Clinical trials: Goals
Weight Loss, Weight, Body
Sleep Goal-focused Online Access to Lifestyle Support
The overall goal of the study is to develop a novel weight loss intervention for postpartum people by providing strategies to improve sleep, diet, and physical activity behaviors.
- Trial name
- SGOALS (NCT05942326)
- Testing
- Sleep GOALS, Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Aging
Modulating Brain Activity to Improve Goal-directed Physical Activity in Older Adults
Although the majority of older adults are aware of the compelling evidence that regular exercise is critical to the maintenance of health into old age, most do not meet recommendations for daily exercise.
- Trial name
- Stim-Fit (NCT04278560)
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), Behavioral intervention to increase physical activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Sleep Onset Insomnia
Effect of Background Noise on Sleep Quality
Insufficient and low-quality sleep is a major public health problem that has been linked to motor vehicle crashes, industrial disasters, and medical and other occupational errors.
- Trial name
- Noise (NCT02945254)
- Testing
- NIghtingale (R) device for filtered white noise (Cambridge Sound Management, Waltham, MA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
OCD, Decision-Making
Arbitration Between Habitual and Goal-directed Behavior in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Circuit Dynamics and Effects of Noninvasive Neurostimulation
People utilize two behavioral strategies, goal-directed and habitual, when engaging in value-based decision-making that involves rewarding or punishing outcomes.
- Conditions
- OCD, Decision-Making, tDCS, fMRI
- Trial name
- NCT04075890
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Executive Function
Causal Role of Frontostriatal Circuitry in Goal-directed Behavior
The purpose of this clinical trial is to investigate the causal role that frontostriatal circuitry plays in goal-directed behavior. The participants will perform a reward-based decision-making task.
- Trial name
- NANCY (NCT05593965)
- Testing
- Delta-beta TMS, Theta-gamma TMS, Arrhythmic TMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Internet-based Conversational Engagement Clinical Trial
The study aims to randomize 320 (160 Caucasian, 160 African American) socially isolated adults 75+ years old (50:50 split between those with normal cognition and mild cognitive impairment (MCI)) recruited from the community to…
- Trial name
- I-CONECT (NCT02871921)
- Testing
- Conversational Engagement
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 186 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Weight, Physical Activity
A Virtual Support Pilot Program for Weight Loss Surgery Patients
Obesity affects over one-third of the US population, and is associated with serious medical problems like diabetes and heart disease.
- Trial name
- NCT01770366
- Testing
- Weight and Exercise Lifestyle Support (WELS), Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baystate Medical Center
Substance-Related Disorders
Palonosetron and Hydroxyzine to Reduce Opioid Withdrawal
Opioid medications are commonly used for pain relief. When given over time, physical dependence can occur. This results in unpleasant side effects--such as agitation and nausea--if opioid medications are suddenly stopped.
- Trial name
- NCT00661674
- Testing
- Palonosetron, Hydroxyzine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Type2 Diabetes Mellitus
Guide To Goals: A Novel Care Coordination Tool for Children With Type Two Diabetes (T2D)
The ultimate goal of this field trial is to systematically evaluate a novel care coordination tool for children with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in an office setting at Emory/Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta.
- Trial name
- GTG (NCT03926598)
- Testing
- Patient and/or Family Member Intervention, Certified Diabetes Educator Intervention, Physician Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgia Institute of Technology
Vulvodynia
Vulvodynia Pain Thresholds
Annotated pain maps will be created showing region and size of areas sensitive to mechanical stimulus in both women affected by vulvar pain and unaffected control patients.
- Trial name
- NCT04461210
- Testing
- Thermographic Imaging and Mechanical Pain Assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
PTSD
Supported Education Pilot
The goal of this project is to gather data necessary for a full scale trial of a supported education service for OIF/OEF veterans with PTSD.
- Trial name
- SEd (NCT01073657)
- Testing
- Supported Education, General Peer Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Gestational Weight Gain
Gestational Weight and Incentive Research Study
Bloom is a research study that examines whether incentives for daily self-weighing, weekly physical activity, monthly weight management or overall (from enrollment up to 36 weeks pregnancy) weight management could help pregnant…
- Trial name
- Bloom (NCT03834194)
- Testing
- Lottery + Monthly Weight, Lottery + Overall Weight + Exercise, Lottery + Overall Weight
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Cancer, Heart Disease
Cancer Dietary Objectives Study
We hypothesize that adding beneficial high fiber foods to the diet will result in better overall dietary quality (measured by the Alternate Healthy Eating Index), which has been shown to be associated with cancer, than either…
- Trial name
- CanDo (NCT00561977)
- Testing
- High Fiber Diet, low saturated fat diet, Combination diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Visual Acuity
Objective Vision Evaluation of Two Cosmetic Contact Lenses
This is a single visit, single site, brand-masked, non-dispensing, 2×2 bilateral crossover study. Each subject will be bilaterally fitted with one of the two test articles in each of the study periods.
- Trial name
- NCT04287036
- Testing
- JJVC Investigational Contact Lens, 1-DAY ACUVUE® DEFINE® Radiant Sweet™
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
Acne Vulgaris
Evaluation of Irritation by Two Facial Gels Applied to Opposite Sides of the Face
A study to compare the skin irritation potential of two marketed gels for acne treatment, each applied to half of the face of healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT00919191
- Testing
- Tretinoin gel, Adapalene and Benzoyl peroxide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bausch Health Americas, Inc.
Glaucoma
Human Optokinetic Contrast Device (HOCD) to Measure Visual Function and Identify Patients With and Without Glaucoma
The purpose of this study is to determine if an optokinetic contrast detection device is sufficient to measure contrast sensitivity and to distinguish between patients with and without glaucoma.
- Trial name
- HOCD (NCT02014597)
- Testing
- HOCD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Benjamin Frankfort, MD, PhD
Depression, Substance Use
Building Recovery By Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts
The investigators will investigate whether group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for depression, with alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment counselors leading the groups, is effective and cost effective in treating…
- Trial name
- BRIGHT (NCT01191788)
- Testing
- Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Group CBT for Depression
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 299 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Acne Vulgaris
Evaluation of Irritation That Could be Caused by Two Facial Gels Applied to Opposite Sides of the Face.
A study to compare the skin irritation potential of two marketed gels for acne treatment, each applied to half of the face of healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT00714714
- Testing
- Adapalene Gel, Tretinoin Gel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bausch Health Americas, Inc.
Acne Vulgaris
Evaluation of Irritation That Potentially Could be Caused by Two Facial Gels Applied to Opposite Sides of the Face
A study to compare the skin irritation potential of two marketed gels for acne treatment, each applied to half of the face of healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT00952523
- Testing
- Tretinoin Facial Gel, Adapalene/Benzoyl Peroxide Facial Gel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bausch Health Americas, Inc.
Stroke
Objective Assessment of Upper Extremity Functioning of Stroke Patients Before and After Rehabilitation
The purpose of this study is to evaluate by objective measures the improvement in upper extremity functioning, as reflection of motor learning, in stroke patients in the sub acute phase.
- Trial name
- AssStrFunc (NCT02092662)
- Testing
- stroke, Healthy controls
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carmeli Eli