Clinical trials: Diagnostic Imaging Utilization
Nicotine Dependence, Nicotine Withdrawal
Progesterone and Brain Imaging Study
Male and female smokers were recruited to undergo 2 phases of smoking cessation. Each phase was 4 days long and involved 3 brain-imaging scans, blood draws and an intervention involving progesterone or a matched placebo.
- Trial name
- NCT01954966
- Testing
- Progesterone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Tobacco Use Disorder, Tobacco Smoking
Brain Imaging in Tobacco Smokers During a Quit Attempt
The proposed study will help fill gaps in existing research by determining if nicotine-dependent cigarette smokers show changes in α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) availability when compared to matched historical…
- Trial name
- NCT04055467
- Testing
- [F18]-ASEM (3-(1,4-diazabicyclo[3.2.2]nonan-4-yl)-6-[18F]fluorodibenzo[b,d]thiophene 5,5-dioxide), Contingency Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Nicotine Dependence
Effects of Varenicline on Brain Activity During Nicotine Abstinence
This project aims to define mechanisms through which varenicline might be an effective smoking cessation medication.
- Trial name
- NCT00602927
- Testing
- Varenicline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Skin Care
Study to Assess the Cosmetic Changes in the Facial Skin After Use of a Topical Retinoid Product in Participants With Moderate to Severe Photodamage
This study will assess the cosmetic changes of a cosmetic topical retinoid product in participants with moderate to severe photodamage utilizing non-invasive in vivo skin imaging instrumentation.
- Trial name
- NCT03302559
- Testing
- Retinol Complex 0.5, Facial cleanser, Moisturizing lotion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Allergan
Colon Cancer
Narrow-Band Imaging Versus Standard White Light for the Detection of Serrated Lesions in the Proximal Colon
This is a study to determine if using Narrow-Band Imaging of the colon, rather than the usual white light on the colon, will improve the detection of a type of polyp called serrated.
- Trial name
- NCT01572428
- Testing
- Inspection with Narrow-Band Imaging(NBI), Standard White Light
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 898 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Nicotine Dependence
Nicotine Dependence, Withdrawal and Replacement Therapy Assessed by PET Imaging
The proposed research will provide significant new gender-specific information of scientific and clinical relevance on the function of the mu-opioid system in nicotine dependence and therapeutic effectiveness of nicotine…
- Trial name
- NCT01664741
- Testing
- Nicotine patch - transdermal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 127 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
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)
Nicotine Dependence
Imaging Extrastriatal Dopamine Release in Tobacco Smokers and Nonsmokers
The goal is to examine sex differences in amphetamine-induced dopamine release in tobacco smokers and nonsmokers.
- Trial name
- NCT02348385
- Testing
- Amphetamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Dental Caries of Root Surface, Surgery
Intraoral Imaging at Clinical Crown Lengthening
Crown lengthening surgery is done when a tooth needs to be fixed with a crown. Sometimes, not enough of the tooth sticks out above the gum to support a crown.
- Trial name
- NCT03064217
- Testing
- Making impression at surgery
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Nicotine Dependence
Nicotine Vaccination and Nicotinic Receptor Occupancy
This is a molecular imaging research study designed to examine how much nicotine gets into the brain before and after vaccination with NicVAX, a nicotine vaccine developed by Nabi Biopharmaceuticals.
- Trial name
- NCT00996034
- Testing
- NicVAX, [123I]5-IA-85380, Nicotine bitartrate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
HER2 Positive Breast Carcinoma, Stage IIIA Breast Cancer
Cu64-DOTA-trastuzumab PET and Markers Predicting Response to Neoadjuvant Trastuzumab + Pertuzum in HER2+ Breast Cancer
This phase II trial studies how well copper Cu64-DOTA-trastuzumab positron emission tomography (PET) works in predicting response to treatment with trastuzumab and pertuzumab before surgery in patients with human epidermal growth…
- Conditions
- HER2 Positive Breast Carcinoma, Stage IIIA Breast Cancer, Stage IIIB Breast Cancer, Stage IIIC Breast Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT02827877
- Testing
- Copper Cu 64-DOTA-Trastuzumab, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Pertuzumab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
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