Clinical trials: completed, sponsored by Unity Health Toronto
Wellness, Burnout, Caregiver
Evaluating the Impact of Resource Navigators to Support LTC and RH Staff During and Beyond COVID-19
The goal of this clinical trial is to test how well resource navigators help long-term care and retirement home staff access the various health and wellness resources available to them and the effects that this has on their…
- Conditions
- Wellness, Burnout, Caregiver, Burnout, Professional, COVID-19
- Trial name
- NCT05677997
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Homelessness, Youth
Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness 2.0 (TYOH 2.0)
Introduction: This 12-month pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) built on previous community-engaged work and explored whether portable rent subsidies and an intervention targeting identity capital (purpose, control…
- Trial name
- NCT05781503
- Testing
- Identity Capital Intervention (Coach + Co-designed Leadership Guide), Monthly Rent Subsidies
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Major Depressive Disorder, Suicide
Pain, Reward, Attention and Neurocircuitry: Biomarkers of Suicidality
The ultimate aim of this study is to identify a biomarker of suicide risk in MDD by measuring the "hedonic spectrum" (pain and reward responsivity), attention and its associated brain structures using brain scans (fMRI and DTI)…
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder, Suicide, Suicidal Ideation
- Trial name
- NCT02811198
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 97 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Homelessness, Youth
Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness 2.5 (TYOH 2.5)
The idea for this study came from the research team's current study called Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness (TYOH) 2.0, which provides coaching and a leadership guide to youth transitioning out of homelessness.
- Trial name
- NCT06425458
- Testing
- Co-Designed Strengths-Based Leadership Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
HIV Testing, HIV Infections
OraQuick® HIV Self-Test Study in Canada
Oral fluid based HIV Self-testing (HIVST) provides another innovative and simple option to increase opportunities for HIV testing.
- Trial name
- OQHIVST (NCT05020353)
- Testing
- OraQuick® HIV Self-Test
- Where
- 7 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 951 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Stress, Trauma
STEP: Building Trauma Resilience Among Nurses and Personal Support Workers During and Beyond COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need for skills training and mental health support for healthcare workers who are exposed to the numerous stressors and potential trauma of a high-risk environment.
- Conditions
- Stress, Trauma, Mental Health Issue, Healthcare Workers
- Trial name
- NCT04682561
- Testing
- Supportive Trauma Exposure Preparation Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Homeless Persons
Effect of a Rent Subsidy and Mentoring on Youth Transitioning Out of Homelessness
Compared to the vast amount of literature about the risk factors associated with young people entering and becoming entrenched in homelessness, much less is known about how to facilitate and sustain transitions off the streets.
- Trial name
- NCT03779204
- Testing
- Mentorship, Rent Subsidies
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Housing
Housing Conditions: Evaluation, Advocacy and Research in Toronto Community Housing
This project will examine whether a health promotion campaign using community organizing and joint advocacy by a coalition of tenants, health providers, social service agencies and advocates can lead to improvements in building…
- Trial name
- HEARTH (NCT04131101)
- Testing
- Community Organizing
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Quality of Health Care, HIV/AIDS
Using Electronic Medical Record Data to Improve HIV Primary Care
This cluster randomized control trial examines whether an audit and feedback study improves care of patients living with HIV/AIDS in a family health team setting.
- Conditions
- Quality of Health Care, HIV/AIDS, Electronic Health Records
- Trial name
- NCT04107233
- Testing
- Audit and Feedback
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
HIV Testing, HIV Infections
Near Patient Study of the OraQuick ADVANCE® HIV-1/2 Rapid Antibody Test in Oral Fluid and Fingerstick Whole Blood
Point-of-care (POC) tests for HIV are easy to use, rapid and provide accurate results while the patient is still in-front of a healthcare provider (HCP).
- Trial name
- NCT04810559
- Testing
- OraQuick ADVANCE® HIV-1/2 Rapid Antibody Test
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Distress, Emotional, Stress Response Among Nursing Professionals During the COVID-19
Digital Interventions to Understand and Mitigate Stress Response
Stress, anxiety, distress, and burnout are exceptionally high among healthcare workers at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Conditions
- Distress, Emotional, Stress Response Among Nursing Professionals During the COVID-19, Stress Reaction; Acute
- Trial name
- NCT05923398
- Testing
- Digital Intervention Group
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Vaginal Speculum Examination
Gynaecological Speculum Examination: Straight Horizontal Insertion Versus Vertical Insertion and Rotation.
This study compares two different types of speculum insertion to determine the level of discomfort they might cause. This study compares the straight horizontal insertion (SHI) of the speculum and the vertical insertion and…
- Trial name
- NCT02708615
- Testing
- Type of speculum vaginal insertion method
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Infertility
Access to Infertility Services: Clinic Perspective
Since the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the 1980s, there have been significant advances made in the management and long-term prognosis for infected…
- Trial name
- NCT00782132
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Endometriosis, Chronic Pain
Virtual Mindfulness for the Management of Endometriosis Pelvic Pain.
Endometriosis is a gynecologic condition that can cause severe pelvic pain and significantly impair quality of life. Endometriosis symptoms cannot always be controlled by medical therapy or surgery alone, indicating a need for…
- Trial name
- NCT05554497
- Testing
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction curriculum
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Preterm Labor, Fetal Glucocorticoid Exposure
The Effect of Antenatal Corticosteroids on the Fetal Thymus - a Possible Role in Fetal Immune Programming
Administration of corticosteroids is standard practice for pregnant patients at risk of preterm labour to reduce the risk of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis and…
- Trial name
- NCT03057717
- Testing
- 2D ultrasound assessment
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Depression, Anxiety
Mobile Interventions for the Prevention and Detection of Distress
Stress, anxiety, distress and depression are exceptionally high among healthcare providers at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Loneliness
- Trial name
- NCT05072210
- Testing
- Mobile Intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Youth, Homelessness
The Identity Project
Understanding how to create successful pathways out of homelessness is crucial. Thirty young people (aged 18 - 26 years) who have transitioned out of homelessness within the past three years will be offered scholarships to…
- Trial name
- TIP (NCT03772522)
- Testing
- dk Leadership
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Education
RCT of Intensive, Brief, and Control Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Interventions for Health Care Providers
Despite Canada's relative global affluence, striking Indigenous/non-Indigenous health disparities persist. Following the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Final Report, and the publication of the…
- Trial name
- NCT05890144
- Testing
- Big Canoe, Little Canoe, Control
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
COVID-19 Experience
Data Collection on the Model Schools Pediatric Health Initiative at 5 SBHC Sites: COVID-19 Questionnaire
The Model School Pediatric Health Initiative arose out of concern about health access inequities and disparities among some of Toronto's most vulnerable children living in our inner-city neighborhoods.
- Trial name
- SBHC (NCT04534595)
- Testing
- COVID-19
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 851 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Overdose
SOONER Feasibility Study Protocol
Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution programs (OEND) involve training and equipping people who are likely to be bystanders to opioid overdose to recognize and respond to opioid-related emergencies by activating…
- Trial name
- SOONER (NCT03821649)
- Testing
- SOONER Training and Naloxone Kit Kit, Community or Hospital-Based Training
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto