Clinical trials: Food Cravings
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
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
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
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
Eating Behavior, Overweight
Snacks and Satiety
This study is designed to compare two types of snacks (almonds or a cereal-based snack), eaten between meals, on measures of appetite, including appetitive hormones, self-reported feelings of hunger and fullness, and food intake…
- Conditions
- Eating Behavior, Overweight, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03947281
- Testing
- Almond snack, Cereal-based snack
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
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, 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
Schizophrenia, Obesity
Effects of Antipsychotics on Eating and Food Craving in People With Schizophrenia
Background: Although second-generation antipsychotic medications have fewer serious side effects and complications than first-generation ones, they are strongly associated with weight gain for reasons that are as yet unknown.
- Trial name
- NCT01222793
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
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
Emotional Eating, Overweight or Obesity
Efficacy of Satisens® in Reducing Emotional Eating
This study evaluates the efficacy of Satisens®, a dietary supplement composed of plant extracts, in reducing emotional eating and sweet cravings in healthy adults.
- Conditions
- Emotional Eating, Overweight or Obesity, Hormonal Changes, Neurotransmitter Agents
- Trial name
- Satisens (NCT07079046)
- Testing
- Intervention 1: Satisens®
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- José Enrique de la Rubia Ortí, Ph
Mood, Energy
Effect of Frequent Interruptions of Prolonged Sitting on Self-perceived Levels of Energy, Mood, Food Cravings and Cognitive Function
This study is designed to test the effects of six 5 minute microbursts of physical activity spread across the day as compared to either a sedentary control condition or a single 30 minute bout of moderate intensity physical…
- Conditions
- Mood, Energy, Food Cravings, Cognitive Function
- Trial name
- NCT02717377
- Testing
- physical activity
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
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
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.
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
Obesity, Food Craving
The Role of Emotional Arousal in Food Preference and Taste
The purpose of this study is to examine the role of stress in food craving and food consumption in obesity. Using experimentally validated guided imagery procedure, the investigators propose to examine the stress response using…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Food Craving, Food Consumption
- Trial name
- NCT02402088
- Testing
- Stress Imagery, Food Cue Imagery, Neutral-Relaxing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
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
Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder
Pre-therapeutic Validation of the Virtual Reality-based Exposure Scenario for CBT "ReVBED" for the Induction of Food Craving in Patients With Bulimia and Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
Food craving is a major therapeutic issue in Eating Disorders with binge eating: the Bulimia Nervosa and the Binge Eating Disorder (BED).
- Trial name
- RevBED (NCT05385653)
- Testing
- experimentation of the virtual reality "RevBED"
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Obesity, Weight Maintenance
Real-Time Assessment of Food Craving, Use, and Triggers During Outpatient Treatment of Obesity: A Development and Feasibility Study
The objective of this study will assess the feasibility of utilizing real-time data monitoring in future clinical trials of weight control medications and other treatment modalities, along with the feasibility of distinguishing…
- Trial name
- NCT00198783
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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
Overweight or Obesity
Craving Network Neurofeedback
This project tests whether individuals with overweight or obesity and high craving can learn to change their brain response to food cues using neurofeedback, to impact their craving and eating behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT06426693
- Testing
- Experimental feedback, Control feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University