Clinical trials: Social Networks
Obesity
Childhood Obesity Treatment: A Maintenance Approach
Obesity is a major public health problem. At least 15 million American adults are obese, and the number is rising. Childhood obesity is also increasing in prevalence and currently affects approximately 11-22 percent of children…
- Trial name
- NCT00301197
- Testing
- Behavioral Skills Maintenance, Social Facilitation Maintenance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 216 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Premature Birth
Social Networking on Mobile Phone to Improve Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes
The purpose of the study is to determine whether social networking on mobile phone in antenatal care health education is effective in the improvement of maternal and neonatal outcomes compared with usual antenatal care.
- Trial name
- HISONET (NCT02371213)
- Testing
- social networking on mobile phone
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 1,160 people
- Sponsor
- Nopparatrajathanee Hospital
Malnutrition, Dysentery
Social Network Interventions in Rural Honduras
This project will examine the spread of health interventions with a randomized control trial design by introducing public health interventions in 32 villages in the Honduran Department of Lempira.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Dysentery, Social Transmission of Health Behaviors
- Trial name
- NCT01672580
- Testing
- exposure to vitamin use, exposure to water chlorination, high in-degree
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,773 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard University
Smoking Cessation
Individually Tailored and Integrated Social Support Network for Tobacco Cessation
This study will continue development of a quit smoking program delivered through text messaging. Upon completion of programming we will enroll 280 participants and randomize them to a control condition or the intervention…
- Trial name
- NCT03152253
- Testing
- Text My Quit (TMQ), Peer Support, Motivational Messages
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 284 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Hypertension
Skills-Based Educational Strategies for Reduction of Vascular Events in Orange County
The Skills-Based Educational strategies for Reduction of Vascular Events in Orange County, CA (SERVE OC) study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a culturally tailored, skills-based, cardiovascular health (CVH) intervention amongst…
- Trial name
- SERVEOC (NCT05641519)
- Testing
- SERVE OC Intervention, Enhanced Standard Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 483 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Suicide
Digital Youth-Nominated Support Team (YST) Program
The Electronic Youth-Nominated Support Team (eYST), is experimental. The purpose of this study is to get feedback from users about eYST. Another purpose of this study is to learn how well eYST helps youth.
- Trial name
- NCT05900700
- Testing
- eYST website
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Telemedicine, Training
Evaluation of an Online Telemedicine Course Through Facebook
Health professionals with adequate training are required to provide quality remote care. There are few telemedicine and telehealth training programs for doctors and medical students.
- Trial name
- NCT04173806
- Testing
- Facebook intervention, Control Training:
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Maternal and Child Health Outcomes
Gendered Misallocation of Labor: Evidence From Malawian Farmers
The investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial across districts in Malawi to evaluate the effect of providing free casual labor to pregnant farmers and female farmers on agricultural output, maternal and…
- Trial name
- NCT06631768
- Testing
- Casual labor subsidy
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 989 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nicholas Rahim
Sexual Behavior, Alcohol Drinking
Adolescent Safer Sex Social Network Intervention
Social networks are thought to hold the potential for shaping behavior on the grounds that social and situational factors more strongly influence behavior than do personality variables.
- Conditions
- Sexual Behavior, Alcohol Drinking, Marijuana Smoking
- Trial name
- NCT00107562
- Testing
- Adolescent Safer Sex Social Network Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Psychoeducational Approach to Improve Health in Lupus
We will study the relationships among patient/partner communication, social support, and self-efficacy (a person's belief in the ability to manage his or her disease) as they affect the health of people with systemic lupus…
- Trial name
- NCT00000417
- Testing
- Counseling intervention, Informational film
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
HIV
Mfangano Island Healthy Networks Impact Study
This pilot study is a non-randomized controlled cohort study evaluating the impact of social network-based HIV education on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, clinical outcomes, food security, social support, HIV knowledge…
- Trial name
- MIHNIS (NCT01912521)
- Testing
- Mfangano Health Net Microclinic Program
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 883 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Ovarian Neoplasms, Uterine Neoplasms
Evaluation of Interactions and Group Processes in Multidisciplinary Tumor Boards in Gynecologic Oncology
Study Title Group Dynamics Evaluation in Gynecologic Multidisciplinary Tumor Boards - GOLD Study Background and Rationale Multidisciplinary Tumor Boards are central to complex oncologic decision-making.
- Trial name
- GOLD (NCT07645716)
- Testing
- Online Survey Assessment of Tumor Board Group Dynamics
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Weight Loss
A Social-networking-site(SNS) Based Weight Loss Behavior Intervention- the Effect of Social Network and Multi-level Factors on Weight Loss
In this project, investigators plan to conduct a randomized control trial of a weight loss intervention that is remotely delivered via SNS among the obese adult patients (20-64 years old, BMI ≥ 27 kg/m2) recruited from weight…
- Trial name
- NCT06237933
- Testing
- Enhanced intervention via social networking site (SNS), Standard intervention
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Cancer
A Single Arm Pilot Trial of a Social Network Intervention
The purpose of this study is to see if a social network support program (SOcial Networks to Activate Trust \& Adherence or SONATA) is helpful for older individuals receiving cancer treatment.
- Trial name
- SONATA (NCT05745038)
- Testing
- SONATA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 330 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Obesity
Microclinic Social Network Behavioral Health Trial in Jordan
This 3-armed randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of The Microclinic Behavioral Health Program in improving obesity and diabetes risk factors through a behavioral intervention program structured to…
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Obesity, Hypertension, Hyperglycemia
- Trial name
- NCT01818674
- Testing
- Microclinic Behavioral Health Full Program (education curriculum in classroom setting, plus full social interaction program), Microclinic Behavioral Health Basic Program (education-only in classroom setting; no structured social interactions)
- Where
- 3 sites in Jordan
- Volunteers
- 914 people
- Sponsor
- Microclinic International
Renal Cell Carcinoma, Hepatocellular Carcinoma
A Social Support Intervention to Improve Treatment Among Hispanic Kidney and Liver Cancer Patients in Arizona
This project will develop and pilot test social support intervention for an underserved population, Hispanics in Arizona, who have high rates of kidney and liver cancer to improve health equity.
- Trial name
- NCT05418387
- Testing
- Social Support Network Intervention, Control (Patient Navigation Service)
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
HIV/AIDS
LinkPositively: A Technology-Delivered Peer Navigation and Social Networking Intervention to Improve HIV Care
Investigators will develop and pilot test a culturally tailored, trauma-informed smartphone app, called LinkPositively, for Black WLHA affected by interpersonal violence.
- Trial name
- NCT04199052
- Testing
- LinkPositively
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Physical Activity
The Causal Impact of Online Social Media on Physical Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The overall objective of this research is to collect data for understanding whether messages in online environments impact fitness attitudes and behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT02267369
- Testing
- Media-assisted fitness program, Social network-assisted fitness program, Basic fitness program
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Chronic Disease Management, Rheumatoid Arthritis
Effects of Social Networking on Chronic Disease Management in Arthritis
Objectives: The overall goal of this study is to use the principles of chronic disease management to develop and test an online social networking intervention using the FB platform in a randomized controlled trial.
- Trial name
- NCT02717403
- Testing
- Questionnaires, Facebook, Educational Website
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 210 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Healthy Ageing
Design and Testing of a Person-centered Telecare Model for Healthy Aging in Bogotá
What is the purpose of this study? The main goal of this study is to design and test a new "telecare" model to help adults aged 80 and older in Bogotá live healthier and more independent lives.
- Trial name
- NCT07447492
- Testing
- Telecare and Case Management Program, Usual Care
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitario San Ignacio