Clinical trials: Sickness Behavior
Combat Disorders
Prospective Study of Veteran Health in Previously Deployed Soldiers
Background: Previous deployments like that to the Persian Gulf in 1991 produced veterans with post-deployment symptom-based health problems with no medical explanation.
- Trial name
- NCT00285246
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 838 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Smoking Cessation, Cigarette Smoking
Treating Smokers With Mental Illness
This is a smoking cessation study that will enroll smokers who have been diagnosed with a severe mental illness. The study will use a combination of intensive tobacco treatment counseling and nicotine replacement therapy to…
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation, Cigarette Smoking, Schizophrenia, Psychotic Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT03822416
- Testing
- Nicotine patch, Nicotine lozenge, Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
PREMIER: PREvention of Metabolic Illness Through prEcision nutRition
Dietary intake is a major driving force behind the escalating obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemics. Large, high-quality clinical trials have shown that close adherence to healthy dietary recommendations significantly reduce the…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Diet Habit
- Trial name
- PREMIER (NCT04148482)
- Testing
- Dietary intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Terminal Illness, Critical Illness
Targeting Bias to Reduce Disparities in End of Life Care
This study aims to determine the ways in which clinician implicit racial biases affect clinician communication with family members of patients near the end of life and to test a novel physician training intervention to reduce the…
- Trial name
- BRiDgE-Sim (NCT05165888)
- Testing
- Communication and Bias Mitigation Training, Communication skills training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Depression, Child Development
Healthcare Providers as Trusted Messengers to Increase Receipt of Tax Credits Among Low-income Families
The purpose of this study is to pilot test the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of healthcare provider referrals to a tax filing app within parent-child health programs to test whether such referrals can increase receipt of…
- Conditions
- Depression, Child Development, Stress, Physical Illness
- Trial name
- NCT05612685
- Testing
- Healthcare provider referral to a tax filing app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder
Get Moving and Get Well - Pilot Study
Individuals with serious mental illness have greater morbidity from physical illness and mortality than the general population, but tend not to initiate or sustain engagement in health promotion interventions.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression
- Trial name
- GMGWP (NCT01884025)
- Testing
- Get Moving and Get Well, Health and Humor Class
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Anxiety, Depression
Sibling-Support for Adolescent Girls (SSAGE)
Forcibly displaced adolescents face increased risks for mental illness and distress, with adolescent girls disproportionately affected in part due to the heightened gender inequity that often accompanies forced displacement.
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Depression, Mental Illness
- Trial name
- NCT06078124
- Testing
- Sibling Support for Adolescent Girls in Emergencies
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 186 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Critical Illness
Use of Nudges To Enhance Enrollment in Critical Care Research
Difficulties enrolling patients in randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have long been recognized as a major barrier to successful evaluation of medical interventions.
- Trial name
- NCT03284359
- Testing
- Pre-Consent Nudge Bundle
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Dementia, Caregivers
VA Cultivating Access to Resources, Education, and Skills for Dementia Caregivers
The purpose of this study is to study the effects of an education and skill-building intervention on family caregivers of Veterans with dementia.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Caregivers, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Brain Diseases
- Trial name
- VACARES (NCT02106065)
- Testing
- Education and Skill-Building Rehabilitation (ESBR), Supplemental Education Materials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
HIV Infections, Schizophrenia
Effectiveness of the Screen, Test, Immunize, Reduce Risk, and Refer (STIRR) Intervention for People With Both a Mental and Substance Abuse Disorder
This study will determine the effectiveness of the STIRR (Screen, Test, Immunize, Reduce risk, and Refer) intervention in increasing rates of testing, immunization, referral, and treatment for blood-borne diseases, such as…
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00316303
- Testing
- Twinrix, Enhanced treatment as usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 236 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
COPD, Heart Failure
Personalized Experiences to Inform Improved Communication for Minorities With Life Limiting Illness
The purpose of this research is to develop patient-centered palliative care interventions to improve patient-provider communication and Quality of Life (QoL) of ethnic and racial minority patients living with life-limiting…
- Conditions
- COPD, Heart Failure, Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03391115
- Testing
- Storytelling Intervention for Patient Participants, Storytelling Intervention for Nurse Participants
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Psychosocial Deprivation, Work-Related Stress
Family Supportive Supervisor Training and Workplace Assessment Tool
This study will evaluate the effectiveness of FSST 2.0 (family supportive supervisor training plus support for use of family and sick leaves) using a randomized control trial design.
- Conditions
- Psychosocial Deprivation, Work-Related Stress, Life-work Imbalance
- Trial name
- FSST (NCT05080426)
- Testing
- Family Supportive Supervisor Training 2.0
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Work Life Help
Mental Disorders
Efficacy of the Recovery Workbook as a Psychoeducational Tool for Facilitating Recovery
The present study will determine if Spaniol and colleague's (1994) Recovery Workbook group intervention is an effective clinical tool to move a person with SMI along in their journey of recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT00375167
- Testing
- Recovery Workbook Training (psychoeducational training), ACT as usual
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University
Caregivers, Parents
Self-Management in Parents of Technology-Dependent Children
Parent caregivers of children with chronic conditions who require life-saving technology such as mechanical ventilation or feeding tubes must maintain a high level of vigilance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Conditions
- Caregivers, Parents, Self-Management, Chronic Illnesses, Multiple
- Trial name
- NCT04105244
- Testing
- Resourcefulness Training©
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Mountain Sickness
Three New Ideas to Protect Special Forces From the Stress of High Altitude
Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) is a well-documented syndrome that affects 42% of non-acclimatized individuals traveling to altitudes above 10,000 feet.
- Trial name
- NCT02463357
- Testing
- Quercetin, Nifedipine extended release, Methazolamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Intimate Partner Violence
Intervention for IPV Perinatal Women- RCT
The study developed and assessed an innovative, high-reach, easily implementable, low-cost computer-delivered intervention (Reach out for a Safe Environment; ROSE Program) that addressed known barriers in early identification and…
- Trial name
- NCT02370394
- Testing
- ROSE Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Mental Illness, Obesity
Using MOVE! With Seriously Mentally Ill Veterans
This study involves a controlled trial of an optimized version of a weight management and physical activity psycho-educational intervention (called MOVE!) with 200 obese and overweight veterans with serious mental illness.
- Trial name
- NCT00323193
- Testing
- MOVE!
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 109 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Lyme Disease
A School-Based Intervention to Reduce Lyme Disease
Our overall purpose of this study is evaluate whether a short in-class Lyme Disease education program based on social learning theory and the Health Belief Model can impact a child's knowledge, attitude, and preventive behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT00594997
- Testing
- Education, Control (pre and post surveys)
- Volunteers
- 3,570 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital