Clinical trials: Expectations
no Specific Clincal Condition Required (Focus is on Persons Who Are Feeling Stressed or Want to Improve Their Wellbeing)
Micro-interventions Aiming to Optimize Expectations or Self-compassion to Improve Well-being/Reduce Stress and Their Differential Effects
The study's aim is to determine whether brief interventions (micro-interventions) aiming to optimize expectations or enhancing feelings of self-compassion are able to improve well-being/reduce perceived stress in comparison to an…
- Trial name
- NCT04461548
- Testing
- Thinking, writing and imagining
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 181 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg
Positive Communication (Primary), Negative Communication
Psychological Context Effects
This study explores how contextual effects in the fore of positive and negative communication can affect the effect of an osteopathic technique on pain pressure thresholds.
- Conditions
- Positive Communication (Primary), Negative Communication, Control Condition
- Trial name
- NCT03855254
- Testing
- communication type
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swansea University
Virtual Reality, Education
Expectations and Experiences With Virtual Reality Training Among ICU Physicians and Nurses
The goal of this observational study is to describe the expectations and experiences with virtual reality in physicians and nurses working in the European ICUs.
- Conditions
- Virtual Reality, Education, Intensive Care Unit ICU
- Trial name
- ExpertVR-ICU (NCT06931392)
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brno University Hospital
Antenatal Health, Antenatal Care
Healthy Expectancy Through Routine Antenatal STI Screening
This study will evaluate whether routine screening and treatment for two common sexually transmitted infections, chlamydia and gonorrhoea, during pregnancy can reduce preterm birth and other poor birth outcomes in Botswana, and…
- Conditions
- Antenatal Health, Antenatal Care, STI, Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection in Pregnancy
- Trial name
- HERA (NCT07458802)
- Testing
- Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae screening
- Where
- Botswana
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Adriane Wynn
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Air as a Placebo: Increasing the Respiratory Performance of People With COPD Through Simple Expectations of Improvement
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is a disease of the respiratory system characterised by irreversible airway obstruction of varying severity.
- Trial name
- NCT05218564
- Testing
- Oxygen Therapy, Compressed Medical Air
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ETS
Nocebo Effect, Pain Anticipation
Muscular Synergies and Behavioral Adaptations of Gait in Pain Anticipation (SYAMAPP)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the anticipation of pain influences gait control and psychophysiological responses in healthy individuals.
- Trial name
- SYAMAPP (NCT06929559)
- Testing
- Pain expectation conditioning, Comparator (Control Group), Intervention: Gait
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universite de Picardie Jules Verne
Pain
The Influence of Expectations, Attention and the Test Paradigm on the Efficacy of the Pain Processing System
Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) is the endogenous pain relief mechanism responsible for the "pain-inhibits-pain" phenomenon. This mechanism can be activated experimentally, and its efficiency evaluated by experimental pain…
- Trial name
- CPM_AWARE (NCT05161286)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Caffeine, Adaptation
The Turkish Version Of The Brief-Caffeine Expectancy Questionnaire
Caffeine is a psycho-active substance that is widely consumed in the world. It is seen that its widespread consumption is related to expectancies of consumption as well as cultural factors.
- Conditions
- Caffeine, Adaptation, Expectations, Language
- Trial name
- NCT06038903
- Testing
- caffeine consumption expectation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Technical University
Placebo Effect on Mood Improvement
The Role of Dopamine, Reward Learning and Prefrontal Activity in Expectation-induced Mood Enhancement
Although placebo effects on depressive symptoms are well documented, the underlying mechanisms and moderating factors of expectation effects on mood and depression are poorly understood.
- Trial name
- CRC289A07 (NCT05208294)
- Testing
- Sulpiride 400 MG, High expectation manipulation, Low expectation manipulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 297 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg
Placebo, Expectations
Effects of Expectations on Negative Affect, Perceived Cognitive Effort, and Pain
The investigators administer a functional neuroimaging task to investigate the effect of cue expectancy on participants' self-reported ratings across a variety of affective and cognitive domains.
- Trial name
- NCT05425563
- Testing
- Pain Expectancy Cues, Vicarious Pain Expectancy Cues, Cognitive Effort Expectancy Cues
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 133 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trustees of Dartmouth College
Low Back Pain, Mechanical, Chronic Pain
The Long Term Effects of Online Therapeutic Neuroscience Education in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
This study aims to evaluate the effects of online Therapeutic Neuroscience Education (TNE) combined with a 6-week conventional physiotherapy program on pain, disability, kinesiophobia, functionality, treatment expectations, and…
- Trial name
- NCT06847763
- Testing
- Therapeutic Neuroscience Education, Conventional Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Bilgi University
Sedentary Lifestyle
The Health Action Process Approach and Movement Patterns in Adult Office Workers
Societal changes have resulted in reduced demands to be active and increased daily time spent sitting. Excessive sitting has been shown to be a health hazard.
- Trial name
- NCT03091686
- Testing
- HAPA SB Intervention Slideshow, HAPA MVPA Attention-Control Slideshow
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 218 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
Self-Efficacy, Health Literacy
Health Literacy and Self-efficacy Expectations in Patients With Alcohol-related Liver Cirrhosis
The goal of this observational study is to quantify the health literacy and self-efficacy in people with alcohol-related liver cirrhosis.
- Conditions
- Self-Efficacy, Health Literacy, Liver Cirrhosis, ALD - Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Trial name
- GESA (NCT07169526)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hannover Medical School
Prescription Drug Abuse (Not Dependent)
Examining Expectancy Challenges to Prevent Nonmedical Prescription Stimulant Use
Nonmedical prescription stimulant use (NPS) is commonly reported among college students for cognitive enhancement purposes, though it is associated with numerous negative psychological and physical consequences.
- Trial name
- NCT03648684
- Testing
- Caffeine-Based Expectancy Challenge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wyoming
Alcohol Use, Underage, Harmful; Use, Alcohol
Efficacy of the Expectancy Challenge Alcohol Literacy Curriculum on Reducing College Student Alcohol Use and Harms
The current project uses a web-based program called the Expectancy Challenge Alcohol Literacy Curriculum (ECALC) to reduce alcohol use and associated harms among college students.
- Trial name
- ECALC (NCT05616247)
- Testing
- ECALC, ECALC Plus Weekly Boosters
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Central Florida
Healthy Participants
Longterm Effects of Expectations on Mood
The study tries to identify whether positive expectations, induced with a placebo nasal-spray, have short- and longterm effects on participant's mood.
- Trial name
- NCT03607214
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg
Overweight and Obesity
Weight Loss Goals and Satisfaction Survey
The goal of this observational survey pilot study is to learn how 3D visualization tools (i.e., personalized avatars) influence weight loss goals, satisfaction, confidence, and commitment compared to numerical weight outcomes in…
- Trial name
- NCT07541872
- Testing
- Personalized 3D Body Visualization
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Drug Abuse
The Effects of Expectation on Natural and Drug -Induced Rewards
Background: Environmental cues frequently induce expectancies in individuals that may strongly influence the actual experience associated with the cue.
- Trial name
- NCT01036230
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Osteoarthritis
Pain Expectations in Subjects With Osteoarthritis
The purpose of this research study is to test whether or not researchers can alter or change expectations on pain. The researchers will test whether there is an effect on the size of the pupil and responses to thermal heat…
- Trial name
- NCT02155257
- Testing
- Modafinil, Gabapentin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Depression
Influence of Expectations on Rumination
The study tries to identify whether positive expectations, induced with an active placebo nasal-spray, have effects on rumination.
- Trial name
- NCT03869424
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg