Clinical trials: sponsored by Penn State University
Diet Quality, Sleep
The Effects of an Evening Snack of Walnuts on Diet and Sleep Quality in Adolescents
The goal of this study is to examine whether an evening snack of 1 oz of walnuts consumed in place of usual evening snacks for 4 weeks has a beneficial effect on diet quality and sleep quality in adolescents age 13-17 years.
- Trial name
- NCT07862556
- Testing
- Walnuts, Control (usual diet)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Cardiovascular (CV) Risk
Lions Hearts: A Community Approach to Multigenerational Cardiovascular Disease Risk
This pilot study evaluates the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of Lion Hearts, a community-based, family-centered physical activity intervention designed to improve cardiovascular health among…
- Trial name
- NCT07147387
- Testing
- Lion Hearts Family-Based Physical Activity Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Chronic Stress, Anxiety
Confirmatory Efficacy of the Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills Program
The goal of this clinical trial is to the efficacy of the Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills intervention within a sample of low-income and minoritized youth aged 11-14 who are seeking mental health treatment and have…
- Conditions
- Chronic Stress, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT05789446
- Testing
- Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Vegetable Acceptance in Early Childhood, Vegetable Intake
Evaluating the Implementation and Impact of an Enhanced SNAP-Ed Delivered Curriculum in Low-income Preschools
This evaluation project aims to assess the impact of the Penn State Child Health Research Center's final year of SNAP-Ed funded nutrition education program in low-income preschool classrooms in Pennsylvania.
- Conditions
- Vegetable Acceptance in Early Childhood, Vegetable Intake, Knowledge
- Trial name
- NCT07366437
- Testing
- Rainbow Veggie Club
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Childhood Obesity
PROGRESS for the Primary Prevention of Early Overweight in Low-income, Rural Families
The Parent Responsiveness Optimized: Growth, Regulation, Eating, Sleep, and Soothing (PROGRESS) study is a randomized clinical trial designed to prevent early childhood overweight among rural, low-income families participating in…
- Trial name
- PROGRESS (NCT07823582)
- Testing
- Sleep-Soothe-Play Responsive Parenting, Parent-Child Communication, Parental Mindfulness
- Volunteers
- 328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Obesity, Childhood
Resilience to the Effects of Advertising in Children
Strong empirical evidence shows food marketing promotes excess energy intake and obesity. Yet, not all children are susceptible to its effects and this variability is poorly understood.
- Trial name
- REACH (NCT05073185)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 209 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Trial of Autism Parent Navigator Program
To address the dual needs of parents for support in navigating Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) services and maintaining positive family functioning, the investigators propose to test Autism Parent Navigators (APN), an innovative…
- Trial name
- APN (NCT04744428)
- Testing
- Autism Parent Navigators, Peer mentoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 388 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Cognition
Lion Tracks EEG Pilot: Understand Cognitive Responses to CrossFit in Mother-Child Dyads
The purpose of this study is to examine how participating in exercise together versus separately influences brain function, cognitive performance, mood, and parent-child connection in mother-child dyads.
- Trial name
- Lion Tracks (NCT07677345)
- Testing
- Family-Based Functional Fitness Exercise, Independent Functional Fitness Exercise
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Concussion (Diagnosis)
Nature as Medicine for the Healing Brain: Utilization of a Nature-based Exposure Intervention for Decreasing Concussion Recovery Timeline and Symptom Load
The overall goal of this research is to provide pilot data that informs and drives a larger scale research project, incorporating multiple contemporary measurement modalities, to understand the utility and pathological mechanisms…
- Trial name
- NCT07642739
- Testing
- Nature-based Guided Awareness Group, Standard Guided Awareness Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Executive Functions (EF), Microbiome
Smoothie Program for Achieving and Resilient Kids
The proposed study will examine whether eating yogurt every day can improve brain and gut health in children. Prior research suggests that yogurt may support cognitive functions like self-control, but more studies are needed to…
- Conditions
- Executive Functions (EF), Microbiome, Dietary Quality
- Trial name
- SPARK (NCT07195474)
- Testing
- Yogurt Smoothie (1 per day), Yogurt Smoothie (2 per day), Fruit Juice Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Obesity, Childhood, Eating Behavior
Interoception and Eating Behaviors in Children
The purpose of this study is to examine how individual differences in interoception (the ability to sense, interpret, and act on bodily feelings like hunger, fullness, thirst, hot, cold, etc.) relate to eating behaviors in…
- Trial name
- I-EAT (NCT06504654)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
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
Dietary Intake
Potatoes as a Strategy to Improve Diet Quality in Young Children
The purpose of this study is to examine whether incorporating potatoes into meals-either paired with other vegetables or served as a first course-can improve preschoolers' vegetable intake, reduce excess energy intake, and…
- Trial name
- NCT07358390
- Testing
- Potato + vegetable, Potato appetizer, Potato and vegetable separate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Pediatric Obesity
Monitoring Eating Across Locations (MEAL) - Timing, Intake, and Mealtime Evaluation (TIME)
Increased availability of high-energy dense foods has contributed to a pediatric obesity epidemic, with 23% of United States children currently presenting with the disease.
- Trial name
- MEAL-TIME (NCT07095166)
- Testing
- Meal Location
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Literacy, Communication, Nonverbal
Enhancing Orthographic Communication and Literacy Outcomes for AAC Learners
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether adding Integrated Decoding and Encoding instruction to the ALLSTAR literacy program improves reading outcomes for students with significant literacy and communication needs.
- Trial name
- NCT07384156
- Testing
- ALLSTAR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Obesity, Childhood
Development of an Eating Behavior Risk Score
This study will explore how children's eating behaviors are connected to brain activity and body fat levels. Researchers are especially interested in a behavior pattern called the PACE phenotype, which includes how much children…
- Trial name
- PACE (NCT07266506)
- Testing
- Assessment of PACE Eating Phenotype and Related Behavioral and Neurobiological Measures
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Childhood Obesity, Self-regulation
ONE PATH: Optimizing Nutrition Education for Parents and Teachers for Healthy Growth
This proposal uses an innovative methodological framework, the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST), to design an effective and efficient responsive feeding (RF) intervention that promotes child appetite self-regulation among…
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Self-regulation, Appetite Regulation
- Trial name
- ONE PATH (NCT03817021)
- Testing
- ECE Provider, Parent Intervention, Child intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,461 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Anxiety
Drawing and Anxiety Study
Anxiety is among the most common emotional difficulties impacting well-being, highlighting the need for approachable anxiety-reduction tools.
- Trial name
- D&A (NCT06838351)
- Testing
- Guided Drawing Intervention, Free Drawing Control, Basic Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 275 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Symptoms
Video-feedback Intervention to Promote Racial-Ethnic Socialization Competency (VIP-RACE)
The aim of this study is to evaluate a novel cultural strengths parenting program - the Video-feedback Intervention to Promote Racial-Ethnic Socialization CompEtency (VIP-RACE) - which seeks to support Latine parents' motivation…
- Conditions
- Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Symptoms, Conduct Problems
- Trial name
- VIP-RACE (NCT07055906)
- Testing
- Video-feedback Intervention to Promote Racial-Ethnic Socialization CompEtency (VIP-RACE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Sleep, Parenting
Coparenting, Infant Sleep, and Infant Development
This 3-arm RCT tests the effects of a sleep-enhanced adaptation (FF+) of a well-known, evidence-based transition-to-parenting coparenting intervention program (Family Foundations; FF).
- Conditions
- Sleep, Parenting, Marital Relationship, Parent-Child Relations
- Trial name
- SIESTA-FF (NCT03187561)
- Testing
- Infant sleep-adapted coparenting intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University