Clinical trials: Early Life Adversity
Stress, Mindfulness
Remote Mindfulness Training Following Early Life Adversity
This study will test the feasibility of delivering smartphone-based mindfulness and coping interventions to a sample of emerging/young adults with a history of early life adversity (ELA).
- Conditions
- Stress, Mindfulness, Early Life Adversity
- Trial name
- ReMind (NCT05516108)
- Testing
- Mindfulness, Coping
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Early Life Adversity, Trauma
Study of Cannabidiol and Neuroimaging on Stress
Dysregulation in stress responsivity is a growing psychiatry-transdiagnostic fundamental phenomenon, with limited therapeutic strategies.
- Conditions
- Early Life Adversity, Trauma, Stress
- Trial name
- SCANS (NCT07278505)
- Testing
- Cannabidiol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Early Life Adversity, Chronic Stress
Health Experiences & Early Life Disadvantages
Growing up in a low-income household has been shown to increase risk for, and susceptibility to many illnesses.The purpose of the study is to test an affective intervention for reversing biological risk factors, as related to…
- Trial name
- HEELD (NCT02400593)
- Testing
- Meditation Workshop
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 113 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Depression
Positive Affect Treatment for Adolescents With Early Life Adversity
Youth exposed to early life adversity (ELA) are known to be at greater risk for depression and suicidality and account for almost half of the youth suffering from psychiatric diseases today.
- Trial name
- PAT4ELA (NCT06273137)
- Testing
- Positive affect treatment, Supportive psychotherapy (SUP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Child Development
Examining the Role of Pain in the Link Between Early Childhood Adversity and Psychopathology
The goal of this study is to investigate the role of physical pain in the link between childhood adversity and later psychopathology.
- Trial name
- NCT06445712
- Testing
- Parental Support Cold Pressor Task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Stress, Psychological Stress
Examine the Effects of Meditation on Daily Psychological Stress Responses in Woman With a History of Child Adversity
The aim of the Everyday Moments of Mindfulness (EMMI) study is to test whether brief mindfulness-based practices will improve daily psychological stress responses in women (age 30-60) who report a history of early life adversity.
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological Stress, Child Maltreatment, Depressive Symptoms
- Trial name
- EMMI (NCT04606199)
- Testing
- Mindfulness-based intervention, up to 5 minutes 0-3 times/day
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Stress, Mindfulness
Remote Mindfulness Training Following Early Life Adversity 2
This pilot study aims to evaluate the effects of a 10-week online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention on stress and inflammatory outcomes in a sample of emerging adults with a history of early life adversity.
- Conditions
- Stress, Mindfulness, Early Life Adversity
- Trial name
- ReMind 2 (NCT07085052)
- Testing
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Suicide, Trauma
Integrated Suicide & Trauma Therapy for Suicide Risk
The investigators have developed a novel suicide intervention, Integrated Suicide and Trauma Therapy (ISTT). ISTT combines Brief-Skills for Safer Living (Brief-SfSL)-a promising method to enhance coping skills and reduce…
- Conditions
- Suicide, Trauma, Major Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- ISTT (NCT05613972)
- Testing
- Integrated Suicide and Trauma Therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Anxiety, Depression
Growth, Empowerment, and Mindfulness (GEM): A Mindfulness-based Intervention to Address Mental Health in Young Adults With Early Life Adversity
The goal of this clinical trial (single-arm feasibility study) is to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a mindfulness-based, app-delivered intervention to address mental health and emotion…
- Trial name
- NCT07546799
- Testing
- Growth, Empowerment, and Mindfulness (GEM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Early Life Adversity, Microbiome, Human
Between the Belly and the Brain: Distorted Gut-brain Crosstalk in Early-life Adversity
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the effects of early-life adversity (ELA) on the composition of children's microbiome and on their psychosocial functioning.
- Conditions
- Early Life Adversity, Microbiome, Human, Anxiety Symptoms, Depressive Symptoms
- Trial name
- BellyBrain (NCT06922773)
- Testing
- Completion of questionnaires; child psychiatric screening; faecal sample analysis
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Emotional Dysfunction, Early Life Stress
Dyadic Neurofeedback for Emotion Regulation in Youth With Maternal Adversity
This study will examine the effect of a real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) dyadic neurofeedback protocol with mothers and their adolescent daughters.
- Trial name
- NCT04964726
- Testing
- Real-time fMRI dyadic neurofeedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Early Life Adversity, Caregiver Stress
Collaborative Approach to Examining Adversity and Building Resilience Study
To examine the behavioral, psychosocial, and biologic impact of resilience-promoting interventions associated with primary care.
- Trial name
- CARE (NCT05259436)
- Testing
- Caregiver-child Intervention, Enhanced Primary Care
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Adolescents With Early Life Stress
Augmented Mindfulness Training for Resilience in Early Life
This project aims to determine whether neurofeedback augmented mindfulness intervention increases the plasticity in brain areas affected by exposure to early life adversity in youth.
- Trial name
- A-MindREaL (NCT04053582)
- Testing
- AMT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Inc.
Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Childhood Traumas
Resolving Early Life Stress: Psychotherapy Outcomes and Neurobiology in Complex Depression
The RESPOND trial explores the link between early life adversity and later life depressive symptoms. The investigators have designed a new psychological therapy tailored to address the symptoms that can be caused by difficult…
- Trial name
- RESPOND (NCT07250893)
- Testing
- Psychotherapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Adverse Childhood Experience, Endothelial Function (FMD)
Probing the Role of Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in Impaired Vascular Function Among Young Adults With Early Life Adversity
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) represent highly stressful events in the first 18 years of life that include abuse, neglect, and household and community-level dysfunction.
- Conditions
- Adverse Childhood Experience, Endothelial Function (FMD), Endothelial Injury, Mitochondrial Function
- Trial name
- PROMISE (NCT07244809)
- Testing
- Mitoquinone mesylate (MitoQ)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Parenting Intervention, Stress
Resilience Through Interventions for Successful Early Outcomes
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to determine the effects of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), an evidence-based parenting program, on stress biomarkers in children.
- Conditions
- Parenting Intervention, Stress, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Behavior Problem
- Trial name
- RISE (NCT06669624)
- Testing
- Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), Waitlist with 4-month delay, then ABC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Early Life Adversity, Caregiver Stress
The Resilience Clinic Evaluation
Early life adversity can affect children's physical and mental health. The Resilience Clinic is a support program for young children and their caregivers who have been exposed to significant adversity, aiming to prevent the…
- Trial name
- NCT05690256
- Testing
- Resilience Clinic, Enhanced primary care
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Major Depression
Modular Intervention for Depression Study
The goal of this psychotherapy clinical trial is to evaluate whether a algorithm-based personalized modular psychotherapy is more effective than usual individual psychotherapy in treating major depressive disorder complicated by…
- Trial name
- MIND (NCT07380451)
- Testing
- Modular Intervention for Depression Therapy (MIND Therapy), Psychotherapy as Usual (TAU)
- Where
- 5 sites in Chile
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile