Clinical trials: Public Health
Lung Cancer
Patient Navigation for Lung Screening at MGH Community Health Centers
To develop and implement a patient navigator (PN) program for lung screening and smoking cessation in community health center primary care practices.
- Trial name
- NCT02705365
- Testing
- Patient Navigation, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Technology Enhanced Community Health Nursing (TECH-N) Study
The investigators are enrolling 350 young women 13-25 years old diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in Baltimore and randomize them to receive community health nurse (CHN) clinical support using a single post-PID…
- Trial name
- TECH-N (NCT01640379)
- Testing
- Technology Enhanced Community Health Nursing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 286 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Household Air Pollution and Health: A Multi-country LPG Intervention Trial
This study is a randomized controlled trial of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove and fuel distribution in 3,200 households in four countries (India, Guatemala, Peru, and Rwanda).
- Trial name
- HAPIN (NCT02944682)
- Testing
- Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cookstove
- Where
- 4 sites in Guatemala, India and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 6,704 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Heart Failure，Congestive
Implementing a Digitally-enabled Community Health Worker Intervention for Patients With Heart Failure
The purpose of this study is to assess the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effectiveness of implementing a 30-day digitally-enabled community health worker intervention compared to usual care with a community health…
- Trial name
- NCT05130008
- Testing
- Digitally-enabled CHW Care, Usual CHW Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Obesity, Childhood
Competency-based Approaches to Community Health
This study is a family-centered, community-based intervention to prevent and treat childhood obesity among 3-5 year old children from undeserved communities.
- Trial name
- COACH (NCT03141151)
- Testing
- COACH: Healthy Bodies, COACH: Strong Minds
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 117 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Type2 Diabetes
Social Network Analysis to Identify Community Health Workers
The objective of this study is to recruit influential community members using Snowball Sampling Methods. Community members identified through social network analysis as influential and well-connected will be trained as community…
- Trial name
- NCT04210024
- Testing
- Diabetes Empowerment Education Program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brittany L Smalls
Smoking Cessation, Smoking Reduction
Tobacco Cessation in Public Housing
The inequity in cessation resources is at forefront in the recently enacted nationwide smoking ban in public housing facilities.
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation, Smoking Reduction, Smoking, Tobacco
- Trial name
- NCT04889638
- Testing
- Cessation Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
HIV, Tuberculosis
Sustainable East Africa Research in Community Health
The SEARCH study aims to test evidenced-based innovative community based interventions that lead to the elimination of HIV in rural communities in East Africa using a multi-disease approach.
- Conditions
- HIV, Tuberculosis, Hypertension, Diabetes
- Trial name
- SEARCH (NCT01864603)
- Testing
- Universal ART in a streamlined care model, Annual Community Health Campaigns, Targeted PrEP and Targeted testing interventions
- Where
- 3 sites in Kenya, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 150,395 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Chronic Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain
Improving Health for Older Adults With Pain Through Engagement (Open-pilot)
The goal of this project is to conduct an open-pilot (N=30) to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity of a mind-body and activity program (GetActive+) with older adults with chronic pain.
- Trial name
- iHOPE (NCT05782231)
- Testing
- GetActive+
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Depression
Cost- Effectiveness and Quality of Life Assessment in Major Depression Disorder
To evaluate the effectiveness of one algorithm for Major Depression Disorder (MDD) using medications available in the Brazilian Public Healthcare System (SUS), and assessment of the quality of life of these patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02901249
- Testing
- sertraline, Nortriptyline, Lithium
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Smoking Cessation, Smoking Tobacco
Proactive Tobacco Treatment for Veterans
Tobacco use is the leading cause of premature death in the United States and disproportionately affects Veterans and certain racial/ethnic minority groups.
- Trial name
- NCT00608426
- Testing
- Proactive Outreach with choice of telephone or in-person smoking cessation services
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6,400 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
HIV Prevention, PrEP Uptake
Social Media Based Peer-Led Intervention for HIV Prevention
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of E-PrEP on reaching young men of color who have sex with men (YMCSM) at high-risk of HIV infection to reduce HIV acquisition.
- Trial name
- NCT03213366
- Testing
- E-PrEP- Peer-Led Intervention about PrEP, BxNow - General Health Campaign
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Improving Diabetic Patient Health Through Assistive-Reading Technology
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) affects over 30 million Americans and requires patients to competently manage their conditions at home.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT05337306
- Testing
- GogyUp Reader
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 193 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GogyUp Inc
Rare Diseases
FACE for Children With Rare Diseases
Children with ultra-rare or complex rare diseases are routinely excluded from research studies because of their conditions, creating a health disparity.
- Trial name
- FACE-Rare (NCT04855734)
- Testing
- FAmily CEntered (FACE) pACP Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood
Impact of the "Ten Steps for Healthy Feeding of Children Younger Than Two Years" in Health Centers
A cluster randomized field trial to evaluate the impact that training healthcare workers in healthy feeding practices has on the nutrition and health of children.
- Trial name
- NCT00635453
- Testing
- Dietary Advice
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 715 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
Smoking Cessation
A Text Messaging Program for Smokers in Primary Care
This study is a four arm pilot randomized controlled trial testing the effect of a 12 week text messaging intervention and a mailed nicotine medication intervention, alone and in combination to a control condition consisting of…
- Trial name
- GR2Q (NCT03174158)
- Testing
- Mailed nicotine replacement therapy, Text messaging, Brief advice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 153 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Childhood Asthma, Community Health Workers
West Philadelphia Controls Asthma
This project uses community health workers (CHW) or lay health educators to implement asthma interventions that have been proven to work in the primary care setting and in schools.
- Trial name
- WPCA (NCT03514485)
- Testing
- Yes We Can Children's Asthma Program, School-Based Asthma Therapy, Open Airways for School Plus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 626 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
COVID-19
PROmotion of COVID-19 BOOSTer VA(X)Ccination in the Emergency Department - PROBOOSTVAXED
The goal of this cluster randomized clinical trial is to test the efficacy of messaging interventions to increase booster vaccine uptake in adults in the emergency department(ED).
- Trial name
- PROBOOSTVAXED (NCT06156215)
- Testing
- Vaccine Messaging, Vaccine Acceptance Question
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 919 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Malignant Neoplasm of Large Intestine
Effectiveness of Direct-to-Patient Outreach on Colorectal Cancer Screening Within a Low Income and Diverse Population
The purpose of this study is to determine if the direct mailing of fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) kits to patients who are due for colorectal cancer screening is an effective way to improve colorectal cancer screening rates…
- Trial name
- NCT01385579
- Testing
- Care manager outreach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Drug Use, Alcohol Use
Specialized Community Disease Management to Reduce Substance Use and Hospital Readmissions
This study will assess Specialized Community Disease Management (SCDM), an intervention which employs various evidence-based strategies to engage substance using co-morbid patients while in the hospital and follow them into the…
- Conditions
- Drug Use, Alcohol Use, Congestive Heart Failure, Pneumonia
- Trial name
- NCT02059005
- Testing
- Specialized Community Disease Management, Treatment As Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people
- Sponsor
- Treatment Research Institute