)
Quality of care depends strongly on oral communication with patients. Stroke patients, who have language disorders, have understanding difficulties, but also have difficulties in expressing their needs and in being understood.
- Trial name
- YNQ (NCT03257696)
- Testing
- Close-ended questionnaire
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 152 people
- Sponsor
- Groupe Hospitalier de la Rochelle Ré Aunis
COPD
Impact of a Peer Support Program Amongst COPD Patients and Their Caregivers
The study is to compare the effectiveness of two health communication and dissemination strategies that are designed to engage patients and family caregivers in successfully managing COPD in 'real-world' settings.
- Trial name
- NCT02891200
- Testing
- Peer support program, HCP support
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 292 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Medication Adherence
Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Health Record-based Medication Complete Communication (EMC2) Strategy
There is a well-documented need for effective interventions that can help patients understand and safely adhere to prescribed medications, particularly those with greater potential for harm if not taken correctly.
- Trial name
- NCT03652272
- Testing
- EMC2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 301 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Asthma, Communication
A Patient Advocate to Improve Real-world Asthma Management for Inner City Adults
Few interventions to improve asthma management have targeted low-income minority asthmatic adults and even fewer have focused on the real-world practice where care is provided for these patients.
- Trial name
- HAP2 (NCT01972308)
- Testing
- Patient Advocate, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 312 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Cardiovascular Diseases
Second eFramngham Heart Study
In the electronic Framingham Heart Study (eFHS), the investigators developed and deployed a mobile app to collect cardiovascular risk factors and event data and test them against cardiovascular data collected in the Framingham…
- Trial name
- eFHS-2 (NCT04752657)
- Testing
- Delayed administration of survey modules, Regular administration of survey modules
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 492 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Preventive Health Services, Health Communication
Patients Engaged in Prevention: Enhancing Outreach to Increase Patient Engagement in Diabetes Prevention
This study examines whether a health message that includes a self-affirmation intervention (where people reflect on values that are important to them) increases acceptance of the message and encourages people to take steps to…
- Trial name
- PEP (NCT03550066)
- Testing
- Values affirmation, No affirmation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Orthopedic Disorder
Inpatient Enrollment of Patient Portal App
This study aims to determine if inpatient enrollment into a patient communication app improves clinic follow-up of orthopedic trauma patients and improves survey completion rates after orthopedic trauma.
- Trial name
- NCT03431259
- Testing
- Patient Gateway
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 232 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Skin Cancer
Evaluation of Adherence to Topical Agents: Applying Communication Technology to Improve Sunscreen Use
The purpose of this study is to determine if using an electronic reminder improves adherence to sunscreen use. The specific study aims are as follows: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT00535769
- Testing
- Electronic + no text message, Electronic monitor + text messages
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Contraception
Right For Me: Birth Control Decisions Made Easier
Right For Me is a study that aims to improve the conversations patients and health care providers have about birth control. Right For Me will test two different strategies for improving these conversations.
- Trial name
- NCT02759939
- Testing
- Video + Prompt Card, Decision Aids + Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,038 people
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Health Communication
Information Visualizations to Facilitate HIV-related Patient-provider Communication in New York City (Info Viz: HIV-NYC)
To complete the study aims, a mixed methods study that includes a single group pretest-posttest study design will be used to pilot test the infographic intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT04102540
- Testing
- Infographic intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Cancer
VOICE: Values and Options in Cancer Care
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a combined intervention for patients, caregivers and oncologists improves communication, quality of life, and quality of care.
- Trial name
- VOICE (NCT01485627)
- Testing
- Communication training and coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 485 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Locally Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Metastatic Malignant Solid Neoplasm
PLAN Intervention to Enhance Engagement of Latino Cancer Patients in Advanced Care Planning
This trial tests whether Planning for Your Advance Care Needs (PLAN) intervention works to enhance Latino patients' understanding of and engagement in advanced care planning.
- Trial name
- NCT04889144
- Testing
- Communication Intervention, Best Practice, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
Safety and Feasibility of the EyeControl Device
The EyeControl device is an eye movement-based communication device in the form of wearable glasses with connected infrared cam-era that tracks the pupil and translates blinks and movements into commands.This study is aimed to…
- Trial name
- NCT02891629
- Testing
- EyeControl device
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eyefree Assisting Communication Ltd
Intellectual Disability, Autism
Enhancing Genomic Laboratory Reports to Enhance Communication and Empower Patients
Current lab reports are designed to communicate results from the laboratory to the provider; they are not designed to be accessible to patients.
- Conditions
- Intellectual Disability, Autism, Multiple Congenital Anomalies
- Trial name
- NCT02504502
- Testing
- enhanced genomic report
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
A Patient-centered Communication Tool (UR-GOAL) for Older Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Their Caregivers, and Their Oncologists
This is a pilot study to evaluate the usability and feasibility of a patient-centered communication tool (University of Rochester-Geriatric Oncology Assessment for acute myeloid Leukemia or UR-GOAL) among 15 older patients with…
- Trial name
- UR-GOAL 1 (NCT04625413)
- Testing
- Behavioral: UR-GOAL communication tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Communication, Pain
Visualizations to Improve Pain Communication Between Patients, Interpreters, and Providers
The purpose of this study is to pilot test a pain assessment information visualization (InfoViz) tool to facilitate communication about pain severity, location, and quality to increase mutual understanding between patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT04975789
- Testing
- InfoViz
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison