Clinical trials: Reward
Anorexia Nervosa
Influence of Reward and Punishment on Goal-directed and Habit Learning in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa
The proposed study of adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) will examine the association of behavioral differences in constructs of decision making, brain structure and connectivity, and eating disorder (ED) symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT04051879
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
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
Sleep
Circadian Rhythms and Homeostatic Sleep Drive and Their Effect on Reward and Cognitive Control Systems in Adolescents
Adolescence is a time of heightened reward sensitivity and greater impulsivity. On top of this, many teenagers experience chronic sleep deprivation and misalignment of their circadian rhythms due to biological shifts in their…
- Trial name
- CARRS-P1 (NCT05336084)
- Testing
- Ultradian sleep/wake protocol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Substance Use Risk, Structural Stressors
Structural Stressors, 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 stressors (SS) on substance use risk in Puerto Rican adolescents…
- Trial name
- NCT06221839
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Control Condition, How Incentive Receive
How v. How and Why Nudges and Rewards
Members of CVS/Aetna will receive a direct mailing or receive no outreach at all. Our design will be a 3-cell between-subjects design: 1. control: this will be a group who will not receive any outreach 2.
- Conditions
- Control Condition, How Incentive Receive, How Incentive Holdout, How Incentive Ineligible
- Trial name
- NCT05376059
- Testing
- How Nudge, How and Why Nudge, Incentive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Health Behavior
Personalized Recommendation System for Sport Activities
The goal of this clinical trial is to test and compare the effects of a tailored algorithm recommendation of sport activities concreted in challenges to improve some critical performance dimensions.
- Trial name
- NCT06200350
- Testing
- Experimental group, Control group
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vigo
Depression
Neural Mechanisms of Temporal Interference Stimulation on Improving Social Reward Function in Depression
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mood disorder characterized primarily by low mood, diminished interest, and reduced energy.
- Trial name
- NCT07287878
- Testing
- Temporal Interference Simulation(TIS), Temporal Interference Stimulation(TIS)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Mental Health Center
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
Pediatric Obesity, Inhibition
Brain Mechanisms of Overeating in Children
The proposed research will follow healthy weight children who vary by family risk for obesity to identify the neurobiological and appetitive traits that are implicated in overeating and weight gain during the critical…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Inhibition, Decision Making, fMRI
- Trial name
- RO1 (NCT03341247)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 254 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Binge Eating Disorder, Obesity
Binge Eating Disorder and Obesity : Functional MRI Study
Obesity, defined as BMI> 30kg / m2, is a major public health problem, with devastating medical and psychological consequences. 30% of obese suffer from BED type of eating disorders.
- Trial name
- BED (NCT02868619)
- Testing
- Functional MRI, ADO-BEDS scale, R-CMAS scale
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Obesity, Childhood, Eating Behavior
Study of Brain, Reward, and Kids' Eating
Children from rural communities are at greater risk for obesity than children from more urban communities. However, some children are resilient to obesity despite greater exposure to obesogenic influences in rural communities…
- Trial name
- BRAKE (NCT05456516)
- Testing
- Food Rating
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Performance vs. Effort Rewards
Engaging Mental Effort: Process- and Person-Based Reward Experiences, Effort Reinforcement Intervention, and Cascading Effects on Challenging Tasks
Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the influences of children's prior experiences with rewards following successes at school and interventions aimed at influencing children's preferences for…
- Trial name
- RoSE2025 (NCT07557732)
- Testing
- Performance Rewards, Effort Rewards
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
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
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
Cognitive Performance, Creativity
Neurochemical Modulation Cognitive Performance and Subjective Wellbeing In Healthy Controls
This project aims to investigate the effect of modafinil on motivation, creativity, cognitive performance, and subjective wellbeing in healthy participants.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Performance, Creativity, Motivation, Reward
- Trial name
- ModCog (NCT02051153)
- Testing
- Modafinil
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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
Adolescent Development
Monetary Incentive Delay Task for Probing Reward-related Neural Processes
150 males and 150 females ages 14-17 years-old will be enrolled in an observational, longitudinal study. There are three planned in-person visits: a baseline assessment, an 18-month follow-up, and a 36-month follow-up.
- Trial name
- MID (NCT06369623)
- Testing
- Monetary Incentive Delay Task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University
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
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
Pediatric Obesity
Taste Reward Processing in Pediatric Obesity
The study aims to provide a better understanding of the neural influence of eating behavior in the development of childhood obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT01908153
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University