Clinical trials: Food Craving
Food Habits
Assessing the Presence of Casomorphins in Human Plasma After Dairy Ingestion
This purpose of this study is to perform a pilot investigation to determine if opioid peptides such as casomorphin can be detected in human plasma after cheese ingestion.
- Trial name
- NCT00360919
- Testing
- cheese ingestion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
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
Behavioural Addiction
NAlmefene Versus Placebo in Addition to Treatment as Usual on Craving in Behavioural Addictions
Behavioural addictions (BAs) [gambling disorder (GD), food addiction (FA), sexual addiction (SA)] may lead to disastrous consequences.
- Trial name
- NABAb (NCT05540288)
- Testing
- Nalmefene
- Where
- 13 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 266 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Pregnancy Weight Gain, Eating Disorders
A Single Session Self-guided Acceptance-based Digital Intervention Targeting Food Cravings in Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a time of heightened risk for disordered eating behaviors, which have been linked to adverse health outcomes in gestation, delivery, and the postpartum.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Weight Gain, Eating Disorders, Perinatal Problems, Binge Eating
- Trial name
- NCT06129461
- Testing
- Single-session acceptance-based online workshop targeting food cravings as predictors of loss of control and binge eating in pregnancy
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- University at Albany
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
Obesity, Binge Eating Disorder
Pharmacogenetic and Neurofunctional Brain Areas Study in Obese Patients With Binge Eating Disorder
Adoption, twin and family studies have reported that obesity has a strong heritable component and in particular, it has been suggested that BMI in adults is due to genetic influence rather than shared family environment.
- Trial name
- NCT01868204
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Dr. Ramón de la Fuente
Self-Control, Food Cravings
EXOMIND (BTL-699-2) for the Improvement in Willpower & Food Cravings
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate if the treatment with ExoMIND (BTL-699-2) device is able to improve willpower, self-control and food cravings in adults above the age of 22 years.
- Trial name
- NCT07056036
- Testing
- ActiveTreatment with BTL-699-2
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- BTL Industries Ltd.
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.
Obesity, Overweight
Worksite Wellness Randomized Controlled Trial
Worksites offer attractive locations for reducing the national prevalence of overweight and obesity. Interventions that are both effective and sustainable for producing long-term changes in health and employee wellness are…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT02593240
- Testing
- The iDiet® (also called Healthy Weight for Living when used as a not-for-profit intervention) with Food, The iDiet® (also called Healthy Weight for Living when used as a not-for-profit intervention) with Voucher, Human Performance Institute©
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 554 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Obesity, Food Craving
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Obesity
Obesity is a metabolic disease that has reached epidemic proportions. Insofar no long-term effective drug treatment was developed for obesity.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Food Craving, Appetite and General Nutritional Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT03009695
- Testing
- High frequency repetitive dTMS, Low frequency repetitive dTMS
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Ospedale San Donato
Healthy, Nutrition, Healthy
Postprandial Metabolic and Appetite Responses to Different Food Intake Sequences in Athletes
Emerging evidence suggests that following a 'carbohydrate-last meal pattern', wherein foods rich in protein, fat, fiber, and/or polyphenols are consumed before sources of simple carbohydrate (CHO) in a meal, results in reduced…
- Conditions
- Healthy, Nutrition, Healthy, Postprandial Hyperglycemia, Hunger
- Trial name
- NCT06365385
- Testing
- Carbohydrate-last meal pattern, Carbohydrate-first meal pattern
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade do Porto
PMS, LAUGHTER
The Effect of Laughter Therapy On The Food Craving
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is characterized by physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms in the luteal phase that significantly disrupt women's daily lives, including work and personal activities, and resolve spontaneously…
- Conditions
- PMS, LAUGHTER, Food Habits
- Trial name
- NCT05796869
- Testing
- Assigned Interventions
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sinop University
Obesity, Craving
Neurofeedback Based on Near-infrared Spectroscopy as a Therapy for Food Addiction in Obese Subjects.
The hypothesis is that the increase in dlPFC brain activity via near-infrared spectroscopy-based Neurofeedback (fNIRS-based NF) training based on near-infrared spectroscopy would allow an improvement of the eating behavior, thus…
- Trial name
- CaDOb (NCT05277714)
- Testing
- NF
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
Obesity, Overweight
The Effects of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on Chemosensory Function and Ingestive Behavior
The goal of this study is to explore whether of GLP-1 receptor agonist use is associated with differences in taste, smell, food preferences, appetite, food cravings, and responses to food cues in adults.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Taste Perception, Olfaction
- Trial name
- NCT07611201
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Schizophrenia Spectrum, Schizophrenia
The Safety and Effectiveness of dTMS for Reducing Antipsychotic-induced Weight Gain
Antipsychotic-induced metabolic disturbances, especially weight gain, are common in patients with schizophrenia. There are no hitherto effective treatments for reducing antipsychotic-induced weight gain.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia Spectrum, Schizophrenia, Antipsychotic Induced Weight Gain
- Trial name
- dTMS (NCT07795554)
- Testing
- dTMS of accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation, ACC-iTBS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Obesity
CNS Modification of Food Craving by Neurofeedback
The investigators plan to evaluate H.E.G. (Hematoencephalography) modality in brain modulation of appetite and food craving in a randomized controlled study. The H.E.G.
- Trial name
- NCT02480179
- Testing
- H.E.G. (hematoencephalography) based neurofeedback
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
Alcohol Use Disorder
Manipulating Ghrelin Signaling Via GOAT Inhibition in Alcohol Use Disorder
Background: People with alcohol use disorder (AUD) have trouble controlling their drinking. Medications can help some people with AUD but are not effective for many others.
- Trial name
- NCT03896516
- Testing
- GLWL-01
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Overweight and Obese Adults, BMI>=23 kg/m2
Role of Leucine on Muscle Preservation During Weight Loss in Older Men
Overweight and obesity are part of a global health epidemic. However, older adults trying to lose weight face a dual challenge: first, muscle mass and strength naturally decline at an accelerating rate with age; second, effective…
- Trial name
- NCT07781410
- Testing
- Protein, Leucine
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Nanyang Technological University
Obesity and Overweight, Food Cravings
The Effectiveness of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Patients
This doctoral dissertation takes into account epidemiological and clinical data of the international literature about obesity and, generally, increased body weight (BMI≥ 25kg/m2) and their consequences on health.
- Trial name
- NCT06945731
- Testing
- TMS
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Larissa University Hospital
Obesity
Learning Theory to Improve Obesity Treatment
The purpose of this study is to optimize an obesity treatment program targeting overweight 8-12 year old children using "Cue Exposure Training".
- Trial name
- iROC (NCT01708785)
- Testing
- Single food Cue Exposure Treatment, Multiple food Cue Exposure Treatment, Partial Reinforcement - Enhanced Cue Exposure Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego