Clinical trials: Adolescents
Substance Abuse
Youth Substance Use Prevention/Reduction Through Science-based Drug Abuse Education
Our primary goal is to conduct a pilot study of the effects of a new potential strategy for youth substance abuse prevention - science-based drug education integrated into the high school science curriculum.
- Trial name
- NCT00612482
- Testing
- drug prevention curriculum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Chikungunya Virus
A Phase 3 Trial of the VLP-Based Chikungunya Vaccine PXVX0317 (CHIKV VLP Vaccine)
The goal of this multi-center, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled study is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of PXVX0317 (CHIKV VLP vaccine) in healthy adult and adolescent subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT05072080
- Testing
- CHIKV VLP/adjuvant
- Where
- 47 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,258 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bavarian Nordic
Anxiety
School-based Interventions for Test Anxiety in Adolescents
This study evaluates the clinical and cost effectiveness of test anxiety as a form of selective prevention for clinical anxiety.
- Trial name
- NCT03610542
- Testing
- Triggers for anxiety, Identifying and challenging negative thoughts, Relaxation
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool John Moores University
Pregnant Adolescents
Kansas University Teen Mothers Project
Breastfeeding initiation and duration in adolescent mothers.
- Trial name
- NCT00222118
- Testing
- labor/birth preparation classes, intervention, usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
Dietary Diversity
A Feasibility Study of Delivering Adolescent Nutrition Interventions Through School-Based Platforms in Ethiopia
Alive \& Thrive (A\&T) is an initiative that supports the scaling up of nutrition interventions to save lives, prevent illnesses, and contribute to healthy growth and development through improved maternal nutrition, breastfeeding…
- Trial name
- NCT04121559
- Testing
- School Interventions, Community Interventions, School System Interventions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,712 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Fragile X Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Alpha Auditory Entrainment for Cognitive Enhancement and Sensory Hypersensitivity in Youth With Developmental Disorders
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a mutation on the X chromosome. Scientists have investigated FXS extensively in both humans and animals.
- Conditions
- Fragile X Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autistic Disorder, Asperger Syndrome
- Trial name
- ENTRAIN (NCT06227780)
- Testing
- Alpha Auditory Entrainment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Alcohol Use Disorder
Cannabidiol in Youth Alcohol Use Disorder
The goal of this study is to test cannabidiol (CBD) as a potentially effective candidate medication for youth alcohol use disorder (AUD).
- Trial name
- NCT05317546
- Testing
- Cannabidiol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Calorie Consumption
Dietary and Cognitive Effects of Food Ads Posted by TikTok Influencers
Randomized and controlled experimental study to evaluate how influencer food ads on TikTok affect calorie purchases among youth (ages 10-13).
- Trial name
- NCT05777486
- Testing
- TikTok Ads - With Food, TikTok Ads - Without Food
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Orthodontic Anchorage Procedures
Posterior Segment Intrusion Using Miniplates
Treating hyperdivergent malocclusion accompanied by open bite could be challenging and may be done by several methods as high pull headgear and posterior bite planes or surgically by maxillary impaction in adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02674191
- Testing
- mini-plates supported molar intrusion, Application of ULTRACARE benzocaine 20%,, Administration of , Mepivacaine-l
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Manal El Namrawy
Obesity, Overweight
Mobile Attention Retraining in Overweight Female Adolescents
Background: People are constantly exposed to unhealthy foods. Some studies of adults show that training attention away from unhealthy foods might reduce overeating.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Binge Eating, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT02977403
- Testing
- Attention Bias Retraining
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Pregnancy in Adolescence, Counseling
Reducing Adolescent Pregnancy
This multi-site study is employing a brief contraception counseling intervention in the Emergency Department (ED) to shed light on factors that affect decision making as well as barriers and facilitators to conception initiation…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy in Adolescence, Counseling, Contraception Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04120376
- Testing
- Contraception Counseling
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Contraceptive Usage, Contraception Behavior
Effectiveness Testing of a Videogame Intervention (No Baby No) to Decrease Contraception Non-use Among Adolescents.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a videogame compared to an attention/time control at reducing contraceptive non-use among adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT06990724
- Testing
- Videogame Intervention, Commercial game control
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 850 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Athletic Performance, Exercise Training
High-Intensity Intermittent Training and Sport-Specific Performance in Youth Amateur Boxers
Boxing is an intermittent combat sport that requires repeated high-intensity actions, sustained punching output, and rapid post-exercise recovery.
- Conditions
- Athletic Performance, Exercise Training, Physical Fitness
- Trial name
- BOX-HIIT (NCT07571070)
- Testing
- Nine-session high-intensity intermittent boxing training
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Vicosa
Balanced
Upper Extremity Stability and Balance in Youth Basketball Players
Ball games require extensive skill, including physical, technical, mental and tactical abilities. Among them, the physical abilities of the players show obvious effects on the players' own skills and the tactics of the team.
- Trial name
- NCT06907940
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 73 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Mental Health Disorder, Social Isolation
Peer Support Intervention to Mitigate Social Isolation and Stigma of Adolescent Motherhood in Zimbabwe
A community-based peer support intervention for adolescent mothers aged 14-18 years in Harare, Zimbabwe was developed and tested in partnership with adolescent mothers, community health workers, and key community stakeholders.
- Conditions
- Mental Health Disorder, Social Isolation, Stigma, Social
- Trial name
- NCT05213182
- Testing
- Young Women of Today
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 183 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Athletic Performance, Physical Fitness
Anthropometric and Physical Fitness Differences Among Turkish Adolescents and Adults Handball Players
The purpose of this study was to examine the variation in physical and physiological characteristics according to sports age in adolescent and adult male team handball (TH) players.
- Conditions
- Athletic Performance, Physical Fitness, Handball Players, Cross-sectional Studies
- Trial name
- Handball (NCT04086303)
- Testing
- LSST test
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guven Health Group
Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors
Effects of a Worksite Parenting Program
Many adolescents in the U.S., even very young adolescents, are engaging in sexual risk behaviors that put them at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and unintended pregnancy.
- Trial name
- NCT00465010
- Testing
- Talking Parents, Healthy Teens
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,252 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Disability, Intellectual, Disability Psychological
The Role of Family and Individual Factors in Going Through Adolescence - Perspective of a Healthy Child.
The goal of this observational study is to investigate the specificity of the growing up process in young people with disabled siblings.
- Conditions
- Disability, Intellectual, Disability Psychological, Disability, Developmental, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT06156124
- Testing
- Psychological tests and psychosocial questionnaires
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Gdansk
Prophylaxis of Avian Influenza
Immunogenicity, Safety and Tolerability of Two Doses of a Pre-pandemic Influenza Vaccine in Participants Aged 6 Months to 17 Years
Evaluate the immune response and reactogenicity of H5N1 vaccination in subjects aged 6 months to 17 years compared to seasonal flu vaccination
- Trial name
- NCT00537524
- Testing
- H5N1 Influenza Vaccine
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 471 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Novartis Vaccines
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Internalized Symptoms in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Typically Developing Adolescents : Gaining Insight Into Coping Strategies and the Psychological Processes Involved
Introduction: Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have more mental health problems than typically developping adolescents (without ASD).
- Trial name
- NCT07360223
- Testing
- Questionnaire and interview
- Volunteers
- 252 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
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