Clinical trials: Cognitive Enhancement
Traumatic Brain Injury, Depression
Feasibility Study of Duloxetine in the Treatment of Depression in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury
The primary objective of the study is to compare the efficacy of duloxetine 60 mg by mouth daily with placebo in the prevention of depression associated with mild/moderate traumatic brain injury and to enhance cognitive function.
- Trial name
- Duloxetine (NCT01223001)
- Testing
- Duloxetine, Sugar pill
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana
Healthy Aging
Using Teleneuropsychology to Optimize Cognition in Healthy Aging: the Web-based Breakfast Game
Executive control processes involve initiate, coordinate, synchronize, and regulate elemental cognitive functions for the conduct of goal-directed behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT05506852
- Testing
- Web-based training strategy, Web-based regular training (no strategy)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Multimorbidity, Cognitive Impairments
Video-Enhanced Care Management for Medically Complex Veterans
The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a 12-week care management program for medically complex Veterans with cognitive impairment, delivered via telephone or videoconferencing.
- Trial name
- NCT02962687
- Testing
- Care management via videoconference, Care management via telephone calls
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Suicide, Suicidal Ideation
Brief Interventions for Short-Term Suicide Risk Reduction in Military Populations
The purpose of the proposed study is to identify the most effective brief interventions for reducing short-term risk for suicide attempts in "real world" military triage settings, and to identify potential mechanisms of change…
- Trial name
- BISSR (NCT02042131)
- Testing
- Treatment As Usual (TAU), Standard Crisis Response Plan (S-CRP), Enhanced Crisis Response Plan (E-CRP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Phobic Disorders
D-Cycloserine to Enhance Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Acrophobia
The purpose of this study is to investigate the utility of post-session administration of D-cycloserine to enhance fear extinction in a sample of people with acrophobia who will be treated with CBT.
- Trial name
- NCT01102803
- Testing
- Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), D-Cycloserine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Southern Methodist University
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Water-based Activity to Enhance Recall in Veterans
This two-year study will evaluate the feasibility of an exercise training augmentation for cognitive training intervention to improve memory performance in Veterans with a diagnosis of amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI).
- Trial name
- WATER-VET (NCT02614092)
- Testing
- Water-based Activity + Cognitive Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Healthy, Young Adults
Remote Limb Ischemic Conditioning to Enhance Learning and Muscle Strength in Healthy Young Adults
The purpose of this research study is to determine if remote limb ischemic conditioning (RLIC) can enhance learning of a motor (balance) and an ecologically valid, complex cognitive-motor (driving) task, and increase skeletal…
- Trial name
- NCT03512028
- Testing
- RLIC, Muscle strength training, Driving training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Enhancement of Cerebral Vasoreactivity and Cognition by Intranasal Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes
Our goal is to determine the acute effects of intranasal insulin on regional perfusion and cognition of older adults. We propose a pilot study to examine the effect of a single dose of intranasal insulin on regional…
- Trial name
- NCT01206322
- Testing
- Intranasal insulin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder
Sensoril(Ashwaganhda)for Bipolar Disorder
The investigators hypothesis is that oral Sensoril® (as compared to placebo) will enhance cognitive abilities (specifically measures of attention, executive function, working memory, and visuospatial ability) in persons with…
- Conditions
- Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder, Bipolar Disorder NOS
- Trial name
- NCT00761761
- Testing
- Sensoril
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Cocaine Addiction
Cognitive Enhancement and Relapse Prevention in Cocaine Addiction
For this project, the investigators are interested in exploring a new way to extend and maintain drug abstinence in people who are addicted to crack cocaine.
- Trial name
- NCT01067846
- Testing
- Seromycin (D-cycloserine, DCS), Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Brain Injury
Training in Goal-directed Attention Regulation for Individuals With Brain Injury
Brain injuries affect the lives of numerous Veterans. This study examines how the brain is affected by injury and how rehabilitation training for attention dysfunction may change brain functioning.
- Trial name
- NCT01035606
- Testing
- training in goal-directed attention regulation, brain health education, computer-assisted training in goal-directed attention regulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Adolescents, Mood Disorders
Mobile-enhanced Group CBT for Adolescents at Risk Severe Mood Disorders
Although cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has shown efficacy in reducing symptoms and rates of mood relapse in adolescents at high risk for severe mood disorders (SMD; i.e., bipolar I/II disorder and recurrent or unremitting…
- Trial name
- NCT04887155
- Testing
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Mental Disorders, Mental Health Services
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Work Success in Veterans With Mental Illness: A Pre-post Efficacy Study
In 2010, 11.5% of all Gulf War-II Veterans were unemployed; that figure rose to 15.2% in January 2011 and continues to grow as the number of Veterans from recent wars increases.
- Trial name
- NCT01918774
- Testing
- Cognitive behavior therapy for work success (CBTw)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Social Anxiety Disorder
Yohimbine to Enhance Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Social Anxiety
The purpose of this study is to investigate the utility of Yohimbine hydrochloride for facilitating fear extinction in a sample of patients with social phobia who will be treated with CBT.
- Trial name
- NCT00958880
- Testing
- Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Yohimbine Hydrochloride, Sugar Pill
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Southern Methodist University
Panic Disorder
Exposure, D-Cycloserine Enhancement, and Genetic Modulators in Panic Disorder
This is a 5-year double blind, randomized, controlled, trial conducted at three treatment sites, aimed at showing the acute and longer-term effects of DCS augmentation of exposure-based CBT for panic disorder relative to placebo…
- Trial name
- DCSPanic (NCT00790868)
- Testing
- d-cycloserine
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Major Depressive Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder
Transdiagnostic Brain-Behavior Profiling to Enhance Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Response
Many patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and generalized Social Anxiety Disorder (gSAD) are treated with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) but few have meaningful improvement.
- Trial name
- NCT03175068
- Testing
- CBT, ST
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 203 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Healthy Participants, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Cognitive Enhancement Through Transcranial Laser Therapy
This is a mechanism-driven translational project to test the efficacy of transcranial low-level light/laser therapy (LLLT), for enhancing cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults and participants with Mild Cognitive…
- Trial name
- LLLT (NCT02851173)
- Testing
- LLLT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Post-stroke Depression
SCED - Wisdom Enhancement for Post-Stroke Depression
One-third of stroke survivors experience post-stroke depression, but there are currently no official guidelines for supporting them.
- Trial name
- WE-PSD (NCT06451965)
- Testing
- Timeline Intervention
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of East Anglia
Brain Concussion, Blast Injuries
Metacognitive Training to Enhance Strategy Use in Blast-Related TBI
Enhanced Goal Management Training (GMT) is a 10-week group or individual therapy that teaches strategies to improve an individual's ability to complete everyday tasks.
- Trial name
- NCT00857207
- Testing
- Goal Management Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Psychiatric Illness, Healthy
Effects of GLYX-13 on Learning and Memory in Healthy Individuals and Those With Psychiatric Illness
The present study proposes to evaluate the potential cognitive enhancing effects of GLYX-13, an NMDAR partial agonist, among a group of healthy adults and those with psychiatric illness on a series of functional magnetic…
- Trial name
- NCT01844726
- Testing
- GLYX-13
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University