Clinical trials: Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Child Abuse, Self-control
Coaching Alternative Parenting Strategies (CAPS) Study
This is a randomized, controlled trial (RCT) of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) designed to test the effects of PCIT on self-regulation and behavior in child maltreating (CM) parents and their elementary-school children.
- Conditions
- Child Abuse, Self-control, Parenting
- Trial name
- CAPS (NCT02684903)
- Testing
- Parent Child Interaction Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 408 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oregon
Alcoholism
A Study on the Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Baclofen and Alcohol Drinking
This pilot trial has the goal to demonstrate the feasibility of a study to test the effects of baclofen in a laboratory experiment using cue-reactivity and alcohol-self administration paradigms in non-treatment seeking…
- Trial name
- NCT01076283
- Testing
- Baclofen, Cyproheptadine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Substance Use Disorders
Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention: Efficacy and Mechanisms
The broad, long-term objective of the proposed randomized clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy, moderators and mechanisms of change of two cognitive-behavioral aftercare treatments for alcohol and other drug (AOD) use…
- Trial name
- MBRP (NCT01159535)
- Testing
- Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention, Relapse Prevention, Treatment as Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 286 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
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
Traumatic Brain Injury, Chronic Pain
One-day Life Skills Workshop for Veterans With TBI, Pain, and Psychopathology: Evaluating Efficacy and Mechanism of Change
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is the signature wound of Veterans returning from the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (i.e., OIF/OEF/OND), with up to 20 percent experiencing persistent post-concussive symptoms.
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Chronic Pain, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT04143243
- Testing
- ACT on Life, Education, Resources, and Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 176 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol Intoxication
Mindfulness-Based Intervention and Transcranial Direct Current Brain Stimulation to Reduce Heavy Drinking
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) impacts millions of Americans and is associated with significant behavioral, social, economic, medical, and neurobiological dysfunction, yet current behavioral treatments for AUD are only modestly…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol Intoxication, Alcoholism
- Trial name
- MBItDCS (NCT02861807)
- Testing
- Brain stimulation with mindfulness-based relapse prevention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Overweight and Obesity
SMART 2.0: Social Mobile Approaches to Reducing weighT in Young Adults
The SMART 2.0 study is a 24-month trial designed to evaluate the impact of the intervention with technology and personal health coaching or with technology alone on objectively measured weight among overweight young adults in a…
- Trial name
- SMART 2 (NCT03907462)
- Testing
- SMART 2.0
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 638 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
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
Antidepressant Mechanisms of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
This study utilizes resting state fMRI, arterial spin labelling imaging, diffusion tensor imaging, structural MR-imaging, and MR-spectroscopy of GABA and Glutamate to probe the antidepressant mechanisms of repetitive transcranial…
- Trial name
- NCT02466230
- Testing
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Smoking Cessation
Mechanisms of Mindfulness for Smoking Cessation
The purpose of this study is to understand brain mechanisms of app-based mindfulness training in smokers ages 21 to 65 years.
- Trial name
- NCT02943499
- Testing
- App/Training, Smartphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymia
L-DOPA vs. Placebo for Depression and Psychomotor Slowing in Older Adults
Individuals with Late Life Depression (LLD) often have cognitive problems, particularly problems with memory, attention, and problem solving, all of which contribute to antidepressant non-response.
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymia, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT03761030
- Testing
- L-DOPA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Depression
A Study of Infliximab for Treatment Resistant Major Depression
Major depression is increasingly recognized to be a chronic and highly recurrent condition, which results in significantly increased health problems.
- Trial name
- Infliximab (NCT00463580)
- Testing
- Infliximab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
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
Borderline Personality Disorder
Mapping Aspects of Psychotherapy in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Although dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills training is effective in the treatment of borderline personality disorder, it contains four skills modules and there is little research to guide their modular application.
- Trial name
- MAP-DBT (NCT04626310)
- Testing
- Dialectical behavior therapy - emotion regulation skills training, Dialectical behavior therapy - interpersonal effectiveness skills training, Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Mental Disorders
Mechanisms of Action and Outcome
The objective of this study is to examine the mechanisms of action and outcome in mental health peer support groups. The study design is a randomized trial in which participants are assigned to one of three study arms: a recovery…
- Trial name
- Peer Support (NCT00555568)
- Testing
- recovery oriented mental health peer support group, recovery-oriented mental health clinician-led group
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 298 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Alcohol Drinking
Effects of Topiramate on Adolescent Alcohol Use: Efficacy and Mechanisms
This study will help to determine whether the medication, topiramate, reduces alcohol use among adolescents with alcohol dependence.
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT01641445)
- Testing
- Topiramate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
ADHD
The Reinforcing Mechanisms of Smoking in Adult ADHD
Whereas the smoking prevalence rates in the general population are declining, rates among people diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) continue to be elevated.
- Trial name
- NCT00573859
- Testing
- ADHD medication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Diabetes, Depression
Depression-Diabetes Mechanisms: Urban African Americans
African-Americans suffer from increased prevalence of both type 2 diabetes and diabetes complications, reflecting a combination of psychobehavioral factors as well as metabolic dysfunction.
- Trial name
- NCT00209170
- Testing
- Beating the Blues, Escitalopram
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
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
Overweight and Obesity, Eating Behavior
Examination of Bromocriptine on Homeostatic and Hedonic Mechanisms of Food Intake in Individuals at High Risk for T2DM
The current project applies an integrative three-prong approach to investigate the potential of the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) agonist bromocriptine to: 1) increase homeostatic satiation signaling, 2) alter neural circuitry to…
- Trial name
- NCT05405244
- Testing
- Bromocriptine-QR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill