Clinical trials: Behavior And Behavior Mechanism
Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior
Teen Mom Study Feasibility Trial
The proposed multicomponent digital health intervention has the potential to significantly impact the trajectory of maternal health in a rural, pregnant, Black adolescent population with the highest risks for cardiometabolic…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Gestational Weight Gain, Social Determinants of Health
- Trial name
- NCT05843903
- Testing
- #BabyLetsMove
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
Cognitive Impairment, Bipolar Disorder
Effects of Altitude-like Cognition Training on Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Functions
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effects of a three-week altitude-like cognition training intervention in healthy individuals (substudy 1) and symptomatically stable patients with mood disorders (depression…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Impairment, Bipolar Disorder, Depression
- Trial name
- ALTIBRAIN (NCT06121206)
- Testing
- Altitude-like hypoxia (12% O2), Normoxia (20% O2), Cognitive training
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
Alcohol Drinking, Ethanol Intoxication
Alcohol, Breast Cancer, and Metabolism
Alcohol consumption, even at low levels, has been associated with increased breast cancer risk, but the biological mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Drinking, Ethanol Intoxication, Breastfeeding
- Trial name
- ABC-Met (NCT07779967)
- Testing
- Low-alcohol level exposure, Breast-pumping time
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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)
Obesity, Gastric Emptying
Investigation of Neuro-hormonal Mechanisms of Hunger, Fullness and Obesity.
The purpose of this study is to determine abnormal neuro-hormonal mechanisms that may impair the ability to feel full and which therefore, may lead to obesity.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Gastric Emptying, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT01008371
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Well-Being, Psychological, Loneliness
Physiological, Hormonal, and DNA-based Mechanisms of Psychosocial Stress and Therapeutic Effect
The goal of this trial is to learn if the Groups 4 Health (G4H) intervention is effective in supporting student well-being at the University of Helsinki.
- Trial name
- NCT07152652
- Testing
- Groups 4 health
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Helsinki
Phenylketonuria, Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Evaluation of Behavior, Executive Function, Neurotransmitter Function and Genomic Expression Kuvan Nonresponders
This observational study seeks to establish evidence: 1. that physiologic changes, unrelated to effect on the Phenylalanine Hydroxylase (PAH) enzyme, occur in Phenylketonuria (PKU) patients who are treated with sapropterin…
- Conditions
- Phenylketonuria, Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms, PAH Gene Expression
- Trial name
- IST (NCT01274026)
- Testing
- sapropterin dihydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tulane University School of Medicine
Overweight, Obese
Exercise and Weight Control
The purpose of this study is to research the effects of exercise on calories eaten and expended. The investigator expects to find out whether subjects change their eating and activity behaviors when starting an exercise program.
- Trial name
- NCT02152501
- Testing
- Exercise Energy Expenditure 300 kcal/day, Exercise Energy Expenditure 600 kcal/day
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Translational Research to Inform Interventions for Challenging Behavior
This project is meant to identify relations between the reinforcement histories of 80 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and the prevalence of extinction bursts.
- Trial name
- NCT04842500
- Testing
- Demand Informed Moderator Analysis
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
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
Smoking, Tobacco, Smoking (Tobacco) Addiction
Effects of Nicotine in Tobacco Smokers
This study will examine mechanisms linking Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder symptomatology to tobacco dependence.
- Trial name
- NCT03651869
- Testing
- Cigarette 1, Cigarette 2, Patch 1
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 221 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Depressive Disorder, Major, Bipolar Disorder
Characterization of the Prosocial and Prosexual Effects of GHB
The purpose of this study is to determine whether gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) has prosocial and prosexual effects in healthy male participants, and to characterize these putative effects via behavioral tests, functional magnetic…
- Conditions
- Depressive Disorder, Major, Bipolar Disorder, Autistic Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT02342366
- Testing
- GHB 35 mg/kg p.o., GHB 20 mg/kg p.o.
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Emotion Regulation
Effects and Mechanisms of Smartphone-Based Stress Management Training on Well-Being in College Students
Studying can be a difficult time, and some students can find it challenging to deal with stress. This research project at Virginia Commonwealth University aims to understand how two different online stress management training…
- Trial name
- NCT05518656
- Testing
- Experimental intervention, Comparison intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Depression
Activating and Connecting Teens (ACT) Study
National data indicate over 650,000 children and adolescents are exposed to physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or physical or emotional neglect each year.
- Trial name
- ACT (NCT03438656)
- Testing
- Behavioral Activation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Depression
RESIST: Understanding the Role of Depression in Heart Disease
This study will investigate the biological pathways involved in anti-depressant resistance that increase risk of cardiovascular disease in people with depression.
- Trial name
- NCT02657798
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Communication Disorder, Healthy
Central Mechanisms in Speech Motor Control Studied With H215O PET
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a technique used to investigate the functional activity of the brain. The PET technique allows doctors to study the normal biochemical and metabolic processes of the central nervous system of…
- Conditions
- Communication Disorder, Healthy, Stuttering, Tourette Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00001308
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Local or Systemic Effects: Mechanisms Related to Arm Crank Exercise - Comparison Between Individuals With and Without PAD
INTRODUCTION: Exercise with an arm ergometer (EB) overcomes the main barrier to physical exercise in patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), leg pain during walking.
- Trial name
- NCT06828172
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nove de Julho
Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
RELIEF: Multimodal Prehabilitation to Treat Fatigue in Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis
The implementation of a non-pharmacological multimodal intervention program-including physical exercise, nutritional counseling, and psychological support-is expected to improve fatigue in patients with primary biliary…
- Trial name
- RELIEF (NCT07161245)
- Testing
- Multimodal prehabilitation, standard of care
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder
Brain Mechanisms of Human Motivation
This study aims to investigate reward learning across the mood disorder spectrum and to investigate the predictive validity of reward learning for subsequent symptom severity.
- Trial name
- NCT01976975
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 270 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action, Depression
Citalopram and Self Emotional Processing
This study is investigating the effect of an acute dose of citalopram on emotional processing about the self. Using a parallel-group double-blind design, participants will be randomised to receive either an acute dose of…
- Conditions
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action, Depression, Depressive Disorder, Mental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04169230
- Testing
- Citalopram
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford