Clinical trials: Risk-taking
Healthy
Detecting a Reward Signal in the Motor Cortex
This study will use transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to determine whether the activity in the brain when someone wins something affects the part of the brain that controls movement.
- Trial name
- NCT00422071
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Infections
Evaluation of the Healthy Love Workshop, an HIV Prevention Intervention for African American Women
The purpose of this program evaluation is to determine whether the Health Love Workshop, a group-level HIV behavioral intervention, reduces HIV-related sex risk behaviors and increases HIV protective behaviors of African American…
- Trial name
- NCT00362375
- Testing
- Healthy Love Workshop, HIV/AIDS 101 Workshop
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 313 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gambling
Effects of a Workplace Prevention Program for Problematic Gambling
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of a workplace prevention program targeting problematic gambling.
- Trial name
- Alna (NCT02925286)
- Testing
- Prevention program for gambling in the workplace
- Volunteers
- 5,625 people
- Sponsor
- Stockholm University
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
A Parent-Based Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior in Adolescents
This study will evaluate the effectiveness of a parent-based intervention in reducing sexual risk behavior in high-risk Latino and African-American adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT00461487
- Testing
- Active control on hygiene and nutrition, Families Talking Together
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 530 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Gambling Addiction
Validation of Kaihani Score for Gambling Addiction
The Kaihani Score is a blood based means of assessing molecules believed to be associated with gambling addiction. The current clinical trial will assess the Kaihani Score in 3 groups: Group 1: 10 patients with no personal or…
- Trial name
- NCT04648007
- Testing
- Kaihani Score
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Therapeutic Solutions International
Risk Behavior, Cognitive Decline
Intervention on Modifiable Lifestyle Risk Factors for Dementia Prevention
The overarching aim is to develop and deploy a multidomain intervention delivered on a mobile application to help older adults reduce their risk for dementia by improving a set of modifiable lifestyle risk factors associated with…
- Trial name
- NCT04616794
- Testing
- Cognitive Engagement Group, Physical Activity Group, Diet Group
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- LuciLab
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage
Anticoagulation With Enhanced Gastrointestinal Safety
This study is a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a clinician-facing implementation strategy on the use of medication optimization (defined as either discontinuation of all…
- Conditions
- Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage, Anticoagulant-induced Bleeding
- Trial name
- AEGIS (NCT05563714)
- Testing
- Clinician Notification with Nurse Facilitation (CNNF), Wait list control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 341 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Gambling
Prevention Messages for EGMs: Effects on Behaviours and Cognitions
The goals of this randomized controlled trial are to test the manifold effects of prevention pop-up messages on participants' behaviours, cognitions and affects.
- Trial name
- NCT06341504
- Testing
- Prevention pop-up messages, Mandatory time limit, Responsible gambling information
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Benjamin Galipeau
Pathological Gambling
Clinical Study to Determine if Ecopipam Can Reduce Urges to Gamble
This study is designed to test the hypothesis that ecopipam is able to reduce urges to gamble in patients diagnosed with Pathological Gambling.
- Trial name
- NCT01215357
- Testing
- Ecopipam
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Emalex Biosciences Inc.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression
Randomized Control Trial on Trauma Focused CBT in Zambia
The purpose of this study is to study the effectiveness of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in subset of children who are affected by trauma with significant mental health symptomatology in order to 1) examine the…
- Conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Risk Behaviors
- Trial name
- NCT01624298
- Testing
- Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 257 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Attitude, Risk-Taking
Attitudinal Measures Survey With HISLAC Physicians (SURVEY ONLY)
HiSLAC is an independent, professionally-led study which will evaluate a key component of NHS England's policy drive for 7-day services: the intensity of specialist-led care of emergency medical admissions, with a particular…
- Trial name
- HiSLAC (NCT03962192)
- Testing
- Attitudinal measures
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Birmingham
Fracture
Risk Taking and Fracture Study
Boys suffer a disproportionately large number of fractures compared to girls (55-60%). This study aims to determine why this is the case by identifying risk factors for wrist fractures.
- Trial name
- NCT01768598
- Testing
- Fracture - Boys, Fracture - Girls, Non Fracture - Boys
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 319 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Gambling, Pathologic
Computer-based Self-Help Program for People With Gambling Problems
The study examines the effectiveness of a computer-based self-help-program for individuals with problematic or pathological gambling behavior.The main objective of the study is to investigate the extent to which the online…
- Trial name
- NCT03372226
- Testing
- Online self-help program
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 155 people
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Pathological Gambling, Gambling Disorder
Milk Thistle in Pathological Gambling
The goal of the proposed study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of silymarin in individuals with gambling disorder. The hypothesis to be tested is that silymarin will be more effective and well tolerated in subjects with…
- Trial name
- NCT02337634
- Testing
- Milk Thistle
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Risk Behavior
The Effect of Behavior Exchange Program on Risky Behaviors
Risky behaviors, which derive their source from features specific to adolescence, may also pose problems in other periods of a person's life and have features that prevent them from becoming responsible adults.
- Trial name
- NCT06541418
- Testing
- Transtheoretic Model Based Behavior Change Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Epilepsy, Epilepsy; Seizure
Impact of Self-visualization of Epileptic Seizures on Patients' Perception of the Disease and Risk Behavior
In Spain, an estimated 690,000 persons have epilepsy, of whom 270,000 have active epilepsy (defined as those who have had a seizure in the last 5 years).
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Epilepsy; Seizure, Risk Behavior, Risk-Taking
- Trial name
- VICE (NCT04311151)
- Testing
- own seizures visualization
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Parc de Salut Mar
Risk Behavior, Social Media Addiction
Effect of Solution-Focused Approach on the Internet,Social Media Addiction and Self-Efficacy Levels OfNursing Students
The purpose of this research; is to determine the effect of solution-oriented approach on internet, social media addiction and self-efficacy levels of nursing students.
- Conditions
- Risk Behavior, Social Media Addiction, Internet Addiction
- Trial name
- NCT06674746
- Testing
- SOLUTION FOCUSED APPROACH
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cumhuriyet University
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Risk Behavior
An STD Prevention Intervention for Men Newly Released From Jail
Study participants who are exposed to the intervention will: 1)report more condom use during sexual episodes; 2) have fewer new and repeat STD infections 3)demonstrate greater risk reduction, communication, and anger management…
- Trial name
- NCT00260780
- Testing
- The MISTERS Intervention for Post Jail Release Men
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pathological Gambling
Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Gambling Disorder
Gambling disorder is associated to high impulsivity and excessive risk-taking behaviour. These behavioural characteristics related to addiction are linked to cognitive processes in specific brain areas located in the prefrontal…
- Trial name
- NCT03464838
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- University of East London
Atrial Fibrillation, Deep Vein Thrombosis
Association Between Genetic Variant Scores and Warfarin Effect
Study objective is to determine whether there is an association between genetic variant risk scores and clinical outcomes (percent time in therapeutic range, time to reach therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR), INR ≥…
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Intracardiac Thrombus, Pulmonary Embolism
- Trial name
- AWARE1 (NCT03894878)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Cipherome, Inc.