Clinical trials: Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Older Adults (65 Years and Older)
Improv Music Therapy for Older Adults
Older adults and their care partners will participate in music therapy sessions for approximately 8 weeks. Before and after the 8 week study period, participants will fill out questionnaires about their mood, stress levels, and…
- Trial name
- NCT07419022
- Testing
- Clinical Improvisation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Aging, Athletic Injuries
Life After Sport: Prior Injury and Sedentary Behavior as Mechanisms of Later Poor Health
Competitive sport increases risk for musculoskeletal injury (e.g., traumatic knee injury) and may position former athletes for early onset of chronic diseases, chronic pain, poor health-related quality of life, and disability.
- Conditions
- Aging, Athletic Injuries, Physical Inactivity, Knee Injuries and Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT05344001
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marquette University
Tobacco Use
Impact of Semaglutide on Tobacco Use and Related Health Behaviors
This pilot randomized trial will assess the impact of 12 weeks of semaglutide administration (vs placebo) on changes in: (i) tobacco use and related factors (nicotine craving, withdrawal, motivation to quit, etc.) and (ii)…
- Trial name
- ONSET (NCT06986993)
- Testing
- Semaglutide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Domestic Violence, Alcohol Consumption
Over-arousal as a Mechanism Between Alcohol and Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health problem costing $8.3 billion per year with over $6 billion in direct medical and mental health costs alone.
- Trial name
- NCT03037749
- Testing
- Alcohol beverage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Neoplasms
Effect of Patient Portal Messaging Before Mailing Fecal Immunochemical Testing Kit on Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates
Behavioral economics principles have increasingly been shown to improve health outcomes in the United States. They offer the ability to implement simple, low-cost and effective interventions to address key health issues without…
- Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Neoplasms, Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Trial name
- NCT05115916
- Testing
- MyChart Priming Message
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,880 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Mechanisms of Upper Airway Obstruction
The current study is designed to examine underlying mechanisms of action of lingual muscles in the maintenance of airway patency during sleep.
- Trial name
- DISE-CAD (NCT04322097)
- Testing
- Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 133 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Heart Failure
Coping Skills and Heart Failure: Outcomes and Mechanisms
This study will evaluate whether heart failure patients receiving a 16 week telephone delivered, intervention using cognitive behavior therapy to facilitate self-management of heart failure will have better clinical outcomes than…
- Trial name
- COPE-HF (NCT00873418)
- Testing
- Coping skills training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 190 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Insomnia, Depression
Sleep Mechanisms Of Regulating Emotions
This project is the second phase of a two-phased project investigating the impact of a proven sleep intervention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) on engagement of the emotion regulation brain network as a…
- Trial name
- SleepMORE (NCT06373718)
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Acute Low Back Pain, Physical Activity
Acute Low Back Pain: Causes, Mechanisms, Treatment and Followup
The purpose of this study is to investigate acute low back pain, its origin, mechanisms, the cause of pain, evaluation of treatments and development.
- Trial name
- ALBP (NCT02517762)
- Testing
- Physical activity
- Volunteers
- 99 people
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University
Anxiety Symptom, Depression Symptom
TCM Daoyin for Anxiety/Depression: Psychological Effects and Biological Mechanisms
This 12-week single-arm clinical trial investigates the effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Daoyin exercise on anxiety and depression symptoms in 20 participants, followed by a 12-week observational follow-up period.
- Trial name
- NCT06921512
- Testing
- TCM Daoyin exercise
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Caregiver Burden
Alternative Carer Respite: A Study on Its Effectiveness and Potential Mechanism
The primary objective of this study is to examine the effectiveness of alternative carer respite in meeting the unique needs of older adults without children or with limited contact with their children in Hong Kong.
- Trial name
- VRDCFIn-home1 (NCT07004842)
- Testing
- 48 hr Respite Service
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Depression
Efficacy and Mechanism of rTMS on the Symptoms of Pleasure Deficit in Adolescent Depression
(1) Primary objective: to collect data on the score of pleasure deficit scale before and after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment in adolescent depressed patients, and to verify its efficacy and safety in…
- Trial name
- NCT06580249
- Testing
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Xijing Hospital
Primary Progressive Aphasia
HDtDCS in Logopenic Variant PPA: Effects on Language and Neural Mechanisms
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a therapy called High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS) for the treatment of the language deficits experienced by people with a type of Primary…
- Trial name
- NCT03805659
- Testing
- HD-tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Depression, Suicidal Ideation
Brain Changes During Social Reward Psychotherapy for Mid- and Late-Life Suicidality
The investigators hypothesized that during the 9-week course of Engage \& Connect treatment there will be an increase in brain functions of the Positive Valence System which in turn will lead to reduction in suicidality.
- Conditions
- Depression, Suicidal Ideation, Major Depressive Disorder, Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05925322
- Testing
- "Engage & Connect" Psychotherapy, Symptom Review and Psychoeducation (SRP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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
Epilepsy, Depressive Symptoms
Electrophysiologic Mechanisms of Ketamine Antidepressant Response
This study aims to identify electrophysiologic biomarkers associated with antidepressant response to ketamine in adults with epilepsy undergoing clinically indicated stereo-electroencephalography (sEEG) monitoring who have at…
- Trial name
- Ketamine-sEEG (NCT07768618)
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Hyperthermia, Major Depressive Disorder
Peripheral Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Hyperthermia
The goal of this study is to examine how whole-body hyperthermia affects the thermoinflammatory profile, which includes the combined immune and heat shock response, in patients with depression and whether these changes correlate…
- Conditions
- Hyperthermia, Major Depressive Disorder, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT05366270
- Testing
- WBH
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Aging, Muscular Atrophy
Maximizing Mechanisms of Muscle Hypertrophy to Combat Sarcopenia in Older Adults
Resistance training has shown the most promise among interventions aimed to combat aging muscle atrophy as it enhances strength, power, and mobility function, but induces varying degrees of skeletal muscle hypertrophy as the…
- Trial name
- NCT02442479
- Testing
- resistance training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 127 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
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
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