Clinical trials: Harm Reduction
Cardiovascular Disease, Tobacco Use Disorder
Reduction of Smoking in Cardiac Disease Patients
This study evaluates the effect of smoking reduction vs usual care (quitting advice only) for individuals with peripheral arterial disease who smoke.
- Trial name
- NCT00469885
- Testing
- Nicotine replacement, Motivational counseling
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Smoking Cessation
Analysis of Aldehyde Biomarkers of Exposure and Host Response
Analysis of aldeyde biomarkers of exposure and host response The purpose of this prospective, open-label, clinical trial is to establish the feasibility and validity of exhaled breath condensate (EBC) biomarkers for use in…
- Trial name
- NCT00482690
- Testing
- nicotine polacrilex, nicotine transdermal system, nicotine inhaler
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Injection Site Infection, Substance Use Disorders
Integrated Care and Treatment for Severe Infectious Diseases and Substance Use Disorders Among Hospitalized Patients
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of an integrated infectious disease/substance use disorder (SUD) clinical team intervention approach in patients hospitalized with severe injection-related infections…
- Trial name
- CTN0121 (NCT05688423)
- Testing
- SIRI Team, Treatment as Usual
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 480 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Housing Problems, Household Substance Abuse
Innovating Technology Solutions for Residents in Support Housing Communities w SUD Through Community-Engaged Research
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand whether a technology-based solution, provided to residents in permanent supportive housing, is acceptable, feasible to implement, and has promise for improving resident stability.
- Conditions
- Housing Problems, Household Substance Abuse, Substance Use Disorders, Harm Reduction
- Trial name
- HousingSUD (NCT07001020)
- Testing
- Technology-based Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Alcohol Prevention, Harm Reduction
An Augmented Reality Videogame for Alcohol Use Prevention and Harm Reduction in Teens
The goal of this research study is to develop the AR-based alcohol use prevention and harm reduction intervention, "No Time Wasted", with the further aim of conducting a pre-post pilot study to assess whether the game reduce risk…
- Trial name
- NCT04351958
- Testing
- Experimental: Augmented Reality ("No Time Wasted")
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Nicotine Addiction
Electronic Cigarettes as a Harm Reduction Strategy Among People Living With HIV/AIDS
This is a research study to understand and determine the effectiveness of electronic cigarettes versus nicotine replacement therapy in adults who smoke and also live with HIV/AIDS in effort to reduce cigarette smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT04218708
- Testing
- Nicotine patch and gum, Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale (MNWS), ASSIST (the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Cigarette Smoking
E-cigarettes for Harm Reduction Among Smokers With Serious Mental Illness
In this open-label, randomized controlled trial study, participants who smoke combustible cigarettes (CC) and are diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) will be randomized in two arms to receive harm-reduction counseling and…
- Trial name
- NCT05815199
- Testing
- E-cigarette (EC), Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), Harm-Reduction Counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Medication Abuse, Harm Reduction
Evaluation of Clinical Decision Support in Opioid Tapering
The 2022 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids for pain recommends that when tapering a patient's opioid dose, doses should be decreased at a slow rate to reduce the…
- Conditions
- Medication Abuse, Harm Reduction, Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid Prescribing
- Trial name
- NCT06527079
- Testing
- Observational study without a prospective intervention
- Volunteers
- 200,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Intravenous Drug Usage
Open Trial of a Behavioral Activation Telepsychology Intervention for People Who Inject Drugs
The study has two aims: 1) To examine the feasibility and acceptability of administering a telepsychology Behavioral Activation (BA) treatment for substance use among non-treatment-seeking people who inject drugs (PWID); 2) To…
- Trial name
- NCT04943432
- Testing
- Behavioral Activation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Tobacco Use
Quit or Switch: E-cigarette Study
The majority of smokers try to quit each year, and the majority of quit attempts fail, even when the most effective FDA-approved pharmacotherapies are used.
- Trial name
- NCT05525078
- Testing
- e-cigarette, Nicotine patch, Nicotine lozenge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Harm Reduction, Naloxone
Vending Machine Naloxone Distribution for Your Community (VENDY)
Vending machines are an innovative strategy shown to increase access to naloxone, a medication used to reverse opioid overdose. The aim of this proposal is to study the reach of a community-initiated, stakeholder engaged…
- Conditions
- Harm Reduction, Naloxone, Opioid Overdose
- Trial name
- NCT06429436
- Testing
- VENDY
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Alcohol Use Disorder
Trial of a Culturally Informed Brief Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Related Health Disparities and Treatment Inequities Among Latinxs
This Stage II Randomized Efficacy Trial will compare the effectiveness of a theoretically informed and culturally responsive brief motivational intervention to a non-adapted brief intervention among non-treatment seeking Latinxs…
- Trial name
- NCT05800899
- Testing
- Brief Motivational Interviewing, Culturally adaptation brief motivational interviewing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas, El Paso
Adolescent Behavior, Harm Reduction
Self-harming Behaviors Study of Adolescents in a Juvenile Detention House
Incarcerated adolescents engage in suicide ideation, self-harming behaviors and have poor coping abilities, suggesting a need for mental health intervention and treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT01130441
- Testing
- psychotherapy
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 277 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
Alcohol Use, Heavy Drinking
Brief Web-Based Alcohol Reduction Intervention for Undergraduates
Tertiary Health Research Intervention Via Email (THRIVE; Kypri et al., 2009), originally utilized with Australian students, is unique in that it contains efficacious components derived from motivational interviewing (e.g.…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use, Heavy Drinking, Negative Consequences of Alcohol Use
- Trial name
- NCT01694082
- Testing
- THRIVE, Brief brochure and assessment control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Tobacco Dependence
Comparisons of Nicotine-free Cigarettes, Extra Low Nicotine Cigarettes vs. Medicinal Nicotine
In this study, smokers will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions for six weeks: 1) nicotine-free cigarettes (0.05mg); 2) extra low nicotine cigarettes (0.3 mg); or 3) medicinal 4 mg nicotine lozenge.
- Trial name
- NCT00777569
- Testing
- Nicotine free cigarettes, Extra-low nicotine cigarettes, Nicotine Lozenge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Suicide, Attempted, Suicide and Self-harm
Real-time Intervention for Suicide Risk Reduction: Primary Open Pilot
The goal of this study is to provide an initial pilot test of an Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) designed the reduce the distress associated with negative emotion among individuals at risk for suicide that pairs content…
- Trial name
- NCT03950765
- Testing
- Ecological momentary intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Chronic Pain, Opioid Misuse
Integrative Psychosocial Group Treatment
A fundamental challenge for healthcare is to achieve a balance between decreasing the misuse of opioids and associated harms while optimizing patient care, including the provision of multidisciplinary treatments for chronic pain.
- Trial name
- NCT03648177
- Testing
- IPGT, Treatment as Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Tobacco Use Disorder, Smoking
Electronic Cigarettes (E-cigarettes) as a Harm Reduction Strategy
The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of using e-cigarettes as a method for harm reduction and the effects of providing e-cigarettes (or placebo e-cigarettes) on smoking outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT02628964
- Testing
- e-cigarettes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Opioid Use Disorder, Harm Reduction
Teaching Health Resilience in a Hospital Setting: A Peer-led Intervention
The purpose of the study is to develop an acceptable, feasible, and effective peer-led bundle of health resilience and promotion services to be delivered in the hospital setting, called the THRIVE intervention.
- Conditions
- Opioid Use Disorder, Harm Reduction, Health Promotion
- Trial name
- THRIVE (NCT06843213)
- Testing
- Peer Intervention, Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 262 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Opioid Use, Opioid-use Disorder
Providing Suboxone and PrEP Using Telemedicine
The purpose of this study is to provide medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) with buprenorphine and naloxone, or bup/nx, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention for persons who inject opioids accessing syringe…
- Conditions
- Opioid Use, Opioid-use Disorder, Risk Reduction, Hiv
- Trial name
- NCT04521920
- Testing
- Suboxone, PrEP
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University