Clinical trials: Sickness Behavior, open to volunteers
Caregiver Stress, Caregiver Stress Syndrome
ACT Group for Family Caregivers of Stroke Survivors
The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of group-based ACT intervention in improving the levels of psychological distress in caregivers of stroke survivors. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Caregiver Stress, Caregiver Stress Syndrome, Caregiver Burnout, Caregiver Distress
- Trial name
- NCT07528261
- Testing
- Group-based ACT Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Wright Institute
Exercise Therapy, Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Health-Enhancing Adapted Physical Activity Program at "Mon Stade"
Introduction: Regular practice of exercise or physical activity (PA) is a recognized intervention as a determinant of good health acquisition, maintenance, or recovery for a large number of chronic pathologies.
- Conditions
- Exercise Therapy, Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms, Adherence, Patient, Lifestyle, Sedentary
- Trial name
- SESAME (NCT04716322)
- Testing
- Adapted Physical Activity
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 2,024 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mon Stade Sports Medicine Centre
Critical Illness, Gender Equality
Ethnic and Gender Based Admittance Patterns in the ICU
The dominating proportion of patients in the ICU are men. Studies indicate that men receive more mechanical ventilation, vasoactive drugs, renal replacement therapy, invasive monitoring and have longer length of stay in the ICU.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Gender Equality, Discrimination, Sex, Discrimination, Racial
- Trial name
- EGAP-ICU (NCT05513456)
- Testing
- Randomization to a different factors in the case descriptions
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Heat Illness, Quality of Life
Structural Heat Adaptation and Education in Rural Setting
This study aims to understand whether simple, low-cost interventions, such as improved home cooling, practical advice, and minor home modifications, can help protect people's health and quality of life during periods of extreme…
- Trial name
- SHAPES (NCT06983483)
- Testing
- Community education and awareness, Participatory local structural and environmental heat mitigation solutions
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 7,128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Allergic Contact Dermatitis, Metal Allergy
Environmental Exposure to Heavy Metals, Nanoparticles, and Emergent Contaminants and Risk of Allergic Diseases
The goal of this clinical trial is to collect environmental, bio-humoral, and clinical data derived from patients with allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) and systemic metal allergic syndromes related to the exposure to heavy…
- Conditions
- Allergic Contact Dermatitis, Metal Allergy, Food Allergy, Nickel Sensitivity
- Trial name
- MATRIOSKA (NCT06529913)
- Testing
- Collection of environmental, biological, and clinical data
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control
Assessing the Effects of Cool Roofs on Indoor Environments and Health
Ambient air temperatures in Asian, Latin American, African, and Pacific climate hotspots have broken record highs in 2024, driven by man-made climate change. Solutions are needed to reduce heat exposure in communities.
- Conditions
- Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control, Depression, Heat-related Symptoms
- Trial name
- REFLECT (NCT06579950)
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- 5 sites in Burkina Faso, Fiji and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 3,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker
Psychosis, Mania
Combining mHealth and Nurse-delivered Care to Improve the Outcomes of People With Serious Mental Illness in West Africa
In West Africa, most people with serious mental illness receive care from traditional or faith healers at prayer camps. The stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a dual-pronged intervention…
- Conditions
- Psychosis, Mania, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT05703711
- Testing
- mHealer
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Environmental Exposure, Health Behavior
The Barts Charity Children's Environmental Health Clinic
The study will be based from a newly formed NHS service, the children's environmental health service. Participants will be children with a known chronic respiratory condition.
- Conditions
- Environmental Exposure, Health Behavior, Asthma in Children, Environmental Illness
- Trial name
- BCCEHC (NCT06447974)
- Testing
- Exposure mitigations
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Severe Mental Illness, Schizophrenia Spectrum &Amp; Other Psychotic Disorders
Validation and Impact of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Severe Mental Illness - the Heart in Mind Project
This project aims to evaluate feasibility, validity and clinically applicability to systematically measure fitness in patients with severe mental illness. The research project is a validation study using a cross-sectional design.
- Conditions
- Severe Mental Illness, Schizophrenia Spectrum &Amp; Other Psychotic Disorders, Bipolar Affective Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT06743711
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bjorn H. Ebdrup
Sexual and Gender Minorities, Hospice
Intervention to Collect and Utilize Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Information in Hospice
Older sexual and gender minority (SGM) patients are at risk for receiving inequitable end-of-life care; those with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are at particularly high risk.
- Conditions
- Sexual and Gender Minorities, Hospice, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
- Trial name
- NCT05877391
- Testing
- SGM Communication Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control
Assessing the Effects of Cool Roofs on Indoor Environments and Health in Tavua, Fiji
Ambient air temperatures in Fiji are increasing due to climate change. Solutions are needed to build heat resilience in communities and adapt.
- Conditions
- Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control, Depression, Heat-related Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT07592117
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- Fiji
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker
Febrile Illness
Knowledge, Attitudes, Perceptions and Behaviors of Healthcare Professionals and the General Population Regarding Vaccination During Febrile Illness
Patients and healthcare professionals often lack adequate information regarding the possibility of vaccinating during febrile illnesses due to limited data.
- Trial name
- NCT06959420
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 630 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Hypoxia, Mental Disorder
Going to Altitude With Anxious-depressive Symptoms
Introduction: Currently, there is a lack of international guidelines or clinical recommendations for individuals with mental illnesses (i.e., bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder) going on high altitude sojourns.
- Trial name
- Psychoxie (NCT05323864)
- Testing
- Hypoxia
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaet Innsbruck
Absenteeism, Sick Leave
WB6Dim-LTSA: Can Workplace Well-Being Scores Predict Collective Absenteeism?
This prospective multicenter cohort study evaluates the predictive value of the Adaptive Load Index (ICA), a composite indicator derived from the WB6Dim well-being instrument, on long-duration sick leave (≥ 30 days) in French…
- Conditions
- Absenteeism, Sick Leave, Workplace Well-Being, Occupational Stress
- Trial name
- WB6Dim-LTSA (NCT07606261)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clover Link
Healthy Adult
The FACIAL Study Pilot
Facial recognition is a non-invasive method for analysing facial characteristics and changes in facial expressions. There is evidence to suggest there may be a link between physiological health and facial expression patterns.
- Trial name
- NCT07011407
- Testing
- Maximal Exercise Test
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lancaster University
Psychiatry, Rehabilitation
Use of Football in Programs to Reduce Stigma Toward Mental Illness: A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Contact Interaction and Video-Based Approaches
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of football-based interventions in reducing stigma toward mental illness among university students.
- Trial name
- NCT07658066
- Testing
- Contact-Based Education, Video + Contact-Based Education, Football + Contact-Based Education
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Cardio Vascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome (MetS)
Norwegian Mental Illness Heart Health Study
Norwegian patients with severe mental illnesses (SMI), such as schizophrenia spectrum or bipolar disorder, lose on average 10 years of life compared to mentally healthy individuals. Much of this gap is due to heart disease.
- Conditions
- Cardio Vascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), Severe Mental Disorder, Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychosis
- Trial name
- NORMI-Heart (NCT07085923)
- Testing
- Lifestyle Intervention
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Madeleine Elisabeth Angelsen
Occupational Health, Stress
Implementation of the ASCEND Training for Supervisors in Dutch Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
This cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT) aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Dutch adaptation of an in-person group intervention for workplace supervisors - Advancing Supervisors' Capacity for Mental Health at Work…
- Conditions
- Occupational Health, Stress, Burnout, Mental Health Conditions
- Trial name
- NCT06989398
- Testing
- Advancing Supervisors' Capacity for Mental Health at Work (ASCEND)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VU University of Amsterdam
Critical Illness, Fasting State
Ketosis, Immune Function and Metabolic Adaptation in Response to Short-term Fasting in Critical Illness
KETO-FAST is a pre-planned translational substudy of the FAST-ICU cluster-randomized cross-over trial. The substudy will characterize ketone body production and associated metabolic, autophagy-related, and immune cellular…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Fasting State, Ketosis, Nutrition
- Trial name
- KETO-FAST (NCT07738536)
- Testing
- Delayed nutrition, Standard nutrition, Fasting
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Healthy Subjects (HS)
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Teen Mental Health First Aid in Secondary School Students in Hong Kong
Mental health problems in adolescents are on the rise worldwide especially after COVID -19 pandemic. Early detection and intervention should help to reduce the adverse impact of the mental illness on the adolescent.
- Trial name
- tMHFA-HK (NCT07195890)
- Testing
- A course of teen Mental Health First Aid to be provided to participants
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- TN Foo Centre for Positive Mental Health