Clinical trials: Reward
Depression
Reward-Related Processes and Brain Function
This study will examine and compare brain changes during decision-making in healthy adolescents and adolescents who are anxious or depressed.
- Trial name
- NCT00029588
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 241 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Postpartum Depression
Engage & Connect: A Psychotherapy for Postpartum Depression
This randomized controlled trial compares a novel psychotherapy, Engage \& Connect, with a Symptom Review and Psychoeducation intervention, tailored to reduce postpartum depression.
- Trial name
- NCT05585164
- Testing
- Engage & Connect (E&C), Symptom Review and Psychoeducation (SRP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Healthy Volunteers
Effect of Intragastric Administration of Fatty Acids on Generalized Reward Sensitivity
This study aim to investigate the influence of intragastrically infused fatty acid on the generalization of responses to reward within the food domain and between financial and sexual domains.
- Trial name
- NCT02984150
- Testing
- dodecanoic acid, saline
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Supporting Adolescents to Adhere - an Intervention Using Airtime Rewards Allocated by a Prize Drawing
This study is an extension of Reminding Adolescents to Adhere (RATA) (Unique protocol ID: 1R01HD074925-01). Participants for SATA will be recruited during the RATA month 24 exit survey.
- Trial name
- SATA (NCT02918838)
- Testing
- Own Adherence Group, Fixed Adherence Group, Control Group
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 216 people
- Sponsor
- RAND
Binge-Eating Disorder, Obesity
Precursors of Binge Eating Disorder in a Clinical Sample of Adolescents With Obesity
BACKGROUND: Binge eating disorder (BED) is the worldwide most-prevalent eating disorder. It is associated with psychiatric comorbidities and obesity, a high impact in life functioning, and high morbidity and mortality.
- Conditions
- Binge-Eating Disorder, Obesity, Eating Disorders, BED
- Trial name
- PREC-BED (NCT06387719)
- Testing
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
Overweight, Obesity
Cue-Reward Learning and Weight Gain in Youth
The objective of the study is to compare children at low risk for obesity (two healthy weight parents) to children at high risk for obesity (two overweight parents) in their response rate to food taste and in their rate of…
- Trial name
- ChildLearn (NCT03254576)
- Testing
- Functional MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression
A Study of Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression Based on Biological Evidence of Dopamine Reward Pathway
This study will recruit depressed patients unresponsive to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant treatment, first-degree relatives (parents or siblings) of depressed patients, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease…
- Trial name
- NCT03148509
- Testing
- risperidone, aripiprazole, bupropion
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Nutrition Intervention
Rewarding Healthy Food Choices: a Mobile Serious Game Intervention in Adolescents
The aim of this study is to conduct an outcome and process evaluation of the REWARD intervention, a serious game intervention using reward-based strategies as a main method to trigger healthy snacking in Flemish adolescents.
- Trial name
- REWARD (NCT02622165)
- Testing
- The REWARD serious game intervention
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 1,463 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
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
Structural Racism, Substance Use Risk
Structural Racism, Reward Related Decision Making and Substance Use Risk
The goal of this observational study, which has a pilot phase (R61) and a second, larger phase (R33), is to learn about the impact of indicators of structural racism (SR) on substance use risk in Puerto Rican adolescents living…
- Trial name
- NCT06221839
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Anorexia Nervosa
Appetitive Conditioning in Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is characterized by a reduced drive to pursue rewarding experiences and stimuli. Food consumption - which is almost universally experienced as pleasurable - is not described as rewarding by those with AN.
- Trial name
- ACAN (NCT05531604)
- Testing
- appetitive conditioning
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Children's Nutrition Intake
The Nutritional Effect of Parental Use of Food as a Reward
Control rules are common parental practices that use food as reward to encourage children to conduct parents' preferred behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT02354157
- Testing
- no intervention
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Eating Disorders, Hypoestrogenemia
The Role of Estrogen in the Neurobiology of Eating Disorders
This is a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study of the effects of transdermal estradiol versus placebo on cognitive flexibility, reward processing, and eating disorder pathology in hypoestrogenemic female adolescents…
- Trial name
- NCT03740204
- Testing
- 17-β estradiol transdermal patches with cyclic progesterone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Lisdexamfetamine's Effect In ADHD in the Brain and Cognition
The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of lisdexamfetamine (LDX) on the neural and behavioral subcomponents of self-control, that is cognitive control and reward functioning, in adolescents and young adults with…
- Trial name
- LEIA (NCT02170298)
- Testing
- Lisdexamfetamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Cannabis Use, Depression
Neural and Psychiatric Consequences of Cannabis Use in Adolescents
The goal of this study is to investigate the effects of cannabis on brain function among adolescents with depression.
- Trial name
- Cann-Teen (NCT06941298)
- Testing
- Neuroimaging Investigation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Rewarding Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Prevention and Control in Tanzania
This project evaluates the effect of a combined economic and psycho-social intervention to reduce risky sexual activity and its consequences.
- Trial name
- RESPECT (NCT00922038)
- Testing
- Cash reward
- Volunteers
- 2,411 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Cancer
A Web-Based Physical Activity Intervention in Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Five year survival following a diagnosis of childhood cancer has reached 83%, making long term health outcomes among survivors an important concern.
- Trial name
- NCT01778127
- Testing
- Activity Monitor, Interactive Website, Educational Materials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Education
Improved Child Nutrition and Development Through Social Transfers
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a conditional social transfer works to improve rates of complementary breastfeeding.
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Education, Breastfeeding Duration, Breastfeeding Continuation
- Trial name
- TENDER (NCT07569172)
- Testing
- Social Transfer
- Where
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Volunteers
- 1,040 people
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Stimulant vs. Non-stimulant Treatments and Reward Processing in Drug-naive Youth at SUD Risk
The study team will examine the effects of FDA approved stimulant and non-stimulant medications for ADHD, among youth with ADHD and with and without Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) or Conduct Disorder (CD), on reward systems…
- Trial name
- MPH-ATX (NCT03781765)
- Testing
- Methylphenidate, Atomoxetine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Depression, Parent-Child Relations
Parent Encouragement And Coaching of Happiness in Youth
The goal of this mechanistic clinical trial is to examine whether parent-coaching aimed at increasing child positive affect will increase child neural response to reward. The main questions it aims to answer are: Aim 1.
- Trial name
- PEACHY (NCT06725160)
- Testing
- Parent Coaching, Active Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh