Clinical trials: Social Connection
Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program
Each year over 20,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in Canada with the majority undergoing some form of treatment option.
- Trial name
- PC-PEP (NCT03660085)
- Testing
- PC-PEP
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Social Connectedness
Social-LEAF Life Enhancing Activities for Caregivers
This study examines a behavioral intervention to improve social connection and reduce loneliness for caregivers of a loved one with Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB).
- Trial name
- NCT05274074
- Testing
- Social LEAF
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Tobacco Use Behavior
Smoking Prevention Through Social Connections Among Adolescents - ASPIRE
The central hypothesis of this study is that the addition of social influence strategies to a web-based program called ASPIRE will boost its success in lowering intention to use tobacco among adolescents and experiencing stronger…
- Trial name
- NCT02703597
- Testing
- Surveys, ASPIRE, GSA-ASPIRE-Network
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 393 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Depression, Suicidal Ideation
Social Connections and Late Life Suicide
With the long-term goal of improving interventions for late-life suicide, the purpose of this study is to examine whether a mechanism by which behavioral interventions reduce risk for late-life suicide is by increasing social…
- Trial name
- NCT02188485
- Testing
- ENGAGE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Psychology, Social
Neuropharmacological Basis of Social Connection: The Role of Opioids
From birth we rely on others for comfort and care and derive pleasure from being together. Research from the fields of health psychology, social psychology, and public health converge to highlight the importance of having and…
- Trial name
- NCT01672723
- Testing
- Naltrexone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Technology and Family Thriving Study
The purpose of this project is to test the impact of different forms of technology (virtual reality vs. video chat) on quality of life and family relationships in older adults who reside in senior living communities and an adult…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Caregiver Burnout, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- Thrive (NCT05150990)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality, Video Chat
- Where
- 27 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 186 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Santa Barbara
Chronic Pain
Pain and Loneliness
Loneliness-feeling socially isolated-is a stressor that is associated with chronic pain. The investigators will first conduct a small trial of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Loneliness (CBT-L)in Veterans with chronic pain…
- Trial name
- NCT05455476
- Testing
- CBT for Loneliness, CBT for Chronic Pain
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development