Clinical trials: Food Craving
Craving, Mastication Disorder
Effects of Non-invasive Neuromodulation on Food Desire, Chewing Pattern, Executive Functions and Oxidative Stress.
From the change in self-regulation, memory is inhibited, allowing individuals to suppress or ignore unwanted or outdated associations and thus help to filter information relevant to dietary goals from irrelevant information.
- Conditions
- Craving, Mastication Disorder, Memory Disorders, Executive Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT05046145
- Testing
- speech therapy for chewing + real tDCS
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Piauí
Gut Health, Microbiome
A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effects of a Fibre Supplement on Microbiome and Gut Health
This study will evaluate the effects of the Artah Essential Fibre+ supplement on the microbiome and gut health over an 8-week period.
- Conditions
- Gut Health, Microbiome, Bloating, Indigestion
- Trial name
- NCT07781488
- Testing
- Essential Fibre+
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Artah Nutrition Limited
Obese
Influence of Changes in Food Group Variety on Food Cravings, Energy Intake, and Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery
The purpose of this study is to find out if there is any change in diet on food cravings and weight loss in the 12 months following bariatric surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT01399177
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Binge Eating Disorder
Pramipexole for Binge Eating Disorder
This study is being conducted to evaluate the effects that the drug pramipexole has on mood, food craving, and other behaviors that may be related to binge eating disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT01106053
- Testing
- Pramipexole
- Sponsor
- Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, North Dakota
Obesity, Food Cravings
Food Cravings Strategies During Dietary Weight Loss
The purpose is to optimize the EMPOWER program by integrating strategies to reduce food cravings, a critical yet often overlooked factor for long-term success in weight management.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Food Cravings, Weight Loss
- Trial name
- NCT06280339
- Testing
- Test two food cravings strategies during dietary weight loss, Dietary weight loss program +Food cravings strategies
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Food Cravings
EXOMIND (BTL-699) for the Reduction of Food Cravings
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate if the treatment with BTL-699 device is able to temporarily reduce food cravings in adults above the age of 22 years.
- Trial name
- NCT06889298
- Testing
- Treatment with BTL-699
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- BTL Industries Ltd.
Overweight and Obese Adults, BMI >= 23
Dose Response of Leucine on Muscle Maintenance During Weight Loss
The objective of this research is to determine if there is dose response of leucine on muscle maintenance during 4-week of alternate-day fasting (ADF) on blood parameters, body composition, mood and parameters related to appetite…
- Trial name
- NCT07583875
- Testing
- leucine
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 92 people
- Sponsor
- Nanyang Technological University
Daily Oral Pexacerfont for 28 Days (300 mg/Day Loading Dose for 7 Days, Followed, Placebo
Pexacerfont for Stress-induced Food Craving
Background: Stress can cause people to give in to temptations to eat less healthily. People who are on weight loss diets often have problems sticking to their diets when they are stressed.
- Trial name
- NCT01656577
- Testing
- Pexacerfont
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Food Addiction
Ultra Crave: An Investigation of Ultra-Processed Food
This study experimentally investigates whether a reduction in ultra-processed (UP) food intake (1) causes aversive withdrawal symptoms in humans, (2) increases the motivational salience of UP food cues and, if so, (3) whether…
- Trial name
- NCT06044285
- Testing
- Low UP (meals provided), Low UP (self-guided), Active Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 210 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Binge Eating Behaviour, Binge Eating/Loss of Control Eating
Impact of the EXOMIND (BTL-699-2) on the Brain Reward Pathway
The goal of this clinical trial is to thoroughly explore and ascertain the mechanism of action of the therapy with the EXOMIND (BTL-699-2) device in the treatment of food cravings (serving as an important precipitant to binge…
- Conditions
- Binge Eating Behaviour, Binge Eating/Loss of Control Eating, Food Craving
- Trial name
- NCT07024550
- Testing
- Treatment with BTL-699-2 device, Treatment with BTL-699-2 device with intensity below therapeutic threshold
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- BTL Industries Ltd.
Food Intake
Virtual Reality Effects on Food Intake Game to Decrease Food Intake
Aims: The first aim was to replicate the pre-exposure effect. This was done by assessing the effect of exposing participants to a puzzle game with real foods compared to real nonfoods on food intake.
- Trial name
- NCT05169996
- Testing
- Real Food, Real Nonfood, Virtual reality Food
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tilburg University
Sleep Deprivation
Olfactory Contributions to Sleep-dependent Food Craving
This within-subject experiment uses one night of acute sleep restriction (4h) vs normal sleep (8h) to study state-dependent changes in olfactory processing.
- Trial name
- SDFC (NCT04179838)
- Testing
- Sleep-Deprived, Non-Sleep Deprived
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Eating Habits and Behaviors, (UMLS)
The Effect of Exposure to Food in Social Networks on Food Cravings and External Eating
Background: Food practices are socially, culturally and historically embedded in everyday life. It is a common notion that people eat due to internal state of physiologic hunger but in fact the drive behind eating behaviors is…
- Trial name
- FEECAEE (NCT03731663)
- Testing
- Exposure to pictures of appetizing food (known as Foodporn), Exposure to neutral pictures
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ruppin Acdemic Center
Food Craving, Ultra Processed Food
Social Media Use, Food Craving and Ultra Processed Food Consumption in Students
Social media can increase unhealthy eating habits by influencing individuals' desire to eat, especially through images and advertisements of ultra-processed foods.
- Conditions
- Food Craving, Ultra Processed Food, Social Media
- Trial name
- NCT07103811
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Atılım University
Emotional Eating
Mindfulness App for Reducing Food Cravings
More than half of Canadian are overweight or obese and over fifty percent of individuals who are obese are emotional eaters. Emotional eating is defined as the tendency to eat in response to negative emotions and can be…
- Trial name
- NCT05347914
- Testing
- Mindfulness
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Vagus Nerve Stimulation
How Does Vagus Nerve Stimulation Affect Blood Glucose, Food, and Movement Cravings?
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of using non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) to examine physiological and psychological responses in a college-aged healthy population
- Trial name
- NCT07457372
- Testing
- Active taVNS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Obesity
Crave Crush Neuroimaging Study
The purpose of the research is to test whether a gymnemic acids (GA) lozenge will reduce reward region response to intake of high-sugar food and ad lib candy intake and whether the GA lozenge reduced reward region response to…
- Trial name
- NCT02949102
- Testing
- Crave Crush
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Binge-Eating Disorder
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
This study evaluates de efficacy of 5Hz repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) applied on the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in patients with binge eating disorder.
- Trial name
- TMS&BED (NCT03540641)
- Testing
- MagVenture MagPro R30
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro
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
Craving
The Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Decreasing Food Cravings
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in decreasing food cravings. Specifically, this study will determine whether healthy subjects will report decreased food craving…
- Trial name
- NCT01030289
- Testing
- real tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina