Clinical trials: Public Health
Social Isolation in Older Adults, Loneliness
Community-Based Social Connection Intervention Program to Improve Cardiovascular and Brain Health
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a community-based social connection intervention program (SCIP) designed to reduce social isolation and loneliness and improve cardiovascular and brain health among older adults living in…
- Conditions
- Social Isolation in Older Adults, Loneliness, Stroke, Cognitive Decline
- Trial name
- NCT07319663
- Testing
- Social Connection Intervention Program (SCIP): Community activities, peer-support groups, and home-based coaching to reduce social isolation and loneliness.
- Where
- Ecuador
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo
HIV Infections, Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Clinical Decision Support for PrEP
Scale-up of HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a key strategy of the federal initiative to end the HIV epidemic. However, healthcare providers lack tools to identify patients who are at increased risk for HIV infection and…
- Trial name
- PrEDICT (NCT05245201)
- Testing
- Standard of care, Clinical decision support for PrEP
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Soccer
Health Education for Physiotherapy in Soccer Players
INTRODUCTION. Health education based on interventions with new information and communication technologies. OBJECTIVE. To compare the effectiveness of an educational physiotherapy intervention in footballers, in face-to-face mode…
- Trial name
- NCT03588065
- Testing
- FMS, TICS, CONFERENCE
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cardenal Herrera University
Oral Health, Child
Guardians Receiving Information Through Navigators
A multi-arm study, experimental and control groups, to explore the impact of an online training program to help community health workers conduct effective outreach to support the dental health of high-risk youth via their…
- Conditions
- Oral Health, Child, Adolescent, High-risk
- Trial name
- GRIN (NCT07147244)
- Testing
- Treatment 1: Full GRIN course (Lessons 1-8), Treatment 2: Part 1 of GRIN (Lessons 1-4), Treatment 3: Part 2 of GRIN (Lesson 1, 5-8)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 455 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KDH Research & Communication
Noise Exposure, Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced
A Multilevel Intervention to Prevent Noise Exposure in Farmworkers
This study will test a program to reduce noise exposure and prevent hearing loss among farmworkers. Farmworkers are often exposed to high levels of noise from machinery, which can lead to hearing loss over time.
- Conditions
- Noise Exposure, Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced, Occupational Exposure
- Trial name
- POP (NCT07554378)
- Testing
- Multilevel Hearing Protection Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
Large Language Models, Acceptability of Health Care
Effect of Perception-based Interventions on Public Acceptance of Using Large Language Models in Medicine
Large language models (LLMs) show promise in medicine, but concerns about their accuracy, coherence, transparency, and ethics remain.
- Conditions
- Large Language Models, Acceptability of Health Care, Perception, Self
- Trial name
- NCT07304908
- Testing
- Perception-based interventions
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University
COVID-19
Community Perception on COVID-19 Prevention and Control
In times whereby COVID-19 is rapidly spreading, research on the epidemiological, diagnostic, clinical and social aspects of the illness has been highlighted as important as there is very limited information of this disease in all…
- Trial name
- NCT06452108
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 2,651 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Burnout
Reducing Burnout Among Frontline Healthcare Workers During COVID-19
Physician burnout has a significant impact on the wellness and productivity of physicians as well as patient health outcomes. Managing burnout among frontline workers is critical to Canada's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in…
- Trial name
- RESTORE (NCT04474080)
- Testing
- Virtual Peer Support Platform, Control Period
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Smoking Cessation
Motivating Smokers at Outdoor Public Smoking Hotspots to Have Quit Attempt With Nicotine Replacement Therapy Sampling
Background About half of the daily smokers in Hong Kong have never tried and have no intention to quit smoking. 37.9% of daily smokers attempted to quit but failed.
- Trial name
- NCT02491086
- Testing
- Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) sampling, Smoking cessation counseling
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Public Health
Sheffield Physical Activity Booster Trial
Adults that increase their physical activity can improve their health, and reduce future risks to health, but long-term changes are difficult to sustain.
- Trial name
- Booster (NCT00836459)
- Testing
- Mini Booster, Full Booster
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 282 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Richard Hudson
Child Developmental Delay, Child Development
CASITA Intervention for Children at Risk of Delay in Carabayllo, Peru
Building on an intervention for early child development from the SPARK Center in Boston, Socios En Salud (SES) pilot tested "CASITA" a community-based package to screen and treat young children (ages 1-3 years of age) diagnosed…
- Conditions
- Child Developmental Delay, Child Development, Community Health Workers, Low Income Population
- Trial name
- NCT03010306
- Testing
- CASITA
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Depression, Mental Disorder
Digital Training for Non-Specialist Health Workers to Deliver a Brief Psychological Treatment for Depression
The purpose of this 3-arm randomized controlled trial is to compare two forms of digital training (i.e., low-intensity and high-intensity) with traditional face-to-face training of non-specialist health workers to deliver an…
- Conditions
- Depression, Mental Disorder, Psychological
- Trial name
- ESSENCE (NCT04157816)
- Testing
- Face-to-Face Training, Digital Training, Coaching Support
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 340 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
Vaccine Hesitancy
Public Health Messages to Address Vaccine Hesitancy
Views on vaccines range from those who are strongly supportive to those who are stridently opposed and will not budge from identity-based core beliefs about vaccines.
- Trial name
- NCT03395106
- Testing
- Parent source, Doctor source, Deliberative content
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 883 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Alcohol Toxicity
Public Health Initiative on Alcohol Flushing
The overall aim of the study is to raise awareness of alcohol flushing and its health risks to the general population. The primary objective is to see if spreading awareness of the health risks of alcohol flushing and…
- Trial name
- AIAC (NCT06397716)
- Testing
- ALDH2 Genotyping
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Early Child Development and Growth
The Pakistan Early Childhood Development Scale Up Trial
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the integration of an early child 'stimulation and care for development' intervention, either alone or in combination with an 'enhanced care for nutrition' intervention, delivered…
- Trial name
- PEDS (NCT00715936)
- Testing
- Control, ECD, Enhanced Nutrition
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,489 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Risk Reduction Behavior, Interpersonal Relations
A Community-health Worker Delivered HIV/STI Prevention Intervention for Internally Displaced Women in Leogane, Haiti
The investigators will develop, deliver and evaluate a solar powered tablet-based individual and group focused HIV/STI prevention intervention with internally displaced women in Leogane, Haiti.
- Conditions
- Risk Reduction Behavior, Interpersonal Relations, Mental Disorders
- Trial name
- FASY (NCT01492829)
- Testing
- individual and group-based, community health worker delivered
- Where
- Haiti
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women's College Hospital
Breast Cancer Prevention
MELIORA Virtual Coach Intervention for Breast Cancer Prevention
Breast cancer (BC) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women worldwide, with early-onset cases increasing due to genetic and lifestyle factors.
- Trial name
- MELIORA (NCT07200427)
- Testing
- MELIORA Virtual Coach Intervention, Control (generic advice)
- Where
- 7 sites in Greece, Lithuania and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 2,080 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harokopio University
To Assess the Impact of the HIT Intervention on Physiological Responses, To Assess the Role of a Secondary High School as a Setting for Promoting Healthy Eating and PA Behaviours
The Influence of a High Intensity Physical Activity Intervention on a Selection of Health Related Outcomes: An Ecological Approach
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a High Intensity exercise intervention can elicit cardiovascular disease protection in adolescents.
- Conditions
- To Assess the Impact of the HIT Intervention on Physiological Responses, To Assess the Role of a Secondary High School as a Setting for Promoting Healthy Eating and PA Behaviours, To Determine the Associations Between CVD Risk Factors at Baseline in 15 - 18 Year Old Youth
- Trial name
- NCT01027156
- Testing
- High Intensity Exercise
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of the West of Scotland
Simple Obesity
Nutritional Video Intervention Using Mindfulness-based Principles
The purpose of this study is to access the acceptability and potential utility of nutritional intervention videos in 1) changing knowledge and attitudes about healthy eating, 2) improving healthy food shopping practices, and 3)…
- Trial name
- NCT02494661
- Testing
- Healthy Cart and Stress Management Videos, Healthy Cart Video
- Volunteers
- 218 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Diet Modification
Women's Responses to Adjusted Product Placement and Its Effects on Diet - 1 (WRAPPED1)
This research project aims to help address a gap in understanding about the micro-environmental determinants of diet by exploring whether improving the placement of fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables and removing temptations…
- Trial name
- WRAPPED1 (NCT03518151)
- Testing
- Product placement intervention
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust