Clinical trials: Preventive Intervention
Cervical Cancer
Efficacy of Offering a Self-sampling Device by the GP to Reach Underscreened Women
The ESSAG trial invests the impact of offering a free self-sampling device (SSD) on the cervical cancer screening rate of underscreened women.
- Trial name
- ESSAG (NCT05656976)
- Testing
- Provision of self sampling device by the GP, Provision of self sampling device by letter
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 3,375 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Streptococcal Infection, Gram-positive Bacterial Infection
Immune Response Induced by a Vaccine Against Group B Streptococcus and Safety in Pregnant Women and Their Offsprings
The study investigated the immune response induced by the Group B streptococcus vaccine in healthy pregnant women. In addition, the study investigated the amount of vaccine induced antibodies which were transferred to the newborn.
- Conditions
- Streptococcal Infection, Gram-positive Bacterial Infection, Bacterial Infection
- Trial name
- NCT01446289
- Testing
- Group B Streptococcus Trivalent Vaccine
- Where
- 5 sites in Belgium, Canada
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Novartis
Graft Versus Host Disease, Hematologic Neoplasms
Optimizing PTCy Dose and Timing
Background: Stem cell or bone marrow transplants can cure or control blood cancers. Sometimes the donor cells see the recipient's body as foreign. This can cause complications.
- Trial name
- NCT03983850
- Testing
- Busulfan, Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Self-harm
Suicide Prevention by Empowering Adolescents in Pakistan (SEPAK)
Self-harm is now seen as an epidemic affecting young people across the world and particularly in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) such as Pakistan.
- Trial name
- SEPAK (NCT04969718)
- Testing
- LEADS Plus educational posters, Question, Persuade, and Refer (Teachers) Plus educational posters, Screening by Professionals programme plus educational posters
- Where
- 8 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning
Retirement, Weight Gain
A Physical Activity and Diet Program to Prevent Accumulation of Abdominal Fat Mass in Recently Retired Men and Women
Advancing age in itself is associated with changes in body composition. However, during transitional life stages, such as retirement, detrimental changes on diet and physical activity may occur.
- Trial name
- NCT00122213
- Testing
- Behavior change on physical activity and diet
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Memory Decline, Healthy Subjects
In-Person Recruitment of Individuals to the Alzheimer's Prevention Trial (APT) Webstudy
Women, older adults, individuals from communities of color, particularly Black and Latino persons, and individuals with lower socioeconomic status are historically underrepresented in clinical research.
- Trial name
- FIND-AD Aim 2 (NCT07218120)
- Testing
- Financial Incentive, Active Comparator #1
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 209 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Work Disability Reduction and Prevention, Improving Return-to-Work Outcomes
SMART Supervisor Training Program to Prevent Work Disability
Supervisors of injured workers play a key role in preventing prolonged work absences. Providing supervisors with tools to improve their response to musculoskeletal and other workplace injuries or illnesses may improve worker…
- Trial name
- NCT02309996
- Testing
- Supervisor Training Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lakehead University
Food Insecurity, Obesity Prevention
Effects of an Urban-gardening Nutrition Intervention for Food Insecure College Students
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an urban gardening nutrition education program can have positive health effects on food insecure college students.
- Trial name
- UGNIFICS (NCT06822803)
- Testing
- Gardening Nutrition Education Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 107 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida International University
Malaria
The Synergistic Effects of Home-management and Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Children
This cluster randomised trial is proposed to assess the clinical impact of adding a seasonal intermittent preventive treatment (IPTc) schedule for children aged 3 -59 months to a home management of malaria (HMM) programme using…
- Trial name
- KNUST-COMDIS (NCT00550160)
- Testing
- Amodiaquine plus Artesunate co-administration
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 1,490 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Diseases
Early Detection of Atherosclerosis: a Randomized Trial in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases.
The incidence of cardiovascular diseases is still high and further efforts should be done in primary prevention. The main objective is to quantify the burden of subclinical atherosclerosis using non-invasive techniques,and to…
- Trial name
- PRIMARIA (NCT00734123)
- Testing
- Simvastatin or Atorvastatin, Enalapril, Aspirin or clopidogrel
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 2,948 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Arnau de Vilanova
Smoking, Smoking Cessation
Preventing Relapse Following Involuntary Smoking Abstinence
The prevalence of tobacco use in the military is too high. This study is designed to take advantage of the 8.5 weeks of forced tobacco cessation during Basic Military Training and develop effective interventions to prevent…
- Trial name
- AFV (NCT01374724)
- Testing
- Tobacco Use Ban, Tailored Pamphlet, Informational Pamphlet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 23,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Study to Evaluate the Leish-111f + MPL-SE Vaccine in Healthy Adults Not Previously Exposed to Leishmania Parasite
This study will evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the Leish-111f + MPL-SE vaccine in adult subjects who have no evidence of previous exposure to the Leishmania parasite.
- Trial name
- NCT00121862
- Testing
- Leish-111f + MPL-SE vaccine
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Access to Advanced Health Institute (AAHI)
Malaria
Estimating the Malaria Prevention Impact of New Nets: Observational Analyses to Evaluate the Evidence Generated During Piloted New Net Distributions in Rwanda
The use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) has contributed to the substantial reduction in malaria cases and deaths. This progress is threatened by increasing resistance in mosquito populations to commonly used insecticides.
- Trial name
- NCT04230161
- Testing
- Standard long-lasting insecticidal net, Chlorfenapyr insecticide treated net, Indoor residual spraying
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 3,502 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- PATH
Skin Cancer
Sunface Mirroring RCT in Brazil
Randomized trial looking at the effects of a behavioral photoaging software intervention on sunscreen use in the city of Itauna, Brazil.
- Trial name
- NCT03178240
- Testing
- photoaging mirroring intervention
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Giessen
Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV Infections
A Comprehensive HIV Prevention Package for South African Adolescent Girls and Young Women
To achieve an AIDS-free generation, there is a critical need for programs which go beyond individual-level behavior change to reduce HIV and STI infections among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Trial name
- IMARA-SA (NCT04758390)
- Testing
- IMARA (intervention group), Health promotion control group
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 1,290 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Childhood Onset Obesity
GENYAL Study to Childhood Obesity Prevention
Obesity is a multifactorial, complex, chronic disease of special concern. It is originated as an interaction between genetic predisposition and environmental factors.
- Trial name
- NCT03419520
- Testing
- Nutritional counseling
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 221 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IMDEA Food
Coronary Disease
The Impact of Caffeine on Brachial Endothelial Function in Healthy Subjects and in Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease
Prior work (Chris, M. et al, Clinical Science 2005; 109, 55-60) has demonstrated that drinking a cup of coffee (80-100 mg of caffeine) an hour before endothelium-dependent FMD (flow-mediated dilatation) of the brachial artery…
- Trial name
- NCT00564824
- Testing
- Caffeine
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
Falls
VISIBLE Study (Visual Intervention Strategy Incorporating Bifocal & Long-distance Eyewear)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the provision of supplementary plain distance glasses for outdoor use to older users multifocal glasses will reduce falls rates over a 12 month period.
- Trial name
- VISIBLE (NCT00350389)
- Testing
- Outdoor use of plain distance glasses with counselling
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 606 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of New South Wales
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections, Rhinovirus
A Trial of Vitamin D and Health Advice for the Prevention of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
The specific objectives of this investigation are to assess the effectiveness of daily gargling and vitamin D supplementation as preventative measures against incident upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) in students…
- Conditions
- Upper Respiratory Tract Infections, Rhinovirus, Infections
- Trial name
- NCT01158560
- Testing
- cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), Gargling
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Acute Mountain Sickness, Healthy
Training in Hypoxia to Prevent Acute Mountain Sickness
Some studies suggest that high-altitude related illnesses - like acute mountain sickness - could be prevented by acclimatisation, reached at low altitude using training in simulated altitude.
- Trial name
- NCT00886912
- Testing
- hypoxia, normoxia
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heidelberg University
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