Clinical trials: Support Persons
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
Rudi Kundini, Pamoja Kundini
This protocol describes an individually randomized trial that will include adult people living with HIV (PLHIV) currently receiving HIV care at one of two participating health facilities and identified as high risk for…
- Trial name
- RKPK: Phase II (NCT05373095)
- Testing
- PKC (adapted adherence counseling) and Conditional Cash Transfers
- Where
- 4 sites in Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 692 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Smoking Cessation
Veteran Support for Smoking Cessation Pilot Project (VAntage Pilot)
This is a proposal to conduct a pilot study to assess the feasibility of recruitment of Veteran smoker and support person (SP) dyads and study procedures in preparation for a large randomized pragmatic trial.
- Trial name
- VAntagePilot (NCT04840108)
- Testing
- Support Person Coaching Intervention, Support Person Written Materials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Disabilities
Health Support Project for Persons With Disabilities
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the health status of people with disabilities, to improve their health outcomes by providing support on nutrition, physical activity, and self-management of chronic conditions, and…
- Trial name
- JCHSP (NCT07346040)
- Testing
- Health Support Program
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Smoking Cessation
Developing Empowering Smoking Cessation
Problem: Despite encouraging use declines in the U.S. population, tobacco is still a leading cause of preventable disease and death.
- Trial name
- ECHO (NCT06602076)
- Testing
- ECHO (Empowering Our Community & Health Outcomes)
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Caregiver Burden, Caregiver Stress
Self-Care Training for Family Caregivers of Persons With Neurodegeneration
The purpose of this study is to assess whether an 8-week mindfulness program enhances psychological well-being (e.g., stress, depressive symptoms), biological indicators of stress (e.g., inflammation), and cognitive function…
- Trial name
- MCP (NCT06200909)
- Testing
- Mindfulness Meditation, Psychoeducation, Wait list control
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 232 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Toronto Metropolitan University
Nicotine Dependance, Serious Mental Illness
Evaluation of Community Health Worker Support to Help People With Serious Mental Illness to Quit Smoking
The purpose of this study is to learn whether providing additional smoking cessation support through specially trained members of behavioral healthcare team helps people quit smoking and improve their health.
- Conditions
- Nicotine Dependance, Serious Mental Illness, Smoking (Tobacco) Addiction, Tobacco Cessation
- Trial name
- NCT07789132
- Testing
- Integrated CHW Support intervention, Enhanced usual care (EUC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 937 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Breast Cancer Survivorship
To Live Better After Breast Cancer Treatment
The most common cancer among women in Sweden is breast cancer. Advances in treatment have improved survival, but these advances have come at a steep price since most treatments impose substantial morbidity and burden on patients…
- Trial name
- NCT06471452
- Testing
- Interaktor
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Conduct Disorder, Mentalization Based Therapy
Using Mentalization Based Therapy to Support Children and Adolescents Referred to Specialist Mental Health Services in the NHS for Aggressive and/or Violent Behaviour
The MICA Study is a research project that has been designed to work out how helpful mentalisation based therapy is. This is a new type of support that helps young people make sense of their own behaviours and feelings, and those…
- Conditions
- Conduct Disorder, Mentalization Based Therapy, Violent Behavior, Aggressive Behaviour
- Trial name
- MICA (NCT07091721)
- Testing
- Mentalization based therapy (MBT), Support as usual
- Where
- 8 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 632 people
- Sponsor
- Anna Freud
Dementia
Support in Sound: Music Therapy for People Living With Dementia and Companions in Rural Communities
The goal of this single-arm feasibility study is to learn whether group music therapy is feasible in a rural area for people living with dementia and their companions. The main questions are: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT07693114
- Testing
- Group music therapy
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anglia Ruskin University
Heart Failure
Supporting Care and Independence at Home
The primary objective of this project is to investigate whether, in a pilot randomised controlled trial, the use of telecare (remote monitoring) technologies reduces the frequency of hospital admissions for people with chronic…
- Trial name
- NCT00189852
- Testing
- Chronic heart failure monitoring system, Lifestyle monitoring system
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Barnsley Hospital
Critical Illness
Nutrient Uptake During Continuous Enteral Feeding
Continuous enteral nutrition is used to feed patients in intensive care who are unable to eat normally. The goal of this observational study is to learn about the uptake of nutrients from feeding formula.
- Trial name
- NCT05628844
- Testing
- Continuous enteral feeding
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Felix Liebau
Older Adults (65 Years and Older), Living Alone
Home-based Monitoring & Enabled Medication Independence With New Digital Tools
This clinical trial is studying an online tool that may help older adults safely manage their medications at home. The study focuses on older adults who live alone and have memory concerns or mild changes in thinking.
- Conditions
- Older Adults (65 Years and Older), Living Alone, Mild Cognitive Decline, Polypharmacy (People Under Treatment With 5 or More Drugs)
- Trial name
- HOME-MIND (NCT07659548)
- Testing
- HOME-MIND
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Dementia, Older People
Training Social and Health Care prOfessionals in mUsic-based Therapeutic iNterventions to Support Older People With Dementia
The study will investigate the effects of an inovative intervention based on the use of music on 45 professionals in the field of dementia, 45 elderly people with dementia.
- Trial name
- SOUND (NCT06320093)
- Testing
- SOUND Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy, Portugal and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani
Traumatic Brain Injury, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Comparison of Two Group Wellness Interventions for Individuals With Neurologic Conditions and Their Support Persons
Approximately 5.3 million people live with a long-term disability resulting from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and between 5-8% of those older than 60 suffer from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia (ADRD).
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Injury Traumatic Moderate
- Trial name
- NCT05048966
- Testing
- Group Wellness Class 1, Group Wellness Class 2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Mental Disorder, Substance Use Disorders
Supported Employment in Patient Aligned Care Teams
In response to the Rehabilitation Research and Development (RR\&D) Deployment Health Research, this study addresses the delivery of an evidenced-based vocational rehabilitation, specifically Individual Placement and Support…
- Conditions
- Mental Disorder, Substance Use Disorders, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT02400736
- Testing
- Individual Placement and Support (IPS), Treatment as Usual Vocational Rehabilitation/Transitional Work (TUA-VR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
Rudi Kundini, Pamoja Kundini: Phase I
This protocol describes a 2-arm cluster, randomized controlled trial designed to test the effectiveness of a conditional cash transfer on viral suppression at 6 months among people living with HIV infection (PLHIV) in Tanzania…
- Trial name
- RKPK: Phase I (NCT05248100)
- Testing
- Conditional Cash Transfer
- Where
- 2 sites in Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 567 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
type1diabetes, Diabetes Distress
Expectations of People With Type 1 Diabetes About Voice-based Interventions to Support Diabetes Distress Management
This study explores the perspectives and needs of people dealing with type 1 diabetes or their carers to co-design a voice-based digital health intervention for supporting diabetes distress management.
- Trial name
- PSYVOICE (NCT05517772)
- Where
- Luxembourg
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Luxembourg Institute of Health
MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndrome), AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia)
WearAble Technology for Collecting Health Data in People Who Are the Transfused (WATCH Transfused) - A UK Exploratory Study to Improve Quality of Life and the Efficacy of Transfusion Supportive Care in People With Blood Cancers Undergoing Treatment
Cancer treatments such as chemotherapy often affect healthy cells as well as the cancer cells and this can lead to side-effects such as low blood counts - anaemia.
- Trial name
- WATCH Tranfuse (NCT07511829)
- Testing
- Axvitiy Ax3 accelorometer
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
People with Terminal Illness
Mapping Financial Support for the Terminally Ill
People living with terminal illness (an illness that is not curable and likely to lead to death) are often unable to work and experience increased costs associated with their health, such as caring costs, needing to purchase aids…
- Trial name
- NCT06793631
- Testing
- Participants will be interviewed qualitatively about experience of providing/receiving financial support for living costs
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Dementia, Frailty
Pilot Mobile for Dementia and Frailty
In this project, we propose to build on our Stage I formative work (according to the NIH Stage Model for Behavioral Intervention Development), where we developed fully functional prototypes of a mobile intervention aimed at…
- Trial name
- Mindful Meals (NCT05827094)
- Testing
- Mobile app, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington