Clinical trials
Decision Making clinical trials
Below are recruiting decision making clinical trials, each written for real people, not researchers. We’re tracking 189 recruiting studies, each written for real people, not researchers, below.
Recruiting studies
- NCT05722535Recruiting
Help families plan healthy media use together
This trial helps parents and their teens make a shared plan for how the family uses screens and media. It tests whether a shared decision-making approach can improve planning at home.
Seattle, WashingtonAges 11 years+ - NCT05711186Recruiting
Shared decision support for aortic valve procedures
This trial tests a structured, team-guided conversation to help you choose between two common valve procedures: SAVR (surgery) or TAVR (a less invasive procedure done through the groin). It may help you make a choice that fits your health goals and preferences.
BernAges 70 years+ - NCT05707806Recruiting
Brain and decision tasks to study learning
This study tests how people learn from choices and make decisions using computer tasks. Some participants also complete brain scans (MRI) to see how the brain activity matches behavior.
Baltimore, MarylandAges 18–45 - NCT05676970Recruiting
Telehealth coaching to improve preventive health decisions
This study tests a telehealth program that helps people make better choices about preventive health (like staying on track with healthy care). You may benefit if you can use a phone or computer for visits and want practical guidance delivered remotely.
New Orleans, LouisianaAges 18–55 - NCT05701085Recruiting
Patient navigator education to help cancer treatment decisions
This study offers a patient navigator education program to help people from minority communities make informed decisions about cancer care. It may help you better understand your options while you’re getting work-up, treatment, or follow-up for cancer.
Cleveland, OhioAges 18 years+ - NCT05666726Recruiting
Understanding how the body and mind influence choices
This study looks at how your body's signals and your ability to reflect on them affect the decisions you make. It involves tasks that may include mild stress, pain, food cravings, or brain scans to better understand these processes.
Bethesda, MarylandAges 18–55 - NCT05643144Recruiting
Shared decisions for dementia and diabetes care
This study tests a program that helps people with both memory problems (like dementia or mild cognitive impairment) and diabetes, along with their caregivers, make better care decisions together. It uses a special device to track blood sugar without fingersticks.
Indianapolis, IndianaAges 65 years+ - NCT04099056Recruiting
Brain scanning and stimulation to study decision-making
This trial uses brain scans and noninvasive brain stimulation to study how people make decisions. It may help researchers understand brain signals involved in choices and potentially improve future treatments.
Atlanta, GeorgiaAges 18–50 - NCT05400707Recruiting
Tracking symptoms and other clues in emergency room visits
This study follows people who come to the emergency department to see what symptoms and other factors can help predict what happens next. It may help improve how emergencies are quickly triaged and managed.
BaselAges 18 years+ - NCT05390411Enrolling by invitation
Training to improve how advanced heart failure therapies are chosen
This study tests a program that helps care teams make more consistent, fair decisions about advanced heart failure treatments like heart transplants and mechanical heart pumps. It focuses on how professionals are trained and evaluated, not on patients receiving a new medicine.
Indianapolis, IndianaAges 18 years+ - NCT05396872Recruiting
Decision-making study about gene testing for advanced prostate cancer
This study looks at how Veterans with advanced prostate cancer make decisions about gene testing and possible targeted treatments, and how patients and caregivers understand the information. It may help by improving decision support for people facing germline and tumor testing choices.
San Francisco, CaliforniaAges 18 years+ - NCT05201534Recruiting
Math and thinking skills training for school-age children
This trial studies interventions to improve math and cognitive (thinking) skills in elementary school children. It includes both children with math learning difficulties and typically developing children, using tests and MRI brain scans for those who can participate.
Palo Alto, CaliforniaAges 6–12 - NCT05191485Recruiting
Helping lung cancer patients decide about genetic testing
This study tests a shared decision-making approach to help people with lung adenocarcinoma decide whether to get molecular (genetic) testing. It aims to improve understanding and support better choices about testing and possible targeted treatments.
Chengdu, SichuanAges 18 years+ - NCT05088694Enrolling by invitation
Test a classroom program to reduce extremism and intolerance
This trial evaluates a curriculum used in Bahraini middle and high schools that aims to reduce extremism and intolerance. It also gathers feedback from parents and D.A.R.E. officers who support the program to help improve it over time.
Greensboro, North CarolinaAges 11–18 - NCT05065151Recruiting
Studying motivation in Parkinson’s using brain stimulation recordings
This study looks at what drives motivation in people with Parkinson’s disease (or dystonia) by using recordings from an implanted brain stimulation device. It may help researchers understand brain signals behind motivation and improve future treatments.
San Francisco, CaliforniaAges 18 years+ - NCT04925154Recruiting
Study of decision-making for rectal cancer treatment
This study asks people newly diagnosed with rectal cancer about how they choose between treatment benefits and quality of life. It uses questionnaires to understand what tradeoffs matter to patients so care discussions can be improved.
Montreal, QuebecAges 18 years+ - NCT04761549Recruiting
3D planning study for scoliosis surgery decisions
This study looks at how 3D measurements and biomechanical (how the spine moves/loads) information can help guide decisions for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery. It may help your team plan treatment more accurately when you’re scheduled for tethering or selective fusion.
Leuven, Vlaams-BrabantAges 10 years+ - NCT03729180Recruiting
Using genetic test results to guide care during surgery
This study looks at whether using a person’s genetic information helps doctors make better decisions during planned surgery. It may help tailor care, but you would only join if you can consent and don’t have certain serious conditions.
Chicago, IllinoisAges 18 years+ - NCT03107533Recruiting
Shared decision support for moderate scoliosis
This study tests a shared decision-making approach to help people with scoliosis make treatment choices together with their care team. It may help ensure you understand options and feel more confident about your plan.
Rochester, MinnesotaAges 13 years+ - NCT07075536Enrolling by invitation
Web tool for birth control decisions with health conditions
This trial tests a web-based tool designed to help people with health conditions make informed choices about birth control. If you have a medical condition or take certain medications and want to discuss contraception with your doctor, this tool may help guide your conversation.
Phoenix, ArizonaAges 18–49 - NCT05391932Recruiting
Better decisions for dizziness and balance
This study tests whether a special training program can help people with dizziness and balance problems make better decisions about their movements. If you have inner ear balance issues, you may be able to join this short-term study.
Missoula, MontanaAges 40 years+
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Common questions
- Are there clinical trials for decision making?
- Yes. Clin2 currently lists 189 recruiting decision making studies from the U.S. registry, each rewritten for real people, not researchers, so you can see what it’s testing and who it’s for.
- How do I know if I qualify for a decision making trial?
- Each study lists its eligibility criteria — rules about age, diagnosis, and prior treatments. On every Clin2 trial page we explain these in words written for real people and offer a short, optional pre-screen for a fit read. The study team makes the final decision.
- Does it cost anything to join a decision making trial?
- Using Clin2 is always free. Many trials cover the cost of the study treatment and related visits; some reimburse travel. The study team explains exactly what’s covered before you decide.
Related conditions
Clin2 helps you find and understand clinical trials and does not provide medical advice. Study data comes from ClinicalTrials.gov. Talk with your doctor about whether a specific trial is right for you.