Clinical trials: sponsored by University of Pittsburgh
Sepsis, Pneumonia
Comparative Effectiveness of Readmission Reduction Interventions for Individuals With Sepsis or Pneumonia
An adaptive platform trial to compare effectiveness of different care models to prevent readmissions for patients hospitalized with sepsis or lower respiratory tract infection.
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Pneumonia, Lower Resp Tract Infection, Covid19
- Trial name
- ACCOMPLISH (NCT04829188)
- Testing
- Structured Telephone Support (STS), Low-intensity Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM-Low), High-intensity Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM-High)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,296 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Mental Health Issue, Teamwork
Team-Focused Implementation in Child Advocacy Centers
Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) are well-positioned to identify children at risk for mental health problems and to facilitate access to evidence-based treatments.
- Trial name
- NCT05679154
- Testing
- Team-focused Implementation, Standard Implementation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Urgency Urinary Incontinence
Investigation of Brain Mechanisms Involved in the Urinary Continence Mechanism Associated With Aging
Urge urinary incontinence (UUI) is a common problem in older people which vastly reduces quality of life, yet the cause and mechanism of disease are not well understood.
- Trial name
- NCT04599088
- Testing
- Brain functional MRI with simplified urodynamics
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Suicidal Ideation, Suicide, Attempted
Reducing Suicide Ideation Among Young People
It is Cluster Randomized Control Trial research to examine feasibility and relevance of the modified tool Nae Disha for Life, which will incorporate suicide prevention and resilience to reduce suicide ideation among young people…
- Trial name
- NCT06474312
- Testing
- Nae Disha
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 363 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Aging, Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Novel Respiratory Training as Part of Palliative Care for Older Adults With Heart Failure
In a randomized controlled trial, to study the utility of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) to improve functional outcomes in adults aged ≥70 years with heart failure (HF) who have been referred to palliative care for end-stage…
- Conditions
- Aging, Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, Frailty
- Trial name
- RETRO (NCT06576297)
- Testing
- Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT), Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Sleep, Sleep Disturbance
Sleep Promotion Program Primary Care (SPP PC) Open Trial
Investigators developed a brief, scalable, behavioral Sleep Promotion Program (SPP) for adolescents with short sleep duration and sleep-wake irregularity, which relies on one individual session and smart phone technology to…
- Conditions
- Sleep, Sleep Disturbance, Insufficient Sleep
- Trial name
- SPP OT (NCT06239792)
- Testing
- Sleep Promotion Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Opioid Misuse, Chronic Pain
Consensus-based Algorithms to Address Opioid Misuse Behaviors Among Individuals Prescribed Long-term Opioid Therapy
The NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) initiative has identified a critical next step to addressing the opioid crisis: improving treatments for opioid misuse behaviors (e.g., using more opioids than prescribed, illicit…
- Trial name
- NCT05182606
- Testing
- Pilot study of algorithms implementation package
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Physical Inactivity, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
The Clinical Referral to Activity Study
The main aim of this effort is to test a physical activity intervention, for adult clinical care patients at risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Obesity, Blood Pressure
- Trial name
- NCT04743856
- Testing
- ActiveGOALSv2, PAT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Trauma Injury, Physician's Role
Testing the Effectiveness of Night Shift, a Theory-based Customized Video Game
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effect of a video game on the implementation of clinical practice guidelines in trauma triage.
- Trial name
- NCT06063434
- Testing
- Night Shift, Usual education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Weight Loss, Weight, Body
Sleep Goal-focused Online Access to Lifestyle Support
The overall goal of the study is to develop a novel weight loss intervention for postpartum people by providing strategies to improve sleep, diet, and physical activity behaviors.
- Trial name
- SGOALS (NCT05942326)
- Testing
- Sleep GOALS, Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Alcohol Problem, Harm Reduction
Game-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
This is a randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of a game-based intervention to reduce alcohol-related harms among sexual and gender minority youth.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Problem, Harm Reduction, Alcohol-Related Harm
- Trial name
- NCT06215664
- Testing
- Singularities Game, Food4Thought
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Depression
Depression Prevention in Older Spousally-bereaved Adults
Using an indicated prevention approach, investigators propose to enroll 150 spousally-bereaved adults aged 60 years and older in the first 12 months after spousal death who are at high risk for major depression disorder because…
- Trial name
- WELL (NCT04016896)
- Testing
- WIdowed Elders' LIfestyle after Loss (WELL), Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 151 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Aging, Mental Disorder
Self-Care for Dementia Caregivers
The Self-care for Dementia Caregivers Study is a behavioral health intervention that uses digital monitoring tools and motivational health coaching to help caregivers of persons with dementia engage in a regular routine of sleep…
- Conditions
- Aging, Mental Disorder, Eating, Healthy, Physical Inactivity
- Trial name
- Care2 (NCT05309577)
- Testing
- Behavioral Self-Monitoring + Motivational Interviewing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Depression
SOVA Ambassadors Community Setting
The purpose of this study is to examine participant adherence to intervention feasibility and acceptability of intervention, attention control, and implementation strategy.
- Trial name
- NCT06066697
- Testing
- SOVA Ambassador, Self-Reflection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Cancer, Advance Care Planning
Patient-centered and Efficacious Advance Care Planning in Cancer: the PEACe Comparative Effectiveness Trial
The overall goal of this study is to identify the most effective and efficient advance care planning (ACP) strategy for patients with advanced cancer. The specific aims are to: Aim 1.
- Trial name
- NCT03824158
- Testing
- Facilitated advance care planning (in-person or telephonic), Web-based advance care planning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 672 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Obesity, Maternal, Hypertension in Pregnancy
Expanding the Family Check-Up in Early Childhood to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Young Children
This randomized-controlled pilot study will examine the implementation of a cardiovascular health intervention on postpartum mothers and infants.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Maternal, Hypertension in Pregnancy, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT05473767
- Testing
- Family Check Up Heart, Family Check-Up
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 117 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Concussion Mild
Yoga and Female Concussion
Most research on the impact of mild Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussions have been deficit-based and focused on the impairments induced by the injury. Research shows that trauma doesn't always have negative effects.
- Trial name
- NCT07170488
- Testing
- Yoga, Yoga for wait list control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Depression
Adolescent Attention to Emotion Study
Rates of depression increase rapidly during adolescence, especially for girls, and, thus, research is needed to spur the development of novel interventions to prevent adolescent depression.
- Trial name
- NCT04105868
- Testing
- Neurofeedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Type 2 Diabetes, PreDiabetes
Behavioral Economics for Activity Motivation in Adolescents (BEAM)
There is an urgent need to engineer targeted physical activity interventions that are effective and scalable for obese adolescents and young adults (AYA) with type 2 diabetes (T2D), who often have very low levels of physical…
- Conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes, PreDiabetes, Insulin Resistance, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT04874415
- Testing
- 1RLD, 1RLW, 1RGD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Anxiety, Depression
Sexual and Gender Minority Youth (SGMY) and Online Interventions to Increase Help-seeking for Anxiety and/or Depression
the investigators will use 4 technology based tools (combinations of youtube videos, links to online resources, tiktok videos, and other media) in a study of 96 Sexual and Gender Minority Youth (SGMY) to determine the…
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Depression, Adolescent Behavior, Sexual and Gender Minorities
- Trial name
- NCT06083987
- Testing
- Intersectionality and Identity, Confidentiality, Educating Your Community
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh