Clinical trials: Behavior And Behavior Mechanism
Stress, Depression
Evaluation of the Efficacy and Mechanisms of Change of Compassion Cultivation Training in Medical Students
The aim of this randomized, waitlist controlled trial is to examine the efficacy of the Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT©) in reducing psychological distress (i.e., stress, anxiety and depression) and burnout symptoms while…
- Conditions
- Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Burn Out
- Trial name
- NCT04690452
- Testing
- Compassion Cultivation Training
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Health Behavior
The Together on Diabetes Intervention - a Realist Evaluation
The Danish healthcare system is universal and free of charge for Danish citizens, as all healthcare services are financed by general taxes.
- Conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Health Behavior, Delivery of Health Care
- Trial name
- NCT04722289
- Testing
- Together on Diabetes
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Center for Diabetes, Copenhagen Municipality
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms, Body Representation
Visuo-Tactile Integration and Body Ownership in the Human Brain
The present project exploits brain imaging and neuroscience robotics to investigate the role of quantifiable visual input on the relationship between visuo-tactile integration and body ownership (the feeling that "this" body…
- Trial name
- NCT05164991
- Testing
- Visuo-tactile stimulations of the right hand
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Psychological Stress, Mental Fatigue
The Role of Physical Ardor in Triggering State Anattā and Psychophysiological Recovery
This study investigates how different types of aerobic exercise-specifically continuous treadmill running versus intermittent ball games-influence mental restoration in university students.
- Conditions
- Psychological Stress, Mental Fatigue, Self-Perception, Autonomic Nervous System Function
- Trial name
- SPAR (NCT07488169)
- Testing
- Continuous Aerobic Exercise (Treadmill-based), Intermittent Aerobic Exercise (Ball Games)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 671 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lincoln University College
Antidepressive Agents
Wuling Powder for the Treatment and Underlying Mechanism of Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Parkinson's Disease
Depression is one of the most important nonmotor features of idiopathic PD（Parkinson's disease ）which may not just interfere with the motor symptoms of PD but can also cause immense personal suffering as well as decreased quality…
- Trial name
- NCT03195231
- Testing
- Wuling Powder
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Hospital
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Physical Activity
Lifestyle Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Deficits in Subjects With Depressive Symptoms: From Mechanisms to Clinical Practice
The goal of this clinical study is to investigate if lifestyle changes can help prevent cognitive decline and reduce depressive symptoms in people between the ages of 50 and 80 with depressive symptoms or a diagnosis of major…
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Physical Activity, Inflammation, Metabolome
- Trial name
- POWER (NCT07009223)
- Testing
- Mediterranean Diet, Physical Activity, Cognitive Training
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli
Eating Behavior
Mother-Baby Study - Relative Reinforcing Value (RRV)
The study will test a model of biobehavioral mechanisms involved in the development of a system of emotion, attachment, and nutritive intake in the mother-infant dyad and the association of this system with maternal feeding…
- Trial name
- NCT06072651
- Testing
- Relative Reinforcing Value of Food
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Alcohol Dependence
The Approach and Avoidance Task (AAT) in Alcoholic Inpatients
The approach and avoidance task (AAT) has evolved as a promising treatment add-on in the realm of psychology. Certain psychiatric diseases, such as behavioural addictions, social anxiety disorder, and arachnophobia, are…
- Trial name
- NCT04054336
- Testing
- Inhibit AAT, classical AAT, Control Group
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Psychobiological Mechanisms of Resilience to Trauma
This study will evaluate brain changes and psychological characteristics of people who are resilient to trauma. It will examine and compare responses in three categories of subjects: 1) people who have been exposed to a…
- Trial name
- NCT00069212
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 210 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Characterization and Brain Mechanisms of Frustration in Youth With Severe Irritability or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Background: Irritability is an elevated proneness to anger. Children with irritability have difficulty tolerating frustration. They get angry and have temper outbursts more easily than their others their age.
- Conditions
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Normal Physiology
- Trial name
- NCT05357495
- Testing
- Affective Posner fMRI frustration induction task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Treatment Resistant Depression
KET-RO Plus RO DBT for Treatment Resistant Depression
This pilot study will assess the safety and feasibility of intravenous (IV) ketamine combined with RO DBT in young adults with Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD).
- Trial name
- KET-RO (NCT06138691)
- Testing
- Ketamine Infusion plus RO DBT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Inhibition (Psychology), Updating
Attentional Control Training in Older Adults: Efficacy, Transfer and Brain Substrates
Formal education and cognitively stimulating hobbies and profession have a protective effect against age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease.
- Conditions
- Inhibition (Psychology), Updating, General Knowledge, No Training
- Trial name
- NCT03532113
- Testing
- Updating, Inhibition, General knowledge
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
A Parent-Based Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior in Adolescents
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility and efficacy of a triadic intervention designed to target both healthcare providers and parents in order to prevent adolescent sexual risk behavior in Latino and African…
- Trial name
- NCT01326806
- Testing
- Families Talking Together, Active Control on Hygiene & Nutrition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder
Network Control TMS fMRI
This study uses different types of functional magnetic resonance imagining (fMRI) to generate individual transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) targets.
- Conditions
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Working Memory
- Trial name
- NCT05736458
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), High controllability TMS target
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Focus: Effects of Nicotine and Alcohol on Brain Circuits
Neural Mechanisms Underlying Nicotine and Alcohol Combinations
Nicotine and alcohol are frequently used together and their combined use contributes to more than half a million deaths each year, with more alcoholics dying from smoking-related diseases than from alcohol-related diseases.
- Trial name
- QfMRI (NCT02049268)
- Testing
- Nicotine + Alcohol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
The Difference in the Mechanism of Action Between Two Brands of Dexamfetamine in Adults With ADHD
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare in the pk/pd profiles of magisterial dexamfetamine and Tentin in adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
- Trial name
- DAVE (NCT05621174)
- Testing
- Dexamfetamine
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise
Research on the Effect and Mechanism of Aerobic Exercise on PD
This trial is expected to recruit patients with primary Parkinson's disease and give them four consecutive weeks of aerobic exercise to observe its effect on Parkinson's disease and explore its mechanism
- Trial name
- NCT04651140
- Testing
- aerobic exercise
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The First Hospital of Jilin University
Smoking, Nicotine Dependence
Neural Inhibition as a Mechanism of Nicotine Dependence Among Persons With Schizophrenia
Cigarette smoking decreases life expectancy, causes devastating health complications, and costs society billions of dollars each year.
- Conditions
- Smoking, Nicotine Dependence, Schizophrenia, Schizophreniform Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT00407277
- Testing
- Nicotine patch, smoking cessation group therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Food Insecurity, Obesity, Childhood
Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Food Insecurity
Food insecurity is prevalent in the United States. Defined as unstable and inadequate access to food, food insecurity disproportionately affects low-income households, those with children and those with a Black or Hispanic head…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Obesity, Childhood, Inflammation, Mental Health
- Trial name
- NCT04968496
- Testing
- Food Secure Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Development and Health, Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
The Effect of Mobile Devices on the Development and Health of Young Children
Interactive electronic devices (IEDs) have become a common part of young children's lives, yet research on this topic remains limited.
- Conditions
- Development and Health, Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms, Cognition, Physical Health
- Trial name
- iKids (NCT06810570)
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 874 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheffield Hallam University