Clinical trials: Behavior And Behavior Mechanism
Child Abuse, Self-control
Coaching Alternative Parenting Strategies (CAPS) Study
This is a randomized, controlled trial (RCT) of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) designed to test the effects of PCIT on self-regulation and behavior in child maltreating (CM) parents and their elementary-school children.
- Conditions
- Child Abuse, Self-control, Parenting
- Trial name
- CAPS (NCT02684903)
- Testing
- Parent Child Interaction Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 408 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oregon
Caffeine, Insufficient Sleep
Consequences of Caffeine Intake in Sleep Restricted Teenagers
The goal of this clinical trial is to systematically investigate two prominent factors in teenagers' daily life: Caffeine and sleep restriction (SR) and their combined influence on sleep, cognition, and behavior in healthy…
- Trial name
- NCT05790161
- Testing
- Caffeine
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel
Anxiety Disorders, Social Anxiety Disorder
Transdiagnostic Internet-delivered REBT Intervention for Adolescents' Internalizing Problems
To investigate the efficacy and mechanisms of change of an Internet-delivered transdiagnostic REBT intervention for adolescents with internalizing problems.
- Conditions
- Anxiety Disorders, Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder
- Trial name
- REBTonAd (NCT04179526)
- Testing
- Transdiagnostic Internet-delivered REBT
- Where
- Romania
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- Babes-Bolyai University
Influenza Vaccination, Behavior And Behavior Mechanism
Strengthening Intentions
participants are randomized to a study arm that measures intention to perform a health related behavior and follows up to measure behavior
- Trial name
- NCT07222774
- Testing
- Experimental
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Mechanisms and Treatment of Exercise Intolerance and Persistent Fatigue in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
This study will focus on the pathophysiological underpinnings of reduced exercise capacity and fatigue in ambulatory patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
- Trial name
- NCT05518773
- Testing
- Observational
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Impact of Another Person's Presence on Brain and Behavioral Performance
In a recent study, investigators provided the first neuroscientific data on social facilitation. This neuroimaging study, performed in the macaque monkey, shows a marked improvement in performance in a simple task when a congener…
- Trial name
- SOFEE (NCT03453216)
- Testing
- neuropsychological tests
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hôpital le Vinatier
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Characterization and Brain Mechanisms of Frustration in Youth With Severe Irritability or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Background: Irritability is an elevated proneness to anger. Children with irritability have difficulty tolerating frustration. They get angry and have temper outbursts more easily than their others their age.
- Conditions
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Normal Physiology
- Trial name
- NCT05357495
- Testing
- Affective Posner fMRI frustration induction task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Depression in Adolescence
Inflammatory and Glutamatergic Mechanisms of Sustained Threat in Adolescents With Depression
Despite the prevalence and significant public health concern over depression among adolescents, up to 40% of depressed adolescents do not respond to first-line antidepressants (herein termed treatment non-response, TNR).
- Trial name
- TIGER (NCT05329441)
- Testing
- Trier Social Stress Test (TSST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Evaluating a Digital Health Information Tool
The primary aim of the proposed project is to conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a digital intervention tool that enables young people to correspond with trained staff via online chat or text…
- Trial name
- Chat/Text (NCT02549599)
- Testing
- Chat/Text Program, Website Content, Delayed Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University
Development and Health, Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
The Effect of Mobile Devices on the Development and Health of Young Children
Interactive electronic devices (IEDs) have become a common part of young children's lives, yet research on this topic remains limited.
- Conditions
- Development and Health, Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms, Cognition, Physical Health
- Trial name
- iKids (NCT06810570)
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 874 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheffield Hallam University
Obesity
Effect of Different Intensities of Exercise on Daily Energy Expenditure With Physical Activity in Overweight Boys
The main purpose of this study is evaluate the effect of different intensities of exercise (moderate vs. intense) on the daily energy expenditure in overweight adolescents.
- Trial name
- PAPPAS2 (NCT02272088)
- Testing
- physical activity-moderate, Intense physical activity
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Rio de Janeiro State University
Neuropsychiatric Symptom
Dissecting Immunological and Autoimmune Mechanisms of Neuropsychiatric Diseases
The goal of this observational cohort study is to investigate the role of immune system in neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) and to identify immunological biomarkers that may improve the diagnosis, prognosis, and future treatment…
- Trial name
- DIAMOND (NCT07791212)
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Brain Development, Behavior Disorders, Child
The Brain Mechanism of Social Emotion and Communication in Infants Aged 0 to 6 Years
This study explores the relationship between brain development and infants' social emotion and communication ability, as well as the role of genetic factors and maternal exposure during pregnancy (e.g., environmental exposures…
- Conditions
- Brain Development, Behavior Disorders, Child, Intellectual Developmental Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT05040542
- Testing
- maternal exposure during pregnancy
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 3,001 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior
Teen Mom Study Feasibility Trial
The proposed multicomponent digital health intervention has the potential to significantly impact the trajectory of maternal health in a rural, pregnant, Black adolescent population with the highest risks for cardiometabolic…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Gestational Weight Gain, Social Determinants of Health
- Trial name
- NCT05843903
- Testing
- #BabyLetsMove
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
Depression, Anxiety
Mechanism of Antidepressant-Related Dysfunctional Arousal in High-Risk Youth
A 16-week double blind, placebo-controlled investigation of escitalopram in adolescents with depression and/or anxiety with a family history of Bipolar Disorder.
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT02553161
- Testing
- Escitalopram, Cognitive behavioral Psychotherapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 214 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
Adolescent, Depression - Major Depressive Disorder
Efficacy and Mechanism of Transcranial Temporal Interference Stimulation (tTIS) in the Treatment of Adolescent Depression
This trial is a single-center, single-blind, randomized, sham-stimulation controlled clinical trial. The primary objective of the trial is to detect the targeted effect of tTIS on the nucleus accumbens of adolescent depression…
- Trial name
- NCT06902064
- Testing
- Transcranial temporal interference stimulation
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Xijing Hospital
Child Behavior Problem
Effectiveness of the Social-Emotional Prevention Program Enhanced Version
The current study is intended to investigate the effectiveness of the Social-Emotional Prevention Program enhanced version (SEP+) for increasing preschoolers' social-emotional competencies and reducing their risk for behavior…
- Trial name
- SEP+ (NCT05057728)
- Testing
- Social-Emotional Prevention Program enhanced version
- Where
- Romania
- Volunteers
- 398 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Babes-Bolyai University
Eating Behavior
Mother-Baby Study - Relative Reinforcing Value (RRV)
The study will test a model of biobehavioral mechanisms involved in the development of a system of emotion, attachment, and nutritive intake in the mother-infant dyad and the association of this system with maternal feeding…
- Trial name
- NCT06072651
- Testing
- Relative Reinforcing Value of Food
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Fronto-Parietal Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation for ADHD in Children and Adolescents
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental condition in children and adolescents and is often associated with difficulties in attention, inhibitory control, working memory, and other executive…
- Trial name
- NCT07633275
- Testing
- Active transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Central South University
Eating Behavior
Mother-Baby Study - Caloric Compensation Index (COMPX)
The study will test a model of biobehavioral mechanisms involved in the development of a system of emotion, attachment, and nutritive intake in the mother-infant dyad and the association of this system with maternal feeding…
- Trial name
- NCT06072664
- Testing
- Caloric Compensation Index (COMPX)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan