Clinical trials: Decision-Making
Hospice Decision Making
Underutilization of Hospice in Older African Americans
Despite the documented benefits of hospice, less than 2 million people utilize hospice services annually. Underuse disparities are extreme across race and ethnicity as White Americans comprise 85% of all hospice enrollees.
- Trial name
- NCT04458090
- Testing
- A decision aid for patients considering Hospice care.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
HIV Prevention
Supporting Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Decision Making Among Pregnant Women in Lilongwe, Malawi
Purpose: The overall objective of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of a shared decision-making (SDM) intervention to support personally appropriate decision making about PrEP use…
- Trial name
- NCT06394323
- Testing
- Behavioral: My Choice for HIV Prevention (MyChoice)
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Caregivers, Decision Making
"Safety in Dementia": An Online Caregiver Intervention
In an online randomized trial of Safety in Dementia with national recruitment and longitudinal follow-up, we will recruit informal caregivers of community-dwelling adults with dementia who have firearm access.
- Conditions
- Caregivers, Decision Making, Alzheimer Disease, Social Media
- Trial name
- NCT05173922
- Testing
- Safety in Dementia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Decision Making
PROJECT 2 EXAMPLE: Feedback X Prevalence Using Dermatology Stimuli
Imagine that a dermatologist spends the morning seeing patients who have been referred for suspicion of skin cancer. Many of them do, in fact, have skin lesions that require treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT05244122
- Testing
- Feedback, Prevalence
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
End Stage Renal Disease
A Representational Intervention to Promote Preparation for End-of-life Decision Making
The proposed randomized controlled trial will test the SPIRIT (Sharing the Patient's Illness Representations to Increase Trust) intervention designed to improve discussions about end-of-life care between patients and their…
- Trial name
- SPIRIT (NCT01259011)
- Testing
- the SPIRIT intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Lung Carcinoma
Tailoring Shared Decision Making for Lung Cancer Screening in Persons Living With HIV
This study tailors a shared decision making intervention for lung cancer screening in persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- Trial name
- NCT04682301
- Testing
- Behavioral Intervention, Discussion (focus group), Discussion (feedback on SDM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Behavior
Effects of Smoking State on Decision Making
Adult smokers will be tested using behavioral and neuroimaging measures after smoking as usual and after overnight abstinence.
- Trial name
- Effort (NCT04826276)
- Testing
- smoking abstinence, smoking satiety
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Heart Failure, Systolic, Heart Failure
A Multicenter Trial of a Shared DECision Support Intervention for Patients Offered Implantable Cardioverter-DEfibrillators
The investigators goal is to assess real-world effectiveness of patient decision aids (PtDA) for high-risk decisions using the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) as a model.
- Trial name
- NCT03374891
- Testing
- Educational video and/or handout
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 790 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Contraception, Contraception Behavior
Patient-Centered Reproductive Decision Support Tool for Women Veterans
The investigators have developed a web-based decision support tool to help women Veterans get the information and care they need to achieve their reproductive goals, whether that includes optimizing their health before desired…
- Conditions
- Contraception, Contraception Behavior, Prepregnancy Health, Reproductive Health
- Trial name
- MyPath (NCT04584294)
- Testing
- MyPath Web-Based Informational and Decision Support Tool
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 465 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
COVID-19 Testing Behaviors
Examining How a Text Message-based Educational Intervention Influences COVID-19 Testing
In this Phase III study, the investigators will build off of the Phase II embedded study with some adjustments to the design to address new research priorities that examine an intervention that is network informed and delivered…
- Trial name
- NCT07074171
- Testing
- Text message-based education intervention, Historical Control
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 384 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Health Literacy, Health Insurance
Effective Communication to Improve Decision Making About Health Care Plans
The overall goal of the study is to better understand how communication strategies can help people make decisions about health insurance plans.
- Conditions
- Health Literacy, Health Insurance, Health Services Accessibility
- Trial name
- NCT01986790
- Testing
- Plain Language, Plain Language + Visuals, Plain Language + Narratives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 343 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Critical Illness, Communication Disabilities
Enhancing & Mobilizing the POtential for Wellness & Emotional Resilience Among Surrogate Decision-Makers of ICU Patients
Intensive Care Units (ICU) are stressful places where life-and-death medical decisions are made and patients' surrogate decision-makers are exposed to potentially traumatic experiences.
- Trial name
- EMPOWER (NCT03276559)
- Testing
- EMPOWER, Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Alcohol Abuse, Impulsive Behavior
Effects of Tolcapone on Decision Making and Alcohol Intake in Alcohol Users
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of tolcapone on decision making and alcohol intake using a laboratory bar (on-site alcohol self-administration) in alcohol drinkers.
- Trial name
- NCT02740582
- Testing
- Tolcapone
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jennifer Mitchell
Alzheimer Disease
Enhancing Consent for Alzheimer's Research
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an enhanced consent procedure for patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease, and to identify factors and patient characteristics that predict the degree to which…
- Trial name
- BWP-AD (NCT00453544)
- Testing
- Enhanced Consent Procedure, Routine Consent Procedure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 252 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Obesity, Adolescent
Promoting Resilience to Food Commercials Decreases Susceptibility to Unhealthy Food Decision-Making
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how food commercials influence food choices in children and their parents.
- Trial name
- NCT04905498
- Testing
- Commercial Advertising Literacy Training, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Colorectal Cancer
Risk Stratification to Promote Effective Shared Decision-Making for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Shared decision-making (SDM) has been advocated as a strategy for increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates. Our studies to date suggest that while the use of a novel computer-based decision aid facilitates several…
- Trial name
- NCT01596582
- Testing
- Risk Assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 352 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Anemia
Decision Aid for Therapeutic Options In Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder with chronic multi-system manifestations affecting 100,000 individuals in the US, largely of minority origin and associated with substantial morbidity, premature mortality…
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Anemia, Hemoglobin SS, Hemoglobin SC
- Trial name
- NCT02326597
- Testing
- Decision Aid Tool, Standard Practice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Menopause, Premenopause
MyMenoPlan: Online Resource for Improving Women's Menopause Knowledge and Informed Decision-making
As part of a National Institute on Aging -funded R01, the investigators developed an evidence-based, multi-media digital resource entitled MyMenoPlan to help women learn about the menopause transition, and the symptoms and…
- Conditions
- Menopause, Premenopause, Postmenopause
- Trial name
- NCT05299983
- Testing
- MyMenoPlan, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 410 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Polypharmacy, Dementia
Shared Decision Making About Medication Use for People With Multiple Health Problems
The Shared Decision Making about Medication Use for People with Multiple Health Problems study will assess the feasibility and acceptability of a deprescribing educational intervention in primary care for patients with mild…
- Conditions
- Polypharmacy, Dementia, Multiple Chronic Conditions, Deprescribing
- Trial name
- NCT05156073
- Testing
- Educational Materials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Breast Cancer Screening, Colon Cancer Screening
Evaluating the Shared Decision Making Process Scale in Cancer Screening Decisions
The purpose of this retrospective observational study is to evaluate the performance of the Shared Decision Making Process scale in a sample of patients who have received a decision aid about the decision to screen or not screen…
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer Screening, Colon Cancer Screening, Prostate Cancer Screening
- Trial name
- NCT04601272
- Testing
- Decision aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital