Clinical trials: Chronically Ill
Chronic Disease, Neoplasm
Family-supported Smoking Cessation for Chronically Ill Veterans
The overarching aim of the study is to evaluate in a randomized trial the impact of a family-supported intervention compared to a standard veteran-focused telephone counseling control group to promote smoking cessation among…
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease, Neoplasm, Cardiovascular Disease, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- NCT00448344
- Testing
- Family-supported, Standard Telephone counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 471 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid, Crohn Disease
Growth Hormone in Children With Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) and With Crohn's Disease
The investigators hypothesize that the anabolic effects of Genotropin (somatropin) will improve the height and weight of children with inflammatory based chronic illness who have failed to grow despite receiving adequate…
- Trial name
- NCT00511329
- Testing
- somatropin [rDNA origin] for injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Hypertension, Diabetes
A Multi-center Trial of IMPaCT CHW Support for Chronically-ill Patients
This is a multi-center randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of community health worker (CHW) vs. usual clinician support in helping chronically-ill patients with low socioeconomic status to improve their health…
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Diabetes, Obesity, Tobacco Dependence
- Trial name
- IMPaCT (NCT02347787)
- Testing
- IMPaCT, Usual care
- Volunteers
- 592 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania