Clinical trials: Diagnostic Imaging Utilization
Smoking
Genetic Differences in Limbic Activation Associated With Nicotine Withdrawal
Objectives: To evaluate neural correlates associated with emotional processing during nicotine withdrawal preferentially involving the amygdala and associated areas within the corticolimbic and mesolimbic circuitry.
- Trial name
- NCT00664404
- Testing
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia
Implications for Management of PET Amyloid Classification Technology
The main purpose of this study is to explore the impact of an amyloid positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) scan on physician diagnosis and management, including drug management and care practices, for…
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT02778971)
- Testing
- [18F]Flutemetamol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Nicotine Dependence
The Impact of Real-time Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Feedback on Response to Nicotine Cues
The purpose of this study is to develop a technique to provide feedback of brain activity and to use this technique to reduce levels of craving in nicotine dependent smokers.
- Trial name
- RTSmoking (NCT01411007)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Healthy
Use of Metabonomics and Body Imaging for Metabolic Health Assessment
The aim of this pilot study is to develop at Nestlé Research Center a database of metabolic profiles, body composition, food habits and physical activities on a large cohort of human volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT02372968
- Testing
- Full body composition and of plasma and urine metabolites
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
Procedural Anxiety, Procedural Pain
Stress Ball and Empathic Verbal-Tactile Interventions for Reducing Anxiety and Pain in Mammography and Breast Ultrasonography: A Randomized Trial
This prospective, randomized controlled trial aims to determine the effects of stress ball use and empathic verbal communication with therapeutic touch on anxiety and pain perception in women undergoing mammography and breast…
- Conditions
- Procedural Anxiety, Procedural Pain, Breast Imaging
- Trial name
- NCT07562828
- Testing
- Stress Ball, Empathic Verbal-Tactile Intervention
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University
Study Focuses on Brain Morphology and Cognition in Older Subjects
Cannabis Effects on Brain Morphology in Aging
Marijuana (Cannabis sativa) is the most widely used illicit drug worldwide, with 17.4 million Americans reporting past month use in 2010 and 4.6 million meeting criteria for dependence, underscoring the public health importance…
- Trial name
- CAN (NCT01874886)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Respiratory Disorders
Use of Hyperpolarized 129Xe MR Lung Imaging in Adults for Calibration
The goal of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of hyperpolarized (HP) 129Xe (xenon) gas MRI for regional assessment of lung function in a normal population of adults for the purposes of obtaining optimal images through MRI.
- Trial name
- HpXeMRCal (NCT02316379)
- Testing
- Hyperpolarized 129 Xenon, MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Healthy
Use of [18F]FECNT in Positron Emission Tomography
This study will examine the use of a new radioactive tracer called [18F]FECNT in positron emission tomography (PET) scanning for measuring dopamine transporter (DAT) in the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT00083629
- Testing
- PET
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Cannabis Use Disorder, Cannabis Dependence, Continuous
Brain Imaging of Cannabinoid Receptors
All participants will be healthy volunteers and all procedures will be completed for research purposes only. Two groups will be recruited, females who use cannabis (marijuana, MJ), and female who do not use cannabis (controls).
- Trial name
- NCT03204305
- Testing
- 11C-OMAR, Cannabis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders, Cannabis Use Disorder
SV2 PET Imaging With [11C]APP311
The aim of this study is to evaluate a new SV2A tracer, [11C]APP311, in healthy aging and neuropsychiatric disorders including psychotic disorders and cannabis use disorders.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders, Cannabis Use Disorder, Healthy
- Trial name
- SV2 (NCT03995121)
- Testing
- [11C]APP311
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Major Depressive Disorder
Use of Multiple Brain Imaging Modalities (PET and MRS) to Identify Metabolic Abnormalities in Major Depression
Several lines of evidence support the existence of an underlying abnormality in brain energy metabolism may play a key role in the biology of mood disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT01465165
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Paul Carlson
Patellofemoral Joint
Use of a Novel Weight Bearing Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Scanner for Imaging of the Patellofemoral Joint
Healthy volunteers will have a weight bearing cone beam CT scan of their knee to assess normal alignment of the knee joint
- Trial name
- NPF (NCT02762630)
- Testing
- Carestream Health Inc. weight bearing cone beam CT scanner
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Premature Ventricular Contractions
Use of MIBG Scan Images in PVC Ablations
The purpose of this study is to assess if Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) demonstrating cardiac innervation can be integrated into current electrophysiology voltage mapping system and provide improved guidance…
- Trial name
- PVC-MIBG (NCT02279030)
- Testing
- MIBG nuclear scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Alcohol Use Disorder
Imaging CRF X NOP Interactions in Alcohol Use Disorder
This positron emission tomography imaging study uses [C-11]NOP-1A and hydrocortisone to image stress-modulating proteins in heavy drinking alcohol use disorder (AUD) subjects and healthy controls (HC).
- Trial name
- NCT07612631
- Testing
- Baseline [C-11]NOP-1A PET scan, Hydrocortisone, Post-hydrocortisone [C-11]NOP-1A PET scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rajesh Narendran
Opioid Use Disorder, Healthy
Adversity, Brain and Opioid Use Study
The way people process and remember information may be related to adverse childhood experiences and Opioid Use Disorder symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT06355778
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computer Tasks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 185 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Cocaine Use Disorder, Cocaine Dependence
Theta-Burst Stimulation as a Treatment for Reducing Cocaine Use
Objective: The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the tolerability of an accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS), a form of transcranial magnetic stimulation, intervention in participants with cocaine use…
- Trial name
- NCT02927236
- Testing
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Alzheimer Disease
Study of Tau Imaging With the Use of [18F]MK-6240 Tracer
The recent development of a PET tracer,[18F]MK-6240(an[18F]tau imaging agent,CerveauTechnologies)that has high affinity for the human phosphorylated tau deposits in AD brain offers new opportunities to investigate tau pathology.
- Trial name
- MKADAD (NCT04104659)
- Testing
- MK 6240
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tammie L. S. Benzinger, MD, PhD
Healthy
Use of Real-Time Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Neurofeedback to Improve Motor Function in Cerebellar Ataxia
This project will study the feasibility of motor rehabilitation in people with cerebellar ataxia using real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback (rt-fMRI NF) in conjunction with motor imagery.
- Trial name
- fMRI (NCT05436249)
- Testing
- Neurofeedback treatment, At-home therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Ureteric Injury, Surgery
Fluorescent Imaging & Methylene Blue: Ureter Study
The main aim of this project is to assess whether intravenous methylene blue can help identify the ureters during open and laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery.
- Conditions
- Ureteric Injury, Surgery, Surgery--Complications
- Trial name
- NCT03177070
- Testing
- Methylene Blue
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Cannabis Use, Depression
Neural and Psychiatric Consequences of Cannabis Use in Adolescents
The goal of this study is to investigate the effects of cannabis on brain function among adolescents with depression.
- Trial name
- Cann-Teen (NCT06941298)
- Testing
- Neuroimaging Investigation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami