Clinical trials: Rural Health, open to volunteers
Autism Disorder, Language Development Disorders
Rural Autistic Individuals - Supporting Expression
This research study investigates how hand gestures can support language comprehension and communication skills of hearing speaking, non-speaking, and/or minimally verbal individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), who are…
- Conditions
- Autism Disorder, Language Development Disorders, ADHD, Typical Development
- Trial name
- RAISE (NCT07054866)
- Testing
- Speech-Gesture combinations
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montana State University
Uptake of Antenatal Health Care Services
Improving Uptake of Antenatal Care Services in Rural Côte d'Ivoire
The past two decades have brought significant increases in the availability of maternal health care services in many low- and middle-income countries, with a large increase in the number of health facilities that provide these…
- Trial name
- Taabo ANC (NCT07341581)
- Testing
- Information video, Financial planning session, Vouchers
- Where
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Volunteers
- 1,290 people
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Smoking, Smoking Behaviors
Take A Break - Rural
The study team proposes a multi-level trial to test 1) novel implementation programs in rural counties designed to increase access to 2) recent advances in tobacco control services for people who are not-yet-ready-to-quit…
- Conditions
- Smoking, Smoking Behaviors, Smoking Cessation
- Trial name
- TABR (NCT05790486)
- Testing
- Take a Break plus Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) Sampling, The Comparison, Community Paramedicine Standard Plus Enhanced Implementation Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Hispanic Americans, Chronic Disease Prevention
Nuestro Valor: Increasing Healthier Food Access for Rural Latino Communities Through a Food Retail Intervention
The goal of this clinical trial is to adapt and implement The Value of Our Health (Our Value), a program to promote eating fruit and vegetables, for people living in rural areas.
- Conditions
- Hispanic Americans, Chronic Disease Prevention, Cancer Prevention, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
- Trial name
- NCT07490652
- Testing
- The Value of Our Health
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm
A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program for Improving Mental Health Outcomes for Underserved Cancer Patients in Minnesota
This clinical trial evaluates whether a virtual stress reduction program that uses mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) techniques works to improve mental health outcomes in cancer patients living in underserved/rural…
- Trial name
- NCT07291011
- Testing
- Electronic Health Record Review, Mindfulness Relaxation, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Chronic Pain
A Community Health Worker-Led Program for Chronic Pain and Loneliness in Older Adults
The goal of this clinical trial is to test a new community health worker-delivered program (Strengthening COnnections to Overcome Pain, or SCOOP) that teaches strategies for managing chronic pain and loneliness to older adults…
- Trial name
- NCT06671925
- Testing
- Strengthening COnnections to Overcome Pain (SCOOP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Healthy Food Choice, Incentives
SUPERSTARS: Supermarket Support for a Primary Care Healthy Food Prescription
Few Americans meet dietary recommendations. Poor diet is a major contributor to increasing prevalence of diabetes and obesity, which are negatively impacting long term health, quality of life, and healthcare costs, particularly…
- Conditions
- Healthy Food Choice, Incentives, Low Income Population, Rural Health
- Trial name
- SUPERSTARS (NCT07021391)
- Testing
- Primary care healthy food prescription plus incentive
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New England
Hereditary Cancer Syndromes, BRCA1 Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome
Strategy for Management of Patients With Hereditary Cancer Syndromes (HCS) in a Rural Environment
This study aims to improve cancer prevention and surveillance adherence in patients with Hereditary Cancer Syndromes (HCS), particularly those living in rural areas.
- Conditions
- Hereditary Cancer Syndromes, BRCA1 Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome, Lynch Syndrome
- Trial name
- LINC (NCT07381985)
- Testing
- Longitudinal Cancer Genetics Follow-Up Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont Medical Center
Tobacco Use Cessation
VergeRx for Smokers Not Ready to Quit
This study uses a factorial optimization experiment to identify which treatment components help adults who smoke and are not ready to quit in the next 30 days (smokers not ready to quit, or SNRTQ) achieve smoking cessation.
- Trial name
- NCT07693660
- Testing
- VergeRx, SmokefreeTXT, NRT Lozenge (Combination)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 592 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Acute Febrile Illness
Causes and Outcomes of Febrile Illness in Health Facilities in Rural South and Southeast Asia
This prospective multi-site observational study aims to describe causes and clinical outcomes of acute febrile illness as well as host biomarkers in patients aged >28 days residing in rural areas in Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, the…
- Trial name
- SEACTN-WP-B (NCT04629053)
- Where
- 4 sites in Bangladesh, Laos and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 7,200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Tobacco Cessation
A Web-Based Text Messaging for Tobacco Cessation in Rural Mississippi
Cigarette smoking prevalence has decreased to ~12% in 2022; however, over 40 million U.S. adults were current cigarette smokers in the same year.
- Trial name
- NCT07431619
- Testing
- Motivational text messaging for tobacco cessation, Non-specific text messaging
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
Tobacco Cessation
A Stepped Care Approach to Treating Tobacco Use in Rural Veterans
Tobacco use remains prevalent among Veterans. Although effective smoking cessation interventions exist, long-term term quit rates remain sub-optimal.
- Trial name
- Stepped Care (NCT04501016)
- Testing
- Tailored behavioral counseling, Tobacco cessation pharmacotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Healthy Lifestyle
SENior PRIorat: Participatory Research for the Improvement of Lifestyles, Quality of Life, Emotional Well-being, and Locomotor Abilities of Older Adults in the Priorat
Spain is experiencing a demographic shift towards an ageing population. In 2022, 20.1% of Spaniards were 65 or older, a figure projected to reach 30.4% by 2050.
- Trial name
- SENPRI (NCT07189533)
- Testing
- Co-created intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Rovira i Virgili
Cardiovascular Diseases, Chronic Kidney Diseases
Improving the Collaborative Health of Adult Dyads
This study tests the efficacy of a dyadic intervention to mitigate the adverse health consequences of adults with pre-existing chronic health conditions and their informal carepartners (IC).
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Chronic Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05370014
- Testing
- Integrating Community-based Intervention Under Nurse Guidance with Families (iCINGS FAM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Mental Health Issue, Depression
Just-in-Time Training for Youth Mentors
This study will evaluate the usability, feasibility, and acceptability of a novel multi-level Just-In-Time Training (JITT) implementation strategy (JITT-EBP) that aims to equip mentors and mentor supervisors to implement…
- Conditions
- Mental Health Issue, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT07129070
- Testing
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training via Just-In-Time Training (JITT) implementation strategy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training (IPT-AST) implemented via usual training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 204 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Maternal Nutrition, Child Nutrition
Climate-Responsive Nutrition, WASH, and Heat Counselling for Maternal and Child Health in Sindh, Pakistan
The goal of this trial is to evaluate whether a climate- and gender-responsive integrated package of nutrition, hygiene (WASH), and heat-adaptation counselling can improve maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes among…
- Trial name
- IGNIT3 (NCT07819994)
- Testing
- Training of Lady Health Workers (LHWs), Training of Healthcare Providers (HCPs) at Facilities
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Behavioral Symptoms, Community Health Workers
Health Equity and Rural Education (HERE!) Clinical Trial
The goal of this community-engaged research is two-fold. The first goal is to gather stakeholder feedback to inform a school-based community health worker intervention with youth with poor school attendance and an enhanced usual…
- Conditions
- Behavioral Symptoms, Community Health Workers, Social Determinants of Health, Educational Problems
- Trial name
- HERE (NCT06460116)
- Testing
- School-Based Community Health Worker (SB-CHW) intervention, Enhanced Usual Care (EUC) Methods
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Antenatal Care, Maternal Health
AI Blind-Sweep Ultrasound for Antenatal Screening by Non-Specialist Health Workers in Rural DR Congo
FS2 evaluates the diagnostic accuracy and implementation feasibility of an AI-assisted blind-sweep obstetric ultrasound (SPAQ E-con AI), operated by trained non-specialist health workers, for antenatal screening in rural…
- Conditions
- Antenatal Care, Maternal Health, Gestational Age, Placenta Praevia
- Trial name
- FS2 (NCT07677670)
- Testing
- SPAQ E-con AI blind-sweep ultrasound
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SOIK Corporation Sarl
Diarrhea, Enteric Pathogens
Rural Water Filtration and Health Study
The goal of this intervention trial is to learn if the use of drinking water filters will result in improved health outcomes for people living in homes with well water and spring water in rural regions of Central Appalachia.
- Conditions
- Diarrhea, Enteric Pathogens, Gastrointestinal Disease, Waterborne Diseases
- Trial name
- RWELL (NCT07818902)
- Testing
- Water filter
- Volunteers
- 1,584 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer
EXCEL: Exercise for Cancer to Enhance Living Well
Project EXCEL will provide community or online exercise programs to rural and remote and under-served cancer survivors, as well as encourage participants to become life-long exercisers.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Colon Cancer, Breast Cancer
- Trial name
- EXCEL (NCT04478851)
- Testing
- Group Exercise Classes
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary