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Learn More About PowerIn 2014, a team of parents, nurses, and physicians created Patient and Family Centered I-PASS (PFC I-PASS), a bundle of communication interventions to improve the quality of information exchange between physicians, nurses, and families, and to better integrate families into all aspects of daily decision making in hospitals. PFC I-PASS changed how doctors and nurses talk to patients and families on rounds when they're admitted to the hospital. (Rounds are when a team of doctors visit patients every morning to do a checkup and make a plan for the day.) Rounds used to happen in a way that left out patients and families. Doctors talked at, not with patients, used big words and medical talk, and left nurses out. PFC I-PASS changed rounds by including families and nurses, using simple non-medical words, and talking in an organized way so nothing is left out. When PFC I-PASS was put in place in 7 hospitals, patients had fewer adverse events and better hospital experience. But it didn't focus on how to talk with patients with language barriers. This project builds upon upon PFC I-PASS to make it better and focus on the special needs of patients who speak languages other than English. This new intervention is known as PFC I-PASS+. PFC I-PASS+ includes all parts of PFC I-PASS plus having interpreters on and after rounds and training doctors about communication and cultural humility. The study team will now conduct a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial to compare the effectiveness of PFC I-PASS+ and PFC I-PASS to usual care at 8 hospitals.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:0+
14400 Participants Needed
Text Messaging Support for Psychosis Transition Care
Toronto, Ontario
Psychosis is a disabling condition that typically has its onset in adolescence and early adulthood. Many young people with psychosis have difficulty navigating services or are reluctant to engage in treatment until their illness becomes an emergency. Consequently, nearly half of all new psychotic disorders are diagnosed in the emergency department (ED). Despite the rationale and evidence for early psychosis intervention (EPI), around half of youth do not access these services. The investigators will use short message service (SMS)/text messaging, a low-cost, low-complexity, youth-friendly approach, to improve transitions in care from the ED and related acute services to EPI services, investigating the intervention's effect on attendance at the first consultation appointment, longer term service engagement, and system-level outcomes. The investigators will also evaluate cost-effectiveness and user perspectives of the intervention.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:16 - 29
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Inability To Communicate In English
186 Participants Needed
PICU Journal for Critical Illness
Nashville, Tennessee
Admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is well-recognized to be extremely distressing and stressful for the patient and family. As medical research and technology have advanced more and more children in the PICU are surviving, however in turn incurring new and persistent impairments across physical, cognitive, emotional, and social domains of health. This phenomenon is often referred to as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). These impairments not only impact the patient but parents have also been found to have poor emotional health outcomes following discharge from the PICU.
Consistently, parents/caregivers of children admitted to the PICU report their primary concerns to be 1) the overwhelming physical environment of the PICU, 2) uncertainty about the child's survivorship and outcomes, 3) relationships and communication with staff, and 4) feeling helpless. Additionally, research has shown that caregiver-perceived stress during the child's hospitalization positively predicts post-traumatic stress three months after discharge for parents/caregivers (Nelson et al., 2019), which may translate into higher risk and duration of post-traumatic stress in their children. Therefore, providing an in-hospital outlet such as a "PICU Journal" for patients and families to express their subjective experiences may help bridge the gap between perception and reality as a means of buffering against post-traumatic responses. Conceptually, a semi-structured journal intervention may integrate the therapeutic aspects of journaling while also providing pertinent information and serving as an advocacy and communication tool. Prior research has demonstrated the use of a "PICU Journal" is feasible for implementation and has been well-received by families of children in the PICU (Herrup et al., 2019).
Therefore, the aims of this mixed-method study are to 1) examine the relationship between this journaling intervention and the perceived stress, care engagement, symptoms of anxiety, and depression, and the development of PICS in parents of children hospitalized in the PICU, and 2) examine the relationship between parent participation in this intervention and the development of PICS-p in children, and 3) assess the feasibility of this intervention from key stakeholders.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Enrolling By Invitation
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Prior PICU Experience, English Proficiency, Others
75 Participants Needed
Tele-Wellness App for Stress and Childhood Development
Baltimore, Maryland
The investigators aim to deliver a tele-wellness supported app to Baltimore City's Family Child Care Home (FCCH) providers who are caring for children of Essential Personnel. Once a pre-survey is conducted, login information will be assigned to 30 Family Child Care Home providers and parents the FCCH serve. Providers and Parents will receive self-care and parenting/parent engagement support through the app and through a tele-wellness service, Ask a Nurse, provided by community health nurses at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Children will have access to gamified learning materials in early literacy, math, social-emotional learning, and nutrition.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Enrolling By Invitation
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:3 - 99
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Enrolled, Not In Baltimore, Others
270 Participants Needed
Medical Note Access for Hospitalized Children
Madison, Wisconsin
This study will test if giving parents access to their child's medical notes on a bedside tablet:
* helps them get more involved in their care
* helps identify safety concerns
Parents of hospitalized children will be randomly assigned to either use the Bedside Notes tool or follow usual care.
To see if this approach improves care and safety, researchers will measure:
* note access
* parent-reported safety concerns
* overall experiences
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Children 12+, Abuse/neglect, Others
630 Participants Needed
Virtual Family Participation for ICU Care
Montréal, Quebec
Barriers to family participation in ICU rounds exist at the health care system level (e.g., restriction on visitation, infection control) and the individual level (e.g., caretaker role, illness, disability, inability to miss work). While virtual family participation in ICU rounds may contribute to addressing these barriers, its feasibility, impact, and effectiveness are yet unknown. The primary objective of this study is to assess the feasibility of virtual family participation in adult ICU rounds. The secondary objectives are: to assess the effect size of virtual family participation in ICU rounds on family engagement, satisfaction, and anxiety and depression; and to explore family and physician experiences of family participation in ICU rounds.
This will be a pilot prospective trial of 72 family members at 4 Canadian adult ICUs, with an embedded qualitative study that will sample family members and critical care physicians. The primary outcome will reflect feasibility metrics (i.e., recruitment, uptake, technical, and follow-up). Secondary outcomes include data regarding family engagement, satisfaction, mental health, and perceived experiences of participation in ICU rounds. This study will assess the feasibility of conducting a larger, hypothesis-testing randomized controlled trial to assess virtual family participation in adult ICU rounds.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Listed
72 Participants Needed
Family Participation for Intensive Care Engagement
Montreal, Quebec
Family inclusion in adult intensive care unit (ICU) rounds is recommended by critical care professional societies, yet widespread uptake of this practice is limited. A key barrier cited by ICU clinicians is insufficient evidence to support this practice. There is a need for robust evidence to support family participation in adult ICU rounds and influence change to routine clinical care. The primary purpose of this study is to assess whether family participation in adult ICU rounds improves family engagement in care. The secondary objectives are to assess family satisfaction, and anxiety and depression, to explore user experiences of family participation in ICU rounds, and to evaluate strategies to improve family member recruitment and retention rates. This is a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial (n=194) at 6 Canadian ICUs. The stepped wedge cluster randomized trial is a pragmatic study design that overcomes methodological limitations in evaluating a healthcare service delivery intervention. In the stepped-wedge cluster design, there is random and sequential crossover of clusters from control (phase 1) to intervention (phase 2) until all clusters are exposed. The stepped-wedge design also allows each site to function as its own control. The stepped-wedge design is more powerful than a parallel design when substantial cluster level effects are present.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Repeat Admissions, Others
194 Participants Needed
NGAGE Tool for Family Engagement
Montréal, Quebec
The primary aim of this trial is to evaluate if the NGAGE tool improves care engagement in family members of ICU patients. The secondary objectives are to assess if the NGAGE tool improves communication, care satisfaction, psychological symptoms, and quality of life in family members of ICU patients.
The NGAGE trial is a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial of 6 Canadian adult ICUs, involving 194 family members. A family member will be considered anyone with a biological, emotional, or legal relationship with the patient and whom the patient wishes to be involved in their care. There will be random and sequential crossover of clusters from control (phase 1) to intervention (phase 2) until all clusters are exposed. The intervention group will have access to the NGAGE tool, which has modules to Learn, Engage, and Report. "Engage" allows the family member to indicate their desired engagement activity, which is then transmitted to the treating healthcare team to provide the requested activity. "Learn" contains educational capsules about the ICU environment and information about care participation. "Report" allows the family member to provide real-time feedback to the healthcare team. The primary endpoint is the FAMily Engagement (FAME) score within 1 week of ICU discharge. Secondary endpoints are family-centered outcomes, including communication quality, satisfaction, and mental health (anxiety and depression) scores within 1 week of ICU discharge, and quality of life and mental health (anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic distress symptoms) at 6 months. The mean difference of the validated FAME score, a continuous variable, will be compared between groups.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Non-participation In Care, Repeat Admissions, Others
194 Participants Needed
Virtual Peer Support for Caregiver Burden
Montreal, Quebec
The goal of this pilot study is to learn if virtual peer support groups and strengths-based skills training can help family caregivers of ICU survivors providing ongoing support to ICU survivors after hospital discharge. The main question it aims to answer is:
- Are virtual peer support groups and/or strengths-based skills support feasible and acceptable for family caregivers of ICU survivors? Researchers will compare the intervention group (virtual peer support groups or strengths-based skills training) to the control group (no intervention) to see if the interventions improve caregiver outcomes and assess feasibility and acceptability.
Participants will:
* Participate in either virtual peer support groups or strengths-based skills training sessions (if assigned to the intervention arm).
* Provide feedback on the feasibility and acceptability of the interventions (if assigned to the intervention arm).
* Complete surveys and follow-up questionnaires (either online or by phone) to measure outcomes.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Another Family Member, Language Barrier
60 Participants Needed
Family Engagement for Early Psychosis
Pasco, Washington
Family members/support persons' engagement in mental health services has been linked to reduced burden and stress and improves engagement and outcomes in individuals in the early stages of psychosis. The goal of FAMES is to address low family member/support person engagement in services. FAMES will also address disparities in coordinated specialty care (CSC) by using a culturally responsive family engagement strategy to be delivered by family peers.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Consent Process, Language Barriers
900 Participants Needed
Family Peer Navigator for Early Psychosis
Seattle, Washington
Building upon formative research, this mixed methods study will be conducted in three phases to develop, refine, and pilot-test a multi-component Family Peer Navigator model designed to increase access to and initial engagement in coordinated specialty care for early psychosis among Black/African American families.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Non-English Speaking, Others
50 Participants Needed
Firearm Safety Interventions for Suicide Prevention
Kotzebue, Alaska
Our parallel group clinical trial of the Family Safety Net (FSN) intervention addresses two main questions:
* Is the Family Safety Net (FSN) intervention feasible and acceptable in two formats: motivational interviewing (FSN MI) counseling session and scripted psychoeducational session (FSN Scripted), with a primarily Alaska Native population in Northwest Alaska?
* Secondarily, are there signals of efficacy at improving home safety (firearms unloaded, locked with ammunition separate) and dangerous medication locked?
All participants will complete a baseline survey with firearm storage questions as well as 3 questions about mental health concerns in their family (e.g. 'Are you worried that someone in your home is at risk of suicide?').
* If participants answer "yes" to any of these questions, they will be randomly assigned to one of the two FSN intervention groups (1 and 2 below).
* If they do not endorse any of the three family-focused mental health questions, they will be randomly assigned to one of two general firearm safety conditions (3 and 4 below).
1. FSN MI group will participate in a 15-20-minute motivational interviewing (MI) session conducted by trained research staff focused on suicide lethal means reduction.
2. FSN Scripted group will participate in a 10-minute scripted session focused on suicide lethal means reduction.
Both FSN groups (1 and 2):
* Can take home trigger locks, cable locks, ammo boxes, medication boxes and mental health resources
* Receive 4 weeks of tailored text message reminders and encouragement.
* Complete 1-month follow-up survey consisting of items related to firearm storage, and facilitating factors hypothesized to contribute to this behavior.
* Participants in both FSN conditions will be invited to participate in a semi-structured interview at follow-up focused on satisfaction and perceptions of the program.
3 General gun safety intervention group will participate in a 10-minute scripted conversation about safe gun storage practice, and:
* Can take home trigger locks, cable locks, and ammo boxes.
* Receive 4 weeks of tailored text message reminders and encouragement.
* Complete 1-month follow-up survey consisting of items related to firearm storage, and facilitating factors hypothesized to contribute to this behavior.
4. General gun safety comparison group:
* Can take home trigger locks, cable locks, and ammo boxes.
* Complete 1-month follow-up survey.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Prior Household Participation
86 Participants Needed
Family Wellness Program for Child Literacy and Language Development
New Brunswick, New Jersey
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether a family wellness program enhances child and parenting outcomes among Latino dual language learners entering Kindergarten and their families. The main questions are: (1) To what extent does the family wellness program enhance home health and learning routines, and (2) To what extent does the family wellness program enhance child literacy, language, and social-emotional outcomes.
All participants will be asked to complete surveys and assessments.
Researchers will compare two groups: (1) Family wellness program that includes (a) 8-weekly summer sessions, (b) text messages, (c) booster sessions, and (2) usual care plus school supplies and list of resources to see if the family wellness program enhances child and parenting outcomes.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Enrolling By Invitation
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:4 - 6
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Unable To Provide Informed Consent
420 Participants Needed
Why Other Patients Applied
"My orthopedist recommended a half replacement of my right knee. I have had both hips replaced. Currently have arthritis in knee, shoulder, and thumb. I want to avoid surgery, and I'm open-minded about trying a trial before using surgery as a last resort."
HZ
Arthritis PatientAge: 78
"I've tried several different SSRIs over the past 23 years with no luck. Some of these new treatments seem interesting... haven't tried anything like them before. I really hope that one could work."
ZS
Depression PatientAge: 51
"I've been struggling with ADHD and anxiety since I was 9 years old. I'm currently 30. I really don't like how numb the medications make me feel. And especially now, that I've lost my grandma and my aunt 8 days apart, my anxiety has been even worse. So I'm trying to find something new."
FF
ADHD PatientAge: 31
"I changed my diet in 2020 and I’ve lost 95 pounds from my highest weight (283). I am 5’3”, female, and now 188. I still have a 33 BMI. I've been doing research on alternative approaches to continue my progress, which brought me here to consider clinical trials."
WR
Obesity PatientAge: 58
"As a healthy volunteer, I like to participate in as many trials as I'm able to. It's a good way to help research and earn money."
IZ
Healthy Volunteer PatientAge: 38
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much do Family Engagement clinical trials pay?
Each trial will compensate patients a different amount, but $50-100 for each visit is a fairly common range for Phase 2–4 trials (Phase 1 trials often pay substantially more). Further, most trials will cover the costs of a travel to-and-from the clinic.
How do Family Engagement clinical trials work?
After a researcher reviews your profile, they may choose to invite you in to a screening appointment, where they'll determine if you meet 100% of the eligibility requirements. If you do, you'll be sorted into one of the treatment groups, and receive your study drug. For some trials, there is a chance you'll receive a placebo. Across Family Engagement trials 30% of clinical trials have a placebo. Typically, you'll be required to check-in with the clinic every month or so. The average trial length for Family Engagement is 12 months.
How do I participate in a study as a "healthy volunteer"?
Not all studies recruit healthy volunteers: usually, Phase 1 studies do. Participating as a healthy volunteer means you will go to a research facility several times over a few days or weeks to receive a dose of either the test treatment or a "placebo," which is a harmless substance that helps researchers compare results. You will have routine tests during these visits, and you'll be compensated for your time and travel, with the number of appointments and details varying by study.
What does the "phase" of a clinical trial mean?
The phase of a trial reveals what stage the drug is in to get approval for a specific condition. Phase 1 trials are the trials to collect safety data in humans. Phase 2 trials are those where the drug has some data showing safety in humans, but where further human data is needed on drug effectiveness. Phase 3 trials are in the final step before approval. The drug already has data showing both safety and effectiveness. As a general rule, Phase 3 trials are more promising than Phase 2, and Phase 2 trials are more promising than phase 1.
Do I need to be insured to participate in a Family Engagement medical study?
Clinical trials are almost always free to participants, and so do not require insurance. The only exception here are trials focused on cancer, because only a small part of the typical treatment plan is actually experimental. For these cancer trials, participants typically need insurance to cover all the non-experimental components.
What are the newest Family Engagement clinical trials?
Most recently, we added Virtual Peer Support for Caregiver Burden, Medical Note Access for Hospitalized Children and NGAGE Tool for Family Engagement to the Power online platform.
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