Clinical trials: Impulsive Behaviors
Tobacco Dependence
Tobacco Intervention in Buprenorphine Treatment
Drug addiction treatment patients, including those in treatment for opioid dependence, have a high rate of tobacco dependence, especially cigarette smoking.
- Trial name
- IBIS (NCT01350011)
- Testing
- Innovative System, Standard Treatment Control (STC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Prevention, Digital Health
Digital Detox Study
The Digital Detox study is designed as a randomized controlled trial (two unblinded parallel groups) to examine the effects of reducing smartphone screentime on mental health.
- Conditions
- Prevention, Digital Health, Smartphone Addiction
- Trial name
- RESET (NCT06910371)
- Testing
- smartphone screen time reduction
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danube University Krems
Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar and Related Disorders
Targeted Alternating Current and Cognitive Training Intervention for Cognitive Control in Bipolar Disorders
This study is testing whether a type of gentle brain stimulation, combined with computer-based brain training exercises, can help improve thinking skills in Veterans with bipolar disorder.
- Conditions
- Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar and Related Disorders, Veterans, Suicide
- Trial name
- TACTIC-BD (NCT07845409)
- Testing
- Soterix 1x1 tES mini-CT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Pregnancy
Social Media Withdrawal in Pregnancy: Effects on Maternal Mental Health and Misinformation
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if restricting social media use with a hardware device can improve mental health and well-being during pregnancy.
- Trial name
- SWIPE LEFT (NCT07812506)
- Testing
- Brick device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety
Correlating Real and Virtual World Behavioral Fluctuations in Adolescence
The present study will explore a new approach to ongoing evaluation and monitoring of fluctuations in personality traits via commercial video games.
- Conditions
- Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT02281825
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shalvata Mental Health Center
Addiction
Dopaminergic Modulation of Frontostriatal Function With a Dopamine Agonist and COMT Inhibitor
In this study, the investigators are looking at how people make decisions about reward-related items, both monetary and food related after taking either the dopamine agonist bromocriptine or the COMT inhibitor tolcapone, in…
- Trial name
- NCT02929485
- Testing
- Tolcapone, Bromocriptine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Smartphone Addiction, Students, Nursing
Motivational Interview Based Intervention Program on Smartphone Addiction and Sleep Quality
Smartphones are the technological devices of our age that are constantly evolving and whose use is becoming more widespread day by day.
- Trial name
- NCT06098274
- Testing
- Motivational interviewing program based on transtheoretical model
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mustafa Yumusak
Mental Health Wellness 1, Addiction
Finding Wellness in the Pandemic
There is an immediate need for population-level intervention research to address the impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its containment measures on mental health and substance use (MHSU).
- Conditions
- Mental Health Wellness 1, Addiction, Stress, Psychological, Covid19
- Trial name
- NCT04615741
- Testing
- Trauma Informed Yoga, Trauma Informed Psychotherapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 187 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Lethbridge
Smartphone Addiction, Neck Disability
Effect of Smartphone Addiction on Pregnancy
This study will investigate the effect of smartphone addiction on neck disability during pregnancy and its mediating role on stress. The study will be conducted between September 2023 and April 2024.
- Conditions
- Smartphone Addiction, Neck Disability, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT06725394
- Testing
- Filling out the survey
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 428 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kocaeli University
Feeding Behavior, Obesity
Food Insecurity, Obesity, and Impulsive Food Choice
The objective of this study is to determine the relations among food insecurity status, obesity, and impulsive food choice patterns and to test the extent to which a mindful eating strategy reduces impulsive choice for food.
- Conditions
- Feeding Behavior, Obesity, Impulsivity
- Trial name
- FIOI (NCT02930642)
- Testing
- Mindful Eating, Nutrition DVD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Idaho State University
Focus: Effects of Nicotine and Alcohol on Brain Circuits
Neural Mechanisms Underlying Nicotine and Alcohol Combinations
Nicotine and alcohol are frequently used together and their combined use contributes to more than half a million deaths each year, with more alcoholics dying from smoking-related diseases than from alcohol-related diseases.
- Trial name
- QfMRI (NCT02049268)
- Testing
- Nicotine + Alcohol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Internet Gaming Disorder
The Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Internet Gaming Disorder
This study aims to investigate the intervention effects of navigated repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on craving regulation in individuals with internet gaming disorder (IGD).
- Trial name
- NCT06634498
- Testing
- real rTMS on the dlPFC
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jin-tao Zhang
Smartphone Addiction
Smartphone Addiction and Temporomandibular Dysfunction
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of smartphone addiction on temporomandibular dysfunction with the determinants of pain threshold, head posture and neck disability level.
- Trial name
- NCT06818318
- Testing
- Temporomandibular disorder, Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Form, Neck Disability Index
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University
Substance Use Disorder (SUD), mHealth
Connecting Loved Ones to Support and Empowering Recovery
Substance use disorders are highly prevalent. However, recovery from them is possible. The recovery process can benefit greatly from support from loved ones.
- Trial name
- Project Closer (NCT07740395)
- Testing
- KulaMind-Recovery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rhode Island Hospital
Smartphone Addiction
Meditation-Based Online Psychological Intervention
As the primary users of smartphones, emerging adults represent a key population for such research. Using a randomised controlled trial, the investigators compared mindfulness-of-death meditation with traditional mindfulness…
- Trial name
- NCT07379541
- Testing
- Mindfulness of Death (MoD) - 16-Day Online Meditation Course, Mindful Breathing Practice (MBP) - 16-Day Online Meditation Course
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 259 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Normal University
Opioid Misuse and Addiction, Pain
Toward Zero Prescribed Opioids for Outpatient General Surgery
Investigators have created an opioid reduction "package" which includes patient education, non-narcotic pain control instructions, and limited (or no) opioid pain prescriptions provided at discharge in an attempt to reduce the…
- Trial name
- NCT05327777
- Testing
- Oxycodone, Zero Opioid Protocol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 129 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Addiction
Clinical Trial for Alcohol Use Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
This is a randomized controlled Phase II clinical trial designed to evaluate the effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in reducing Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) severity and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomatology among…
- Conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Addiction, Alcohol Abuse
- Trial name
- NCT02966873
- Testing
- N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) Treatment, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Mindfulness, Internet Addiction Disorder
The Effect of Mindfulness Intervention Program on Adolescents' Internet Addiction
The Internet shows its presence in areas where human beings are actively involved, from education to health, from entertainment to the investment sector.
- Conditions
- Mindfulness, Internet Addiction Disorder, Adolescent Behavior
- Trial name
- Mindfulness (NCT06418867)
- Testing
- Mindfulness
- Where
- Cyprus
- Volunteers
- 605 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kemal Elyeli
Compulsive Behavior
Retraining Body and Brain to Conquer Compulsions
Following the realisation that many aspects of the way we live our life, such as our diet, activity levels, and amount of screen time, can have a potent impact on mental health and brain functioning 'lifestyle' based…
- Trial name
- NCT03067636
- Testing
- Physical Exercise, Stress management training A, Stress management training B
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monash University
Impulsive Behavior, Suicidal Impulses
tDCS Applied to the OFC: Effects on Decision-Making and Impulse Control
In this study the investigators aim to assess whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS; a safe and non-invasive method for modulating the activity of specific brain regions) when applied over the orbitofrontal cortex…
- Trial name
- NCT01805401
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute