Clinical trials: Pediatric Health
Obesity, Childhood, Physical Activity
New Ulm at HOME (Healthy Offerings Via the Mealtime Environment), NU-HOME
The goal of the proposed project is to see if an innovative family-based intervention can reduce childhood obesity by actively engaging the whole family in promoting healthy behaviors in the home.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Physical Activity, Food Intake, Rural Health
- Trial name
- NU-HOME (NCT02973815)
- Testing
- NU-HOME Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 228 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Burkitt Lymphoma, Retinoblastoma
Mobile Health Case Management System for Reducing Pediatric Treatment Abandonment
Digital case management systems have the potential to increase compliance with protocol-driven treatment, reduce treatment abandonment and ultimately help to close the discrepancy in pediatric cancer outcomes between Low and…
- Conditions
- Burkitt Lymphoma, Retinoblastoma, Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT03677128
- Testing
- mNavigator
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Obesity
A Study to Assess the Compliance and Impact on Weight of Kurbo, a Pediatric Centered Weight Loss App
Kurbo is a health and fitness app that is targeted toward the pediatric population. It utilizes games and activities to educate children about healthy eating, portion control/size and exercise.
- Trial name
- Kurbo (NCT02880254)
- Testing
- Kurbo, Personal Health Coach
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baystate Medical Center
Asthma
Family-Focused, Stress-Reduction Program to Improve the Health Care of Urban Children With Asthma
Stress and anxiety can negatively affect children with asthma. Reducing the stress of asthmatic children and their families may lead to improved asthma care and fewer asthma symptoms in the children.
- Trial name
- ASPIRE (NCT00384813)
- Testing
- Project ASPIRE Home-Based Family Intervention, Project ASPIRE Enhanced Treatment As Usual
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Asthma
Aligning With Schools To Help Manage Asthma (Project ASTHMA)
Project ASTHMA is a school-based health center intervention program that institutes guideline-based chronic asthma care and provides supervised administration with daily preventive asthma medications to improve asthma symptoms…
- Trial name
- NCT03032744
- Testing
- Asthma Assessment & Management, Asthma Education, Controller medication at school
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Hypercholesterolemia, Hypercholesterolemia, Familial
Evaluating the Efficacy of Pediatric Lipid Screening Alerts
The purpose of the study is to evaluate prospectively the impact of different system alerts on the prescription of lipid panels to pediatric Geisinger patients (9-11 years old), as per the now-universal guidelines.
- Conditions
- Hypercholesterolemia, Hypercholesterolemia, Familial, Hypercholesteremia in Children, Hyperlipidemia in Children
- Trial name
- NCT04118348
- Testing
- Best Practice Alert, Health Maintenance Topic
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13,340 people
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Cardiovascular Diseases, Infant ALL
Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children (ENRICH)
This pilot study aims to examine the feasibility and acceptability of adding a cardiovascular health module to the existing Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) home visitation program delivered by trained nurses in the Northern…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Infant ALL, Maternal Behavior, Childhood Obesity
- Trial name
- ENRICH (NCT05824741)
- Testing
- Infant Cardiovascular Health (CVH) Promotion
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Obesity, Childhood, Overweight and Obesity
First Heroes: Engaging Fathers in the First 1000 Days
The First Heroes study plans to influence weight and health trajectories, modify disease risk, and improve health care services for mother-father-infant triads from racial/ethnic minority and health disparity populations.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Overweight and Obesity, Social Determinants of Health, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- First Heroes (NCT04477577)
- Testing
- New Parent Intervention, Safety Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 657 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Obesity, Adolescent, Bariatric Surgery Candidate
Lifestyle Improvement for Teens With Bariatric Surgery
This study aims to conduct a proof-of-concept study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) -supported healthy lifestyle behavioral intervention among adolescent…
- Trial name
- LIFT (NCT05393570)
- Testing
- Healthy Lifestyle Behavioral Intervention (MBS -supported intervention)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Pediatric Obesity
NOURISH: Nourishing Our Understanding of Role Modeling to Improve Support and Health
The percentage of overweight children between the ages of 6 and 11 has nearly tripled in the last three decades, and rates are even higher among African Americans.Overweight children are at-risk for numerous health problems, thus…
- Trial name
- NOURISH (NCT00628030)
- Testing
- NOURISH, Wellness Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Obesity, Childhood, Behavior, Health
Summer Youth Employment Programs for Health Promotion
The purpose of this proof-of-concept study is to assess the initial signal of effectiveness of summer youth employment programs (SYEP) on understudied obesity-related outcomes in adolescents.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Behavior, Health, Healthy Lifestyle
- Trial name
- NCT07227220
- Testing
- Summer Youth Employment Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Houston
COVID-19 Vaccines, Telemedicine
Improving Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Using an mHealth Tool
This study will determine the effectiveness of a vaccine communication mobile health app on parental decisions to vaccinate their children against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
- Conditions
- COVID-19 Vaccines, Telemedicine, Vaccine Hesitancy, Pediatric ALL
- Trial name
- MoVeUP (NCT05386355)
- Testing
- COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake App, General Health App
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,934 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network
Childhood Cancer
SurvivorLink: Scalability of an Electronic Personal Health Record
Previous research suggests that children and adolescents with cancer are at heightened risk of late effects that can occur months or years after cancer treatment, yet little is known about programs that increase their return for…
- Trial name
- NCT03543852
- Testing
- SurvivorLink
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 542 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Pediatric Obesity
Quincy Family, Youth & Technology For Lifestyle Change (FYT-4-LIFE) Study
To date, approaches that show the most promise for preventing and/or reversing the course of childhood obesity involve the delivery of intensive lifestyle interventions within a family-based context, emphasizing the necessity of…
- Trial name
- QFYT (NCT02324361)
- Testing
- Physical Activity, Evidence-based information on healthy family routines
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Influenza
Digital Storytelling to Reduce Pediatric Influenza Vaccination Disparities
While the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted health disparities, Black children have unduly suffered and died from seasonal influenza for decades.
- Trial name
- NCT06274359
- Testing
- Digital storytelling
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 398 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Obesity
Family Nutrition Physical Activity Tool Use During Well Child Visits
The main aim of the study would be to examine the effect of using a health behavior screening tool and a brief patient centered conversation on health behavior goal setting during well-child visits.
- Trial name
- FNPA (NCT02067728)
- Testing
- FNPA tool, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 430 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Asthma
Informing Policy to Implement Pediatric Family Engagement in Meaningful Use Stage 3
This study will enroll parents/guardians of children who receive treatment at one of the pediatric primary care practice settings in the Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) network or at the Children's Hospital of…
- Trial name
- NCT01966068
- Testing
- MyAsthma Web Portal
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 294 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Cardiovascular Disease, Childhood Obesity
PREVENT Tool Study: Late Effects Clinic
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of a novel, Health Information Technology behavior change tool in a single clinic setting.
- Trial name
- NCT04530825
- Testing
- Wait-List Control, PREVENT Tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Preventive Oral Health
Oral Health Training Program for Pediatric Residents
The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of the addition of hands on training by a pediatric dentist on the pediatric residents skills, confidence, opinions and practice related to preventive oral health.
- Trial name
- NCT00846066
- Testing
- Hands on training, Web based training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Health Behavior
Family Partner Navigation for Children
Family Navigation (FN), an evidence-based care management strategy which is a promising intervention to help low income and minority families access timely mental health services.
- Trial name
- NCT03569449
- Testing
- Usual care, Clinic-based visits, Standard pediatric surveillance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 312 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center