Clinical trials: Hedonic Function
Fibromyalgia, Pain, Chronic
Psychobiological Mechanisms Underlying Chronic Pain
Pain is a powerful motivator of behavior and it is more than the perception of nociceptive input. It is a complex experience that comprises different components: sensory discriminative, emotional-motivational and cognitive…
- Conditions
- Fibromyalgia, Pain, Chronic, Chronic Pain, Widespread
- Trial name
- NCT04674670
- Testing
- Bromocriptine Mesylate Capsules, Amisulpride 400 MG
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- susanne becker
Taste Sensitivity, Umami Taste Perception
Umami Taste Intensity and Meal Intake
Sweet and salty tastes can influence food intake. Increased intensity of these tastes has been shown to decrease food intake and increase satiation compared to the less intense taste, independent of palatability.
- Conditions
- Taste Sensitivity, Umami Taste Perception, Food Intake Regulation, Hedonic Function
- Trial name
- OptUmami (NCT07421466)
- Testing
- Hedonic mapping, Ad libitum risotto test meal
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Taste Sensitivity, Umami Taste Perception
Umami Taste Intensity and ad Libitum Meal Intake
Background Sweet and salty tastes can influence food intake {Sørensen, 2003 #40}. Increased intensity of these tastes has been shown to decrease food intake and increase satiation compared to the less intense taste, independent…
- Conditions
- Taste Sensitivity, Umami Taste Perception, Food Intake Regulation, Hedonic Function
- Trial name
- RiceSort (NCT07059117)
- Testing
- Hedonic mapping, Ad libitum risotto test meal
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Healthy
Studying the Hedonic and Homeostatic Regulation of Food Intake Using Functional MRI
The purpose of this study is to investigate how gut hormones and brain areas respond differently to gastric distention, tasteless calories, or palatable food and how this alters appetite.
- Trial name
- NCT05525845
- Testing
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (pCASL-MRI), Intragastric Balloon, Elemental Meal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Responses to a Comfort Meal in Functional Dyspepsia
Background. Dyspeptic patients tolerate smaller meal loads than healthy subjects, but it is not known whether and to what extent symptoms relate to abnormal homeostatic or hedonic components of perception. Methods.
- Trial name
- NCT04722419
- Testing
- Probe meal
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute
Oral Hormonal Contraceptive Use, Neural Activity
Contraceptive Hormone and Reward Measurement (CHARM Study)
Purpose of this study: The purpose of this study is to learn more about how hormonal oral contraceptives affect brain processes and emotional wellbeing.
- Conditions
- Oral Hormonal Contraceptive Use, Neural Activity, Mood, Hedonic Function
- Trial name
- CHARM (NCT05058872)
- Testing
- Levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Obesity
The Impact of Sleep Restriction on Gastric Emptying, Appetite and Energy Intake
This study aims to examine if partial sleep deprivation results in alterations blood markers and subjective markers of homeostatic, and hedonic appetite, as well as provide initial data as to the impact of sleep restriction on…
- Trial name
- NCT05953285
- Testing
- Sleep restriction
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northumbria University
Dyspepsia
Hedonic Perception and Brain Activity Response to Meal
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between brain activity and the perception of subjective hedonic sensations in response to a meal using functional MRI.
- Trial name
- NCT02592239
- Testing
- Functional brain MRI, A warm ham and cheese sandwich and a 200 ml fruit juice
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute