Clinical trials: completed, sponsored by University of Chicago
Health Related Social Needs (HRSN)
CommunityRx-Dementia
Caregivers of home-dwelling people with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias (ADRD) are one of the most rapidly growing populations in the United States.
- Trial name
- CRx-D (NCT04146545)
- Testing
- Community Rx-Dementia "CRxD" Caregiver Resources
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Food Insecurity
CommunityRx-Hunger
CommunityRx-Hunger (CRx-H) is a hospital-based intervention that addresses food insecurity and other health-related social needs such as transportation, housing, utilities, and safety.
- Trial name
- CRx-H (NCT04171999)
- Testing
- Community Rx-Hunger (CRx-H)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 660 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Peanut Allergy
Pinpoint Trial: Prebiotics IN Peanut Oral ImmunoTherapy
The purpose of this research is to gather information on the safety and efficacy of using a prebiotic as an adjunctive therapy to peanut oral immunotherapy.
- Trial name
- NCT05138757
- Testing
- Prebiotic
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Child Abuse, Child Maltreatment
Child Protective Outcomes Among Ultra-poor Families in Burkina Faso
This study tests the effects of family-based economic empowerment intervention, alone and in combination with child rights sensitization component, on child protective outcomes among ultra-poor families in Nord Region, Burkina…
- Trial name
- NCT02415933
- Testing
- Trickle Up, Trickle Up Plus
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
HIV, Hepatitis C
Ending Transmission of HIV, HCV, and STDs and Overdose in Rural Communities of People Who Inject Drugs (ETHIC)
This study will evaluate the referral to harm reduction services (HRS) including syringe services, naloxone overdose prevention, substance use treatment referral, HIV, HCV, and STD testing and referral and linkage to care through…
- Conditions
- HIV, Hepatitis C, Opioid-use Disorder, Injection Drug Use
- Trial name
- ETHIC (NCT04427202)
- Testing
- Referral to harm reduction services
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 306 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Pregnancy
Household Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcome
Exposure to Household air pollution (HAP) from burning biomass fuels is responsible for an estimated 2.5 million premature deaths and 3.7% of the loss of disability-adjusted life years (DALY) every year in developing…
- Trial name
- HAP (NCT02394574)
- Testing
- Clean Cookstove, Traditional Cookstove
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 307 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Covid19
Community Network-driven COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination of Vulnerable Populations in the Central US
This C3 project, Community network-driven COVID-19 testing of vulnerable populations in the Central US, will implement and evaluate a COVID-19 testing and vaccination approach that combines an evidence-based Social Network…
- Trial name
- C3 (NCT04743908)
- Testing
- Social Network Strategy + COVID-19 messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia
Communication Bridge Speech Therapy Research Study
This is a study on Internet-based video-practice speech and language therapy for persons with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), or related conditions.
- Trial name
- CB (NCT02439853)
- Testing
- Monthly Check-in Session
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Stress Reaction, Behavior, Social
The Effects of Therapy Dogs on Child Biology and Behavior
The objective of this study is to apply a rigorous experimental design to test whether children's interactions with therapy dogs increase immediate prosocial behavior and reduce immediate biological response to stress.
- Trial name
- NCT03949569
- Testing
- Therapy Dog, Stuffed Toy Dog, 5 Minute Puppy Video
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 188 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Prognosis--A Game-Based Intervention to Improve STEM Skills
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a game-based intervention (Prognosis) designed to improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills among high school-aged students.
- Trial name
- NCT03416218
- Testing
- Prognosis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
Instrumented Data Exchange for Ataxia Study
This research study is testing body-worn sensors to measure movement during simple tests of coordination, in order to evaluate the progression and severity of ataxia.
- Conditions
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6
- Trial name
- IDEA (NCT04268147)
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Elbow Injury, Elbow Fracture
Pocket Sized Ultrasound (PsUS) and Pediatric Elbow Fractures
The main purpose of this project is to investigate the accuracy of pocket-sized ultrasound (PsUS) in the diagnosis of pediatric elbow fractures.
- Trial name
- NCT05870345
- Testing
- Butterfly IQ
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Celiac Disease
Celiac Disease Database
The focus of this study is to create a database containing information about patients with celiac disease. This database will allow us to examine clinical and epidemiologic features of the University of Chicago Medical Center…
- Trial name
- NCT01172665
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,090 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Connecting Patients to Self-care Resources
Impact of the CommunityRx Program on Health, Service Utilization and Costs
The CommunityRx system generates patient-centered e-prescriptions for community services (HealtheRx) via an interface between the electronic health records (EHR) and a comprehensive community resource database.
- Trial name
- NCT02411409
- Testing
- HealtheRx
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 113,295 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Obesity
Ecological Momentary Assessment of Eating Behavior in Overweight Youth
The current study seeks to elucidate the context of pathological and non-pathological eating behavior in a heterogeneous sample of overweight and obese children, aged 8-14 years.
- Trial name
- NCT02585518
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Contraceptive Usage
Patient Centered Postpartum Contraception App
This study will evaluate a smart phone-based application ("app") designed to inform pregnant women ages 15-25 about their contraception options.
- Trial name
- NCT03402217
- Testing
- Patient Centered Postpartum Contraception App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Infant Behavior
Babies' Expectations About Racial Interactions
This study will examine whether infants view race as an inductively useful social cue to predict third-party social relationships.
- Trial name
- BEARI (NCT05324007)
- Testing
- Basic Science
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Parkinson Disease
Parkinson's Disease in African American and Caucasian Patients
More than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson's disease (PD). While the actual number of African American (or Black) patients with PD is unknown, it is clear that there are racial disparities in the access to…
- Trial name
- NCT03279445
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,033 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Tonsillitis
Vitamin D Levels in Children Undergoing Adenotonsillectomies and Controls
The investigators aim to evaluate the levels of serum Vitamin D in children having their tonsils removed and appropriate controls.
- Trial name
- NCT00829972
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Healthy
A Multicenter Trial of Academic Hospitalists
Care of hospitalized patients by "hospitalists" -- often defined as physicians who dedicate at least 25% of their practice to inpatient care -- is a recent, growing, and controversial trend in health care delivery in the United…
- Trial name
- NCT00204048
- Testing
- Observation (behavior)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 104,940 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago