Clinical trials: Social Behavior
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Gaming for Autism to Mold Executive Skills Project
The goal of the project is to better understand executive control-how children manage complex or conflicting information in the service of a goal.
- Trial name
- GAMES (NCT02361762)
- Testing
- Computerized executive control training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Depression, Anxiety
Mobile Mental Health Apps for Suicide Prevention
Access to mental health care by essential workers and the unemployed during the COVID19 pandemic has been challenging. Usual access to mental health care is limited by social distancing, and for many now unemployed due to…
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Emotional Regulation
- Trial name
- NCT04536935
- Testing
- Mobile Mental Health App - 1, Mobile Mental Health App - 2, Mobile Mental Health App - 3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 838 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Obesity, Childhood
Wise Social Psychological Interventions to Improve Outcomes of Behavioral Weight Control in Children With Obesity
A 2-arm, parallel group, randomized controlled trial to evaluate overall differences in body mass index (BMI) trajectories over 6 months between 10-16-year-old children with obesity randomized to receive the wise social…
- Trial name
- NCT04422951
- Testing
- Wise interventions -- values self-affirmation and growth mindset -- plus usual care behavioral treatment, Education plus usual care behavioral treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Conduct Disorder, Child
Virtual Reality to Improve Social Perspective Taking
This project will examine how virtual reality treatment that provides users with the alternate perspective of a virtual interpersonal interaction impacts psychological and neurobiological markers of social perspective taking in…
- Conditions
- Conduct Disorder, Child, Adolescent, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT03927612
- Testing
- Virtual reality perspective taking training, Virtual reality control perspective
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Hiv, HIV Testing
Experiential HIV Testing Increasing Testing Related Knowledge and Practice, and Reduce Stigma Toward HIV of Nurses.
This is a randomized controlled trial design. The investigators plan to recruit about 60 to 70 emergency department nurses from a medical center in Taipei, Taiwan.
- Trial name
- NCT05615935
- Testing
- Experiential HIV Testing
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University
Smoking
Relapse Prevention Through Social Networking Groups
According to the Census \& Statistics Department, there are still 659,300 daily smokers (11.1%) in Hong Kong. Smoking is addictive, and it is difficult for some motivated smokers to quit without assistance.
- Trial name
- NCT02007369
- Testing
- WhatsApp, Facebook
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Obesity
Daily Habits & Consumer Preferences Study
The study will use a between-subjects design in a sample of individuals with BMI greater than or equal to 28 from the Los Angeles community (N=330). Participants will be randomly assigned to a weight stigma vs.
- Trial name
- NCT05402137
- Testing
- Weight stigma intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Executive Functioning in TBI From Rehabilitation to Social Reintegration: COMPASS
Interventional, controlled clinical trial with two arms, 110 Veterans with TBI and PTSD
- Trial name
- COMPASS (NCT01816061)
- Testing
- Experimental - COMPASS, Control - COMPASS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Evidence of Liver Transplantation, Hyperglycemia
Study of Glycemic Control on Liver Transplantation Outcomes
Many but not all studies have shown improvement in morbidity and mortality with intensive glycemic management postoperatively. In this study, the investigators propose to determine whether improved glycemic control using…
- Conditions
- Evidence of Liver Transplantation, Hyperglycemia, Rejection
- Trial name
- NCT01211730
- Testing
- Insulin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 164 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Healthy
Exploratory Study of Circadian Relationships Between Social Behavior, Blood Pressure and Metabolomics
As citizens of the information age, humans leave digital traces of behavior in their communication and movement patterns through our cell phone.
- Trial name
- NCT02249793
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Homeless Persons
Effect of a Rent Subsidy and Mentoring on Youth Transitioning Out of Homelessness
Compared to the vast amount of literature about the risk factors associated with young people entering and becoming entrenched in homelessness, much less is known about how to facilitate and sustain transitions off the streets.
- Trial name
- NCT03779204
- Testing
- Mentorship, Rent Subsidies
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Medication Adherence, High Blood Pressure
Social Forces to Improve Statin Adherence (Study A)
To assess the effectiveness of reporting statin adherence patterns to a Medication Adherence Partner (MAP) in improving the outcome of statin adherence versus usual care as measured by an electronic pill bottle.
- Conditions
- Medication Adherence, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT02018809
- Testing
- Medication Adherence Partner, Electronic pill bottle
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Parkinson's Disease, Depression
Coping With Depression in Parkinson's Disease
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral treatment, that includes a caregiver-focused social support intervention, for depression in persons with Parkinson's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00464464
- Testing
- cognitive-behavioral therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Obesity, Childhood, Overweight and Obesity
First Heroes: Engaging Fathers in the First 1000 Days
The First Heroes study plans to influence weight and health trajectories, modify disease risk, and improve health care services for mother-father-infant triads from racial/ethnic minority and health disparity populations.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Overweight and Obesity, Social Determinants of Health, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- First Heroes (NCT04477577)
- Testing
- New Parent Intervention, Safety Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 657 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Integrated Brain, Body and Social Intervention for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
The investigators are conducting this randomized trial to determine if IBBS (Integrated Brain, Body, and Social)intervention is an effective treatment for ADHD (attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) in two culturally distinct…
- Trial name
- IBBS (NCT01542528)
- Testing
- IBBS
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, China
- Volunteers
- 117 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Hepatitis C, Hepatitis C, Chronic
Gradual Withdrawal of Immune System Suppressing Drugs in Patients Receiving a Liver Transplant
In order to prevent organ rejection, patients receiving liver transplants currently require life-long treatment with immune system-suppressing medications to prevent the rejection of the transplanted liver.
- Conditions
- Hepatitis C, Hepatitis C, Chronic, Nonimmune Nonviral Causes of Liver Failure
- Trial name
- A-WISH (NCT00135694)
- Testing
- calcineurin inhibitor-based immunosuppression, liver transplant, corticosteroids
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 275 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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
Attention Impaired, Risk-Taking
Effect of Air Pollution on the Cognitive Function of Adolescents
Previous observational studies have reported an association between higher air pollution exposure and lower attention in children.
- Conditions
- Attention Impaired, Risk-Taking, Risk Behavior, Social Preferences
- Trial name
- ATENC!Ó (NCT03762239)
- Testing
- Purifying the air with a Pure Airbox device (Zonair 3D)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 2,123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Mental Illness, Schizophrenia
The Use of Skills Training to Augment Compensated Work Therapy (CWT)/VI for Veterans With SMI
The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a combined social skills training and cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention for seriously mentally ill Veterans as they begin employment.
- Trial name
- MPROVE (NCT00272168)
- Testing
- Maryland Program for Vocational Effectiveness, Supportive Treatment for SMI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Social Anxiety Disorder
Variations of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of two variants of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) (cognitive therapy (CT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)), for the treatment of generalized social anxiety…
- Trial name
- NCT00948974
- Testing
- Cognitive Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Drexel University