Active clinical trials for "COVID-19"

The purpose of this trial is to compare 2 types of nasonasopharyngeal swabs (a new design to a conventional nylon-flocked nasopharyngeal swab) for effectiveness.

SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, now being administered to skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents and staff, has highly variable acceptance between facilities. The investigators need to develop and disseminate effective strategies to increase vaccination immediately. For SNF residents and staff, the investigators will develop and implement a scalable multi-pronged intervention that educates, builds trust and supports the informed consent process aimed to increase SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. The investigators will conduct a cluster randomized trial to compare the effect of electronic messaging and education (i.e., usual care) versus a multi-pronged 'high touch' intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy in skilled nursing facility staff and residents among a random sample of facilities across four SNF chains. As part of the 'high touch' intervention, the investigators will identify and train local opinion leaders. The investigators will offer these leaders assistance through real-time support for questions and provide consenting specialists. During the second wave of vaccination, the investigators will provide the intervention facilities with positive reinforcement for staff and will identify local champions to garner support and empowerment of staff. Finally, in the intervention facilities, the investigators will provide additional funds to support COVID-19 testing, in order that facilities have access to enough testing kits for patient or staff who develops symptoms following vaccination. This trial will be randomized within four SNF chains in order to evaluate the effect of a multi-pronged strategy to improve SARS-CoV-2 vaccine acceptance among direct care staff and long-stay nursing home residents. In four chains, eligible facilities will undergo randomization between usual care versus adding the 'high touch' intervention, implemented in two waves. Randomization and roll out of the intervention will occur at the facility level. The investigators hypothesize that: (1) the intervention will increase vaccination of SNF residents by at least 10 percentage points versus facilities usual care alone; (2) staff of SNFs with the intervention will have at least a 10 percentage point greater vaccine uptake of vaccine than staff in SNFs that do not participate in the high touch intervention; and (3) within intervention SNFs, improvements in vaccine uptake will be similar across staff and resident race/ethnicities.

The current study was to develop a software "Line@" based health education program, providing video-based health information and communication between diabetes patients and health-care professionals. This study also evaluated its effectiveness on improving glycemic control, attitude towards diabetes, knowledge about diabetes and self-care for type 2 diabetes patients in Taiwan. The followings were the hypotheses of the study: Compared to the control group, intervention group receiving "Line" based video education has a greater improvement on glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C). Compared to the control group, intervention group receiving "Line" based video education has a greater positive effect on attitude towards diabetes. Compared to the control group, intervention group receiving "Line" based video education has a better understanding on diabetic knowledge. Compared to the control group, intervention group receiving "Line" based video education has a greater positive effect on self-care activity.

Double-blind, parallel, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study. Subjects with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection by PCR or antigen rapid test, asymptomatic or with mild COVID-19 symptoms will be included. Subjects who agree to participate and who are eligible will be randomized to perform a mouth rinse and gargle with a 0.07% CPC mouthwash (experimental) or with a substance of the same color (placebo). Saliva samples will be collected at baseline (i.e., before wash) and 1 hour and 3 hours after wash. Saliva samples will be transferred to a central laboratory for SARS-CoV-2 viral load determination, nucleocapsid protein levels determination, rapid antigen testing, viral infectivity analysis and storage.

Dance as a treatment to support physical, cognitive and emotional functioning, has gained increased acceptance as a healthcare intervention for people with Parkinson's Disease (PD). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been far reaching with devastating effects for at-risk populations. To find alternative and safe treatment delivery options during the pandemic has been of outmost importance. This mixed-methods, feasibility study on digital for people with Parkinson's Disease aimed to investigate: (1) the feasibility and safety of a digital home-based dance intervention for people with PD; (2) change in self-reported quality of life, cognitive complaints, psychological health and fatigue; and (3) the experience of digital dance for people with PD. Twenty-three participants partook in 10 weekly digital dance classes at home via zoom. Feasibility outcomes measures were administered at post-test. Pre-post changes in self-reported quality of life, cognitive complaints, psychological health and fatigue were measured, as well as the experience of digital dance via focus groups.

To determine whether a heterologous vaccination regimen in individuals with no known previous history of COVID-19 is non-inferior to that observed with counterpart regimens currently in use in Argentina.

The study is a single-center, randomized and double-blinded trial to evaluate the immunobridging between different manufacture scales, lot-to-lot consistency of the Recombinant Novel Coronavirus Vaccine (Adenovirus Type 5 Vector)(Ad5-nCOV) in population 6-59 years of age. The immunobridging between different manufacture scales will be evaluated first, the immunobridging between different age groups will be evaluated second, the lot-to-lot consistency will be evaluated at last.

A pilot study was initiated to assess feasibility of testing asymptomatic dental patients presenting to the Oral Medicine Clinic at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine for SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA using an FDA approved RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV2- an RNA RT-PCR assay (Accurate Diagnostics)

This study tested preliminary efficacy of a hybrid (web-based and center-based) PA intervention combining use of a smartwatch and mobile application. The 12-week hybrid PA intervention included 120 older Korean adults and was concurrently implemented in-person at the local senior center and at-home through a web-based modality. Overall, increases were evident in systolic/diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, and high-density-lipoprotein at posttest, with decreases seen for triglyceride levels. Participants showed improvements in muscular function and cardiopulmonary endurance.

The goal of this randomized online experiment was to test the effectiveness of using various persuasive appeals (deontological moral frame, empathy, identifiable victim, goal proximity, and reciprocity) at improving intentions to adhere to prevention behaviors. Participants indicated their intentions to follow public health guidelines, saw one of six flyers featuring a persuasive appeal or no appeal, then rated their intentions a second time. Known correlates of attitudes toward public health measures were also measured.