Clinical trials: Social Networking
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Change
Conversations as a Means to Delay the Onset of Alzheimer's Disease
Past epidemiological studies have demonstrated that larger social networks, or more frequent social interactions, could have potential protective effects on the incidence of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
- Trial name
- conversation (NCT01571427)
- Testing
- Active social engagement group, Control group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Physical Activity
Columbia Moves Physical Activity
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of adding a team competition comprised of members of existing social networks to a technology-delivered program for enhancing physical activity among insufficiently active…
- Trial name
- NCT03509129
- Testing
- TECH (Technology), TECH+COMP (Technology + Competition)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Self Regulation
Self-control and Mindfulness Within Ambulatorily Assessed Network Systems Across Health Related Domains
The aim of this trial is to test a novel network approach (Bringmann et al., 2013), which enables to investigate the complex, interdependent network of self-control and its influences in everyday life.
- Trial name
- SMASH (NCT02647801)
- Testing
- Mindfulness intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Substance Use Disorders
Activating Community Support for Substance Users
Efforts to improve methadone maintenance outcomes are often thwarted by strong social networks that reinforce substance use and other risk behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT03194295
- Testing
- Community Support Intervention Group, Substance Use Disorder Educational Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Loneliness
Social Health Games: The Use of Online Games to Decrease Loneliness in Older Adults
This study examines whether social platform games are effective in expanding the social network and decreasing the experienced levels of loneliness in older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT04733898
- Testing
- SamenSpelen.app, FijnSpelen.app
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Eating Habits and Behaviors, (UMLS)
The Effect of Exposure to Food in Social Networks on Food Cravings and External Eating
Background: Food practices are socially, culturally and historically embedded in everyday life. It is a common notion that people eat due to internal state of physiologic hunger but in fact the drive behind eating behaviors is…
- Trial name
- FEECAEE (NCT03731663)
- Testing
- Exposure to pictures of appetizing food (known as Foodporn), Exposure to neutral pictures
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ruppin Acdemic Center
Contraception Behavior
SAPLAI : Assessing the faiSAbility of a Peer-to-peer Contraceptive Education Program on Social Networks Aimed at 15- to 19-year-old High School Students in GuAdeloupe and La RéunIon
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility of a contraception education program delivered by peers via social networks to high school students.
- Trial name
- SAPLAI (NCT06943209)
- Testing
- Creation of a contraception education program and post on social networks for high school students, Education program, Survey and questionnaires
- Where
- 2 sites in Guadeloupe, Reunion
- Volunteers
- 131 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion
HIV Seropositivity
Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Social Network Support Intervention
The goal of this Hybrid Type I effectiveness-implementation trial is to test an evidence-based, flexible, and tailored intervention that leverages existing social network members to promote retention in care and viral suppression…
- Trial name
- NCT05723653
- Testing
- Social Network Support Intervention
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Malnutrition, Developmental Disabilities
Promoting Physical Growth and Positive Development in Severely Stunted Guatemalan Children
This study seeks to evaluate the impact of an intensive home-based education intervention targeting severely stunted Guatemalan children for catch up growth and improved development.
- Trial name
- NCT02509936
- Testing
- Home-based nutrition education, Standard-of-care nutrition support
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 324 people
- Sponsor
- Wuqu' Kawoq, Maya Health Alliance
Opioid-use Disorder
Disclosure Intervention for People in Recovery From Opioid Use Disorder
Many people with substance use disorders struggle with decisions regarding whether to disclose to others that they have a history of substance use and/or are in recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT04836247
- Testing
- Disclosing Recovery: A Decision Aid and Toolkit, Mindfulness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Delaware
Lead Poisoning
Social Network Based Intervention to Reduce Lead Exposure Among Native American Children
The purpose of this study is to examine whether adding an inter-generational component to an existing social network-based lay health advisor intervention increases its effectiveness in mobilizing a Native American community to…
- Trial name
- NCT00011661
- Testing
- Education on behaviors to reduce lead exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV/AIDS
Social Network Intervention to Engage Community PLH to Engage in HIV Medical Care
People living with HIV infection (PLH) are clustered in friendship groups with other HIV+ persons, and an intervention delivered to all members of PLH social networks allows HIV+ people who are friends in day-to-day life to…
- Trial name
- NCT03157258
- Testing
- Social Network Training, Single Care-Related Counseling Session and Referral to Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 341 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Smoking Cessation
Countering Young Adult Tobacco Marketing in Bars
The goal of the study is to implement and evaluate interventions to decrease smoking among young adults attending bars and nightclubs.
- Trial name
- NCT01686178
- Testing
- Anti-smoking social marketing campaign
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17,422 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Mindfulness
Mindfulness Intervention and Online Social Networking
This study aims to examine (a) the effects of mindfulness-based intervention on wellbeing including psychological, social, and emotional wellbeing, depressive symptoms, and stress and (b) the extent to which demographics, OSN…
- Trial name
- NCT06090760
- Testing
- Mindfulness
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Education University of Hong Kong
Heart Failure, Systolic
Telesonography for Visually Estimating Ejection Fraction
Background: Given that an experienced physician is not always available 24 hours a day, immediately and always available echocardiography is usually impossible in the emergency department (ED) and intensive care unit (ICU).
- Trial name
- NCT02960685
- Testing
- Echocardiography
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hanyang University
Heart Failure
ODYSSEE-vCHAT Pilot Trial for Heart Failure
INTRODUCTION Psychological distress and reduced quality of life are prevalent within the heart failure (HF) population. The 1-year rehospitalization (40%) and 5-year mortality (45% for women and 60% for men) rates are high.
- Trial name
- ODYSSEE-vCHAT (NCT04966104)
- Testing
- ODYSSEE-vCHAT
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Kidney Transplant
Pilot Social Support Counseling Intervention for Kidney Transplant Candidates
Feasibility pilot social support counseling intervention for kidney transplant candidates
- Trial name
- NCT04363515
- Testing
- Social support network counseling intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Allyson Hart
Cancer Prevention
Using Social Networks to Promote Physical Activity in African American and Hispanic Women
The goal of this research study is to learn if enrolling in a program with a partner that involves monitoring each other's physical activity and providing support to one another can help both participants be more physically…
- Trial name
- NCT03199196
- Testing
- Activity Tracker, Smartphone Application, Questionnaires
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Smoking
Relapse Prevention Through Social Networking Groups
According to the Census \& Statistics Department, there are still 659,300 daily smokers (11.1%) in Hong Kong. Smoking is addictive, and it is difficult for some motivated smokers to quit without assistance.
- Trial name
- NCT02007369
- Testing
- WhatsApp, Facebook
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Self-esteem
Fear of Other's Judgment, Self-esteem and Use of Social Networks Among Students
Fear of being judged negatively by others can lead to avoidance of social situations or even social isolation. If the intensity of this fear is excessive and results in significant impairment of functioning or significant…
- Trial name
- RESANXIEST (NCT06268756)
- Testing
- Data collection
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne