Clinical trials: Peer Support
Type 1 Diabetes
Children's Mercy Teens With Type 1 Diabetes Will Participate in an Online Peer Support Group.
The goal of this observational study is to examine the impact of an online peer support group in Children's Mercy teens with Type 1 Diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT06412146
- Testing
- Peer Support Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Peer-Supported Diabetes Self-Care Intervention to Improve Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and Diabetes Management
Diabetes mellitus is the ninth leading cause of mortality worldwide. Diabetes is a chronic condition with a major impact on the life and well-being of individuals, families, and societies globally.
- Trial name
- NCT05637437
- Testing
- Peer supported diabetes self-care intervention, Usual care
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
Military Family
The Military Spouse Resiliency Group (MSRG) Peer Support Program: Equipping Families For Resiliency With Tools
This study will adapt and test an established peer support program for military spouses that offers them significant weekly group-based support on an array of topics that affect their lives.
- Trial name
- (EFFRT) (NCT05726539)
- Testing
- Group-based peer support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
HIV Infections
Testing a Barbershop-based HIV Prevention Initiative Among Men
To test community-based approaches to engage heterosexual men at risk for HIV and specifically to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a barbershop based HIV prevention program.
- Trial name
- TRIM (NCT06148584)
- Testing
- General, status-neutral HIV education, HIV self-test kits, Information about where to receive HIV prevention services
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 271 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HIV Prevention Trials Network
HIV, Mental Health
Engaging Seronegative Youth to Optimize HIV Prevention Continuum
The focus of this study (Engaging Seronegative Youth to Optimize HIV Prevention Continuum) - will be to stop HIV-related risk acts and to encourage youth at high risk for HIV to adopt antiretroviral medications as treatment and…
- Conditions
- HIV, Mental Health, Substance Use, STI
- Trial name
- NCT03134833
- Testing
- Automated Messaging & Monitoring, Peer Support, Coaching
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,478 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Hospital Readmissions
Enhancing the Care Transitions Intervention With Peer Support to Reduce Disparities
Unplanned hospital readmissions are extremely costly to patients and our healthcare system. Being readmitted to the hospital also leads to increased risk of health complications for patients including infections and impairments…
- Trial name
- NCT04981977
- Testing
- Care Transitions Intervention, Care Transitions Intervention and Peer Support, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 483 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Schizophrenia, Depression
Peer Support for Increasing Physical Activity in People With Serious Mental Illnesses
This study will determine the effectiveness of a peer support system in increasing physical activity and effecting health behavior change in people with serious mental illnesses.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT00458094
- Testing
- Physical activity intervention with peer support (PA+PS), Physical activity intervention without peer support (PA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Breastfeeding
Furthering Equity Through Infant Feeding EDucation and Support
The purpose of this study is to identify whether adding clinically integrated breastfeeding peer counseling (ci-BPC) to standard lactation care is associated with a reduction in disparities in breastfeeding intensity and duration…
- Trial name
- FEEDS (NCT05441709)
- Testing
- Ci-BPC with Standard of Care (SOC)
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 990 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Endeavor Health
Mental Health
Mental Health Literacy and Peer Support Among Caregivers
This study aims to assess the efficacy of an electronic painting and peer support platform on help seeking behaviour and emotion (depression, anxiety and stress) among caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT07337148
- Testing
- Electronic Painting and Peer Supportive, Usual Care
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 727 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Behavior, Adaptive, Mental Illness
IPS/Peer Support Intervention in the DTES
Individual placement support (IPS) is an evidence-based supported employment model for people with severe mental illness, designed to achieve employment in mainstream competitive jobs, either part-time or full-time.
- Conditions
- Behavior, Adaptive, Mental Illness, Substance Use
- Trial name
- NCT03748004
- Testing
- IPS/SP, WorkBC
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
PreDiabetes
Using Peer Support to Aid in Prevention and Treatment in Prediabetes
An estimated 86 million adults in the United States have prediabetes, and low-income Latino and African American adults have disproportionately high rates compared to non-Hispanic adults.
- Trial name
- UPSTART (NCT03689530)
- Testing
- Peer Support, Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Treatment Adherence
Pilot Evaluation of Peer-support Coaching to Increase Adherence to Online Self-help for College Mental Health
This study aims to test if coaching can improve program adherence to an online mental health program in college students if delivered by undergraduate peers.
- Trial name
- NCT04573465
- Testing
- Phone Coaching, Text Message Coaching, ACT Guide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 236 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Utah State University
Opioid Use Disorder, Peer Recovery Supporters
Peer Recovery Support for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Retention
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether adding peer recovery support services to standard opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment in primary care helps patients stay in treatment longer.
- Conditions
- Opioid Use Disorder, Peer Recovery Supporters, Peer Recovery Coaching, Primary Care
- Trial name
- NCT07620171
- Testing
- Peer Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Weight Loss
Lifestyle Modification for Weight Reduction With Peer Support Among Adults in an Urban Slum of Karachi, Pakistan
The feasibility study was conducted using a mixed-methods single group, pre and post-test design (Quasi experiment) approach. The investigator assessed if a weight reduction program using WhatsApp and peer support would work well…
- Trial name
- NCT05928338
- Testing
- Peer-supported, WhatsApp-assisted lifestyle modification intervention
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm
Peer Support Program for Improving Quality of Life Among Head and Neck Patients, Connecting Through Cancer Trial
This clinical trial tests whether a peer support program is feasible for head and neck cancer patients. Social support at the time of diagnosis has been shown to improve head and neck cancer quality of life before and after…
- Trial name
- NCT07664241
- Testing
- Supportive Care, Survey Administration, Interview
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Loneliness, Social Isolation
Community Navigators
The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion (TU Collaborative) is testing a community navigation intervention study based upon effective health navigation models by conducting a randomized controlled trial of the…
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Social Isolation, Mental Health Issue
- Trial name
- Navigators (NCT06594029)
- Testing
- Community Navigator Intervention, Control Group
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Child Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Parent Child Relationship
Examining the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Fidelity of Utilizing Parent Training Graduates as Peer Supports
Disruptive behavioral disorders are common in early childhood, affecting up to 15% of preschool-aged children. Behavioral parent training programs are a first-line evidence-based treatment for child disruptive behaviors.
- Conditions
- Child Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Management Training, Peer Support
- Trial name
- NCT06366620
- Testing
- FAST-B PEERS, FAST-B (First Approach Skills Training - Behavior)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Schizophrenia
Assessing a WeChat-based Integrative Family Intervention (WIFI) for Schizophrenia
The study aims to test both the effectiveness and implementation strategy of a WeChat-based integrative family intervention (WIFI) to support family caregiving of schizophrenia in China.
- Trial name
- NCT04393896
- Testing
- WeChat-based integrative family intervention (WIFI)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Dental Caries, Dental Caries in Children
Technology-enabled Anticipatory Guidance and Peer Support in Empowering Parents to Prevent Early Childhood Caries
Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is a significant clinical and public health challenge that the world and the Singapore population are facing.
- Conditions
- Dental Caries, Dental Caries in Children, Diet Habit
- Trial name
- NCT06558955
- Testing
- Technology-enabled anticipatory guidance and peer support, Conventional health education
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Behavior, Amputation
Self-Management for Amputee Rehabilitation Using Technology.
Lower Limb Amputations (LLAs) are a substantial burden on the Canadian health services with nearly 50,000 cases reported between 2006 and 2011.
- Conditions
- Behavior, Amputation, Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury), Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee (Injury)
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT04953364)
- Testing
- SMART, Control
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia