Clinical trials: sponsored by Brown University
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), Alcohol Misuse
PNF RCT to Decrease Alcohol Use and Increase HIV Prevention
Randomized controlled trial to test the preliminary efficacy and mediating mechanism of a personalized normative feedback intervention on behavioral intentions, heavy alcohol use, and HIV/STI prevention among adolescents and…
- Conditions
- HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), Alcohol Misuse, STI
- Trial name
- NCT07731932
- Testing
- PNF - HIV norms, PNF - Alcohol use norms, PNF - HIV and alcohol use norms
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Mental Health Help-Seeking
Short, Wordless Animated Storytelling to Promote Mental Health Help-Seeking in Young Adults: A U.S. Online Randomized Controlled Trial
This online randomized controlled trial will evaluate whether a short, wordless animated storytelling film increases positive attitudes and intentions toward seeking help for mental health concerns among U.S.
- Trial name
- NCT07906015
- Testing
- Short wordless animated storytelling film
- Volunteers
- 2,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Healthy
Deliver-EE: Evaluating Effects of Meal Delivery
This study will randomly assign 2,300 older adults on waiting lists at fourteen Meals on Wheels programs in Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and California into two groups who will…
- Trial name
- NCT05357261
- Testing
- Wellness Check and Socialization, Prepared Meals
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
HIV Prevention, HIV Infection Primary
Intervention to Enhance PrEP Persistence
The investigators will conduct a fully powered randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the effect of a patient navigation intervention on PrEP initiation, adherence and retention in care.
- Trial name
- NCT06872307
- Testing
- RAMP-It-Up Initiation, Adherence, and Retention Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Episodic Memory
The Dynamics of Representational Change Underlying Recall
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine how repeated memory retrieval changes visual representations in the brain in healthy adult participants.
- Trial name
- NCT07442266
- Testing
- Visual Memory Encoding and Retrieval Task During fMRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Prevention
Optimizing PrEP Uptake and Adherence Among Male Sex Workers
"PrEPare for Work" is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) whose goal is to test the efficacy of a behavioral intervention (Short Title: PrEPare for Work) in improving PrEP uptake, adherence, and persistence among male sex workers…
- Trial name
- P4W (NCT05736614)
- Testing
- Stage 1 Strength Based Case Management (SBCM) Condition, Stage 2 PrEPare for Work Intervention Condition
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Phase I
Pilot Study on the Effects of Psilocybin on Belief Updating and Insight Formation
The primary aim of this phase I mechanistic pilot study is to evaluate the effects of psilocybin on aspects of cognition in healthy adult volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT07818564
- Testing
- Psilocybin (Usona Institute)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Depression
PATH 2 Purpose: Primary Care and Community-Based Prevention of Mental Disorders in Adolescents
PATH (Promoting AdolescenT Health) 2 Purpose is a two-arm comparative effectiveness research trial to that will evaluate the ability of the interventions, Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive-behavioral \& Interpersonal…
- Trial name
- P2P (NCT04290754)
- Testing
- CATCH-IT, TEAMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 636 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Alcohol Drinking, Cannabis Use
Cannabis' Impact on Alcohol Consumption
This study employs a repeated measures experimental design to examine the effect of THC-dominant dose of cannabis and CBD-dominant dose of cannabis, relative to placebo, on subsequent drinking in an alcohol choice task in which…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Drinking, Cannabis Use, Cannabis, Alcohol Use Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05389930
- Testing
- THC-dominant cannabis, CBD-dominant cannabis, Alcohol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Unhealthy Alcohol Use
Supporting Health Through Alcohol Reduction and Relationship Enhancement Together
The aim of this project is to refine the couples-focused intervention with up to 24 adults with unhealthy alcohol use and their partners (N=12 couples) to obtain feedback on the intervention content and structure, as well as the…
- Trial name
- SHARE2Gether (NCT07854756)
- Testing
- SHARE2Gether
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Health Behavior, Wellness, Psychological
Teen Health Choices & Wellness
The goal of this observational study is to learn more about changes in health, wellness, and substance-use behaviors as teenagers get older.
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Wellness, Psychological, Substance Use
- Trial name
- THC&W (NCT06822569)
- Testing
- Cue reactivity paradigm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 224 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Alcohol Drinking, HIV Viremia
Using Telehealth to Address Alcohol Misuse in HIV Care
This project will test the effects of a telehealth counseling program on reducing alcohol use and improving HIV viral control among people with HIV who drink heavily.
- Trial name
- ReACH3 (NCT04546971)
- Testing
- Brief Intervention, Telehealth Counseling, Text messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 226 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Hypertension in Pregnancy, Obstetrical Complications
Gestational Hypertension and Preeclampsia Blood Pressure (BP) Treatment Goals Less Than 140/90 vs. Less Than 160/110 mmHg: The GOALPOST Trial
This is a phase-III multi-center open-label randomized clinical trial of 4,120 individuals between 23 weeks, 0 days and 35 weeks, 6 days gestation with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia without severe features randomized…
- Trial name
- GOALPOST (NCT07746271)
- Testing
- Anti-hypertensive medication titrated to a BP goal of <140/90 mmHg, Usual Care: Anti-hypertensive medication for BP ≥160/110 mmHg titrated to a goal of < 160/110 mmHg
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4,120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The George Washington University Biostatistics Center
Physical Inactivity
Comparing Self-paced Versus Moderate Intensity Physical Activity Recommendation for Midlife Adults
We will randomly assign (blocked on Gender (female, male, other), body mass index (BMI; overweight [25 < BMI < 30]) or obese (30 < BMI <40) and pain status (chronic pain vs not)) adults ages 50-64 into either; (a) self-selected…
- Trial name
- NCT05285748
- Testing
- Self-Paced Intensity Physical Activity, Prescribed Moderate Intensity Physical Activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 258 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
HIV, Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
Project SHIELD 2.0: Police Education to Support Public Health in Kentucky
The project is a pragmatic, quasi-experimental hybrid type II effectiveness-implementation trial of a structural HIV prevention intervention to address police behavior (arrests and referrals) and ultimately improve health among…
- Trial name
- NCT07804121
- Testing
- SHIELD 2.0
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Iodine Deficiency, Nutrition Poor
Effects of Maternal Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation During Lactation on Child Development in Ethiopia
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of iodine-containing multiple micronutrient supplements provided to breastfeeding mothers who live in settings with mild iodine deficiency.
- Conditions
- Iodine Deficiency, Nutrition Poor, Development, Infant, Breastfeeding
- Trial name
- EMECHAT (NCT05901766)
- Testing
- UNIMMAP Multiple Micronutrient Supplement
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Physical Inactivity
Early Phase Clinical Trial to Test the Feasibility of an ACT-based Physical Activity Promotion Program for Adults With Depressive Symptoms
The goal of the proposed project is to conduct a feasibility clinical trial comparing group-based acceptance and commitment therapy for physical activity, (ACT; ACTivity) to a time- and attention-matched standard PA intervention…
- Trial name
- NCT05407935
- Testing
- ACTivity, Relaxercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Measuring Automated Behavioral Observations & Vocal Expressions (ABOVE)
The investigators propose to synchronize automated measurements of behavior - head, body, and face dynamics, gaze, and vocal prosody - with simultaneous recordings of brain activity in clinically relevant contexts.
- Trial name
- ABOVE (NCT03459456)
- Testing
- Provocation OC task (Provoc), Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), Exposure provocation task
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Phase II Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
This research study is for participants that have been diagnosed with intractable Obsessive -compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD is a persistent and oftentimes disabling disorder marked by unwanted and distressing thoughts…
- Trial name
- NCT04806516
- Testing
- Summit RC+S System with ECoG Paddles, One Month Blinded Discontinuation Period:
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Physical Inactivity
Exercise Incentives for YMCA Based Exercise
The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial to test financial incentive programs (versus control) to promote physical activity among 330 adults who have a YMCA membership.
- Trial name
- NCT05704712
- Testing
- Monetary Incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 339 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University