Clinical trials: Violence in Adolescence
Violence, Substance Use
Using Re-inforcement Learning to Automatically Adapt a Remote Therapy Intervention (RTI) for Reducing Adolescent Violence Involvement
This study will use a randomized control trial (RCT) design to administer two versions of a multisession remote behavioral intervention for youth seeking Emergency Department care for a violent injury with the goal to reduce…
- Conditions
- Violence, Substance Use, Criminal Behavior, Violence in Adolescence
- Trial name
- NCT04850274
- Testing
- Remote Therapy Intervention (RTI), Artificial Intelligence Remote Therapy Intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 584 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Psychology, Social, Adolescent Behavior
Follow-up Gun Study: Can Safety Videos Mitigate Interest in Guns in Children?
The investigators' previous research has shown that children exposed to media characters with guns in movies and video games are more likely to use real guns themselves (e.g., touch them, hold them, pull the trigger).
- Trial name
- NCT05257837
- Testing
- Gun handling behavior, Debriefing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 245 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Adolescent, Psychopathology
An Evidence-based Family Support Program for Parents and Children in Palestine: A Theory-based Intervention
Few evidence-based programs exist to support children and families affected by sociopolitical conflict, despite documented evidence of their heightened risk for emotional and behavioral adjustment problems associated with…
- Conditions
- Adolescent, Psychopathology, Parent-Child Relations, Violence
- Trial name
- NCT05706376
- Testing
- Promoting Positive Family Futures, Treatment as Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Notre Dame
Prevention or Reduction of HIV Risk Behavior, Prevention or Reduction of Intimate Partner Violence
Schools Championing Safe South Africa
This study explores the acceptability and feasibility of a school-based intervention called Schools Championing Safe South Africa that engages teachers and students in an integrated approach for preventing risk behavior related…
- Trial name
- NCT05869864
- Testing
- Schools Championing Safe South Africa
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 282 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Adolescent Behavior, Violence in Adolescence
A Feasibility Trial of Sisterhood 2.0
This pilot quasi-experimental community based trial examines the feasibility of a sexual violence and adolescent relationship abuse prevention program for girls aged 14-19.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Violence in Adolescence, Group, Peer, Violence, Non-accidental
- Trial name
- NCT04388696
- Testing
- Sisterhood 2.0
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
HIV-infection/Aids, Intimate Partner Violence
Improving HIV Care Engagement Among Ugandan Adolescent Girls and Young Women: The Kisoboka Mukwano Intervention
This study will develop and pilot test a couples-based intervention to help adolescent girls and young women living with HIV (WLHIV (15-24 years) living in Uganda access HIV care and improve the outcomes of their HIV treatment by…
- Conditions
- HIV-infection/Aids, Intimate Partner Violence, Domestic Violence, Alcohol Use Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05947539
- Testing
- Kisoboka Mukwano ("It is possible, my love!") Intervention, Screening and Referral
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Violence Prevention Intervention Evaluation Among Youth
Adolescent Consent & Sexual Violence: A School Intervention Evaluation
Since 2015, Uppsala Tjej- och Transjour has run school sessions for secondary school pupils in Uppsala municipality, from year 9 to year 2.
- Trial name
- NCT06132074
- Testing
- School sessions on consent, reciprocity and sexual violence
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Violence, Adolescent
Addressing Root Causes for Gun Violence Prevention (ARC-GVP)
The goal of this study is to help build the evidence base for a locally-relevant youth firearm violence prevention program in Washington D.C., a city experiencing disparities in youth firearm violence outcomes.
- Conditions
- Violence, Adolescent, Firearm Injury, Aggression
- Trial name
- NCT05887973
- Testing
- The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Obesity, Substance Abuse
Health Behaviors in School-age Children: 2009-2010
The Health Behaviors in School-age Children (HBSC) study is a consortium of investigators from 40 predominantly European and North American countries who conduct a common survey of early adolescent health behaviors every 4 years.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Substance Abuse, Violence, Mental Health
- Trial name
- NCT00797095
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12,651 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Sexual Violence
The Efficacy of the SUN Program in Adolescents
This research project will develop, deliver, and evaluate a new school-based sexual violence prevention program for high-school adolescents.
- Trial name
- SUN (NCT06830278)
- Testing
- The SUN Program
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 231 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade do Porto
Sexual Behavior, Intimate Partner Violence
Integrated Prevention of HIV Risk and Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents in South Africa
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of Safe South Africa, an integrated intervention for preventing HIV and Intimate Partner Violence perpetration for male adolescents 15-17 years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT03179982
- Testing
- Safe South Africa
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Youth Violence, Crime
Improving Life Chances of Disadvantaged Youth: Testing Best-Practice Academic vs. Non-Academic Supports
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the most cost-effective way to improve the long-term life outcomes of disadvantaged youth, by comparing best practice academic supports to best-practice non-academic supports, and…
- Conditions
- Youth Violence, Crime, Educational Achievement
- Trial name
- NCT01927523
- Testing
- BAM, Match
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,344 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Peer Violence, Depression
Evaluation of Right To Play's Positive Child and Youth Development Program in Middle Schools in Hyderabad, Pakistan
This is a RCT conducted with 1752 children in 40 public middle schools in Hyderabad Pakistan with the goal of evaluating the effectiveness of the international non-governmental organisation Right To Play's Positive Child and…
- Trial name
- NCT03448523
- Testing
- Right To Play's Positive Child and Youth Development program
- Volunteers
- 1,752 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical Research Council, South Africa
Anxiety Symptoms, Depressive Symptoms
Universal Preventive Resilience Intervention to Improve and Promote Mental Health for Teenagers
Adolescence is a period of many physical, mental, emotional, and social changes. It is also associated with risk behaviour conducts.
- Conditions
- Anxiety Symptoms, Depressive Symptoms, Behavioral Problem of Child, Mental Disorder in Adolescence
- Trial name
- UPRIGHT (NCT03951376)
- Testing
- UPRIGHT intervention
- Where
- 5 sites in Denmark, Iceland and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 4,460 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Biosistemak Institute for Health Systems Research
HIV Prevention
The PrEPARE Project: Prevention, Empowering, and Protecting Young Women in South Africa
The project seeks to determine whether implementing a multilevel, woman-focused intervention, the Young Women's Health CoOp (YWHC), for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) readiness, uptake, and adherence is a viable complement to…
- Trial name
- NCT04048551
- Testing
- Modified Health Policy Project (HPP) HIV-Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Training Curriculum, Young Women's Health CoOp (YWHC)
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 802 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RTI International
HIV, Common Mental Health Problems
Mpata Yathu Trial for Young Women in Zambia
This randomized controlled trial evaluates Mpata Yathu ("Our Space"), a trauma-informed, church-based counseling intervention for adolescent girls and young women in Lusaka, Zambia who have experienced gender-based violence and…
- Conditions
- HIV, Common Mental Health Problems, PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression Disorder
- Trial name
- MYT (NCT07132905)
- Testing
- Mpata Yathu ("Our Space")
- Where
- 2 sites in Zambia
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Adolescent Behavior, Emergency Department
Emergency Department Healthcare Education Assessment and Response for Teen Relationships: A Pilot Feasibility Study
This is a single-site, randomized, controlled trial. Investigators will evaluate feasibility of the Emergency Department Healthcare Education Assessment and Response for Teen Relationships (ED-HEART) intervention among…
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Emergency Department, Abuse Physical, Abuse Mental
- Trial name
- ED-HEART (NCT05194202)
- Testing
- ED-HEART
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Substance Use Disorders
Treating Violence-related PTSD and Substance Risk in Low-income, Urban Adolescents
This project will provide initial feasibility and efficacy data for the implementation of Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) to urban, at-risk youth.
- Trial name
- POWER-NET (NCT03737383)
- Testing
- Narrative Exposure Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Sexual Assault, Interpersonal Relations
Creating Opportunities Through Mentoring, Parenting and Safe Spaces - Democratic Republic of Congo
The study is a randomized controlled trial of COMPASS, an intervention for adolescent girls in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Conditions
- Sexual Assault, Interpersonal Relations, Marital Status, Domestic Violence
- Trial name
- COMPASS (NCT02384642)
- Testing
- COMPASS, COMPASS plus parenting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,633 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Mentoring
Steppin' Up: Positive Youth Development Program
As an antidote to juvenile aggression and violence, which has increased in recent years, group mentoring offers a viable alternative to intensive one-on-one mentoring. However, no group-mentoring programs have been evaluated.
- Trial name
- NCT00341224
- Testing
- Group-mentoring intervention
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)