Clinical trials: Undergraduate
Eating Disorders
A Novel Intervention Promoting Eating Disorder Treatment Among College Students
Eating disorders (EDs) have the highest rate of mortality of any mental illness. On U.S. college campuses, an estimated 80% students with clinically significant ED symptoms do not receive treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT02284685
- Testing
- Promoting Eating Disorder Treatment among College Students
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,149 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Alcohol Consumption, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Engineering an Online STI Prevention Program: CSE2
The overall objective of the proposed research is to reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among college students.
- Trial name
- NCT03408743
- Testing
- Knowledge Alone, Self-efficacy alone, Perceived benefits alone
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,946 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Drinking
Substance Use Risk Education (SURE) Project
This project is designed to compare college drinking interventions on outcomes and cost-effectiveness. We plan to recruit 700 students with residence hall alcohol violations to participate in a randomized study to evaluate 3…
- Trial name
- NCT00289965
- Testing
- Counselor-administered Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI), Alcohol 101 Plus (interactive CD-ROM), AlcoholEdu (Internet-based tutorial)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 703 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Syracuse University
Stress, Anxiety
A Brief Online Mindfulness Intervention: An RCT Protocol
University students often experience emotional distress that originates from inside or outside academia, and for which treatment would be welcome.
- Conditions
- Stress, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT05882565
- Testing
- A brief (14-day) online mindfulness intervention, Psychoeducation online
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 426 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ka Yan
Obesity
Social Media Obesity Treatment for College Students
This is a randomized trial designed to translate and deliver programs via social media for a healthy body weight to university students.
- Trial name
- NCT02342912
- Testing
- Social Media Treatments
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
Medical Education
Elaboration and Feedback for Clinical Reasoning Training
Clinical reasoning abilities can be enhanced by repeated formative testing with key feature questions. An analysis of wrong answers to key feature questions facilitates the identification of common misconceptions.
- Trial name
- NCT05585892
- Testing
- Elaboration and individual mailed feedback
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 143 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Goettingen
Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety
COMET India Follow-up Trial
We are evaluating an online single-session intervention for mental health promotion among Indian college students.
- Conditions
- Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety, Happiness
- Trial name
- NCT05138120
- Testing
- Common Elements Toolbox
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Serious Game Versus Online Course to Pre-train Medical Students on the Management of an Adult Cardiac Arrest.
The objective of this study is to compare two forms of pre-training (an online narrative presentation and a serious game) to prepare 2nd year medical students for a hands-on training with physical simulators about out-of-hospital…
- Conditions
- Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Simulation Training
- Trial name
- NCT02758119
- Testing
- Serious Game, Online course
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ilumens
Clinical Reasoning in Nursing Education
Comparative Case Learning in Undergraduate Nursing Students
This randomized controlled educational trial compares two ways of teaching undergraduate nursing students to reason through clinical cases.
- Trial name
- NCT07829965
- Testing
- Comparative Case Learning Educational Package, Individual Case Reasoning Educational Package
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Agri Ibrahim Cecen University
Problem-based Learning in Nursing Education
Problem-Based Learning to Improve Critical Thinking in Obstetric Nursing Students
This study examined the effect of a problem-based learning (PBL) instructional approach on undergraduate nursing students' learning outcomes in obstetrics health nursing.
- Trial name
- NCT07373665
- Testing
- Problem-Based Learning (PBL), Traditional Lecture-Based Instruction
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 312 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eman Atef Elsokary
Psychological, Physical Activity
Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change and Anxiety
Examine the utility of the Transtheoretical Model in influencing anxiety among college students. Employ a randomized controlled intervention including a static and dynamic Facebook intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT03363737
- Testing
- Transtheoretical Model
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Mississippi, Oxford
Sport Injury, Educational Problems
Ecofisio, a Mobile Application for Assessment and Diagnosis Using Ultrasound Imaging for Undergraduate Health Science Students
The new called "Generation Z" is starting to reach college age. They have adopted technology and create a deep dependence on it, becoming more drawn to the virtual world.
- Trial name
- NCT04138511
- Testing
- ECOFISIO
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Irene Cantarero Villanueva
Healthy Volunteers
Multi-scale Modeling of Sleep Behaviors in Social Networks
The project is designed to document in college undergraduates the relationships among sleep/wake timing and duration, use of mobile phones and other electronic devices, food timing and content, self-reported mood and…
- Trial name
- NCT02846077
- Testing
- No intervention. Observation only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 729 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ultrasonography, Educational Techniques
Near-peer Tutoring Compared With a Standard Faculty-led Course for Undergraduate Training in Abdominal Ultrasound.
Background: Ultrasound has become clinical skill widely used in most medical disciplines. Institutions are changing their curricula to implementing basic ultrasound knowledge, often supplementing traditional teaching with…
- Trial name
- SIGNATURE (NCT04114812)
- Testing
- Blended learning, Standard course
- Where
- 3 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Cryotherapy Effect, Balance; Disorder, Fluid
Effect on Dynamic Postural Stability After Application of Cryotherapy to the Knee Joint
The purpose of this study will determine the effect of cryotherapy applied to the knee joint on static and dynamic standing balance.
- Trial name
- NCT03151031
- Testing
- Cryotherapy
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Asir John Samuel
Mental Health
Mindfulness and Acceptance Applied in Colleges Through Web-Based Guided Self-Help (Phase II)
This study will develop and then test a web-based guided self-help version of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to be utilized at college counseling centers (CCCs).
- Trial name
- NCT02761681
- Testing
- ACT-CL Web-based guided self-help, Control Web-based guided self-help
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 221 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Contextual Change LLC
Perfectionism, Depression
Mindful Self-compassion and Perfectionism
The study is a randomized controlled study. A total of 200 students will be invited to participate in a 5-session mindful self-compassion course aimed at increasing self-compassion and reducing maladaptive perfectionism, anxiety…
- Conditions
- Perfectionism, Depression, Anxiety, Body Image
- Trial name
- NCT03453437
- Testing
- Mindful Self-Compassion
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 379 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
Mindfulness, Stress
Mindfulness in a College Physiology Course
This proposed study aims to evaluate whether integrating mindfulness into an undergraduate biology course (Mindful Physiology) influences students' trait and applied mindfulness, well-being, and physiological stress reactivity.
- Conditions
- Mindfulness, Stress, Well-being
- Trial name
- NCT06423053
- Testing
- Biology Course with Integrated Mindfulness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trustees of Dartmouth College
Deep Caries Lesion of Pemanent Teeth
Outcome of Selective Caries Removal Performed by Undergraduate Students
Deep tooth decay can sometimes reach very close to the nerve of a tooth. Traditionally, dentists may remove all of the decayed tooth tissue, but removing too much tissue can increase the risk of exposing or damaging the nerve.
- Trial name
- NCT07765810
- Testing
- Selective caries removal to soft dentine, Selective Caries Removal to Firm/Leathery Dentine
- Where
- Jordan
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King Abdullah University Hospital
Stress, Psychological, Anxiety Disorders
Acceptability and Feasibility of an 8-week Online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Program Among Undergraduate Students
Mental health problems -particularly depression- are the main cause of morbidity in young people (1), which has a known association with different health and social problems, such as increased alcohol consumption and drug…
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Unipolar
- Trial name
- NCT05114824
- Testing
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de los Andes, Chile