Clinical trials: Reward
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
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
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
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
Anxiety Depression, Social Media
The REWIRE Behaviour Study
This two-phase, double-blind, balanced, parallel-group randomized controlled trial involves youth aged 12 to 17 years who experience symptoms of anxiety or depression and use social media for more than three hours per day.
- Trial name
- REWIRE (NCT07429357)
- Testing
- Pilot - REWIRE Program, Psychoeducation Control, REWIRE Intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- Gary Goldfield
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
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
Adolescents, Conduct Disorder
Teenagers, Drug Addiction, and Reward and Impulse Control
Background: The risk for becoming addicted to drugs varies from person to person, even among those who use similar drugs in a similar way.
- Conditions
- Adolescents, Conduct Disorder, Vulnerability to Substance Addicition
- Trial name
- NCT01443949
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), Alcoholism
Cue Effects in Human Addiction: Pavlovian to Instrumental Transfer
Individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) have to cope with drug-related cues and contexts, which can affect instrumental drug seeking as shown with Pavlovian to instrumental transfer (PIT) paradigms in animals and humans.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), Alcoholism, Substance Use Disorders, Smoking, Tobacco
- Trial name
- ReCoDe (NCT05992272)
- Testing
- fMRI imaging (BOLD), sMRI (structure), Trier Social Stress Test
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Ultra-processed Foods (UP)
Effects of Processed Foods on Brain Reward Circuitry and Food Cue Learning
Examine if ultra-processed (UP) foods are more effective in activating reward, attention, and memory brain regions and in promoting food cue learning than minimally-processed foods.
- Trial name
- NCT06165952
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 162 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
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
Pediatric Obesity, Obesity
Brain and Obesity Longitudinal Development: Neurobiological Mechanisms of Semaglutide Treatment of Adolescent Obesity
This single-site, prospective observational pilot study examines how clinically prescribed semaglutide is associated with changes in the adolescent brain, cognition, mood, interoception, and metabolic and biological markers.
- Trial name
- BOLD (NCT07911046)
- Testing
- Semaglutide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Erin Mauney
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
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
Risk-Taking, Adolescent Behavior
Prevention of Adolescent Risky Behaviors: Neural Markers of Intervention Effects
Adolescence is a time of biological and behavioral changes that can lead to risky and dangerous behaviors, and African-American youth are highly vulnerable to the consequences of risky behavior, including HIV/AIDS and violence…
- Trial name
- NCT03370393
- Testing
- Pathways for African-Americans' Success (PAAS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 146 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Evaluating Rewards-Based Adherence and Electronic Medication Monitoring in HIV-Positive Adolescents
The primary objective of this project is to assess the study population's acceptance of two medication adherence support strategies: incentive-based programs and electronic medication monitoring.
- Trial name
- NCT01849393
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital