Clinical trials: Social Isolation
Youth, Homelessness
The Identity Project
Understanding how to create successful pathways out of homelessness is crucial. Thirty young people (aged 18 - 26 years) who have transitioned out of homelessness within the past three years will be offered scholarships to…
- Trial name
- TIP (NCT03772522)
- Testing
- dk Leadership
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Social Isolation, Loneliness
LEAPTogether: An Intergenerational Intervention to Address Loneliness and Social Isolation
Older adult participants will engage in exercise videos twice a week for 8 weeks either while paired with a peer (same age group) or paired with a younger adult with the ability to simultaneously video chat while exercising.
- Conditions
- Social Isolation, Loneliness, Intergenerational Relations
- Trial name
- LEAPTogether (NCT05831475)
- Testing
- Intergenerational Virtual Paired Exercise, Peer Virtual Paired Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Perceived Social Isolation
Effects of Pregnenolone on Perceived Social Isolation
No studies to date have examined the effects of pregnenolone on hypervigilance for social threat in individuals with perceived social isolation (PSI).
- Trial name
- NCT02826577
- Testing
- Pregnenolone 175mg, Pregnenolone 400mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Social Isolation
Psychosocial Blended Group Intervention RCT
Extensive literature on social isolation and loneliness in young people points out that those conditions can negatively influence physical and psychological health, increasing the risks of loneliness-related health problems later…
- Trial name
- NCT05867758
- Testing
- Psychosocial group intervention
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Padova
Social Isolation, Aging
Community Intervention to Reduce Social Isolation in Elderly People: a Mixed Methods Multi-approach Evaluation
Background: The proportion of elderly people has dramatically increased in recent decades. Moreover, social and demographic trends show a global increase of elderly people at risk of loneliness and lack of social relationships.
- Trial name
- NCT03142048
- Testing
- Schools of Health for the Elderly
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Public Health Agency of Barcelona
Military Family, Mental Health Disorder
Blue Star Cares: Innovative Approaches to Helping Military-Connected Caregivers
The purpose of this project is to evaluate an interactive training program for military-connected caregivers (MCCs) of wounded warriors.
- Conditions
- Military Family, Mental Health Disorder, Social Skills, Social Isolation
- Trial name
- BSC (NCT03336190)
- Testing
- avatar-based training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Social Isolation, Loneliness
Keep Social Study for Young Adults
The Keep Social randomized control trial (RCT) is a 6-week, online study which will test whether, relative to a placebo control condition, an intervention that encourages high-quality in-person social interactions with strangers…
- Trial name
- KSSYA (NCT07005817)
- Testing
- Experimental Health Communication, Simulated Social Media Platform Only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Aging, Mobility Limitation
Evaluating Implementation and Impact of the Adapted Choose to Move (CTM) Program
Choose to Move (CTM) is a 3-month, choice-based health-promoting program for low active older adults being scaled-up across British Columbia (BC), Canada.
- Conditions
- Aging, Mobility Limitation, Physical Inactivity, Sedentary Behavior
- Trial name
- CTM (NCT06252259)
- Testing
- Choose to Move
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 336 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
COVID, Quality of Life
Does Quality of Life Decline During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Can we Change Behaviour to Improve Poor Quality of Life?
The response to COVID-19 means social isolation/distancing for the majority of the UK. This has the potential to negatively affect all domains of quality of life (QoL).
- Conditions
- COVID, Quality of Life, Behavior, Social Isolation
- Trial name
- NCT04522128
- Testing
- Behaviour Change Technique Intervention to Improve Quality of Life
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 274 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Social Interaction, Quality of Life
A 3-month Cycle of Weekly Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Tours
Social isolation in older community-members living in urban areas and its possible reduction through a 3-month cycle of weekly museum tours.
- Conditions
- Social Interaction, Quality of Life, Health
- Trial name
- NCT04298047
- Testing
- participatory art-based activity
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jewish General Hospital
Aging, Hiv
2nd AC+: New Village Model
This study evaluates implementation of the Village Model to support older people living with HIV.
- Conditions
- Aging, Hiv, Loneliness, Social Isolation
- Trial name
- 2nd AC+ (NCT04323176)
- Testing
- Village Model implementation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Older People, Care Dependency
Implementing the Transcultural Social-Ethical-Care Model -TEC-MED for Older People in the Mediterranean Basin
Implementation of the TEC-MED model of social and health care in the elderly population of the Mediterranean basin through a quasi-experimental trial.
- Conditions
- Older People, Care Dependency, Social Exclusion
- Trial name
- TEC-MED (NCT06184178)
- Testing
- Socio-health care
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- REGINA ALLANDE CUSSO
Social Isolation in Older Adults, Social Isolation or Loneliness
Social Connection Collective for Older Adults in Subsidized Housing
This study will evaluate a resident-led program designed to promote social connection among older adults living in subsidized housing communities in Baltimore.
- Conditions
- Social Isolation in Older Adults, Social Isolation or Loneliness, Social Isolation
- Trial name
- NCT07863583
- Testing
- Social Connection Collective: Open-Label Pilot, Social Connection Collective: Pilot
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Loneliness, Social Isolation
Community Navigators
The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion (TU Collaborative) is testing a community navigation intervention study based upon effective health navigation models by conducting a randomized controlled trial of the…
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Social Isolation, Mental Health Issue
- Trial name
- Navigators (NCT06594029)
- Testing
- Community Navigator Intervention, Control Group
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Anxiety State, COVID-19
Psychological Outcome of COVID-19 Lockdown on Psychiatric Hospital Staff and Close Relatives
The purpose of the investigators is to study the psychological impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the members of the Ville Evrard Hospital staff and their close relatives, and to identify potential lockdown conditions that could…
- Conditions
- Anxiety State, COVID-19, Isolation, Social, Health Personnel Attitude
- Trial name
- ICOS (NCT04357418)
- Testing
- it is a survey
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 187 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre hospitalier de Ville-Evrard, France
Discrimination, Racial, Social Isolation
Discrimination and the Brain-Gut-Microbiome (BGM) Axis
Obesity is a major public health problem related to a variety of illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes. Prior research indicates that social stressors contribute to risk for obesity, possibly through alterations in diet…
- Conditions
- Discrimination, Racial, Social Isolation, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT05120908
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 266 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Loneliness, Social Isolation
Evaluation of the Nextdoor KIND Challenge
There is ample evidence showing that loneliness is a public health problem that influences social, mental and physical health. The current project is about evaluating the effectiveness of the Kindness Is NextDoor (KIND)…
- Trial name
- NCT04398472
- Testing
- KIND Challenge
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 4,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swinburne University of Technology
Loneliness, Social Isolation
Effectiveness of a Mobile Application in Improving Employees' Social Well-being.
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to learn if using Frendie PRO mobile application at workplaces improves social well-being in employees.
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Social Isolation, Social Support, Depressive Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT06495801
- Testing
- Frendie PRO mobile application
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 1,012 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Eastern Finland
Aging, Social Isolation
HARP-Project 1 Cognitive Training
Emerging evidence from social neuroscience suggests that prefrontal cortex (PFC), insular and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) regulate social and emotional responses to acute threats to social connectedness among young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT03293823
- Testing
- VSOP training, MLA control
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Exercise, Behavior
The VESPA Pilot Study
Physical activity has been described by the US federal government as a 'best buy' for public health. Unfortunately, most adults in the United States are not sufficiently active, and this worsens with age.
- Conditions
- Exercise, Behavior, Loneliness, Social Isolation
- Trial name
- VESPA (NCT04756245)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality, Video Conference
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University