Clinical trials: Treatment as usual
Psychotic Disorders
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Inpatient Treatment of Psychosis
There is a substantial need for enhancing the efficacy and effectiveness of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) inpatient services for psychosis and tailoring them to support recovery.
- Trial name
- ACT-IP (NCT01981356)
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Treatment as Usual (TAU)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Intrusive Memories of Traumatic Event(s)
A Brief Cognitive Task Intervention for NHS Staff Affected by COVID-19 Trauma (GAINS-2 Study)
Frontline healthcare staff are frequently exposed to traumatic events at work (e.g., witnessing patients die), amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Trial name
- GAINS-2 (NCT05616676)
- Testing
- Brief digital imagery-competing task, Brief digital music-listening task, Treatment As Usual
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- P1vital Products Limited
Traumatic Brain Injury
Noninvasive Modulation of Motivational Brain Regions in Healthy Volunteers
21 healthy control participants will be recruited. On Day 1 they will complete reward-guided decision making tasks and questionnaires followed by a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan.
- Trial name
- NCT04972786
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Contraception
Improving Reproductive Health for Women in Opioid Medication-Assisted Treatment (OMAT)
Recent research suggests that women with substance use disorders may be at a higher risk of unintended pregnancy. There is a paucity of interventions specifically focused on this population.
- Trial name
- NCT02794597
- Testing
- SHINE intervention group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Cancer Palliative Care
R21 India Pal-Care Evaluation
The goal of this pragmatic clinical trial is to test and evaluate a home-based palliative care intervention for utilizing community health workers to facilitate the delivery of palliative care to cancer patients in rural India.
- Trial name
- NCT04972630
- Testing
- Pal-Care, Control-Usual Care
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Insomnia
Implementing and Evaluating Computer-Based Interventions for Mental Health: Testing an Implementation Strategy for VA Outpatient Care
Internet-based self-help programs are personalized, self-guided interventions delivered over a computer, mobile device, or other Internet platform and focused on improving knowledge, awareness, or behavior change for a mental or…
- Trial name
- NCT03151083
- Testing
- Internet-based Self-help Insomnia Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alcohol, Drinking, Alcohol Use Disorder
Sustaining Patient-centered Alcohol-related Care
Alcohol use is the third greatest cause of disability and death for US adults. Care for unhealthy alcohol use is lacking in most primary care settings.
- Trial name
- SPARC (NCT02675777)
- Testing
- Quality Improvement Intervention
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Opioid Abuse (Disorder)
Nudges and Incentives to Enhance the Opioid Treatment Workforce
This project seeks to examine a critical barrier to optimizing the health care workforce for the treatment of opioid use disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT03834025
- Testing
- Phase 1 Condition 1, Phase 1 Condition 2, Phase 1 Condition 3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Critical Illness, Communication Disabilities
Enhancing & Mobilizing the POtential for Wellness & Emotional Resilience Among Surrogate Decision-Makers of ICU Patients
Intensive Care Units (ICU) are stressful places where life-and-death medical decisions are made and patients' surrogate decision-makers are exposed to potentially traumatic experiences.
- Trial name
- EMPOWER (NCT03276559)
- Testing
- EMPOWER, Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
HIV/AIDS
Developing a Patient Navigation Intervention for PrEP Continuum of Care Among Young Latino MSM (PrEParate)
This study aims to help young Latino gay and bisexual men access sexual health information, including PrEP. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the patient navigation or the usual care condition and followed for 6…
- Trial name
- NCT04048382
- Testing
- Patient Navigation, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
Major Depressive Disorder
The Effects of Videogames on Depression Symptoms and Brain Dynamics
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effects of a game-based digital-therapeutics (DTx) medical software device on the symptoms of depression in adults with confirmed major depressive disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT05426265
- Testing
- MEL-T01, MEL-S01
- Where
- 6 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 1,001 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalto University
Insomnia, Alcohol Use Disorder
CBT-I on Alcohol Treatment Outcomes Among Veterans
Project SAVE aims to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy of a CBT-I supplement to alcohol treatment of Veterans.
- Trial name
- Project SAVE (NCT03806491)
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, Sleep Hygiene, Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment as Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Oxygen Deficiency, Desaturation of Blood
THRIVE Use in Pediatric Populations- Multi Site
THRIVE (Transnasal Humidified Rapid-Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange) refers to the use of high-flow nasal cannula to augment the ability to oxygenate and ventilate a patient under general anesthesia.
- Conditions
- Oxygen Deficiency, Desaturation of Blood, Hypoventilation, Anesthesia; Adverse Effect
- Trial name
- NCT04322994
- Testing
- Transnasal Humidified Rapid-Insufflation Ventilatory Echange
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Psychological Distress
Ensemble Programme an Early Intervention for Informal Caregivers of Psychiatric Patients
This study focuses on the difficulties of maintaining optimal psychological health and quality of life for caregivers in adult psychiatry while they play an important role in helping patients with severe psychiatric disorders.
- Trial name
- Ensemble (NCT04020497)
- Testing
- Ensemble programme, SAU
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut et Haute Ecole de la Santé la Source
Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome
Cardiac CT's Role in Asymptomatic Patients With Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome
This study looked at the role of cardiac CT in improving risk factor control in those with diabetes.
- Trial name
- CTRAD (NCT01564485)
- Testing
- Cardiac CT, Usual medical care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 193 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Opioid-use Disorder
Clinical Decision Support for Opioid Use Disorders in Medical Settings: Usability Testing in an EMR
The primary objective of this pilot study is to program an opioid use disorder (OUD) clinical decision support (CDS) tool for use in an electronic medical record (EMR) and obtain high primary care physician (PCP) usability and…
- Trial name
- COMPUTE (NCT03559179)
- Testing
- Opioid Wizard
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer
Developing a Virtual Stress Management Intervention for Spousal/Partnered Caregivers of Solid Tumor Cancer Patients.
This randomized control trial will investigate the ability of an effective stress management psychoeducation program for employed caregivers to mitigate psychological distress and pathophysiology in spousal or partnered…
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Colon Cancer, Solid Tumor, Adult
- Trial name
- eCare (NCT04739696)
- Testing
- PEPRR, Pep-Pal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 538 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Anemia
Decision Aid for Therapeutic Options In Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder with chronic multi-system manifestations affecting 100,000 individuals in the US, largely of minority origin and associated with substantial morbidity, premature mortality…
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Anemia, Hemoglobin SS, Hemoglobin SC
- Trial name
- NCT02326597
- Testing
- Decision Aid Tool, Standard Practice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
HIV, Alcohol Use
Improving HIV and Alcohol-Related Outcomes Among HIV+ Persons in Clinic Settings
Alcohol use is increasingly recognized as a key factor in morbidity and mortality among HIV-positive individuals and represents an important public health concern, given its associations with medication non-adherence, increases…
- Conditions
- HIV, Alcohol Use, Medication Adherence
- Trial name
- PLUS (NCT02390908)
- Testing
- Immediate PLUS intervention, Wait-list PLUS intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 174 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hunter College of City University of New York
Stroke
Robotic Pedaling Therapy for Targeted Neural Plasticity
The aim of this Pilot study is to determine whether robotically targeted lower-limb pedaling therapy can increase the extent of stroke recovery on behavioral measures and induce brain plasticity as measured by functional magnetic…
- Trial name
- NCT03300258
- Testing
- Robotic therapy, Aerobic therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison