Clinical trials: Rural Health
Exclusive Breastfeeding, Co-production of Health in Communities
A Mobile-health Pilot Experiment Targeting Mothers With Newborns in Rural Areas of San Juan Sacatepequez, Guatemala
The purpose of this study was to determine whether exposure to m-health platforms promoting recommended breastfeeding practices was effective in transmitting the exclusive breastfeeding message to participant mothers, and in…
- Trial name
- NCT02263118
- Testing
- Uni-directional SMS, Feature phone, Virtual communities
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Francisco Marroquín
Diabetes
Using Practice Facilitation and Operationalizing Referral Information Technology to Increase DSMES Utilization
This is a pilot and feasibility study of a pragmatic cluster randomized trial that utilizes health information technology and practice facilitation to address referral barriers and increase clinician awareness and motivation to…
- Trial name
- NCT05472142
- Testing
- UP FOR IT - practice facilitation, UP FOR IT - health information technology
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mary Lacy
Covid19
SCALE-UP Utah: Community-Academic Partnership to Address COVID-19 Testing Among Utah Community Health Centers
SCALE-UP Utah is a community-academic partnership to address COVID-19 among Utah community health centers. The long-term objective of the project is to increase the reach, acceptance, uptake, and long-term sustainability of…
- Trial name
- NCT04939532
- Testing
- Text-Messaging (TM), Patient Navigation (PN)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44,729 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Obesity-Related Malignant Neoplasm
Weight Loss Intervention for the Reduction of Cancer Risk and Health Disparities in Rural Ohio
This study determines the feasibility of a telephone-based weight lost intervention in reducing cancer risk and health disparities in rural Ohio.
- Trial name
- HERO (NCT05040152)
- Testing
- Dietary Counseling and Surveillance, Exercise Intervention, Informational Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Melanoma, Adolescents
Sun Protection and Tanning Awareness in Rural Schools
Drawing from prior school-based skin cancer prevention programs, we have adapted intervention materials to target rural high schoolers.
- Trial name
- STARS (NCT06694571)
- Testing
- Skin cancer prevention educational presentation and activities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Depression, Suicidality
Development and Preliminary Trial of a Brief, Portable Health Intervention for Rural Sexual Minority Emerging Adults
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of writing interventions specifically designed for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) emerging adults (ages 18-29) that are aimed at improving the outcomes: depression…
- Conditions
- Depression, Suicidality, Substance Abuse, HIV
- Trial name
- Project LEAP (NCT03751020)
- Testing
- Expressive Writing (EW) Intervention, Self-Affirmation (SA) Intervention, Control
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Vaccine Hesitancy
Increasing Vaccine Uptake Among Adolescents in the Rural South
The benefits of adolescent vaccines are well known for preventing meningococcal infection and human papillomavirus (HPV)-related pre-cancerous lesions.
- Trial name
- INVEST (NCT04999267)
- Testing
- INVEST
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Pre-diabetes
Preventing Diabetes in the Deep South: Extending Partnerships and Adapting Interventions to Reach Rural Communities at High Risk.
Diabetes is responsible for a huge and growing burden of patient suffering and social costs, and the impact of this disease is shared disproportionately by minorities and in rural resource-challenged communities, particularly in…
- Trial name
- NCT04343872
- Testing
- Receive lifestyle modification alone, Metformin therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lung Cancer, Smoking Cessation
Shared Decision Making in Rural Primary Care Lung Cancer Screening and Smoking Cessation
The intervention is aimed to improve adherence to the lung cancer screening (LCS) guidelines and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) coverage criteria to conduct shared decision-making (SDM) and provide smoking…
- Trial name
- SDM-LCS-SC (NCT04897568)
- Testing
- Patient decision aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy
Providing Financial Incentives to Improve Adherence to Referral Eye Care Visits
Glaucoma is a blinding eye disease increasingly common in older adults, particularly in African Americans, and often diagnosed late in the disease course.
- Conditions
- Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, Refractive Errors, Cataract
- Trial name
- AL-SIGHT (NCT04328207)
- Testing
- No Financial Incentive, Financial Incentive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Diet, Healthy, Diet Habit
The UnProcessed Pantry Project (UP3)
There is a need to develop evidence-based interventions that rural food pantries can use to limit the distribution and intake of ultra-processed foods and promote the distribution and intake of minimally processed foods in the…
- Conditions
- Diet, Healthy, Diet Habit, Disease, Chronic, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- UP3 (NCT04241133)
- Testing
- The UnProcessed Pantry Project (UP3)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montana State University
Smoking Cessation
Smoking Cessation in Rural Hospitals
Our long-term goal is to improve smoking cessation treatment for rural smokers. The objective is to assess the effectiveness of a centralized disease management program for hospitalized smokers that coordinates care across…
- Trial name
- NCT01063972
- Testing
- Centralized disease management (CDM), Counseling (C)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 606 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Edward Ellerbeck, MD, MPH
Diet Habit, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
iSIPsmarter: An RCT Evaluating the Efficacy of a Technology-Based Intervention to Reduce Sugary Drinks in Rural Appalachia
The proposed randomized controlled trial (RCT) is guided by the RE-AIM (i.e. reach, efficacy, adoption, implementation, maintenance) framework and targets 244 adults from rural Appalachia.
- Trial name
- NCT05030753
- Testing
- iSIPsmarter, Patient Education (PE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 249 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Physical Activity, Exercise
Mentoring to be Active for Rural Appalachia Children
The innovative MPBA+F begins with peer-to-peer mentoring followed by structured parental/family support for long-term reinforcement of PA behaviors.
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Exercise, Body Composition
- Trial name
- NCT05758441
- Testing
- Mentoring to be Active plus Family, Tracking Health and Fitness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Cancer Prevention
Cancer Prevention Clinical Decision Support
The objective of this project is to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a sophisticated Web-based, electronic health record (EHR)-linked clinical decision support (CDS) system designed to improve primary and secondary…
- Trial name
- CP-CDS (NCT02986230)
- Testing
- CP-CDS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35,953 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
Obesity, Childhood, Physical Activity
New Ulm at HOME (Healthy Offerings Via the Mealtime Environment), NU-HOME
The goal of the proposed project is to see if an innovative family-based intervention can reduce childhood obesity by actively engaging the whole family in promoting healthy behaviors in the home.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Physical Activity, Food Intake, Rural Health
- Trial name
- NU-HOME (NCT02973815)
- Testing
- NU-HOME Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 228 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Smoking Cessation
Disease Management for Smoking Cessation
The primary aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of both high and low intensity, disease management programs for smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT00440115
- Testing
- High intensity disease management, Low intensity disease management, Comparison group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Depression, Anxiety, Stress
A Trauma-Informed Intervention for Positive Youth Development and Teacher Wellness in Rural Montana
"A Trauma-Informed Intervention for Positive Youth Development and Teacher Wellness in Rural Montana" is intended to help mitigate stressors that may contribute to poor behavioral and mental health in rural Montana teachers.
- Trial name
- NCT05085392
- Testing
- Trauma-Informed Yoga
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montana State University
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
Diabetes
Health Literacy Intervention to Improve Diabetes Outcomes Among Rural Primary Care Patients
The researchers will conduct a patient-randomized, pragmatic clinical trial among 6 rural PCMHs in Arkansas, targeting individuals with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. The primary aims are to: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT02779556
- Testing
- ACP Living with Diabetes Guide, ADA Living Well with Diabetes Workbook
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 756 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas