Clinical trials: Peer Support
Lewy Body Disease, Parkinson Disease Dementia
Learning to PERSEVERE: Peer Mentor Support and Caregiver Education in Lewy Body Dementia
The investigators propose to adapt, improve, and implement a peer mentor support and caregiver education (PERSEVERE) program to improve LBD-specific caregiving mastery.
- Conditions
- Lewy Body Disease, Parkinson Disease Dementia, Dementia With Lewy Bodies
- Trial name
- NCT04649164
- Testing
- Peer mentor support and caregiver intervention, Focus group to provide feedback on educational materials and mentoring program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Treatment Adherence and Compliance
PrEP iT! Mobile App Intervention
The long-term goal of this research is to create an effective and sustainable program to support retention in PrEP care and PrEP adherence among 18-29 year old men who have sex with men (MSM).
- Trial name
- PrEP iT! (NCT04509076)
- Testing
- PrEP iT! (plus usual PrEP care), Usual PrEP care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
E-cigarette Use, Vaping
Vaper to Vaper: A Multimodal Mobile Peer Driven Intervention to Support Adolescents in Quitting Vaping
The dramatic increase in the use of e-cigarettes among U.S. adolescents has been called a national epidemic, with more adolescents now using e-cigarettes than traditional cigarettes.
- Trial name
- V2V (NCT05140915)
- Testing
- Peer Messaging, Peer Coaching via Text, Gamification
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Peer Support and Chronic Disease, Obesity
Peer Support Dyads in Churches
The purpose of this study is to explore how working with a partner can influence participation in a church wellness program. There are many different types of church wellness programs.
- Conditions
- Peer Support and Chronic Disease, Obesity, Type II Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03463941
- Testing
- Peer Support Dyad Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Well-Being, Psychological, Anxiety
Evaluating a Digital Peer Mentoring Platform With College Student Populations
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the acceptability, feasibility, and efficacy of MentorPRO, a novel application that connects mentors and mentees, among incoming college first-year students in a public university.
- Conditions
- Well-Being, Psychological, Anxiety, Depression, Mentoring to Support the Transition to College
- Trial name
- NCT05764785
- Testing
- MentorPRO
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Academic Web Pages
Wellness Programs, Hospitalization
The Effectiveness of Peer-to-Peer Community Support to Promote Aging in Place
The investigators' overall objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of peer-to-peer support programs in preventing the necessity of acute health care and nursing home services for older adult populations and in promoting their…
- Conditions
- Wellness Programs, Hospitalization, Emergency Room
- Trial name
- NCT02308696
- Testing
- Peer-to-Peer Support, Standard Community Services
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 456 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Depression
PEERS Using Peer Mentors to Deliver Depression Care
Fifteen to twenty percent of older Americans (6 to 8 million people) suffer from depression but more than one-half do not receive any services, a burden disproportionately shared by low-income and minority older adults who…
- Trial name
- NCT04319094
- Testing
- PEERS, Social interaction
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 149 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Social Isolation, Depression
Tertulias Social Isolation Women's Groups Study
This study will use a multi-level, community-engaged approach to implement "TERTULIAS" ("conversational gatherings" in Spanish).
- Trial name
- NCT04254198
- Testing
- TERTULIAS structured dialogue peer support groups
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 241 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
HIV, Violence, Gender-Based
Supporting Trans Affirmation, Relationships, and Sex, Phase 3
The purpose of this clinical trial is to evaluate and test a newly developed gender-affirming intervention that addresses the dual and interconnected risks of HIV and intimate partner victimization (IPV) among transgender women…
- Conditions
- HIV, Violence, Gender-Based, Violence, Domestic, Risk Reduction Behavior
- Trial name
- STARS (NCT06001307)
- Testing
- Program STARS (Supporting Trans Affirmation, relationships, and Sex), Relaxation and Stress Reduction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Musculoskeletal Pain
Piloting a Novel Peer Support Pain Self-Management Intervention (Project CONNECT)
The proposed study will test the feasibility and acceptability of an 8-week home-based reciprocal peer support pain self-management intervention (CONNECT) for women Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain.
- Trial name
- CONNECT (NCT04229134)
- Testing
- Project CONNECT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Development Delay, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Translating Peer-to-Peer Support Into a Clinical Setting
There is not a lot of research focusing on Black and African American families raising young children with developmental delays.
- Conditions
- Development Delay, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Autism
- Trial name
- NCT04313283
- Testing
- Parents Taking Action
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Smoking
Twitter-enabled Mobile Messaging for Smoking Relapse Prevention
We conducted a two-arm (test vs. control, N=160) randomized controlled trial of small, private, online support groups for quitting smoking with 20 people per group who were seeking to quit smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT01602536
- Testing
- smoking cessation aides, Twitter
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
PreDiabetes
Using Peer Support to Aid in Prevention and Treatment in Prediabetes
An estimated 86 million adults in the United States have prediabetes, and low-income Latino and African American adults have disproportionately high rates compared to non-Hispanic adults.
- Trial name
- UPSTART (NCT03689530)
- Testing
- Peer Support, Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
HIV Infections
Testing a Barbershop-based HIV Prevention Initiative Among Men
To test community-based approaches to engage heterosexual men at risk for HIV and specifically to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a barbershop based HIV prevention program.
- Trial name
- TRIM (NCT06148584)
- Testing
- General, status-neutral HIV education, HIV self-test kits, Information about where to receive HIV prevention services
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 271 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HIV Prevention Trials Network
Type 1 Diabetes
Children's Mercy Teens With Type 1 Diabetes Will Participate in an Online Peer Support Group.
The goal of this observational study is to examine the impact of an online peer support group in Children's Mercy teens with Type 1 Diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT06412146
- Testing
- Peer Support Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Breast Cancer
Peers Promoting Exercise Adoption and Maintenance Among Cancer Survivors
Exercise adoption enhances well-being and recovery from breast cancer. Researchers trained American Cancer Society volunteers to provide exercise counseling to breast cancer survivors and the survivors increased their exercise in…
- Trial name
- NCT02694640
- Testing
- Reach Plus, Reach Plus Phone, Reach Plus Message
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
COVID-19 Vaccination
HOPE Intervention for COVID-19
The Harnessing Online Peer Education COVID-19 (HOPE COVID-19) intervention will assess whether a peer-led online support community can improve behavioral health outcomes related to COVID-19.
- Trial name
- NCT04376515
- Testing
- HOPE intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine