Clinical trials: Heart Rate Variability
Premature Birth, Maternal Distress - Delivered
Heart Rate Variability and Prematurity
Mothers who deliver prematurely (<37 weeks of gestational age) experience intense stress and anxiety given that their child's survival and development might be compromised.
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Maternal Distress - Delivered, Stress, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT03565874
- Testing
- Heart rate variability biofeedback
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Lausanne Hospitals
Bedwetting, Nocturnal Enuresis
Randomized Study Of Novel Enuresis Alarm vs Standard Bedwetting Alarm
Identify the dry night rate in patients using the GoGoband® nocturnal enuresis device vs a standard Pflaundler bedwetting alarm.
- Conditions
- Bedwetting, Nocturnal Enuresis, Urinary Incontinence
- Trial name
- NCT05214131
- Testing
- gogoband, SNEA group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Heart Rate Variability
The Heart of the Community Study
Community service providers (CSPs), such as promotores and other community health staff, play an essential role in preserving health and treating disease in underserved Hispanic/Latinx (HL) communities with disproportionately…
- Trial name
- NCT05560893
- Testing
- Relational Savoring Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Tobacco Smoking
Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Smoking Cessation
Open trial of heart rate variability biofeedback as an adjunct to individualized smoking cessation counseling (SCT) plus transdermal nicotine replacement patch (NRT) in smokers with elevated emotional distress.
- Trial name
- HRVB-SCT (NCT03972137)
- Testing
- Cognitive-Behavioral Smoking Cessation, Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback (HRVB), Transdermal Nicotine patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Asthma
Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback: It's Role in Asthma Therapeutics
The goal of this research study to see whether biofeedback therapy helps treat asthma, and if so, how it works. Biofeedback is a treatment method that can teach how to bodily control.
- Trial name
- BioAce (NCT02766374)
- Testing
- Heart rate variability biofeedback
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Wamboldt, MD
Academic Performance, Anxiety
Mindful Minds: Mindfulness-Based Neurofeedback for Underrepresented College Students
The study examines the efficacy of a mindfulness-based neurofeedback protocol designed to improve academic performance and reduce performance anxiety in racial and ethnic minority college students.
- Trial name
- NCT06784934
- Testing
- NeuroSky Mindfulness-Based Neurofeedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida International University
Depression, Major Depressive Disorder
Single Session of tACS in a Depressive Episode
Purpose: Investigating the effects of non-invasive transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on healthy participants and participants with mood disorders.
- Conditions
- Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Depressive Episode
- Trial name
- SSDE (NCT03449979)
- Testing
- XCSITE100 Stimulator tACS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Autonomic Nervous System Imbalance, Blood Pressure
Short-term Cardiovascular Benefits of Wearing Particulate-filtering Respirators
An intervention study to assess the short-term cardiovascular effects of reducing personal air pollution exposure by wearing particulate filtering respirators.
- Conditions
- Autonomic Nervous System Imbalance, Blood Pressure, Inflammation, Vasoconstriction
- Trial name
- NCT02238028
- Testing
- Wear respirator
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fudan University
Autonomic Nervous System Imbalance
Effect of CES on Parasympathetic Tone
The hypothesis is that CES stimulation will dose dependently increase parasympathetic tone. Healthy subjects will have three 20 minute sessions of CES stimulation, at three different intensities of stimulation, with each session…
- Trial name
- NCT02163967
- Testing
- Cranial Electrical Stimulation Fisher-Wallace Stimulator (Model FW100)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Heart Rate Variability
Heart Rate Variability and Emotion Regulation
Previous research suggests that heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback aimed at increasing HRV can reduce anxiety and stress. However, some mental quiescence practices that reduce HRV during the practice sessions also lead to…
- Trial name
- HRV-ER (NCT03458910)
- Testing
- HRV training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 193 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Maternal Stress, Maternal Anxiety
Feasibility of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback With In-patient Pregnant Women
Purpose: The investigators plan a feasibility study on an easily disseminated biofeedback tool to reduce stress among hospitalized and expecting mothers.
- Conditions
- Maternal Stress, Maternal Anxiety, Maternal Health Services
- Trial name
- NCT02119936
- Testing
- Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Tobacco Smoking
Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Smoking Cessation Treatment
The purpose of the study is to conduct an open trial examining the feasibility and acceptability of an adapted heart rate variability biofeedback and smoking cessation treatment that was using a primarily virtual remote…
- Trial name
- HRVB-SCT (NCT05224050)
- Testing
- Cognitive-Behavioral Smoking Cessation, Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback, Nicotine patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Peanut Consumption, High Intensity Aerobic Exercise
The Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Exercise and Peanut Consumption
This study will enroll and randomly assign 30 sedentary, healthy overweight men and women to two groups. Participants will either start by consuming peanuts for 4 weeks, and then go on to exercise at high intensity intervals…
- Trial name
- NCT03212144
- Testing
- High Intensity Interval Training, Peanut Consumption
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
The Effects of Emotional Exposure on State Anxiety
A randomized repeated-measures crossover clinical trial was performed. Forty healthy, female college students completed a 30 min session of YogaFit and a time-matched seated rest condition on separate days.
- Trial name
- NCT03458702
- Testing
- YogaFit, Quiet Rest
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University
Chronic Pain Due to Injury
Effects of Intramuscular (IM) Oxytocin on Pupil Diameter and Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
The goal of this study is to test the effects of oxytocin on heart rate variability and pupil diameter, both of which have subtle effects on the activity rate of the autonomic nervous system.
- Trial name
- NCT04105998
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Autonomic Imbalance
Effect of a Sequence of Specific Manual Therapy Techniques Targeting the Autonomic Nervous System in Healthy Adults
The activity of the autonomic nervous system has been shown to influence the appearance of symptoms in some diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, or migraine, among others.
- Trial name
- NCT06477822
- Testing
- Sequence of manual therapy techniques, Simulated manual therapy techniques
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Heavy Drinking, Harmful; Use, Alcohol
A PPG Sensor-Based Feedback Intervention for Heavy Drinking Young Adults
Heavy alcohol use among young adults is a significant public health problem. Advances in technology may offer an innovative solution.
- Trial name
- NCT05090995
- Testing
- Behavioral Self-Management and Feedback, Behavioral Self-Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University