Clinical trials: Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction Strategies for Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men Engaging in Chemsex
This study is examining the usability and effectiveness of an innovative mobile app that integrates harm reduction strategies into the existing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) intake and adherence app, with an overarching goal to…
- Trial name
- NCT06187415
- Testing
- Mobile app to reduce harm of chemsex
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cheng Kung University
Opiate Overdose, Fentanyl Overdose
Evaluating an Intervention to Prevent Overdoses in Rural and Urban Counties
The purpose of the study is to investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and associated benefits and harms of integrating FTS education and distribution into select Project DAWN sites in rural and urban communities in Ohio.
- Conditions
- Opiate Overdose, Fentanyl Overdose, Harm Reduction
- Trial name
- NCT05463341
- Testing
- Fentanyl Test Strips
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Smoking Cessation, Obesity and Obesity-related Medical Conditions
Clinical Research Evaluating Smoking Cessation With E-Cigarettes and Nicotine Therapy
This project will investigate the effects of alternative nicotine products on smoking, weight gain, and related outcomes.
- Trial name
- CRESCENT (NCT06948058)
- Testing
- Electronic Cigarettes (EC), Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
HIV Infections
Substance Checking Outreach and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Engagement Study
Through the proposed Substance Checking Outreach and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Engagement (SCOPE) study, the investigators will design and evaluate an overdose prevention and HIV prevention study among people who use drugs…
- Trial name
- SCOPE (NCT05977881)
- Testing
- CHECKIT!
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 493 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
People Who Inject Drugs
Evaluation of an Educational Intervention on Abscesses in People Who Self-inject Drugs
The goal of this cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) is to to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention combining training in hand-washing with the supply of MONO-RUBs on the reduction of skin abscesses…
- Trial name
- HAWA (NCT06131788)
- Testing
- Educational hand hygiene intervention
- Where
- 22 sites in France
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid Use
Overdose Recovery and Care Access (ORCA) Qualitative Stakeholder Interviews and County-level Data
The study is a quasi-experimental investigation of a sub-acute stabilization center (SASC) for people who have had or are at risk for having an opioid overdose and have an encounter with Seattle Fire Department emergency medical…
- Trial name
- NCT06768814
- Testing
- Sub-acute stabilization
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Opioid Use Disorder
Counseling for Harm Reduction and Retention in Medication-assisted Treatment - Cherokee Nation
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to test the efficacy of a program meant to enhance Counseling for Harm Reduction and Retention in MAT in Cherokee Nation (CHaRRM-CN).
- Trial name
- CHaRRM-CN (NCT05733442)
- Testing
- Treatment as usual (TAU), CHaRRM-CN
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- Washington State University
HIV, Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
Combining Social Network Strategies and Routine Substance Use Screening
This study aims to improve health care for people who may have HIV or substance use disorders by bringing two services to a large community health center in Chicago.
- Trial name
- SNSUS (NCT07414459)
- Testing
- Substance use disorder screening, Social network intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Hiv, Tobacco Use
Trial of a Harm Reduction Strategy for People With HIV Who Smoke Cigarettes
Cigarette smoking is now the leading killer of people with HIV (PWH) in the US, and most cessation strategies tried to date have failed to increase long-term quit rates.
- Trial name
- NCT05642715
- Testing
- EX+, Varenicline, HR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Opioid Overdose, Drug Overdose
Preventing Overdose Using Information and Data From the Environment
The objectives of this project are to leverage surveillance data to predict future overdose outbreaks, and to evaluate the impact of a randomized, statewide, community-level intervention trial to target overdose prevention…
- Trial name
- PROVIDENT (NCT05096429)
- Testing
- PROVIDENT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
HIV Prevention, Substance Use
Integrating Sexual Pleasure Into Harm Reduction Services for Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Persons Who Engage in Chemsex or Substance Use in Thailand
The study evaluates the integration of a sexual pleasure-based approach into harm reduction services for MSM and transgender persons engaging in chemsex or substance use in Thailand, using the "Pleasuremeter" tool to improve…
- Conditions
- HIV Prevention, Substance Use, Mental Health, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Trial name
- PLEASURE (NCT07509853)
- Testing
- Pleasuremeter-guided qualitative interview, Pleasuremeter-based sexual pleasure discussion integrated with harm reduction services
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of HIV Research and Innovation Foundation, Thailand
Opioid Use Disorder, Overdose
Pharmacist-Led Interventions to Increase Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (PLI-MOUD)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of a pharmacist-led intervention to expand access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) on racial/ethnic differences in opioid-related overdose among individuals…
- Trial name
- PLI-MOUD (NCT05776823)
- Testing
- Pharmacist Narcan Training, BIRT, SMC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 267 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Substance Use, HIV Prevention
Pre-implementation Study to Develop Trans-tailored Services for Transgender Persons in Relation to chemsEX
The study is a pre-implementation cross-sectional study exploring chemsex behaviors among transgender persons and gathering perspectives from multiple stakeholders to inform the development of transgender-tailored harm reduction…
- Conditions
- Substance Use, HIV Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Trial name
- T-REX (NCT07505875)
- Testing
- Understanding of chemsex patterns, impacts, and service needs among transgender persons
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of HIV Research and Innovation Foundation, Thailand
HIV Prevention, Substance Use
The Implementation of a Trans-tailored Harm Reduction Service for Transgender Persons in Relation to chemsEX and Substance Use (iT-REX)
This study evaluates a comprehensive transgender-tailored harm reduction service for transgender women, transgender men, and non-binary individuals engaging in chemsex or substance use in Thailand, focusing on PrEP uptake…
- Conditions
- HIV Prevention, Substance Use, Mental Health Disorders, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Trial name
- NCT07512856
- Testing
- Transgender-tailored Harm Reduction Service
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of HIV Research and Innovation Foundation, Thailand
HIV Prevention, Substance Use
Host Led Harm Reduction Approach Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Who Engaged in Chemsex in Bangkok, Thailand: A Pre-Implementation Study
This study evaluates the pre-implementation phase of a host-led harm reduction model for men who have sex with men (MSM) engaging in chemsex in Bangkok, Thailand, focusing on understanding harms, contexts, and needs to develop a…
- Conditions
- HIV Prevention, Substance Use, Mental Health, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Trial name
- HAMMOCK (NCT07512869)
- Testing
- Self-administered questionnaire assessment, Semi-structured in-depth interviews (IDIs), Development and refinement of harm reduction model
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of HIV Research and Innovation Foundation, Thailand
Tobacco Smoking, Harm Reduction
Smoking Harm Reduction Using E-cigarettes and Cytisine
Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable death globally, with high prevalence in disadvantaged populations despite access to free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and counseling through Ontario's STOP Program.
- Conditions
- Tobacco Smoking, Harm Reduction, Nicotine
- Trial name
- SHRECC (NCT07274475)
- Testing
- E-cigarette e-liquid, Cytisine
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Alcohol Use Disorder, Suicide Prevention
Adapting a Telehealth Intervention for Suicide Prevention Among Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder in Tanzania
Together, alcohol use and suicide account for approximately 4 million deaths per year, with a considerable burden on low and middle-income countries.
- Trial name
- IDEAS-AUD (NCT07475988)
- Testing
- IDEAS-AUD
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Substance Abuse, Decision Making, Shared
Data2Action Oregon Project: Supporting Data-driven Decision-Making for Substance Use Services, Policy, and Overdose Prevention
Oregon's decision makers (e.g., community service providers, public health, justice, advocacy groups, payers) are calling for comprehensive, current, and trusted data to inform how they allocate resources to improve substance use…
- Conditions
- Substance Abuse, Decision Making, Shared, Implementation Science, Decision Making
- Trial name
- D2A Oregon (NCT06852170)
- Testing
- Co-Design Sessions (CDS), Data products
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 341 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chestnut Health Systems
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
E-cigarette Use, Cigarette Smoking
Noncombustible Nicotine Delivery Systems as Potential Harm Reduction Tools for Persistent Cigarette Smokers
This between-subjects study aims to evaluate whether e-cigarettes (ECIGS) versus oral nicotine pouches (ONPS) more readily substitute for combustible cigarettes among 200 cigarette smokers.
- Conditions
- E-cigarette Use, Cigarette Smoking, Harm Reduction, Tobacco Use
- Trial name
- NCT06372899
- Testing
- E-cigarettes, Oral nicotine pouches
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine