14 Paid Clinical Research Studies in Hershey, Pennsylvania

fMRI in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome

Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is one of the most common forms of chronic orthostatic intolerance in the United States. This is a disabling disorder characterized by an exces

📍 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania

Testing Interventions for Mobility Through Exercise (TIME)

In this project, the team plans to test the impact of FAST, its brief home-based strength training program which includes performance goal setting, to a program for home (BAND TOGE

📍 Penn State College of Medicine — Hershey, Pennsylvania

💵 Each program will be delivered via the internet and each patient will receive about 30 minutes per month of personal sup

iLookOut for Child Abuse: Micro-learning to Improve Knowledge Retention

This proposed randomized controlled trial will examine whether gamified micro-learning is a feasible and effective way to promote long-term learning about child abuse and its repor

📍 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center / Penn State College of Medicine — Hershey, Pennsylvania

iLookOut Micro-learning to Improve Knowledge Retention

This project investigates whether a multi-faceted strategy involving iLookOut's evidence-based Core Training plus an innovative follow-up Micro-Learning can promote knowledge reten

📍 Penn State College of Medicine — Hershey, Pennsylvania

Predicting Concussion Outcomes With Salivary miRNA

The purpose of this study is to identify changes in salivary ribosomal nucleic acid (RNA) expression that are predictive of symptom duration and character following mild traumatic

📍 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania

Breast Milk: Influence of the Micro-transcriptome Profile on Atopy in Children Over Time

This is an observational cohort study of 221 breast-feeding mother-infant dyads delivered at term. The goal of the study is to investigate whether levels of immune-related microRNA

📍 Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania

Virtual Reality to Reduce Anxiety, Agitation and Delirium in Critically Ill Patients

This is a pilot feasibility study examining the use of immersive virtual reality (VR) in adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The study evaluates whether brief, non-interactiv

📍 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania

The Venous Distension Reflex and Orthostatic Hypertension

This research is being done to find out whether distension of veins in legs will cause a rise in blood pressure (orthostatic hypertension).

📍 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania

Stories to Prevent (StoP) HPV Cancers

This randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluates the association of a narrative communication intervention on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates among 9- to 12-year-olds.

📍 Penn State Health — Hershey, Pennsylvania

Skin-interfaced Colorimetric Bifluidic Sweat Sensor Device for the Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis (CF)

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a multisystem autosomal recessive inherited disease affecting approximately 75,000 individuals in USA. The sweat chloride (Cl) test remains the gold standar

📍 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania

iLookOut for Child Abuse -Online Learning Module for Early Childcare Providers

Phase 1 was a randomized control trial that used a test-retest model to evaluate the impact of iLook Out for Child Abuse, an online, interactive learning module about reporting sus

📍 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center / Penn State College of Medicine — Hershey, Pennsylvania

Angiotensin-(1-7) Cardiovascular Effects in Aging

Aging is an independent risk factor for developing hypertension and cardiovascular disease; however, the mechanisms underlying age-related cardiovascular disease remain poorly unde

📍 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania

Use of Nicotine Pouches Among Daily Smokers

The purpose of this clinical trial is to understand the health effects of a new oral nicotine pouch, and also to understand if this product can help reduce traditional cigarette sm

📍 Penn State College of Medicine — Hershey, Pennsylvania

Autonomic Control of the Circulation and VDR

The study objective of this project is to examine the mechanisms of the venous distension reflex (VDR) in humans. We hypothesize that COX blockade with ketorolac tromethamine, an i

📍 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania