Clinical trials: Risk Reduction
HIV Infections, Substance Use
Reducing HIV: Safer Sex Skill Building in Pregnant Drug Abusing Women
This study will examine safer sex skills building (SSB), a targeted behavioral HIV prevention and risk reduction group intervention in two samples of pregnant drug abusing women.
- Trial name
- NCT00619320
- Testing
- Safer Sex Skills Building (SSB)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 380 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Child Rearing, Risk Reduction Behavior
Age 9 Follow-up of Preventive Intervention (Denver)
To examine the impact of prenatal and infancy home visiting by paraprofessionals and by nurses from child age 2 through 9.
- Conditions
- Child Rearing, Risk Reduction Behavior, Reproductive Behavior
- Trial name
- DenverY09 (NCT00438594)
- Testing
- home visitation
- Volunteers
- 584 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Risk Reduction Behavior, Reproductive Behavior
Longitudinal Follow Up of Subjects Enrolled in Randomized Trial of Prenatal and Infancy Home Visitation
The Elmira follow-up study is designed to assess the extent to which prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses affects the life-course development of 19-year-old youth whose mothers received those services during pregnancy…
- Trial name
- ElmiraY19 (NCT00443638)
- Testing
- nurse home visitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Thyroid Carcinoma, Dyslipidemias
Lipid Metabolic Status in Thyroid Carcinoma
The continuous increase of the incidence of the thyroid cancer in the last years has taken this neoplasia among the first 4 frequent cancers in the cancer registry of the Institute of Oncology "Prof.Ion Chiricuţă" from…
- Conditions
- Thyroid Carcinoma, Dyslipidemias, Risk Reduction Behavior, Hormone Replacement
- Trial name
- LITCA (NCT01487057)
- Where
- Romania
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Prof. Dr. I. Chiricuta Institute of Oncology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Substance-Related Disorders
Partner-Specific HIV Risk Reduction Intervention for Drug-Using Adolescents
The purpose of this study is to develop and pilot test a partner-specific HIV risk reduction intervention for currently or recently incarcerated adolescents who report problematic substance use.
- Trial name
- GET UP (NCT00831883)
- Testing
- Partner-Specific IMB-based HIV risk reduction intervention, Healthy Lifestyle
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Cardiovascular Disease
Denver Health Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Prevention Program
The objective of the Denver Health CVD Prevention Program is to assess the effectiveness of developing an enhanced cardiovascular disease prevention program in a community health care setting.
- Trial name
- NCT00829491
- Testing
- CVD risk reduction program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 340 people
- Sponsor
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Risk Reduction Behavior
West Virginia WISEWOMAN Project
To provide low-income, under- or uninsured 40- to 64-year-old women with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities to improve diet, physical activity, and other lifestyle behaviors to prevent, delay and control cardiovascular and…
- Trial name
- NCT00153426
- Testing
- West Virginia WISEWOMAN
- Volunteers
- 733 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- West Virginia University
Drinking Behavior, Injury Recidivism
Multidisciplinary Approach to Reduce Injury and Alcohol
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a booster session is needed after a brief intervention upon initial admission to the emergency room (ER) in order to reduce the rate of alcohol-related injury recidivism.
- Trial name
- NCT00428181
- Testing
- Brief alcohol intervention, Brief alcohol intervention plus booster
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 605 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Risk Reduction Behavior
Assessment of the Efficacy of Plant Stanol Esters in Reducing Cholesterol, Medellin 2011
Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases have become the leading cause of death from chronic diseases in the world. One of the major risk factors for this disease is hypercholesterolemia, caused in most cases by a rich-fat diet, so…
- Trial name
- Ben2011 (NCT01461798)
- Testing
- assessment of efficacy of Benecol yogurt, yogurt
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Jose María Maya Mejía
Coronary Artery Disease, Type II Diabetes Mellitus
Innovative Strategies For Risk Reduction Following CABG
Background: Treatment targets for cardiac risk factor reduction are not being met. Therefore, there is a need for new strategies to assist patients in meeting these goals.
- Trial name
- NCT00462436
- Testing
- Consumption of Dietary Portfolio
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Angioplasty Patients
Cornell Translational Behavioral Science Research Consortium: Angioplasty Qualitative Study
To explore and illuminate the cultural, social, and psychological factors that either facilitate or serve as barriers to behavioral change in angioplasty patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00161603
- Testing
- Semi-structured, open-ended interviews
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Asthma
Cornell Translational Behavioral Science Research Consortium: Asthma Qualitative Study
To explore and illuminate the cultural, social, and psychological factors that either facilitate or serve as barriers to behavioral change in asthma patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00195065
- Testing
- Semi-structured, open-ended interviews
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Hypertension
Cornell Translational Behavioral Science Research Consortium: Hypertension Qualitative Study
To explore the meaning, causes and treatment of hypertension in eligible patients. In addition the cultural, social, and psychological factors that either facilitate or serve, as barriers to behavioral change will be illuminated…
- Trial name
- NCT00227175
- Testing
- Semi-structured, open ended interview
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Hypertension
A Pilot Study of Changing Medication Adherence In Hypertensive African-American Patients
We will conduct an empirical test of the two intervention approaches under study. Specifically, we seek to determine the potential differential impact of positive affect induction and self affirmation.
- Trial name
- NCT00248937
- Testing
- Positive affect and self-affect induction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Child Rearing, Adolescent Development
Follow-up of Families in Early Preventive Intervention
This project supports the post-third-grade assessment of 693 children and their families who were enrolled in a randomized trial of a program of prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses that was epidemiologically and…
- Conditions
- Child Rearing, Adolescent Development, Reproductive Behavior, Risk Reduction Behavior
- Trial name
- MemphisYear9 (NCT00438516)
- Testing
- nurse home visitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 627 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases
Trial of Smoking Cessation Programs in Black Churches
To provide a comprehensive description of smoking beliefs and behavior among rural Blacks, and to test the effectiveness of smoking cessation strategies delivered through Black churches.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Coronary Heart Disease Risk Reduction
- Trial name
- NCT00005689
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)