Clinical trials: Food Addiction
Obesity
Assessment of and Treatment Applied to Food Addiction in a Rural Healthy Behaviors Clinic
Research purpose: The purpose of this pilot study is to assess obese clients for two phenotypes, those testing positive and those testing negative for Food Addiction (FA) (Yale Food Addiction Scale, YFAS) and determining the…
- Trial name
- NCT03431831
- Testing
- Intervention Control, Counselling, Contrave
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Obesity
Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) With Paired Associative Stimulation (PAS) for the Treatment of Food Addiction in Obesity
The neurobiological underpinnings of obesity point to brain asymmetry in cortical and deeper brain regions. Furthermore, chemical, structural and functional imbalance in cortical and sub-cortical brain regions alters reward…
- Trial name
- FAOB (NCT02761369)
- Testing
- A multi-channel deep TMS device with an H-coil (Brainsway Ltd)
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Soroka University Medical Center
Diet, Healthy, Food Habits
Impact of Mindfulness Program on Perceived Wellness, Eating Habits and Relationship to Food
Mindfulness, seemingly a simple concept, research shows that the impact of mindfulness on the overall wellness of an individual can be helpful (5).
- Conditions
- Diet, Healthy, Food Habits, Mental Fatigue, Mental Stress
- Trial name
- NCT05233046
- Testing
- Nutrition and Mental health counseling, Nutrition and Mental health counseling with Nourish Carolina
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aspire Nutrition, LLP
Obesity
Reward Mechanisms in Obesity
The study aims to investigate the effects of 3.0 mg of liraglutide on reward brain circuits in human obesity and to better understand its effects on weight loss (in patients without diabetes).
- Trial name
- LIRAOB (NCT03347890)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zoltan Pataky
Food Addiction, Withdrawal
The Biobehavioral Impact of Diet Quality on Affect and Craving
The current study experimentally investigates whether reducing highly processed (HP) foods (defined in this study as foods high in added sugars) leads to, psychological and / or behavioral indicators of withdrawal.
- Trial name
- NCT04105712
- Testing
- Dietary Change (low in highly processed foods)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery and Food Addiction, Eating Behavior
Intuitive Eating Intervention After Bariatric Surgery
This study evaluated the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2) in individuals who had undergone bariatric surgery and examined the effects of a 6-week online intuitive eating…
- Conditions
- Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery and Food Addiction, Eating Behavior, Body Image
- Trial name
- NCT07859449
- Testing
- Intuitive Eating Intervention, Standard Nutritional Counseling
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Acibadem University
Addictive Behavior, Food Preferences
Food Choices in Healthy Weight Women
This study will examine differences in habituation to foods high in sugar and fat content versus those that are not, in normal weight women.
- Conditions
- Addictive Behavior, Food Preferences, Food Habits, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT02481362
- Testing
- CAKE, APRICOTS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Obesity, Food Addiction
Probiotic Intervention Study
The current standard of care for obesity is the optimal management of comorbid conditions such as diabetes and hyperlipidemia, and counseling on diet, weight loss, or increased physical activity programs.
- Trial name
- NCT06030362
- Testing
- Probiotic
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Obesity
The Effect of Brain Stimulation (tDCS) in Food Cravings Control in Overweight/Obese Women
This study is a randomized clinical trial to test the effect of a type of non-invasive brain stimulation on the response to a behavioral intervention designed to enhance cognitive control over food cravings in obese and…
- Trial name
- NCT04420767
- Testing
- tDCS, Go-No GO task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Opioid Dependence, Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
VK4-116 Phase I Study With Food-Effect
This first-in-human, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single ascending dose (SAD), phase I study is designed to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of VK4-116 in healthy volunteers in fasted and fed…
- Trial name
- NCT06808932
- Testing
- VK4-116
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Food Addiction, Obesity, fMRI, Decision-making, Motivational Interviewing
FMRI of Dietary Decision-making in Food Addicted Participants Compared to Non-food Addicted Participants
Why in some situations can words soothe our cravings? This research proposal will test the power of self-generated reasons for behavioural change in food addiction, which concerns about three out of ten persons and causes major…
- Trial name
- MOTIVFOOD (NCT05101863)
- Testing
- Motivational interviewing
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Addictive Behaviors, Internet Addiction Disorder
Is Craving a Central Criterion for Diagnosing a Behavioral Addiction?
This study is a cross-sectional observational study designed to evaluate the diagnostic criteria for behavioral addictions (gambling, online video game disorder, screen addiction, food addiction, and pathological use of sex…
- Conditions
- Addictive Behaviors, Internet Addiction Disorder, Gambling, Technology Addiction
- Trial name
- CRIBA (NCT07854912)
- Testing
- Questionnaires, Telephone interview
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bordeaux
Food Addiction, How Opioid Tone Was Related to Self Reported
Stress, Hormones, and Eating
The investigators will develop a measure of endogenous opioid tone that might serve as a biological marker for drive for palatable food.
- Conditions
- Food Addiction, How Opioid Tone Was Related to Self Reported, Drive to Eat Using a Measure of Food Addiction
- Trial name
- SHE (NCT01175512)
- Testing
- Naltrexone
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Food Addiction, Obesity
Validation of a Food Addiction Screening Test
Food addiction (FA) is a behavioral addiction characterized by a high consumption of palatable foods, which markedly activate the reward system, despite adverse consequences.
- Trial name
- FAST - FR (NCT04126239)
- Testing
- Online survey - questionnaire
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,610 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Substance Dependence
Effects of the D3 Antagonist GSK598809 on Food Reward and Reinforcement
This novel compound is a new experimental treatment that may help people to stop compulsive overeating. Compulsive overeating or binge eating is one of the main reasons why people are overweight or obese.
- Trial name
- NCT01039454
- Testing
- GSK598809 Capsules
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Food Addiction, Sexual Addiction
Physiopathology of Behavioral Addictions and Biomarkers
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the expression of miR-10a-5p in the blood in patients with sexual addiction or food addiction.
- Trial name
- MiRACle (NCT07830680)
- Testing
- blood sampling
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Disordered Eating
Food Addiction and Hormone Study
The purpose of this exploratory study is to use Electrogastrography (EGG) to measure and compare the gastric myoelectrical activity between persons with food addiction (FA) and a control group.
- Trial name
- NCT02638155
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University
Food Addiction
Food Addiction and Motivational Interviewing in Nursing Students
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of online group motivational interviewing (MI) on eating behavior, healthy lifestyle behaviors and quality of life in nursing participants with food addiction at three state…
- Trial name
- NCT05046938
- Testing
- Motivational İnterviewing
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Merve Işık