Clinical trials: Diminished Pleasure
ASD
Proof of Mechanism Study for the Treatment of Social Anhedonia in ASD
This project will use the experimental medicine approach of a Phase IIa Proof of Mechanism 16-week, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of L-DOPA versus placebo administration in combination with a 16 week social skills…
- Trial name
- ACEP4 (NCT03243552)
- Testing
- Social Skills Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Anhedonia, Depression
Prevention of Anhedonia in Children
This trial will test the effects of a positive emotion-focused preventive intervention on reward responsiveness in children of mothers with histories of depression and anhedonia.
- Trial name
- NCT05988138
- Testing
- Family Promoting Positive Emotions, Psychoeducation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal
Reward Sensitivity Digital Intervention for Suicide Risk
The goal of this clinical trial is to develop and test an app designed to reduce suicide risk and improve emotional well-being in adolescents.
- Conditions
- Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal, Suicidal Thoughts, Digital Health Intervention
- Trial name
- DIGIReward (NCT07661901)
- Testing
- Suicide prevention treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Suicide, Mental Health Disorder
Optimizing a Just-in-time Adaptive Intervention for Suicide Safety Planning in Adolescents
Despite efforts to prevent suicide, US rates are climbing, and suicide is the second leading cause of death amongst youth. Digital tools, especially personal smartphones, are promising avenues to address these issues and can be…
- Conditions
- Suicide, Mental Health Disorder, Anhedonia
- Trial name
- NCT06665620
- Testing
- ViraBrite nudges
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Ksana Health
Depression, Anhedonia
Family Promoting Positive Emotions Pilot Study
Anhedonia is characterized by loss of interest or pleasure. The proposed pilot study would be the first to test an innovative, neuroscience-informed intervention in mothers reporting depressive symptoms and stress to enhance…
- Conditions
- Depression, Anhedonia, Stress, Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05223842
- Testing
- Family Promoting Positive Emotions (F-PPE), Written Information
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Depression, Electroencephalography
Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation on Anhedonia in Depression
Study comparing the efficacy of two TMS patterns (intermittent theta-burst stimulation, iTBS, and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, rTMS) in treating anhedonia and their associated brain network mechanisms.
- Conditions
- Depression, Electroencephalography, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Trial name
- NCT06552026
- Testing
- repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Anhui Medical University
Conduct Disorder, Depression
Anhedonia Beyond Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents With Conduct Disorder
Conduct Disorder (CD) is a common psychiatric disorder among children and adolescents and is characterized by a persistent pattern of behaviors that violate the rights of others or major age-appropriate social norms and rules.
- Trial name
- NCT07849985
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Depression, Anhedonia
Imagine a Brighter Future: An Intervention to Improve Positive Emotions in Young People
Depression is a common mental health problem that often begins during adolescence. Onset during adolescence can be disruptive to schoolwork and social relationships and if left untreated can lead to recurrence during adulthood…
- Trial name
- IMAGINE-P (NCT05507385)
- Testing
- IMAGINE-POSITIVE, Control
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Anhedonia
Examining Reward-Related Predictors and Mechanisms of Change in BA Treatment for Anhedonic Adolescents
The prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) is relatively low in childhood (i.e., 1-3%), but increases substantially during adolescence.
- Trial name
- NCT02498925
- Testing
- Behavioral Activation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Depression, Anhedonia
Anhedonia, Development, and Emotions: Phenotyping and Therapeutics
The goal of the ADEPT Study is to understand anhedonia in young people and how it changes based on treatments targeting the brain circuit underlying it.
- Trial name
- ADEPT (NCT05487885)
- Testing
- Continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS), Positive Affect Training, Ketamine Injectable Solution
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 123 people
- Sponsor
- Erika Forbes
Anhedonia, Depression and Suicide Ideation
Get ActivE Study for At-risk Youth
The study will adapt and deploy a digital Behavioral Activation app with mobile sensing, supported by health coaches, that encourages youth to engage in positive activities.
- Trial name
- GetActivE (NCT06829953)
- Testing
- GET ActivE, Treatment As Usual
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Emotional Distress, Anhedonia
Positive Events Training to Enhance Positive Emotions in Adolescents With Elevated Depressive Symptoms: An N=1 Trial
Research shows that high positive emotionality is an essential ingredient in building resilience in youngsters, especially those with a vulnerability to develop depressive symptomatology.
- Trial name
- iPET N=1 (NCT07825285)
- Testing
- Positive Events Training (PET)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Emotional Distress, Anhedonia
Promoting Positive Emotions in Adolescents Using Positive Events Training: An Indicated Approach
Research shows that high positive emotionality is an essential ingredient in building resilience in youngsters, especially those with a vulnerability to develop depressive symptomatology.
- Trial name
- iPET (NCT07288541)
- Testing
- Positive Events Training (PET)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Schizophrenia / Schizoaffective Disorder, First Episode Psychosis (FEP)
French Minds Cohort: a French Longitudinal and Multimodal Cohort of Patients With Major Mood Disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Healthy Controls
The goal of this study is to learn whether people living with severe psychiatric disorders can be grouped into more homogeneous subgroups, across usual diagnostic categories, based on two key dimensions: social withdrawal and…
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia / Schizoaffective Disorder, First Episode Psychosis (FEP), Bipolar Disorder (BD), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD
- Trial name
- FRENCH-MINDS (NCT07881016)
- Testing
- 3T Brain MRI, Biological Sampling, Clinical, Cognitive and Digital Assessments
- Where
- 17 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondation FondaMental
Anhedonia, Stress Response
Stress Trajectories and Anhedonia in Adolescence Research Study
This project will examine how multiple biological measures from the brain and the body's stress response system contribute to anhedonia (the loss of pleasure) in adolescence.
- Conditions
- Anhedonia, Stress Response, Adolescent Development
- Trial name
- STAARS (NCT07040449)
- Testing
- Montreal Imaging Stress Task, Trier Social Stress Test for Children
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Specific Positive Memories, Specific Positive Future Events
Recalling and Anticipating Specific Positive Events to Boost Resilience in Adolescents
Many young people are experiencing stress-related mental health problems, with some recent studies suggesting this number is increasing.
- Conditions
- Specific Positive Memories, Specific Positive Future Events, Resilience, Mental Wellbeing
- Trial name
- RASPERA (NCT05757180)
- Testing
- Positive Events Training (PET), CREAtive writing Training (CREAT)
- Where
- 5 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 191 people
- Sponsor
- Prof. dr. Filip Raes
Psychosis, Schizophrenia
Goals in Focus: CBT for Motivational Negative Symptoms of Psychosis
This pilot feasibility trial aims to evaluate the "Goals in Focus" intervention for motivational negative symptoms in people with psychosis.
- Conditions
- Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Negative Symptoms With Primary Psychotic Disorder
- Trial name
- GIF (NCT05252039)
- Testing
- Goals in Focus
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Hamburg-Eppendorf
Suicide, Mental Health Disorder
A Just-in-time Adaptive Intervention for Suicide Safety Planning in Adolescents
Despite efforts to prevent suicide, US rates are climbing, and suicide is the second leading cause of death amongst youth. Digital tools, especially personal smartphones, are promising avenues to address these issues and can be…
- Conditions
- Suicide, Mental Health Disorder, Anhedonia
- Trial name
- ViraSafeRCT (NCT07348666)
- Testing
- ViraSafe: Treatment pushes, BRITE
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Ksana Health
Treatment Resistant Depression, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
rTMS Intervention on Motivational Anhedonia of Treatment Resistant Depression and Brian Network Mechanism
Study of individualized accurate targeting rTMS intervention on motivational anhedonia of treatment resistant depression and brain network mechanism
- Conditions
- Treatment Resistant Depression, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Event-Related Potentials
- Trial name
- rTMS (NCT03991572)
- Testing
- repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation with real coil
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Anhui Medical University
Depression in Adolescence
Mechanisms of Depression and Anhedonia in Adolescents: Linking Sleep to Reward- and Stress-Related Brain Function
This research will use biobehavioral approaches to generate understanding about the linkages between sleep duration and timing, stressful life events, and depressive symptoms in adolescents, with a long-term aim of developing…
- Trial name
- MoDA (NCT05691439)
- Testing
- Sleep extension and advance, Regular sleep duration and timing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oregon