Clinical trials: Homelessness
Homelessness, Youth
Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness 2.5 (TYOH 2.5)
The idea for this study came from the research team's current study called Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness (TYOH) 2.0, which provides coaching and a leadership guide to youth transitioning out of homelessness.
- Trial name
- NCT06425458
- Testing
- Co-Designed Strengths-Based Leadership Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Dietary Modification, Physical Activity
Evaluation of a Shelter-Based Diet and Physical Activity Intervention for Homeless Adults
The proposed study will utilize a randomized controlled trial design to pilot-test a 4-week shelter-based diet and physical activity intervention in a sample of homeless adults residing in the transitional shelter at The Bridge…
- Trial name
- NCT02427100
- Testing
- Diet/Physical Activity
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Hepatitis C, Chronic
The No One Waits Study: Acceptability and Feasibility of Community-based Point-of-diagnosis HCV Treatment Study
Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) offers a cure to those with chronic HCV infection. For marginalized communities, linkage to care services often aren't enough to overcome barriers to accessing the…
- Trial name
- NOW (NCT03987503)
- Testing
- Epclusa (SOF/VEL), Standard of care, Fibroscan® 430 Mini Plus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Substance Use, Sexual Risk Behavior
Substance Use and Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention for Homeless Youth
The goal of this study is to evaluate a group-based motivational interviewing (MI)-delivered risk reduction program for homeless young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02188797
- Testing
- Group MI risk reduction program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Empathy Towards People Experiencing Homelessness, Education
Virtual Reality and Lived-Experience Speakers in Homelessness Education: A Mixed-Methods Study of Medical Sciences Students' Empathy and Attitudes Toward People Experiencing Homelessness
The goal of this study is to learn whether a virtual reality experience about homelessness, used together with talks from people with lived experience of homelessness, can improve empathy and attitudes toward people experiencing…
- Conditions
- Empathy Towards People Experiencing Homelessness, Education, Education, Medical, Undergraduate
- Trial name
- NCT07727447
- Testing
- We Live Here virtual reality homelessness perspective-taking simulation, Lived-experience speaker session on homelessness
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University
Cancer
Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Among the Homeless Population: The Health Navigator Model
Prevention and early detection are key for the decrease of cancer-related mortality. However, socially deprived population groups don't have the privilege of unburdened access to the healthcare system.
- Trial name
- CANCERLESS (NCT05406687)
- Testing
- Health Navigator Model
- Where
- 18 sites in Austria, Greece and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 654 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Alcohol Misuse, Homeless
Efficacy of a Smartphone-Based JITAI to Reduce Drinking Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness
Approximately 1 out of every 3 adults experiencing homelessness has a current alcohol use disorder (AUD). Alcohol use plays a central role in increased morbidity and mortality in this population, with some studies suggesting it…
- Trial name
- SmartT_A (NCT06821295)
- Testing
- Smart-T Alcohol, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Healthy
Intervention to Improve Expression of End of Life Preferences for Homeless Persons
The purpose of this study is to determine whether homeless individuals will complete a living will and whether guidance enhances rates of completion and to see whether filling out a living will has any impact on the care given at…
- Trial name
- SELPH (NCT00546884)
- Testing
- MI condition, GI
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Contraception Behavior, Sexual Behavior
Evaluating the Impact of CHOICE-AYA on Contraceptive Use, Continuation and Satisfaction
This is a prospective study involving two phases: 1) adaptation and 2) intervention, in adolescents aged 14-21 experiencing homelessness.
- Conditions
- Contraception Behavior, Sexual Behavior, Reproductive Behavior
- Trial name
- CHOICE-AYA (NCT05022134)
- Testing
- CHOICE-AYA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Psychological Trauma, Trauma and Stress Related Disorders
Trauma-Focused Intervention With Women Experiencing Homelessness
Homelessness and associated traumas disproportionately affect women. The biopsychosocial health consequences of untreated trauma are profound.
- Conditions
- Psychological Trauma, Trauma and Stress Related Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders, Substance Use
- Trial name
- NCT05873517
- Testing
- Immediate Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)+, Waitlist + NET+
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Housing Problems, Pregnancy Related
Evaluating the Impact of Emergency Maternity Housing
Moms will call and agencies will determine if she is eligible based on basic criteria. If she is eligible, the agency will send her an intake application link to complete, which includes a consent form.
- Trial name
- NCT05428514
- Testing
- Maternity Housing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,048 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Notre Dame
Alcohol Use Disorder
Phosphatidylethanol-Based Contingency Management for Housing
The investigators will evaluate the efficacy of contingency management (CM) in reducing alcohol use in individuals experiencing unstable housing but who are currently housed in shelters.
- Trial name
- NCT04038021
- Testing
- Phosphatidylethanol-based Contingency Management, Non-Contingent Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington State University
End of Life Decision Making, Advance Care Planning
An Intervention to Improve End of Life Decision Making Among Homeless Persons
This project is a prospective, randomized controlled trial to improve the end of life experience for homeless persons by facilitating the expression of their wishes and enhancement of their dignity when facing serious illness…
- Trial name
- NCT00471016
- Testing
- Guided intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Smoking Cessation, Second Hand Tobacco Smoke
Smoke-free Home Intervention in Permanent Supportive Housing
The focus of this study is on expanding access to voluntary smoke-free homes to formerly homeless residents residing in permanent supportive housing and examining the impact of this intervention on reducing tobacco-caused…
- Trial name
- NCT04855357
- Testing
- Resident counselling, Staff Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 452 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Housing, Covid19
Effectiveness of Supportive Housing on COVID-19 Related Outcomes for People Experiencing Homelessness
This study aims to understand the comparative effectiveness of two PSH models (PB-PSH and SS-PSH) on quality of life and COVID-19 related health behaviors by following for 6 months a cohort of 800 PEH who have been placed in…
- Conditions
- Housing, Covid19, Mental Health, Physical Health
- Trial name
- NCT04769349
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 563 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Homelessness, Youth
Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness 2.0 (TYOH 2.0)
Introduction: This 12-month pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) built on previous community-engaged work and explored whether portable rent subsidies and an intervention targeting identity capital (purpose, control…
- Trial name
- NCT05781503
- Testing
- Identity Capital Intervention (Coach + Co-designed Leadership Guide), Monthly Rent Subsidies
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Substance Use, Victimization
Safety Awareness For Empowerment (SAFE): An RCT With Young People Experiencing Homelessness
The SAFE study examines the effects of brief mindfulness-based cognitive-behavioral intervention aimed at improving risk-related attention skills (risk detection, problem solving, assertiveness, and help seeking) in order to…
- Trial name
- SAFE (NCT04183400)
- Testing
- Safety Awareness For Empowerment (SAFE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 244 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Denver
Substance Use
A Social Network AOD Intervention for Homeless Youth Transitioning to Housing
This project will pilot test a computer-assisted social network intervention, using motivational interviewing techniques, that can help case managers work with formerly homeless young adults who recently transitioned to…
- Trial name
- NCT04637815
- Testing
- Motivational Network Intervention, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Substance Use Disorders
An Intervention to Promote Healthy Behaviors in Homeless Youth
Investigators will use a Solomon 4-group design to test the effectiveness of a brief intervention to promote health behaviors for homeless youth who are 18-23 years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT02553616
- Testing
- Intervention to Promote Healthy Behaviors
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 602 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
HIV Infection, Syphilis Infection
Multiplo Tp/HIV Self-Test
To help reach the undiagnosed living with HIV and/or syphilis in Canada, self-tests for HIV and Syphilis may have substantial utility for increased identification of infected individuals through their relative ease of use and…
- Trial name
- NCT06716450
- Testing
- Multiplo TP/HIV Antibody Test
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto