Clinical trials: Low-Income Population
Impoverished Population
Patient-Directed Lifestyle Change and Health Promotion Program or Usual Care in Low-Income, Uninsured Participants in Los Angeles County, California
RATIONALE: Clinic-based health programs may be effective in improving the diets and physical activity levels of low-income, uninsured participants in Los Angeles County, California.
- Trial name
- NCT00521209
- Testing
- Self-Care Stimulating Disease Prevention Program (SCSDPP), Stand procedures, no intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Addressing Basic Needs to Improve Diabetes Outcomes in Medicaid Beneficiaries
This pragmatic randomized trial will test the effectiveness of a basic needs navigation intervention compared to usual care among 500 adults (ages 18-75) with Medicaid, type 2 diabetes, and 1 or more unmet basic needs.
- Trial name
- NCT03940209
- Testing
- Basic needs navigation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 473 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Aging
Affordable Mobile Robots for the Elderly
This project develops and tests the use of service robots to track health of the elderly over time. The objectives are to develop a low-cost mobile manipulator capable of a limited set of elder- relevant manipulation tasks (e.g.
- Trial name
- NCT02807506
- Testing
- Mobile Service Robot, Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Healthy Adult Participants, Mindful Eating Intervention
Nutrition Outcomes Using a Randomized Intervention Via Smartphone on Dietary Habits
The goal of this study is to learn if a nutritional smartphone application can improve the dietary habits in adults. The main objectives are: To explore if the use of a nutritional mobile application can improve a) mindful eating…
- Conditions
- Healthy Adult Participants, Mindful Eating Intervention, Calorie Consumption, Dietary Assessment
- Trial name
- NOURISH (NCT07859644)
- Testing
- Nutritional mobile phone application
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Obesity
Nutrition Intervention and Play Group Exercise for Low-income Latinas
Obesity among Mexican-American women has the potential to become a public health crisis. Hispanics are one of the fastest growing minority populations in the United States and the prevalence of obesity in Mexican American woman…
- Trial name
- CHICOS (NCT00454948)
- Testing
- Home-based nutrition sessions and play group exercise, Group-based nutrition sessions and mail-out activities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Maternal; Malnutrition, Infant Malnutrition
Impact of Maternal Stress on Infant Stunting
This study takes place in rural Mam-Mayan communities of Guatemala characterized by high rates of childhood stunting. It aims to characterize women's exposure to nutrition, infection and psychosocial stressors vs.
- Conditions
- Maternal; Malnutrition, Infant Malnutrition, Physiological Stress, Emotional Stress
- Trial name
- NCT02755012
- Volunteers
- 271 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Postoperative Pain, Acute
Effectiveness of Pain Control and Adverse Reactions After Intravenous PCA in Chinese Population
Here, we retrospectively analyzed the proportion of intravenous patient controlled analgesia (PCA) used in a large tertiary hospital in central China, and then further analyzed the proportion of patients with postoperative pain…
- Trial name
- NCT05884021
- Testing
- Postoperative analgesia
- Volunteers
- 40,000 people
- Sponsor
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Sleep
Adapting Sleep and Yoga Interventions for Maximal Effectiveness in Low Income Populations
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a future randomized control trial that will compare the efficacy of sleep behavioral interventions in a high-risk community including adapted sleep hygiene…
- Trial name
- CALYPSO (NCT03392194)
- Testing
- Sleep hygiene intervention, Yoga intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Drug Use, Hepatitis
Low Dead-space Injecting Equipment Distribution Program for People Who Inject Drugs in Low- and Middle-income Countries
Implementation and evaluation of a distribution program for low dead-space syringes/needles (LDSS/N) in Armenia, Georgia, and Tanzania, Egypt, Nigeria, Vietnam, India, Ukraine, and South Africa.
- Conditions
- Drug Use, Hepatitis, Hiv
- Trial name
- NCT06395129
- Testing
- Low dead-space syringes/needles, Hepatitis C Antibody Rapid Diagnostic Test, HIV rapid Diagnostic Test
- Where
- 9 sites in Armenia, Georgia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Médecins du Monde
Depression
Low-Income Group Psilocybin Assisted Therapy for Depression
Due to psilocybin-assisted therapy's success in previous research, growing cultural awareness and use of psilocybin and other psychedelics, the Oregon Psilocybin Services Act passed by ballot measure in 2020 and began offering…
- Trial name
- LIGPATD (NCT06372197)
- Testing
- Psilocybin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Matthew Hicks
Chronic Disease
Analysis of the Efficiency of a Chronic Disease Self-Management Programme in a Vulnerable Population in Five European Countries
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is estimated that around 35% of women and 29% of men are affected by chronic conditions and this percentage is clearly influenced by specific risk factors, such as lifestyle…
- Trial name
- EFFICHRONIC (NCT03840447)
- Testing
- Chronic Disease Self-Management programme
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 235 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Women's Health, Low Income Populations
Scaling up Women's Agripreneurship Through Public-private Linkages in Rural Ghana
Over one-third of rural Ghanaians live below the poverty line and women and children living in poverty are at the highest risk of poor nutrition and health.
- Trial name
- NCT03869853
- Testing
- Entrepreneurial stimulation and integrated education, control
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 535 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Back Pain Lower Back Chronic
Yoga Dosing Study for Chronic Low Back Pain
A 12-week randomized controlled trial (RCT) for chronic low back pain in predominantly minority populations comparing yoga classes once/week vs. twice/week.
- Trial name
- YLBP2 (NCT01761617)
- Testing
- Yoga class once per week, Yoga class twice per week
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Chronic Conditions, Multiple, Chronic Conditions
Evaluating Covered California's Grocery Support Program
This is a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Covered California's Grocery Support Program. This pragmatic RCT will test the efficacy of providing a monthly food card benefit for adults with food insecurity, a chronic…
- Conditions
- Chronic Conditions, Multiple, Chronic Conditions, Food Insecurity, Low-Income Population
- Trial name
- NCT07215897
- Testing
- Grocery Support Monthly Program, Grocery Support One-Time Payment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6,975 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Modified DECIDE Intervention, Treatment as Usual Care Group
The DECIDE Parent-Provider Intervention
The DECIDE Parent-Provider Intervention is designed to support parents caring for adolescents who are receiving treatment for Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT04445155
- Testing
- Modified DECIDE Parent and Provider Intervention
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Diabetes
Identification and Characterization of Diabetes in Low-resource Populations
The true burden of diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is unknown as most of the countries do not have good quality data. As such, the overall estimate of diabetes prevalence is largely based on modelled estimates, which may not…
- Trial name
- DOP (NCT05487079)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 11,700 people
- Sponsor
- MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit
Neck Pain Musculoskeletal, Back Pain, Unspecified
Individually Tailored Yoga Program for the Treatment of Chronic Neck and Back Pain
The goal of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility of an individually tailored yoga program delivered in a group setting for the treatment of chronic neck and back pain in a low income population.
- Trial name
- NCT02806323
- Testing
- Yoga practice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer Screening Navigator Program for Low Income and Non-English Speaking Populations
The goal of this study is to implement and in a controlled randomised trial test a program to identify and overcome barriers to CRC screening and thus improve CRC screening rates at MGH Chelsea HC.
- Trial name
- NCT00476970
- Testing
- Patient Navigation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,223 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Tobacco Use Cessation, Smoking Behaviors
Interventions to Help More Low-income Smokers Quit
In a Hybrid Type 2 randomized trial, 1,980 low-income smokers from nine states with high smoking prevalence will be recruited from 2-1-1 helplines to receive either current standard practice (Quitline) or expanded services…
- Conditions
- Tobacco Use Cessation, Smoking Behaviors, Health Disparity
- Trial name
- SFH (NCT04311983)
- Testing
- Tobacco Quitline, Smoke Free Home
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,973 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Infant Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure
Reducing Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Infants' Homes
This study is about reducing the risks of smoke-related infant health problems. Research has shown that infants exposed to secondary smoke have higher risks of delayed lung development, respiratory illnesses, wheeze, cough…
- Trial name
- NCT00670280
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing intervention, Usual Care, Usual Care - Reduced Measurement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston