Clinical trials: Social Networking
Overweight and Obesity
Sugar Champ: Pilot Social Network Intervention to Reduce Intake of Sugary Drinks
The 1.2 million households living in public housing are disproportionately affected by obesity, where prevalence is estimated at 50%.
- Trial name
- NCT02138240
- Testing
- Social network intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Obesity
Proof-of-Concept Study of an Integrated Mobile and Social Network Weight Loss Intervention
The purpose of this 6 week single-arm pilot is to evaluate the feasibility of the Habit app plus Facebook group intervention in 20 adults with obesity.
- Trial name
- BHT-OWL (NCT05295849)
- Testing
- Building Habits Together Online Weight Loss 6-Week Usability Trial
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Depression
Online Peer Networked Collaborative Learning for Managing Depressive Symptoms
The goal of this field trial is to tailor and test a web-based intervention in adults 65 years of age or older. Two versions of the web-based intervention have been created and will be tested--one with an online social network…
- Trial name
- MoodTech (NCT02841787)
- Testing
- iCBT for late life depression
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Traumatic Brain Injury
Team Based Initiative Support
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been called the signature injury of the Iraq War. This pilot study investigated family needs of 6 rural families caring for a Veteran with TBI.
- Trial name
- NCT00771277
- Testing
- Support Teams
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Weight Loss
Healthy Immigrant Community: Mobilizing the Power of Social Networks
The objective of this study is to leverage existing social networks for health behavior change relevant to obesity and cardiovascular risk among immigrant populations in Southeast, Minnesota.
- Trial name
- NCT05136339
- Testing
- Community-based mentoring and education sessions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 475 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Type2 Diabetes
Social Network Analysis to Identify Community Health Workers
The objective of this study is to recruit influential community members using Snowball Sampling Methods. Community members identified through social network analysis as influential and well-connected will be trained as community…
- Trial name
- NCT04210024
- Testing
- Diabetes Empowerment Education Program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brittany L Smalls
HIV
HOPE Social Media Intervention for HIV Testing and Studying Social Networks
This study [HOPE: Harnessing Online Peer Education] seeks to determine the efficacy of using online social networks to scale peer community leader models to increase HIV prevention within African-American and Latino men who have…
- Trial name
- NCT02944877
- Testing
- social media intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Alcohol Consumption
Network Support for Alcohol Treatment 2
The Network Support project is part of an ongoing effort to improve treatment for alcohol dependent patients. The Network Support Project is designed to help patients change their social network from one that reinforces drinking…
- Trial name
- NCT01129804
- Testing
- Coping Skills Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 193 people
- Sponsor
- UConn Health
Suicide
Digital Youth-Nominated Support Team (YST) Program
The Electronic Youth-Nominated Support Team (eYST), is experimental. The purpose of this study is to get feedback from users about eYST. Another purpose of this study is to learn how well eYST helps youth.
- Trial name
- NCT05900700
- Testing
- eYST website
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
HIV/AIDS
LinkPositively: A Technology-Delivered Peer Navigation and Social Networking Intervention to Improve HIV Care
Investigators will develop and pilot test a culturally tailored, trauma-informed smartphone app, called LinkPositively, for Black WLHA affected by interpersonal violence.
- Trial name
- NCT04199052
- Testing
- LinkPositively
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Safe Sex
P3 (Prepared, Protected, emPowered)
P3 (Prepared, Protected, emPowered) is an interactive smartphone app for HIV-uninfected YMSM and YTW that utilizes social networking and game-based mechanics as well as a comprehensive understanding of what constitutes "best…
- Conditions
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Safe Sex, Adherence, Medication
- Trial name
- P3 (NCT03320512)
- Testing
- P3, P3+, Control
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Kidney Transplant
Pilot Social Support Counseling Intervention for Kidney Transplant Candidates
Feasibility pilot social support counseling intervention for kidney transplant candidates
- Trial name
- NCT04363515
- Testing
- Social support network counseling intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Allyson Hart
HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Increasing Engagement and Improving HIV Outcomes Via HealthMPowerment
The overall goal of this 3-arm randomized trial is to test whether a network-driven online intervention tailored for intersectional stigma amelioration can elicit online social support, promote intervention engagement, and…
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Stigma, Social
- Trial name
- NCT03678181
- Testing
- Information Resources, Social Support, HIV Testing
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Vaping, Preventive Psychiatry
Network Intervention to Prevent Vaping
Rates of adolescent vaping are increasing rapidly. Current high school student use of electronic vaping products (EVPs) rose from 1.5% in 2011 to 20.8% in 2018 - an increase from 220,000 to 3.05 million adolescent users.
- Conditions
- Vaping, Preventive Psychiatry, Social Networking
- Trial name
- NCT04678245
- Testing
- Above the Influence-Vaping (ATI-V)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,950 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Diabetes Mellitus
Harnessing mHealth and Social Support to Improve Diabetes Related Health Behavior for Inner-city Patients
In this study, an existing mobile health intervention to improve diabetes self-management will be combined with a social support module and tested for feasibility.
- Trial name
- TExTMEDFANS (NCT01945996)
- Testing
- TExT MED, FANS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Weight Loss
Get Social: Randomized Trial of a Social Network Delivered Lifestyle Intervention
The present study is a non-inferiority trial comparing the efficacy of a lifestyle intervention delivered entirely via an online social network to a traditional lifestyle intervention delivered via group meetings.
- Trial name
- NCT02646618
- Testing
- Get Social, Traditional, Smartphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 329 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
A Pilot Peer Mentor Intervention That Trains Black Men Who Have Sex With Men (BMSM) to Use and Promote Uptake of HIV/STI Self-Testing to Peers and Sex Partners: STAR Study (Self-Testing at Your Residence)
The objectives of the study are to assess the feasibility, reach and preliminary efficacy of a brief intervention that trains Black men who have sex with men [referred to as Index] (a) to use home-based testing for HIV and…
- Trial name
- STAR (NCT04121962)
- Testing
- Peer Mentor, Website only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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
Peer Influence
Penetrating the Classroom Social Network for Children With Language Impairment Via Peer Mediated Intervention
This exploratory experiment is designed to determine the extent to which the socialization experiences and social, behavioral, and linguistic skills of preschoolers with language impairment (LI) can be improved.
- Trial name
- PEERS (NCT06182033)
- Testing
- Peer-mediated pivotal response training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
HIV Infections, Adolescent Behavior
Piloting a Smartphone App to Improve Treatment Adherence Among South African Adolescents Living With HIV
The overall goal of this pilot randomized-controlled trial (RCT) is to pilot MASI (MAsakhane Siphucule Impilo Yethu; Xhosa for "Let's empower each other and improve our health"), an ART adherence-supporting smartphone app with 50…
- Trial name
- NCT04661878
- Testing
- Social Support, Informational Resources, Self-Monitoring and habit formation
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University