Clinical trials: Heart Rate Control, active
First Episode Psychosis (FEP)
Digital Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Intervention for First Episode Psychosis
The objective of the current study is to assess the impact of a five-week digital heart rate variability biofeedback (HRV-B) intervention or music listening on the well-being of first episode psychosis patients.
- Trial name
- NCT07628699
- Testing
- Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback, Music Listening
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Mitral Regurgitation
Enhanced External Counter Pulsation on Afterload Mismatch Rate in Post-TEER (PAMPER)
The goal of this multicenter, randomized, double-blind controlled study is to learn about the individuals after transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (TEER).
- Trial name
- NCT06227286
- Testing
- EECP
- Where
- 6 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 176 people
- Sponsor
- Sun Yat-sen University
Anxiety, Psychological Flexibility
Comparative Effects of Four Brief Breathwork and Mindfulness Interventions on Anxiety and Psychological Flexibility: A 4-Arm RCT
This four-arm, single-blind randomized controlled trial examines the effects of four brief daily 5-minute practices over 28 days on psychological flexibility and physiological variables in Spanish-speaking adults.
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Psychological Flexibility, Stress
- Trial name
- BREATH-4 (NCT07621042)
- Testing
- Box Breathing, Cyclic Sighing, Mindfulness AH Exhalation
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Valencian International University (VIU)
Autonomic Nervous System Disease, Concussive Injury
Randomized Controlled Trial of Treatment to Optimize Heart Rate Variability for Persistent Post-Concussion Symptoms
Many combat veterans (c-Vs), service members (SMs) and civilians with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI, also termed concussion) suffer from persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS) that degrade physical and cognitive…
- Conditions
- Autonomic Nervous System Disease, Concussive Injury, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT07071350
- Testing
- HRV Coherence Ratio, NSI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 148 people
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Heart Rate, All-day Steps
Assessing the Effect of Cool Roofs on Health Using Smartwatches
Ambient air temperatures in Asian, Latin American, African, and Pacific climate hotspots have broken record highs in 2024. Solutions are needed to build heat resilience in communities and adapt to increasing heat from climate…
- Conditions
- Heart Rate, All-day Steps, Distance Walked, Active Minutes
- Trial name
- REFLECT (NCT06579963)
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- 4 sites in Burkina Faso, India and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker
Cancer, Stress, Psychological
Brief Mindfulness Chatbot Intervention for Cancer Patients
This study tests a new digital tool for hospitalized cancer patients. The tool is a chatbot on LINE, a popular messaging app. The chatbot is called Mindbot. Mindbot leads a 10-minute mindfulness practice each day.
- Trial name
- MINDBOT-CA (NCT07811739)
- Testing
- Mindbot: Brief Mindfulness-Based LINE Chatbot with Virtual Reality
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Physical Fitness
BPIT 5-Week Multi-Site Study: Movement Efficiency, Mobility & Neuromuscular Adaptation
This prospective, multi-site, single-arm interventional study evaluates the 5-Line Principle of Balanced Progressive Intensity Training (BPIT) over 5 weeks in healthy adults aged 18-65 years.
- Trial name
- BPIT_5LINE_369 (NCT07256717)
- Testing
- Balanced Progressive Intensity Training (BPIT) 5-Line Method
- Where
- 10 sites in United States, India
- Volunteers
- 369 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MMSx Authority Institute for Movement Mechanics & Biomechanics Research Inc.
Overweight and/or Obesity
Body-Based and Mind-Based Regulation in Overweight and Obese Women
This study will compare two regulation-based approaches in women with overweight or obesity. The first approach is a body-based regulation program including breathing awareness, body-awareness-based yoga practices, non-invasive…
- Trial name
- NCT07738263
- Testing
- Body-Based Regulation Program, Mind-Based Regulation Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Pamukkale University
Core Temperature, Telomere Length, Mean Leukocyte
Mitigating Heat Stress Among Rickshaw Drivers in Bangladesh
The goal of the experimental study is to understand the impact of heat stress on core temperature and telomere length. Investigators will recruit rickshaw drivers who use manual power to push their rickshaws and randomly assign…
- Conditions
- Core Temperature, Telomere Length, Mean Leukocyte, Kidney Function Issue
- Trial name
- NCT06956430
- Testing
- Battery-powered rickshaw
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Atrial Flutter With Rapid Ventricular Response
MAGNEsium With meToprolol for Rate Control In Atrial Fibrillation
The purpose of this research study is to find out if the use of magnesium in addition to Metoprolol, a rate controlling medication that you would be offered in the Emergency Department today unrelated to this study, will help…
- Trial name
- MAGNETIC-AF (NCT07632157)
- Testing
- Magnesium Sulfate 2g, Magnesium Sulfate 4g, Saline (0.9% NaCl)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 196 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Resistant Hypertension, Medication Adherence
Heart Rate Variability and Medication Adherence in Resistant Hypertension
This single-center, cross-sectional observational study examines the relationship between adherence to antihypertensive therapy - verified objectively by therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) - and heart rate variability (HRV) in…
- Conditions
- Resistant Hypertension, Medication Adherence, Autonomic Nervous System
- Trial name
- HRV-HYP-1 (NCT07707583)
- Testing
- Heart rate variability recording (Polar H10) ·, Therapeutic drug monitoring (antihypertensive drug levels), Questionnaires (MARS-CZ, PHQ-9, SF-36, IPAQ)
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Nemocnice AGEL Trinec-Podlesi a.s.
Pain, Blood Pressure
Effects of Music on Procedural Pain in Distal Radius Fracture Reduction
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluates the effectiveness of music as a complementary intervention for pain control during non-surgical reduction of distal radius fractures in orthopedic patients.
- Conditions
- Pain, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Music Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT07344883
- Testing
- Music intervention Group 1, Music intervention Group 2
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 192 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale di Piacenza
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity
The TRIABETES - ARMMS-T2D Study: A Randomized Trial to Compare Surgical and Medical Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes
This research study is being performed to begin to determine the effectiveness of two dominant bariatric surgery procedures versus an intensive lifestyle intervention to induce weight loss in patients and promote improvements in…
- Trial name
- TRIABETES (NCT01047735)
- Testing
- Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery, Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, Lifestyle Weight Loss Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Primary Dysmenorrhea (PD), Menstrual Pain
Transcutaneous Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Primary Dysmenorrhea
This randomized, sham-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial will investigate the effects of bilateral transcutaneous cervical vagus nerve stimulation (tcVNS) on menstrual pain and related clinical outcomes in women with…
- Trial name
- tcVNS-PD (NCT07880080)
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Sinop University
Stress, Relaxation
Effects of Nature-Based Virtual Reality and Binaural Beats on Heart Rate Variability and Relaxation
The VRELAX study is a non-clinical sub-study within the "Decreasing Preoperative Stress to Prevent Postoperative Delirium and Postoperative Cognitive Decline in Cardiac Surgical Patients"- research program (DESTRESS…
- Conditions
- Stress, Relaxation, Virtual Reality, Binaural Beats
- Trial name
- VRELAX (NCT07431918)
- Testing
- Nature-Based Virtual Reality With Binaural Beats
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heart and Brain Research Group, Germany
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
Controlled Trial of Hydrogen Water as a Treatment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
This is a 16-week controlled treatment trial of an over-the -counter supplement, hydrogen water, for individuals with ME/CFS patients. An active treatment condition will be compared to a placebo-control condition.
- Trial name
- ME/CFS (NCT07753122)
- Testing
- Molecular hydrogen produced by a metallic magnesium tablet, consumed 3x a day dissolved in water. Treatment duration is 16 weeks.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Fred Friedberg
Hearing Loss, Age-Related, Speech Intelligibility
Benefits of Choir for Older Adults With Unaddressed Hearing Loss (WP2)
Unaddressed age-related hearing loss is highly prevalent among older adults, typified by negative consequences for speech-in-noise perception and psychosocial wellbeing.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Age-Related, Speech Intelligibility, Psychosocial Functioning
- Trial name
- NCT06580847
- Testing
- Group Singing, Audiobook Club
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, Australia and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 210 people
- Sponsor
- Toronto Metropolitan University
Fetal Bradycardia Complicating Labor and Delivery, Fetal Bradycardia During Labor
Oxytocin and Fetal Heart Rate Changes
The reported risk of nonreassuring fetal heart trace following neuraxial analgesia is 3-23%. This variability may be due to fluid and oxytocin management prior to and during the initiation of neuraxial analgesia.
- Conditions
- Fetal Bradycardia Complicating Labor and Delivery, Fetal Bradycardia During Labor, Fetal Heart Rate or Rhythm Abnormality Affecting Fetus
- Trial name
- NCT03232918
- Testing
- Half dose Oxytocin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 730 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unyime Ituk
Hypoxia, Normobaric Hypoxia
Effect of Acute Hypoxia on RIght VEntRicular Function in Healthy Adults.
More and more people are engaging in sports in the mountains, including individuals with heart or lung diseases. At the same time, such diseases are becoming more common in Switzerland.
- Conditions
- Hypoxia, Normobaric Hypoxia, Altitude Hypoxia, Right Heart Function
- Trial name
- RIVER-H (NCT07431567)
- Testing
- Normobaric Hypoxia
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mona Lichtblau
Healthy Volunteers, Low Back Pain
Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Exercises on Lumbar Muscle Endurance and Balance in Healthy Young Adults
This study aims to examine the effects of blood flow restriction (BFR) exercises on back muscle endurance and balance in healthy young adults.
- Conditions
- Healthy Volunteers, Low Back Pain, Postural Balance, Muscle Fatigue
- Trial name
- BFR-LUMBEX (NCT07182812)
- Testing
- Blood Flow Restriction Sit-to-Stand Exercise, Sit-to-Stand Exercise without Blood Flow Restriction
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mehmet Akif Guler