Clinical trials: Veterans Health
Mental Health, Suicide
Public Messaging to Increase Treatment Seeking for Veterans at Risk for Suicide
The risk for suicide increases by nearly 50% in the first year that service members transition from the military to civilian life underscoring the need for effective strategies to facilitate help seeking among Veterans vulnerable…
- Trial name
- NCT04784663
- Testing
- Messaging, Wait list control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 355 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stress Disorders, Posttraumatic, Depression
Re-Engineering Systems for the Primary Care Treatment for PTSD
The study is an evaluation of a systemic intervention to enhance the delivery of care according to practice guidelines for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Trial name
- RESPECT-PTSD (NCT00373698)
- Testing
- Three Component Model of Collaborative Care
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 195 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Suicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention Program for Veterans Discharged From Community Care Settings
The goal of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to test an adapted suicide prevention program (the Building VA Engagement, Self-efficacy, and Social Support To Prevent Suicide or BESST) in rural Veterans discharged from…
- Trial name
- NCT06139887
- Testing
- BESST, Standard Mental Health Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Telemental Health and Cognitive Processing Therapy for Rural Combat Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
The immediate objective of this project was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a telemental health modality (video-teleconferencing) for providing an evidence-based group intervention (Cognitive Processing Therapy; CPT) to…
- Trial name
- CPTVTEL (NCT00879255)
- Testing
- Cognitive Processing Therapy Group Videoteleconference, Cognitive Processing Therapy Group In-Person
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Obesity, Overweight
MOVE OUT: A Partnership With Veterans Groups to Enhance Weight Management in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Obesity has been linked to several serious medical conditions, including high blood pressure, diabetes, and poor cholesterol levels.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus
- Trial name
- NCT01339390
- Testing
- MOVE OUT, MOVE!
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,169 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
PTSD, Depression
Online and Shared Decision-Making Interventions to Engage Service Men and Women in Post-Deployment Mental Health Care
OEF/OIF/OND war Veterans have unique post-deployment care needs that the VA is striving to understand and address. Unfortunately, there is a significant disparity in utilization of mental health (MH) care and VA access as most…
- Conditions
- PTSD, Depression, Substance Use Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- eSDM (NCT03539068)
- Testing
- WEB-ED+ Treatment Arm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,312 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Cigarette Smoking-Related Carcinoma
Website Smoking Cessation Intervention for the Promotion of Smoking Cessation in Low-Income Veterans
This phase I trial studies how well a new electronic (e)-health smoking cessation program (called Vet Flexiquit) works in promoting smoking cessation in low-income veterans who may or may not be ready to quit smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT04502524
- Testing
- Smoking Cessation Intervention (New website), Smoking Cessation Intervention (Standard of care website), Health Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Physical Activity
Social and Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity Among Overweight and Obese Veterans
In this randomized, controlled trial the investigators will compare the use of social and financial incentive-based interventions to increase physical activity among overweight and obese Veterans during a 12-week intervention…
- Trial name
- NCT03563027
- Testing
- Social Incentive Gamification, Support Sponsor, Financial Incentive
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Improve Work and Wellness in Veterans With Mental Illness
Vocational instability in Veterans with serious mental illness (SMI) is pervasive, costly, and harmful. Over 75% of Veterans with SMI are unemployed, resulting in economic difficulties and trouble meeting basic needs.
- Trial name
- WORKWELL (NCT04504903)
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Work Success (CBTw), Psychoeducation
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 294 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Chronic Illness
Use of the My HealtheVet for Health Information Sharing
This study aims to conduct a pilot of an intervention to improve care coordination between VA and non-VA providers using the Department of Veteran's Affairs' (VA) personal health record, My HealtheVet (MHV).
- Trial name
- NCT01955005
- Testing
- My HealtheVet Training, Internet Skills Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Gulf War Veteran's Illness
Novel Interventions for GWVI
The primary aim of this study was to examine the beneficial effects of two novel treatments for Gulf War Veteran's Illness (Tai Chi and Wellness intervention) and to establish the efficacy of these mind-body approaches to symptom…
- Trial name
- NIGWVI (NCT02661997)
- Testing
- Tai Chi Intervention, Wellness Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Pain, Chronic Disease
Improving Chronic Pain Treatment in Primary Care
The primary objective of this study is to determine to what extent a collaborative intervention improves chronic pain-related outcomes in a VA primary care setting.
- Conditions
- Pain, Chronic Disease, Depression
- Trial name
- SEACAP (NCT00129480)
- Testing
- Assistance with Pain treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 401 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Mental Illness, Physical Illness
Evaluation of Peer Specialists on VA PACTs
In August 2014, the White House issued an Executive Action mandating that 25 VA medical centers place Peer Specialists (Veterans recovered from mental illness who are trained to support other Veterans with mental illness) on…
- Trial name
- Peers on PACT (NCT02732600)
- Testing
- Facilitated Implementation
- Where
- 25 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,616 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Cigarette Smoking
Improving the Delivery of Smoking Cessation Guidelines in Hospitalized Veterans
The primary objective of this study is to determine whether a nurse-initiated intervention, which couples brief inpatient counseling and proactive telephone counseling by a centralized tobacco quitline, improves 6-month cessation…
- Trial name
- NCT00816036
- Testing
- Smoking Cessation Guideline Implementation
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 898 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Well-being
Develop and Validation of Measurement-Based Transition Assistance
Although some Veterans seek help when they experience post-military readjustment challenges, many do not. One factor that stands in the way of Veterans' willingness to seek help for these challenges is their lack of knowledge…
- Trial name
- MBTA (NCT05384171)
- Testing
- Measurement-Based Transition Assistance (MBTA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Gulf War Veterans' Illness
CAM in Veterans With Gulf War Illnesses
The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness Gulf War Health Education (GWHE) and iRest Yoga Nidra (mindfulness meditation)/auricular (ear) acupuncture for Veterans with Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses (GWVI).
- Trial name
- GW-CAM (NCT02180243)
- Testing
- Mindfulness meditation/Acupuncture, Gulf War Health Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Prostatic Neoplasms
A Study to Learn About Novel Hormonal Therapies (NHTs) for Metastatic Castration-sensitive Prostate Cancer (mCSPC) in People Who Were in the Armed Forces
The purpose of this study is to learn about- for how long are NHTs taken by men to treat mCSPC. NHTs in this study include study medicines: abiraterone, apalutamide, enzalutamide.
- Trial name
- NCT06151418
- Testing
- Novel hormonal therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,313 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Electronic Health Records
VA Integrated Medication Manager
The purpose of this study is to advance the science of healthcare informatics and to improve medication management through the development of a new approach to the electronic medical record called the Integrated Medication…
- Trial name
- IMM (NCT01787175)
- Testing
- Integrated Medication Manager
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Combat Disorders
Prospective Study of Veteran Health in Previously Deployed Soldiers
Background: Previous deployments like that to the Persian Gulf in 1991 produced veterans with post-deployment symptom-based health problems with no medical explanation.
- Trial name
- NCT00285246
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 838 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Improving Veteran Adherence to Treatment for PTSD Through Partnering With Families
Evidence-based psychotherapies (EBP) for PTSD, such as Prolonged Exposure (PE), result in clinically significant symptom relief for many.
- Trial name
- NCT03256227
- Testing
- Family Supported Prolonged Exposure, Standard Prolonged Exposure
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development