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
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
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
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
Tinnitus, Hearing Loss
Investigating Disinhibitory Brain Mechanism in Tinnitus and Hearing Loss
Tinnitus, the perception of sound in the absence of an external acoustic stimulus. Tinnitus is often perceived inside the head rather than the ear and is a common condition with a prevalence estimated between 10 and 15% in…
- Trial name
- IGNITE (NCT04862572)
- Testing
- MRI scanning
- Where
- 3 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Stress, Psychological Stress
Neural Correlates of Stress Reduction
This study will identify neural mechanisms associated with changes in emotion regulation following participation in stress reduction programs.
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological Stress, Life Stress, Emotional Stress
- Trial name
- NCT01488422
- Testing
- Stress Reduction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cyberbullying
Peer Group Training vs Direct Instruction to Reduce Cyberbullying Among High School Boys"
This study aims to explore ways to reduce cyberbullying among male high school students in Tehran by comparing two types of training: direct instruction from a psychologist and peer-led training.
- Trial name
- CyberPeer (NCT07204730)
- Testing
- Direct Social Skills Training, Peer-Led Social Skills Training, Control No Training
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 252 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
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
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
PTSD, Depression
Local Participatory Systems Dynamics to Increase Reach of Evidence Based Addiction and Mental Health Care
The most common reasons Veterans seek VA addiction and mental health care is for help with opioid and alcohol misuse, depression and PTSD.
- Conditions
- PTSD, Depression, Alcohol Use Disorder, Opioid Use Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04356274
- Testing
- Participatory System Dynamics (PSD), Audit and Feedback (AF)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research
Sarcopenic Obesity, Muscle Weakness
Mechanisms of Age-Related Muscle Loss
Two independent, but interrelated conditions that have a growing impact on healthy life expectancy and health care costs in developed nations are the age related loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) and obesity.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenic Obesity, Muscle Weakness, Protein Metabolism Disorder, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- NCT03113279
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Birmingham
Depression, Anxiety
Mechanisms of Anxiety and Depression Study
Eligible participants will come in for three separate visits in which they will be interviewed, perform a variety of tasks, and undergo a non-invasive MRI scan.
- Trial name
- NCT03135756
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Palo Alto University
Depression
Reconsolidation-Based Intervention for Traumatic Memories
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effect and underlying mechanism of reconsolidation-based cognitive reappraisal for traumatic memories in patients with major depression disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT06143800
- Testing
- reactivation, cognitive reappraisal intervention
- Volunteers
- 390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shenzhen Kangning Hospital
Internet Gaming Disorder
The Behavioral and Brain Mechanism of IGD
This project aims to investigate whether anodal tDCS of dlPFC enhances cognitive regulation over craving an emotions.
- Trial name
- NCT02550405
- Testing
- Craving behavioral intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 204 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Normal University
Behavior Change, Dietary Behaviour
Novel Personalised Nutrition Intervention With Tailored Behavioural Support
The aim of this study is to test the efficacy of a novel personalised nutrition intervention with tailored behavioural support compared to a control personalised nutrition intervention for improving adherence to sustainable and…
- Conditions
- Behavior Change, Dietary Behaviour, Personalised Nutrition, Sustainable Healthy Diet
- Trial name
- P-NUTS (NCT07417254)
- Testing
- Personalised sustainable and healthy dietary recommendations with standardised and tailored behavioural support., Personalised sustainable and healthy dietary recommendations with standardised behavioural support.
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Dublin