Clinical trials: Craving
Eating Behavior, Overweight
Snacks and Satiety
This study is designed to compare two types of snacks (almonds or a cereal-based snack), eaten between meals, on measures of appetite, including appetitive hormones, self-reported feelings of hunger and fullness, and food intake…
- Conditions
- Eating Behavior, Overweight, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03947281
- Testing
- Almond snack, Cereal-based snack
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Smokers
Effect of Behavioral Training on Physiological Responses to Smoking Cues, Affect and Cortisol
This study is ancillary. Participants will be recruited as part of a separate clinical trial on effects of two intensive behavioral training programs that evaluates feasibility and efficacy of a behavioral treatment that includes…
- Trial name
- physio (NCT01362101)
- Testing
- Mindfulness behavioral intervention (MT),cognitive behavioral intervention (CBT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- A. Eden Evins
Obesity
Learning Theory to Improve Obesity Treatment
The purpose of this study is to optimize an obesity treatment program targeting overweight 8-12 year old children using "Cue Exposure Training".
- Trial name
- iROC (NCT01708785)
- Testing
- Single food Cue Exposure Treatment, Multiple food Cue Exposure Treatment, Partial Reinforcement - Enhanced Cue Exposure Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Methamphetamine Dependence
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Used to Both Measure Cortical Excitability and Explore Methamphetamine Cue Craving
Specific Primary Aims include: Aim # 1. The investigators explore the feasibility of using the TMS to investigate the cortical excitability and to inhibit meth cue craving in meth dependent population.
- Trial name
- NCT01685463
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Alcohol Use Disorder, Inflammatory Response
Endotoxin Exposure to Examine the Role of Inflammation in Alcohol Use
The study design consists of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of low dose endotoxin. Individuals with current AUD (n=32) and matched controls without AUD (n=32) will be randomly assigned to receive a single…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use Disorder, Inflammatory Response, Craving
- Trial name
- NCT07452146
- Testing
- Endotoxin
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Addiction to Cannabis
Evaluation of the Effect of tDCS on Cannabis Craving
Cannabis is the most frequently consumed drug in France and its use continues to increase. Over the 18-64 age group as a whole, experimentation with cannabis at least once in a lifetime increased from 33% in 2010 to 42% in 2014…
- Trial name
- TCC (NCT04389528)
- Testing
- Neuromodulation by tDCS
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Januel
Cigarette Smoking
Effects of Smoking Environments on Craving and Smoking (CameraCue2.0)
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of varenicline versus nicotine replacement versus placebo on personal smoking environment cue (PSE) reactivity.
- Trial name
- NCT02551692
- Testing
- Nicotine Patch, Varenicline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Smoking Cessation
Provoked Craving Relief Study by NRT
This study is designed to assess the ability of the mint nicotine mouth strip to relieve provoked cigarette craving in light smokers compared to nicotine lozenge and nicotine gum.
- Trial name
- NRT (NCT01476202)
- Testing
- nicotine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Obesity, Atypical Depression
Effects of Chromium Picolinate on Food Intake
The purpose of this study is to test the effects of chromium picolinate on food intake, food cravings, eating attitudes, and appetite.
- Trial name
- NCT00477854
- Testing
- Chromium Picolinate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Smoking
Insular Inhibitory Neuromodulation to Reduce Cigarette Craving and Alter Brain Function in Smokers
The goal of this study is to determine if a specific experimental brain stimulation technique can be used as a non-invasive way to reduce cigarette cravings in current smokers.
- Trial name
- NCT02590640
- Testing
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, MagStim Rapid2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Substance-Related Disorders
Resonance Breathing Intervention Opioid Use Disorder
This study aims to assess the feasibility of an intervention for the management of craving, stress, anxiety, and depression among people who use opioids via a resonance breathing smartphone app.
- Trial name
- NCT05830773
- Testing
- Resonance Breathing Exercises
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Obesity
Crave Crush Neuroimaging Study
The purpose of the research is to test whether a gymnemic acids (GA) lozenge will reduce reward region response to intake of high-sugar food and ad lib candy intake and whether the GA lozenge reduced reward region response to…
- Trial name
- NCT02949102
- Testing
- Crave Crush
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Glucagon-like Peptide-1, Smoking Cessation
Smoking Cessation Facilitated by Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Analogues
Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of premature death worldwide. However smoking is a very difficult addiction to break whereby main reasons for not quitting or relapsing after cessation are the nicotine…
- Conditions
- Glucagon-like Peptide-1, Smoking Cessation, Weight Change, Body, Craving
- Trial name
- SKIP (NCT03204396)
- Testing
- Dulaglutide, 0.5 ml normal saline (0.9% sodium chloride [0.9% NaCl])
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 256 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Nicotine Use Disorder, Tobacco Use Disorder
Evaluation of the Addictive Potential of E-Cigarettes
This study will examine the subject matter from a neurobiological and a neuropsychological vantage point to ascertain whether the e-cigarette is potentially as addictive as the traditional tobacco cigarette.
- Trial name
- EVAPE (NCT04772014)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
Stress, Sleep
The Impact of Ashwagandha on Perceived Stress, Sleep and Food Cravings in College Students
The purpose of this study was to compare the impact of 700 mg daily ashwagandha (Withania Somnifera) in healthy college students on sleep, stress and food cravings to healthy college students taking placebo.
- Conditions
- Stress, Sleep, Craving, Well Being
- Trial name
- NCT05430685
- Testing
- Ashwagandha
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Smoking
Effects of a Specific Substance in Smokers
Although rates of cigarette use are declining, the proportion of nondaily smokers is rising, particularly among young adults. Among young adults, nondaily smoking is associated with negative health consequences and, for some, may…
- Trial name
- NCT04281979
- Testing
- Study Agent
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Smoking (Tobacco) Addiction
Short-bout Handgrip Exercise Intervention
This study aims to examine the effect of practicing short-bout handgrip and isometric exercises on nicotine craving, smoking urges and withdrawal symptoms in adult smokers undergoing acute tobacco abstinence.
- Trial name
- NCT04059497
- Testing
- Exercise condition, Healthy diet condition
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Appetite, Binge Eating Behaviour
Effects of Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Appetite
This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-design study aims to evaluate the neurophysiological effects of home-based transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on appetite in adults with binge eating…
- Conditions
- Appetite, Binge Eating Behaviour, Food Cravings
- Trial name
- NCT07757438
- Testing
- Active Home-Based tDCS
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Smoking
App for Reducing Cravings to Smoke
The overall goal of the study is to assess the efficacy of using cue exposure delivered via a smartphone application as an adjunct to Tobacco Quitline treatment to improve smoking abstinence.
- Trial name
- NCT06088498
- Testing
- Updating Existing Smartphone App, Quitline Services, Quitline Services and Smartphone App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,051 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Food Cravings
A Mindfulness Mobile Intervention Targeting Reductions in Food Cravings
Participants will complete a 5-week smartphone app-based intervention that teaches mindful eating skills. One goal is to determine to what extent participants will enjoy using the app and complete the intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT02694731
- Testing
- Mobile application intervention (Device: Smartphone)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco