Clinical trials: Peer Group
Scleroderma, Systemic
The SPIN - Scleroderma Support Group Leader EDucation Program Trial (SPIN-SSLED)
Many people living with scleroderma, a rare autoimmune connective tissue disease, attend support groups to help them cope with the disease.
- Trial name
- SPIN-SSLED (NCT03965780)
- Testing
- SPIN-SSLED Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lady Davis Institute
Obesity
Childhood Obesity Treatment: A Maintenance Approach
Obesity is a major public health problem. At least 15 million American adults are obese, and the number is rising. Childhood obesity is also increasing in prevalence and currently affects approximately 11-22 percent of children…
- Trial name
- NCT00301197
- Testing
- Behavioral Skills Maintenance, Social Facilitation Maintenance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 216 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Drink Too Much, Drinking, Binge
Group-based Intervention for Club Patrons
The purpose of this study is to develop and test a group-based strategy for encouraging groups of young adults who are engaged in party behaviors at nightclubs to intervene with each other to reduce harms associated with overuse…
- Conditions
- Drink Too Much, Drinking, Binge, Drunk, Drug Use
- Trial name
- NCT03652688
- Testing
- Nightlife Safety Plans (NSP), Fire Safety
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 959 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Domestic Violence
Project INSPIRE: INtervention Support Groups: Peers Inspiring Resilience and Empowerment
The investigators will develop a new, integrated, group intervention to enhance safety, support, and empowerment for survivors of intimate partner violence in the community.
- Trial name
- NCT05826041
- Testing
- (INSPIRE) INtervention Support groups: Peers Inspiring Resilience and Empowerment., Traditional Domestic Violence Support Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Adolescent, Pediatric Obesity
Controlled Evaluation of an Exercise Program for Overweight Adolescents
Physical activity decreases as young people get older, especially during the shift from early to late adolescence. Unfortunately, around 81% of school-aged children worldwide between the ages of 11 and 17 do not meet the…
- Conditions
- Adolescent, Pediatric Obesity, Exercise Therapy, Health Promotion
- Trial name
- Now! (NCT06923865)
- Testing
- training group
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Mental Health Impairment, Peer Group
Paths to Everyday Life (PEER) - a Community-based Peer Support Intervention
The aim of this randomized, two-arm, investigator initiated, multi municipal, parallel-group superiority trial is to compare the effect on self-reported personal recovery of the following interventions: (1) 10-week group-based…
- Conditions
- Mental Health Impairment, Peer Group, Mental Health Disorder, Problems Psychosocial
- Trial name
- PEER (NCT04639167)
- Testing
- Paths to everyday life (PEER)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 299 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Amager Hospital
Smoking Cessation, Pregnancy Related
PRAMS: Peer-support To Reduce Antenatal Maternal Smoking
The goal of this feasibility is test the feasibility of conducting a randomised trial of the use of an online peer support group to promote smoking cessation and enhance sustained abstinence for women who smoke in pregnancy.
- Trial name
- PRAMS (NCT06595199)
- Testing
- Online peer support
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Diabetes, Quality of Life
The Impact of Changing to a New Child- and Family-centered Outpatient Diabetes Clinic Focusing on Early Involvement of the Child With Diabetes, Training in Calmness Around Diabetes Management, Healthy Lifestyle, and Creating Peer-to-peer Networks
The goal of StenoChild is to strengthen the treatment of children under 10 years old with diabetes through a multi-component approach.
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Quality of Life, Children
- Trial name
- StenoChild (NCT07377266)
- Testing
- Group consultations and peer-to-peer learning, Standard Care (in control arm)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Cost, Problem-based Learning
Efficacy of Near-Assisted Learning (NAL) in Improving Students' Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) Grades
This study aims to evaluate the impact of near-assisted learning (NAL) on first-year medical students' objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) grades in a problem-based learning (PBL) environment.
- Conditions
- Cost, Problem-based Learning, Peer Group
- Trial name
- SRMC (NCT04177979)
- Testing
- Near-assisted learning through trained peers
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sulaiman AlRajhi Colleges
Contraception
Evaluation of a Peer Education Program to Promote Family Planning Among Female Sex Workers in Kenya
-Purpose: To develop and evaluate an intervention designed to improve consistent contraceptive use and dual method use in particular, among female sex workers (FSWs) in Rift Valley Province in Kenya.
- Trial name
- NCT01957813
- Testing
- Lifestyle Counseling, Standard Health Services
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 719 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FHI 360
Bullying
Group Social Work Intervention in Improving Peer Relationships
The aim of this mixed-methods study is to examine the effect of a group social work intervention, based on cognitive behavioral therapy, on bullying-related cognitions and peer relationships among boys in institutional care.
- Trial name
- NCT07057960
- Testing
- Group Social Work Intervention Based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
Eating Disorder Symptom, Eating Disorders
INTERconNEcT-Eds: a Guided Self-help Mobile App to Improve Outcome in Eating Disorders
Eating disorders (EDs) are psychiatric illnesses characterised by pathological eating behaviours, ranging from protracted undereating to recurrent loss of control over eating.
- Conditions
- Eating Disorder Symptom, Eating Disorders, Eating Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT06551974
- Testing
- Guided self-help plus IPT, Guided self-help, TAU
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 242 people
- Sponsor
- University of Palermo
Cancer, Leukemia
Peer Support Group for Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
Allogeneic Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (Allo-HSCT) is a potentially curative option for patients with both malignant and non-malignant hematological disorders.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Leukemia, Stem Cell Transplant
- Trial name
- NCT06704243
- Testing
- Peer Support
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Asthma
Using Mobile Phones to Improve Adherence to Inhaled Steroids
This study has two main goals. The first goal is to test whether a mobile phone intervention can increase adherence to daily inhaled steroid medications in African American adolescents prescribed this type of medication by…
- Trial name
- ADEPT4 (NCT01710059)
- Testing
- Asthma Supervision, Mobile Phone, Inhaled Corticosteroid Mobile Phone Application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Heart Disease Risk Factors, Healthy Lifestyle
Healthy Communities: A Healthy City Preventive Program on Cardiovascular Health and Well-being (HC)
Healthy Communities is a multidisciplinary health-promotion initiative. The objective of the present study is to determine whether such an intervention will be efficacious to improve cardiovascular health compared to the current…
- Conditions
- Heart Disease Risk Factors, Healthy Lifestyle, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- HC (NCT05974826)
- Testing
- the SI! Program for Secondary Schools (NCT03504059), the Fifty-Fifty Program (NCT02367963)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- Foundation for Science, Health and Education, Spain
Prenatal Care
Group Antenatal Care: The Power of Peers for Increasing Skilled Birth Attendance in Achham, Nepal
In rural Nepal, the major drivers of underutilization of skilled birth attendance are poverty, poor social support and inadequate birth planning.
- Trial name
- NCT02330887
- Testing
- Group Antenatal Care, Individual Antenatal Care
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 2,184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Possible
Neoplasms, Anxiety
Effects of a Lay-led Anxiety and Depression Self-management Program for Cancer Patients
The investigators aim to evaluate a peer-to-peer patient self-management program targeting symptoms of anxiety and depression in a randomized trial.
- Conditions
- Neoplasms, Anxiety, Self Efficacy, Psychological Distress
- Trial name
- ADSMP-C (NCT04537195)
- Testing
- ADSMP-C
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 234 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Eating Disorder, Body Image
The Pride Body Project
The purpose of this study is to better investigate the efficacy of the PRIDE Body Project in respect to preventing eating disorders in sexual minority men.
- Trial name
- PBP (NCT03451513)
- Testing
- Pride Body Project, Media Advocacy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 453 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Evaluation of Peer Group Connection - Middle School
This study is a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of the Peer Group Connection - Middle School (PGC-MS) intervention on pre-sexual behaviors and sexual initiation in middle school-aged youth.
- Trial name
- PGC-MS (NCT06582641)
- Testing
- Peer Group Connection - Middle School (PGC-MS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Policy & Research Group
Hoarding Disorder
Comparison of Treatment for Hoarding Disorder
This study proposes to compare two forms of treatment for Hoarding Disorder (HD), a common and impairing neuropsychiatric syndrome that has a profound impact on the lives and functioning of individuals, families, and society.
- Trial name
- NCT02040805
- Testing
- Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Peer Facilitated Support Group
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 323 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco