Clinical trials: Workplace
Covid19
The Role of Frequent Point-of-care Molecular Workplace Surveillance for Miners
The long-term goal of the study is to mitigate the spread of the pandemic in miners, a population of high-risk, rural essential workers who are susceptible and vulnerable to COVID-19, partly based on exposure to particulate air…
- Trial name
- NCT04977050
- Testing
- Quidel quickvue antigen test for COVID-19
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Skin Cancer
Sun Safe Workplaces: A Campaign on Sun Protection Policies for Outdoor Workers Phase I
A sample of local government organizations are recruited to a group-randomized pretest-posttest controlled trial evaluating the effect of a campaign to promote workplace policy and education on sun protection for outdoor workers.
- Trial name
- SSW (NCT02824289)
- Testing
- Sun Safe Workplaces Program, Attention Control
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 825 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Klein Buendel, Inc.
Opioid Dependence
The Separate and Combined Effects of Vivitrol and Opiate Abstinence Reinforcement in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
In this 5-year study, the investigators propose to evaluate the separate and combined effects of the FDA-approved formulation of extended release naltrexone (Vivitrol®) and employment-based reinforcement of opiate abstinence in…
- Trial name
- NCT01556425
- Testing
- Vivitrol, Employment-based opiate abstinence reinforcement, Usual Care Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Smoking Cessation
Smoking Cessation in Hispanic Construction Workers
Construction workers have the highest rate of smoking among all occupations, and are frequently exposed to a wide range of workplace hazards (e.g. toxins), which interact with smoking to increase their health risks.
- Trial name
- NCT02873377
- Testing
- Nicorette Gum, Nicoderm CQ, Smoking Quitline Referral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Nutrition, Healthy, Behavior, Eating
Good Bowls: Eat Well At Work
The goal of this clinical trial is to improve the health of workers at their worksite by providing subsidized healthy meals supported by nutrition education and behavioral nudges using mobile health and Bluetooth technology.
- Trial name
- EWAW (NCT05776303)
- Testing
- Good Bowls, Good Bowls + App Nudges
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Equiti Food, LLC
Substance Use Disorders
A Therapeutic Workplace to Address Poverty and Substance Use
Addiction is a chronic relapsing disorder. High magnitude and long-duration voucher-based abstinence reinforcement is one of the most effective treatments for alcohol and drug addiction and can maintain abstinence over extended…
- Trial name
- NCT03519009
- Testing
- IPS Plus Abstinence-Contingent Wage Supplement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Cord Injury Vocational Integration Program (SCI-VIP)
This study involves research about how to help Veterans with spinal cord injury (SCI) gain employment. During the first couple of years following SCI, many people are concentrating on their rehabilitation and are unable to afford…
- Trial name
- SCI-VIP (NCT00117806)
- Testing
- Arm 1, Arm 2
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 249 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
PreDiabetes
Augmented Care at Worksite for Diabetes Prevention
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of augmented care at the worksite through a lifestyle intervention for diabetes prevention among employees with prediabetes who were slower to respond to a standard diabetes…
- Trial name
- NCT03382873
- Testing
- Group Lifestyle Balance (GLB), Group Lifestyle Balance Plus (GLB+)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 208 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Prostate Cancer
Community Interventions in Non-medical Settings to Increase Informed Decision Making for Prostate Cancer Screening
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a computer-based decision aid (DA) for use by men considering prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00207636
- Testing
- Computer Assisted Decision making tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 812 people
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Physical Activity
Testing Adaptive Interventions to Improve Physical Activity for Sedentary Women
This study employs a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) and aims to determine the most effective adaptive intervention combining four efficacious treatments (enhanced physical activity monitor, motivational…
- Trial name
- NCT03558828
- Testing
- Step 1: PA Monitor, Step 1: PA Monitor + Text, Step 2: PA Monitor with Calls
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 301 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Spinal Cord Injuries
SCI-VIP: Predictive Outcome Model Over Time for Employment (PrOMOTE)
This study will be an extension of the Spinal Cord Injury Vocational Integration Program (SCI-VIP). The study involves research about how to help Veterans with spinal cord injury (SCI) gain employment.
- Trial name
- PrOMOTE (NCT01141647)
- Testing
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,047 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Abdominal Obesity
Multi-component Workplace Energy Balance Intervention
The purpose of the WorkACTIVE-P study is to assess the outcome of an innovative multi-component intervention focused on increasing energy expenditure and re-balancing the disrupted energy balance equation of sedentary workplaces…
- Trial name
- WorkACTIVE-P (NCT02561611)
- Testing
- Intervention Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Health Behavior
Training LHDs to Disseminate Evidence-Based Interventions to Small Worksites
The proposed project will advance implementation science by comparing the effectiveness of different levels of technical support in an important but understudied community-based setting: local health departments.
- Trial name
- NCT03930420
- Testing
- Connect to Wellness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Sedentary Employees
Way to Be Active I (Teams)
Employers are increasingly looking for opportunities to motivate sedentary employees to become more physically active. Workplace walking programs have had mixed success and typically show most improvement among participants that…
- Trial name
- NCT02001194
- Testing
- Individual Incentives, Team Incentives, Individual plus Team Incentives
- Volunteers
- 304 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Physical Activity
Physical Activity in the Medical Workplace
Decreased physical activity is not only associated with multiple chronic medical conditions, including obesity, but also with depressed mood, and other negative emotions.
- Trial name
- OPA (NCT02794727)
- Testing
- Blinded Fitbit, Unblinded Fitbit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Sedentary Employees
Way to Be Active 2 (Lotteries)
Employers are increasingly looking for opportunities to motivate sedentary employees to become more physically active. Workplace walking programs have had mixed success and typically show most improvement among participants that…
- Trial name
- NCT02005276
- Testing
- Basic Lottery, Combined Lottery, Jackpot Lottery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 209 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Cocaine-Related Disorders, Opioid-Related Disorders
The Therapeutic Workplace Initiation Study
The primary purpose of the study is to determine if the central feature of the Therapeutic Workplace, the abstinence reinforcement contingency, is critical to initiate cocaine abstinence in injection drug using methadone patients…
- Conditions
- Cocaine-Related Disorders, Opioid-Related Disorders, Heroin Dependence, Substance Abuse, Intravenous
- Trial name
- NCT00249470
- Testing
- Abstinence & Work, Work Only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 117 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Smoking
Promoting Tobacco Control and Smoking Cessation in Workplaces [Phase I]
Previous research shows a significant proportion of smokers work in full-time employment. Given that the majority of smokers do not aware of the smoking cessation services available in Hong Kong, implementing smoking cessation…
- Trial name
- NCT02179424
- Testing
- Workshop, Face-to-face counseling, Phone counseling
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 642 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Tobacco Use Disorder
Social and Monetary Incentives for Smoking Cessation at Large Employers
The investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial of several behavioral interventions for smoking cessation among a sample of employees at large workplaces in the Bangkok metropolitan area.
- Trial name
- SMILE (NCT02421224)
- Testing
- Usual Care, Deposits, Small Individual Bonus
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 4,190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Suicide, Nurse's Role
Nurse Suicide: Physiologic Sleep Health Promotion Trial
The purpose of this study is to identify factors (sleep, psychiatric characteristics, stressful life events, and work environment characteristics) that potentiate or mitigate adverse effects of real-world stressors that…
- Conditions
- Suicide, Nurse's Role, Work Environment Adverse Effects, Sleep
- Trial name
- NCT06079853
- Testing
- PureSomni Sleep Health Product Kit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University