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Columbus, Ohio
The investigators will conduct a 12-week single group feasibility pilot field study among youth who will use a diabetes technology education application in their natural home environment.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:10 - 18
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Learning Disability, Pregnancy, Others
Must Be Taking:Insulin
20 Participants Needed
BETTER Intervention for Pregnancy Outcomes
Columbus, Ohio
This is a pragmatic randomized control trial to evaluate the BETTER intervention compared to standard obstetrical care (control) to determine whether it helps to reduce maternal anemia and other adverse pregnancy outcomes. The BETTER intervention includes one motivational interviewing session and bi-weekly text messages to encourage patients to connect with resources that address their social needs, including housing, food, and transportation. Quantitative data will be used to study participant outcomes, including surveys, and electronic health record data.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Sex:Female
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Sickle Cell Disease, Transfusion Plan, Others
550 Participants Needed
In 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
This study will examine the impact of training primary care providers (PCPs) in motivational interviewing (MI) using artificial intelligence (AI) to augment the training process. MI is a patient-centered approach to engaging patients in their own care. There will be a control group and two intervention groups, with the intervention groups receiving a different amount of MI training. The hypothesis is that the AI-augmented MI training will result in improved patient outcomes, improved clinician wellbeing, and reduced behavioral manifestation of clinician biases. This mixed-methods project will also collect qualitative data from structured interviews and focus groups with participating PCPs to examine perceived facilitators and barriers to the use of the MI approach in primary care.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:21+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Non-consent
150 Participants Needed
This study proposes the novel use of a bedrail-affixed technology-based patient hand hygiene system with verbal and visual reminders to improve hospitalized older adults' self-management of hand hygiene practice, which in return reduces harmful germs found on older adult's hands that lead to infections.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:65+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Terminal Illness, Behavior Disorder, Violent, Others
250 Participants Needed
BH-Works Suicide Prevention Program for Youth Suicide Risk
Roanoke, Virginia
Youth suicide is a serious public health concern. Compared to their heterosexual and cisgender peers, sexual and gender minority (SGM) adolescents report higher rates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. Unfortunately, many barriers complicate the implementation of suicide prevention in SGM communities. SGM youth often report feeling unwelcome in traditional behavioral health service organizations. Consequently, treatment attendance and retention remain low. Instead, this population generally seeks mental health services in community organizations for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth. These organizations are often unprepared for this clinical challenge. The Behavioral Health-Works (BH-Works) suicide risk management system may offer a potential solution to this problem. BH-Works is an evidence-based, comprehensive youth suicide prevention program. It offers support for policy development, staff training, suicide and behavioral health screening, technology-assisted safety planning, an electronic patient referral system, real-time data analytics for program monitoring, and a learning collaborative structure to support sustainability. All functions are supported on a web-based software platform that facilitates cross-system communication, implementation, adoption, and expansion. In this project, the investigators will adapt this program for LGBTQ organizations and test feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness. This project builds upon robust partnerships with two diverse LGBTQ organizations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and rural Southwest, Virginia) and their respective behavioral health (BH) partnering sites. To facilitate BH-Works adaptation for SGM adolescents, the investigators will employ the Enhancing Engagement trajectory from Lau's cultural adaptation framework. To pilot the program within LGBTQ organizations and their partners, the investigators will use an Effectiveness-Implementation Hybrid Type 2 design with a historical comparison group. Informed by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, the investigators will also pilot test a sequenced implementation strategy. This strategy focuses on promoting engagement, building partnerships, and creating sustainability. In Years 1 and 2, the investigators will collect treatment as usual data, and work with their partners to adapt BH-Works policy, content, practices, and workflow. The investigators will also train staff/providers in suicide risk management, family engagement and affirmative care. In Years 3 and 4, the investigators will test the adapted SGM BH-Works Program and examine several essential program targets (training impact, partnership development, software usability) and outcomes (successful referral, program satisfaction, caregiver involvement, suicide identification).
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Enrolling By Invitation
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:14 - 19
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Limited English Proficiency, Comprehension Issues
260 Participants Needed
Melanated Group Midwifery Care for Maternal Care
Chicago, Illinois
This study is being conducted to determine if a multi-level intervention for delivering maternity care can improve patient trust and engagement among Black birthing people.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:15 - 49
Sex:Female
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:High-risk Pregnancy, Cognitive Issues
432 Participants Needed
E-Health Solutions for Breast Cancer
Toronto, Ontario
This trial tests a smartphone app for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients to help manage their care remotely. The app allows virtual consultations, provides educational materials, and collects patient feedback. The goal is to see if the app improves patient engagement and health outcomes.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Sex:Female
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Males, Non-operable Cancer, Metastatic, Others
200 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
Dynamic Neural Retraining System for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Toronto, Ontario
We are studying the effect of a mind-body treatment for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) with or without Long COVID (LC). Our team recognizes that ME/CFS and Long COVID are serious, debilitating, biomedical conditions.
ME/CFS can affect many different parts of the body, such as the nervous system, immune system, and metabolism. It is hypothesized that central sensitization (i.e., when nerves get too excited) may influence these complex conditions and may make symptoms worse.
This study explores a mind-body program called the Dynamic Neural Retraining System™, or DNRS™.
Mind-body interventions (MBIs) focus on how the brain, mind, body, and behaviour interact to improve health and well-being. These techniques help people become more aware of themselves, take better care of their health, and boost mood, quality of life, and coping skills. MBIs use the brain's ability to change (neuroplasticity) by reinforcing certain thoughts, feelings, or behaviours that support changes in biology and function. MBIs may influence physical health by affecting how the brain and body communicate through chemicals such as hormones and neurotransmitters. Objective fMRI evidence shows that practising MBIs can change brain structure and function. This makes MBIs a potential good fit for people with chronic illnesses like ME/CFS and LC, which involve complex interactions between the brain, immune system, and hormones.
There is no rigorous peer-reviewed evidence that DNRS is effective. Our study will address this question using subjective and objective measurements in a multiple-methods wait-list randomized controlled trial.
The objectives of this study are to: 1) examine the effectiveness of the DNRS program for individuals diagnosed with ME/CFS with and without Long COVID, compared to a treatment-as-usual wait-list control group on a range of patient-reported outcomes including health-related quality of life, fatigue, pain, anxiety and depression and objective measures including daily steps, heart rate variability, and sleep; 2) quantify metabolic changes through untargeted serum metabolomics profiling, 3) determine if metabolomics screening can predict treatment responsiveness to DNRS; and 4) identify the microbial signatures of large bowel microbiota in Long COVID patients pre and post MBI.
A descriptive qualitative study will also be conducted in a sample of participants to learn more about their experiences during the trial.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, HIV/AIDS, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Antibiotics
200 Participants Needed
Patient Education for Heart Failure
Baltimore, Maryland
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to test the effect of patient education on extent of use of guideline directed medical treatment (GDMT) of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. The main question that our study aims to answer is if patient education can improve the adherence to GDMT in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Participants will receive educations about GDMT benefits in 1,3 and 5 months after discharge from hospital.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Listed
500 Participants Needed
1MoreStep Program for HIV Care Engagement and Intimate Partner Violence
Baltimore, Maryland
This trial tests a program called 1MoreStep, which helps Black women living with HIV who have faced intimate partner violence. The program teaches skills to build strength, improve safety, and better engage in HIV care. It aims to reduce the impact of violence and stigma on their health.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Sex:Female
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Black, Not Female, Others
Must Be Taking:Antiretroviral Therapy
100 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
Recovery Support for Bladder Cancer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
For patients with certain types of bladder cancer, the removal of the bladder and the construction of an artificial bladder or reservoir are the only treatment options. Both before and after treatment, patients and caregivers face profound challenges preparing for surgery and planning for tasks during their recovery. To aid in recovery and enhance quality of life this program of research will develop and evaluate a multi-stage intervention geared towards patients and their caregivers. Part 1 of this program will have a nurse or trained health professional prepare both patients and their caregivers before treatment about the upcoming surgery. During this time the nurse will also demonstrate the necessary tools and techniques for stoma care. In addition, patients and their caregivers will receive access to a recovery website, specifically designed for bladder cancer patients to be used as a resource for after treatment. The website will be part 2 of this research and will contain important recovery information, videos about post-surgical care, testimonials by other patients and physicians and a variety of other resources. Patients and caregivers in the control group will receive the Facing Forward brochures from the National Cancer Institute in part 2. This research has been funded by the National Cancer Institute and will be the first study to address the needs of bladder cancer patients and their caregivers. The ultimate goal of the study is to reduce infections and unplanned nurse/ER visits and improve quality of life for both patients and their caregivers. This new program will be evaluated over the course of 12-months and if found successful, has the potential to be disseminated throughout the health care systems of the two study sites.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Listed
172 Participants Needed
Chiropractic Care for Lower Back Pain
Iowa City, Iowa
This study evaluates how Veterans with chronic low back pain (cLBP) respond to varying doses of chiropractic therapy and how health services utilization are impacted as a result.
There are 2 phases in this study. In Phase 1, half of participants will receive a low dose (1-5 visits) of chiropractic care for 10 weeks, while the other half will receive a higher dose (8-12 visits) for 10 weeks. At the end of Phase 1, participants in each group will be randomized again to receive either chronic chiropractic pain management (CCPM) (1 scheduled chiropractic visit per month x 10 months) or no CCPM for 10 months.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Listed
766 Participants Needed
Decision Aid Tool for Atrial Fibrillation
New York, New York
This study is a single-group feasibility study evaluating decision aid visualizations which display common post-ablation symptom patterns as a tool for shared decision-making. The specific aim of the clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility of putting the visualizations into clinical practice (n=75). The hypothesis is that patients will report low decisional conflict and decision regret and high satisfaction with their decision about whether to undergo an ablation or not.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Asymptomatic AF, Severe Cognitive Impairment, Others
75 Participants Needed
Diabetes Self-Management for Type 2 Diabetes
New York, New York
The objective of the study is to conduct a pilot randomized study to test feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the developed diabetes self-management education program with 40 adult Haitian immigrants.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Type 1 Diabetes, Others
40 Participants Needed
Stigma Reduction Strategies for HIV Prevention Engagement
New York, New York
The purpose of this study is to explore drivers and mitigators of anal sex stigma in healthcare, and then to develop and pilot an intervention for health workers that mitigates the deterrent effects of this stigma on the engagement of gay and bisexual men in HIV-related services.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Listed
113 Participants Needed
Communication Strategies for Patient Engagement
New Haven, Connecticut
Based on the outcomes of the initial study (NCT05348603), this optimization study will employ the most effective interventions (letters and messages) and distribute these communications to underrepresented minorities to further promote interest in research. Optimized language will be distributed in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, or Haitian Creole, based on preferred language identified in the patient profile in an electronic medical records system.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Listed
210000 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
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"I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer three months ago, metastatic to my liver, and I have been receiving and responding well to chemotherapy. My blood work revealed that my tumor markers have gone from 2600 in the beginning to 173 as of now, even with the delay in treatment, they are not going up. CT Scans reveal they have been shrinking as well. However, chemo is seriously deteriorating my body. I have 4 more treatments to go in this 12 treatment cycle. I am just interested in learning about my other options, if any are available to me."
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Depression PatientAge: 51
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Arthritis PatientAge: 78
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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 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
MARVIN Chatbots for Breast Cancer
Montréal, Quebec
This research is a continuation of a usability study with the MARVIN chatbot. The investigators aim to adapt the MARVIN chatbot to open it to other health domains (e.g. breast cancer) and populations (e.g. pharmacists). Therefore, this protocol constitutes a master research protocol that will englobe different research projects with individual chatbots. The investigators adopt an adaptive platform trial design, which will allow flexibility in handling multiple interventions adapted to different populations while retaining the characteristics of a platform trial design allowing early withdrawal of ineffective trial arms based on interim data (implementation outcomes) and introduction of new trial arms.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:14+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Cognitive Deficit, Others
400 Participants Needed
Patient Portal for HIV/AIDS
Montreal, Quebec
Too often, people living with HIV (PLHIV) face challenges, including additional health and psychosocial problems, that complicate self-care, like medication-taking and medical appointment attendance. Healthcare providers are not always aware when patients face these difficulties. A 'patient portal' is an online application that can give patients access to their medical records, appointment reminders, and questionnaires to inform providers about their health and wellbeing. Patient portals in HIV care can help providers detect patient problems and improve care. At the McGill University Health Centre's (MUHC) HIV care service, a survey showed great interest in a patient portal among both PLHIV and healthcare providers. Yet, little is known on how best to integrate a portal in HIV care settings and ensure it is accessible to patients. This project will be conducted at the MUHC's HIV care service in Montreal, Quebec which has over 2,000 patients. Participating patients will log on to a patient portal through a smartphone application and have a calendar of their HIV care appointments, health questionnaires to complete (previously chosen by people with HIV and healthcare providers), reminders for both and access to educational material. HIV physicians will be able to see their patients' questionnaire results to discuss them during clinic appointments. The project's objectives are to better understand what is needed to successfully integrate a portal in similar HIV practices with diverse patients and learn how acceptable and usable it is for HIV patients and doctors. The project will also examine how patient portal use impacts satisfaction, attendance, and physician detection of specific health problems. Furthemore, it will consider how patient sex, age, and ethnicity influence the results. People with HIV, providers, and staff at the study site will be involved in decision-making about this project. Over its 5-year duration, knowledge will be gained and shared on how to expand portal use efficiently and equitably in similar HIV care centers.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Cognitive Impairment, Medical Instability, Others
360 Participants Needed
Enhanced PTSD Communication Strategies for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Boston, Massachusetts
The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn whether existing treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be improved. Two treatments for PTSD, cognitive processing therapy (CPT) and prolonged exposure (PE) will be studied. CPT and PE are effective treatments that are widely available, but interventions are needed to improve patient outcomes in these treatments. The investigators have developed an Adjunctive Writing intervention for Amplifying Response and Engagement (AWARE), which was designed using health communication strategies to enhance CPT and PE by improving communication between patients and therapists about patients' experiences in treatment. This research will investigate whether adding AWARE to CPT and PE will lead to better treatment outcomes compared to CPT and PE provided as usual without AWARE. AWARE includes a brief writing task asking patients about their experiences in treatment, as well as guided therapist responses to improve patient-therapist communication about patients' experiences in treatment. In the first phase of the study (case series phase), CPT or PE with AWARE will be provided to four adults with PTSD to pilot test adding AWARE to CPT and PE, seek patient and provider feedback, and refine AWARE. The first four participants who enroll will be part of the case series and will receive CPT or PE with AWARE. Then, in the second phase of the study, the randomized controlled trial (RCT) phase, the investigators will enroll 50 more adults with PTSD who will be randomly assigned (like flipping a coin) to receive CPT/PE as usual or CPT/PE with AWARE. It is expected that 25 participants will be randomized to CPT/PE with AWARE and 25 participants will be randomized to receive CPT/PE provided as usual. The goals of the RCT phase are to study whether AWARE is acceptable to patients, whether it is feasible to add AWARE to CPT and PE, and whether adding AWARE to CPT and PE improves patient-therapist communication and treatment outcomes compared to CPT/PE as usual.
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No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Bipolar, Psychosis, Suicidal Ideation, Others
54 Participants Needed
Mobile Video DOT for Heart Transplant Medication Adherence
Tallahassee, Florida
We will conduct a two-group randomized controlled trial to examine the eMocha DOT intervention with pediatric HT recipients.In this population, medication nonadherence remains a primary cause of late acute rejection (LAR) episodes, increased number of hospitalizations, graft failure, and patient mortality. Herein, we propose an innovative approach to promote medication adherence and improve patient and graft outcomes.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:10 - 21
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Cognitive Impairments
100 Participants Needed
This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and compare the preliminary effect of vaping cessation program consisting of media literacy education and real-time text messaging support and leverage insights from behavioral economics to enhance social and financial incentives to improve program engagement, and eventually abstinence. Our hypotheses are that 1) the Combined arm is associated with improved vaping abstinence to the Media literacy and Financial incentive arms; and 2) the financial incentive-related arms (either Combined or Financial incentive) enhance engagement compared to the non-incentive related arms.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:19 - 29
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Pregnancy, Vaping Programs, Others
80 Participants Needed
Financial Incentives for High Blood Pressure
Bastrop, Louisiana
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to determine feasibility and explore whether immediate versus delayed patient financial incentives improve patient engagement with self-monitoring of blood pressure in patients with uncontrolled hypertension at Louisiana federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Do patients randomized to receive financial incentives on a weekly basis during the study (immediate) have better adherence to blood pressure self-monitoring compared to patients randomized to receive financial incentives at the end of the study (delayed)?
* Do patients randomized to immediate financial incentives have better blood pressure control compared to patients randomized to delayed incentives?
Participants will:
* attend a baseline visit to measure blood pressure, respond to a baseline survey, and receive remote patient monitoring devices and instructions to take home with them (home blood pressure monitor, wrist-worn sensor to track sleep activity, and associated apps)
* receive a random allocation to one of two groups: control condition (receive cash incentives at the end of the study for measuring blood pressure as instructed) or intervention condition (receive weekly cash incentives throughout the study for measuring blood pressure as instructed)
* use remote patient monitoring devices during a two month study period, receive weekly reports on adherence to blood pressure monitoring, and receive weekly financial incentives (intervention condition only)
* attend one follow-up visit at 2 months to measure their blood pressure, complete a follow-up survey, return the remote patient monitoring devices, and receive financial incentives for blood pressure monitoring (control condition only)
Researchers will compare the immediate and delayed incentive groups to see if there are differences in blood pressure monitoring adherence rates and blood pressure control.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:40+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Other Blood Pressure Trials, Others
Must Be Taking:Blood Pressure Medication
50 Participants Needed
Palliative Care Training for Dementia
Tampa, Florida
The palliative care education in assisted living for dementia care providers (PCEAL-DCP) is a 4-week intervention (once a week for 1.5 hours, a total of 6 hours) for licensed nurses, administrators and dementia care coordinators to improve quality of dementia care outcomes
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:21+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Hospice Care, Discharged, Non-licensed Staff, Others
792 Participants Needed
Patient Partnership Tools for Patient Engagement
Fort Worth, Texas
The trial is to assess the impact of two patient partnership tools: (1) a one-page 'visit prep guide' given to relevant patients by clinic staff before seeing the provider, with the intention to improve communication and shared decision-making; and (2) a series of short educational videos that clinic staff can encourage patients to watch.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:50+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Non-English, Non-Spanish, Impaired Decision Making, Others
405 Participants Needed
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much do Patient 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 Patient 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 Patient 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 Patient 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 Patient 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 Patient Engagement clinical trials?
Most recently, we added Patient Portal for HIV/AIDS, Virtual Peer Support for Caregiver Burden and Dynamic Neural Retraining System for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to the Power online platform.
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