Clinical trials: Promotion
HIV, Disclosure
Maternal HIV Disclosure to School Children: RCT of Family-based Intervention
The purpose of this trial is to test whether, compared to the normal Standard of Care at primary health care clinics, a home-based counseling intervention ( the 'Amagugu' Counseling Intervention), will increase the number of…
- Trial name
- Amagugu (NCT01922882)
- Testing
- Amagugu Counseling Intervention
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 465 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of KwaZulu
ALS
Adenosine 2A Receptor Antagonism and AIH in ALS
The purpose of this research study is to determine the effects of a medication, istradefylline, in conjunction with breathing air with reduced oxygen for short periods of time (called acute intermittent hypoxia, or AIH), on…
- Trial name
- NCT05377424
- Testing
- Consume 20mg of istradefylline, Low Oxygen therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Health Promotion, Health
The Ku Ola Project: Enhancing Health Promotion Among Native Hawaiian Men.
The Ku Ola Project: The goal of this study is to determine if community-based discussion groups and small educational sessions enhance health awareness and behaviors among Native Hawaiian men.
- Trial name
- NCT06964633
- Testing
- Kūkākūkā Discussion Sessions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Hawaii
Sleep Habits, Healthy
An Evaluation of Appearance-based Interventions for the Promotion of Sleep
This study evaluates the efficacy of appearance-based interventions in promoting healthy sleep. One group of participants will receive standard information about sleep (control group), while the other group will receive…
- Trial name
- NCT02491138
- Testing
- Appearance-based intervention, Pamphlets
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale-NUS College
Stroke
Multisite Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Promote Hand Function Recovery After Stroke
A novel multisite high definition tDCS (HD-tDCS) in healthy people showed that such network-targeted stimulation could enhance motor excitability beyond traditional stimulation which targeting only one region.
- Trial name
- NCT05638464
- Testing
- multisite HD-tDCS EMG-driven robot hand
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
General Mental Health and Well-Being
CopeSmart: Using Mobile Technology to Promote Positive Mental Health in Young People
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a mental health mobile app (CopeSmart) in promoting positive mental health through emotional self-awareness in adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT02265978
- Testing
- CopeSmart
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 387 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Dublin
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Families Talking Together Plus: An Approach to Promote Sexual Delay and Strengthen Sexual Risk Avoidance Education
Despite reductions in adolescent sexual behavior over the past decade, premature sexual activity remains prevalent among adolescents and alarming adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) disparities exist.
- Trial name
- FTT+ (NCT04731649)
- Testing
- Families Talking Together Plus (FTT +)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,227 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Family Member, Health Status Unknown
Your Health Matters! (Tu Salud ¡Si Cuenta!): Promoting Healthy Lifestyles in Latino Families
This trial studies how well a theoretically-based motivational behavior change program called Tu Salud Si Cuenta! works in promoting healthy lifestyles in Latino families.
- Trial name
- NCT03199209
- Testing
- Behavioral, Psychological or Informational Intervention, Patient Visit, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Influenza
Influenza Reminder Text-Messaging
Through a large, population-level quality improvement effort within the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Care Network, we will evaluate text message reminders on flu vaccination rates for both patients with and without a…
- Trial name
- NCT06587984
- Testing
- Text message reminder
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 228,361 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Physical Activity
Developing and Testing an Implementation Strategy for Active Learning to Promote Physical Activity in Children
The purpose of this study is to develop an implementation strategy to improve the use and sustainment of active learning in elementary schools and to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate the impact of the developed…
- Trial name
- NCT05048433
- Testing
- Implementation strategy for active learning to promote physical activity, Usual implementation support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 301 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic
The Effectiveness of Regular Exercise on Improving Sleep in Older Adults
This study will evaluate the effect of regular aerobic exercise on improving sleep in older adults with moderate difficulty sleeping.
- Trial name
- RTC (NCT00149747)
- Testing
- Moderate-Intensity Aerobic Physical Activity, Health Education Class
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Interventions to Enhance Emergency Health Care
EQUIP Emergency: Promoting Health Equity for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People in Emergency Departments
Emergency Departments (EDs) in Canada often operate over-capacity and are under significant pressures. In this environment, particular groups of people experience inadequate and inequitable treatment in EDs, including Indigenous…
- Trial name
- NCT03369678
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 5,439 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Eating
Intake Promoting Effects of Large Portions in Children
The purpose of this study is to test the effects of large food portions on children's eating. Experiment 1 will test the effect of portion size on children's consumption of sweetened beverages; we hypothesize that serving large…
- Trial name
- NCT00436878
- Testing
- Food portion size
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Behavior, Health, Behavior, Maternal
Women Lift Safely! An Intervention Study to Reduce the Risks of Heavy Lifting
The Women Lift Safely! Intervention study aims to increase safe carrying behavior to reduce health risks of heavy lifting in a rural area of Nepal (i.e. reducing weight and using safe lifting techniques).
- Conditions
- Behavior, Health, Behavior, Maternal, Work Related Stress
- Trial name
- NCT05154006
- Testing
- Information about benefits of the behavior, Instruction on how to perform a behavior, Self-efficacy
- Where
- 2 sites in Nepal
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Overweight and Obesity
The WEIGH Study: Weighing to Improve and Gain Health
The purpose of this research project is to assess the efficacy of a weight loss intervention for chronic disease prevention that focuses on daily self-weighing as the primary self-monitoring strategy compared to a…
- Trial name
- WEIGH (NCT01369004)
- Testing
- Daily Self-weighing + weekly feedback+ weekly lessons
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Decreased Fetal Movements Affecting Care of Mother, Pregnancy
Promoting Awareness Fetal Movements to Reduce Fetal Mortality Stillbirth, a Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomised Trial.
Rates of stillbirth in Scotland are among the highest in resource rich countries. The majority of stillbirths occur in normally formed infants, with (retrospective) evidence of placental insufficiency being the commonest clinical…
- Conditions
- Decreased Fetal Movements Affecting Care of Mother, Pregnancy, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- AFFIRM (NCT01777022)
- Testing
- A package of interventions
- Where
- 29 sites in Ireland, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 430,830 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Overweight and/or Obesity
Piloting a Generative Artificial Intelligence Chatbot in a Mobile Weight Loss Program
The goal of this study is to learn if integrating a chatbot into an existing 12-week smartphone-delivered behavioral weight loss program is feasible and effective for weight loss among young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07534254
- Testing
- AGILE Intervention, Chatbot
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Elderly
Objective Assessment and Promotion of Physical Activity in Elderly
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the short-term and long-term effects of a cycle ergometer program on physical activity and physical fitness in elderly (65+).
- Trial name
- NCT01748461
- Testing
- Structured intervention, Coach intervention
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Insomnia, Sleep Disturbance
Exploration of Relationships Between Sleep, Gut Health and Cognition
Our study aims to build on emerging evidence showing relationships between gut health, sleep and brain functions. To achieve this, our study aims to test the feasibility of using non-pharmacological interventions: a…
- Trial name
- NCT05315986
- Testing
- Saffr'Inside; 30mg, Enhanced Sleep Education
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of East Anglia
Language Development
Promoting Early Language Development Through Parent-child Book Reading in Costa Rica
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of an interactive parent-child book reading intervention. The intervention includes two components: the provision of five children's books to parent-child dyads and information…
- Trial name
- NCT04978766
- Testing
- Interactive Book Reading
- Where
- 2 sites in Costa Rica
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Costa Rica
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