Clinical trials: Vulnerable Population
HIV
HIV Testing in Community Health Center Dental Clinics
This is a cluster randomized trial among dental clinics (n=4) to evaluate whether rapid HIV testing (RHT) during dental visits improves HIV testing rates compared to referral for laboratory HIV testing.
- Trial name
- TEETH (NCT07089849)
- Testing
- Rapid HIV testing, Referral for HIV testing
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6,715 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension
The GoodNEWS Lifestyle Enhancement Program
This study will train Lay Health Promoters (LHPs) from African-American churches to administer healthy living lessons and activities to their congregations in order to improve overall health and address cardiovascular disease.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes, Obesity
- Trial name
- GoodNEWS (NCT00669630)
- Testing
- Lay Health Promoter (LHP) with maintenance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 392 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Child Maltreatment, Domestic Violence
Efficacy of Group Attachment Based Intervention for Vulnerable Families
The study examines the effectiveness of parent-child Group Attachment Based Intervention (GABI) in reducing risk of maltreatment in infants and toddlers compared with parenting skills classes.
- Trial name
- NCT01641744
- Testing
- Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP), Group Attachment Based Intervention (GABI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 146 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Volatile Organic Compounds, Radiography
Tuberculosis Screening in Paraguayan Prisons
Two diagnostic tools for TB screening in high risk groups need additional assessment: the AeoNose™, an 'electronic nose device' for breath sampling, and digital chest X-ray (CXR) with computer aided detection with CAD4TB®…
- Trial name
- Prinose (NCT04407325)
- Testing
- electronic nose device, dig chest Xray with automated readings
- Where
- 2 sites in Paraguay
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Cardiovascular Health, Food Insecurity
Educational Strategy on a Vulnerable Population to Improve Cardiovascular Health and Food Insecurity
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that an educational program on a healthy lifestyle which increases health literacy could improve long-term health and mitigate food insecurity.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Health, Food Insecurity, Healthy Lifestyle, Vulnerable Population
- Trial name
- E-DUCASS (NCT05379842)
- Testing
- Education on a healthy lifestyle and health literacy
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 460 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba
Lactating Mothers, Infants
Effect of Consumption of a Milk Product Designed for Lactating Women on Human Milk Composition
Vulnerable populations, who have deficient diets, may produce human milk (HML) that is not adequate in all nutrients and this will have consequences on the growth and development of the child.
- Trial name
- NCT06319079
- Testing
- Fortified powder milk, Powder milk
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto de Desarrollo e Investigaciones Pediátricas Prof. Dr. Fernando E. Viteri
Malignant Neoplasm of Large Intestine
Effectiveness of Direct-to-Patient Outreach on Colorectal Cancer Screening Within a Low Income and Diverse Population
The purpose of this study is to determine if the direct mailing of fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) kits to patients who are due for colorectal cancer screening is an effective way to improve colorectal cancer screening rates…
- Trial name
- NCT01385579
- Testing
- Care manager outreach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Disaster, Vulnerable Populations
Korean Translation and Validation of the K-HEPI in NYC
Nurses Taking on Readiness Measures (N-TORM) is an innovative nurse-driven household emergency preparedness intervention modeled after an existing community intervention provided by emergency management personnel.
- Trial name
- NCT05544578
- Testing
- Nurses Taking On Readiness Measures (N- TORM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hunter College of City University of New York
Tobacco Use Disorder
Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Vulnerable Populations: Affective Disorders
While the prevalence of smoking in the United States general population has declined over the past 50 years, there has been little to no decline among people with mental health conditions.
- Trial name
- NCT04090879
- Testing
- Either normal nicotine content cigarettes (15.8mg/g) or reduced nicotine content cigarettes (0.4mg/g), E-Cigarettes
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 326 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Access to Health Services, Health Disparity, Minority and Vulnerable Populations
Become of Patients From the Permanent Access to Care (PASS) in Cayenne, French Guyana, Suffering From a Chronic Disease (High Blood Pressure - Diabetes) in the Common Law Schemes
It is an observational research, conducted at the Cayenne hospital about the future of hypertensive and/or diabetic patients after their follow-up at the Permanent Access to care (PASS).
- Conditions
- Access to Health Services, Health Disparity, Minority and Vulnerable Populations, Chronic Disease, Social Security
- Trial name
- PASSyDroit (NCT05788731)
- Where
- French Guiana
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne
Tobacco Use Disorder
Project 4, Study 2: Extended Exposure to Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Pregnant Women
Study 2 will evaluate the effects of extended exposure to cigarettes with varying levels of nicotine in pregnant smokers who have less than an Associate's degree. This study will be limited to two conditions: usual brand vs.
- Trial name
- NCT04033237
- Testing
- Very low nicotine content cigarettes
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Tobacco Use Disorder
Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Vulnerable Populations: Women of Reproductive Age
Despite marked reductions in cigarette smoking in the general population, smoking among economically disadvantaged women has increased.
- Trial name
- NCT04092387
- Testing
- Varying the nicotine content of cigarettes, E-Cigarettes
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 326 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Cancer Prevention
Getting Ahead for Cancer Control
A new, practical program, entitled Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By World, provides a novel approach to addressing this previously intractable problem.
- Trial name
- NCT03247634
- Testing
- Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By World
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Tobacco Use Disorder
Project 3, Study 2: Extended Exposure to Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes in People With Current Affective Disorders
This study will examine extended exposure to cigarettes varying in nicotine content among disadvantaged women. Adults with affective disorders are at increased risk for smoking, nicotine dependence, and using high nicotine yield…
- Trial name
- NCT02232737
- Testing
- Very low nicotine content cigarettes
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 775 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Tobacco Use Disorder
Project 1, Study 2: Extended Exposure to Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Childbearing Age Women
This study will examine extended exposure to cigarettes varying in nicotine content among disadvantaged women. Disadvantaged women are at increased risk for smoking, nicotine dependence, and using high nicotine yield cigarettes…
- Trial name
- NCT02250534
- Testing
- Very low nicotine content cigarettes
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 775 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Metabolic Syndrome
Effect of High Cheese Consumption on Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors
The overall aim of the present research project is to examine whether consumption of high daily amounts of cheese, both high-fat and low-fat, affects risk markers of disease in a study population of men and women with metabolic…
- Trial name
- Osterix (NCT02616471)
- Testing
- High-fat cheese, Low-fat cheese, No-cheese/carbohydrate
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Vulnerable Population
Evaluation of the Acceptability and Impact of a Sexual Health Screening and Prevention Program for Vulnerable Women
Globally, women accounted for more than half of people living with HIV (53%) in 2022. In France, 54% of new infections were heterosexual in 2022, 71% of whom were born abroad, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa (74%).
- Trial name
- PrEVE (NCT06996938)
- Testing
- Rapid diagnostic orientation tests (TROD) HIV, Hepatitis, syphilis
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre de Recherches et d'Etude sur la Pathologie Tropicale et le Sida
Covid19
COVID-19 Citizen Science Expansion Project
COVID-19 Citizen Science (CCS), launched in March 2020, supports collaborative research on symptoms, risk factors, surveillance, biomarkers and testing for COVID-19 using the Eureka Research Platform.
- Trial name
- NCT05548803
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 52,351 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Disaster, Vulnerable Populations
Nurses Taking On Readiness Measures - Mercer County, New Jersey
Nurses Taking On Readiness Measures (N-TORM) is an innovative nurse-driven household emergency preparedness (HEP) intervention modeled after an existing community intervention provided by emergency management personnel.
- Trial name
- NTORM (NCT05455580)
- Testing
- Nurses Taking On Readiness Measures (N-TORM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hunter College of City University of New York
Glaucoma, Vision Impairment and Blindness
Manhattan Vision Screening and Follow-Up Study (NYC-SIGHT)
The investigators are conducting a 5-year prospective, 2:1 cluster-randomized controlled trial, funded by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which provides vision screenings to underserved New York City residents living in…
- Conditions
- Glaucoma, Vision Impairment and Blindness, Cataract, Diabetic Retinopathy
- Trial name
- NCT04271709
- Testing
- Enhanced Intervention Using Patient Navigators, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 749 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University