Clinical trials: Interoception
Healthy Volunteers, Health Promotion
Dance-Mindfulness Intervention for Well-Being in Recreational Adults
This 12-week study protocol outlines a randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a Dance-Mindfulness intervention integrating Modern Theatre Dance with mindfulness-based embodied practices to enhance…
- Trial name
- DanceMind (NCT07262177)
- Testing
- Dance-Mindfulness Intervention
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Functional Dyspepsia, Anorexia Nervosa
Identifying Multidimensional Signatures of Gastric Interoception in Functional Dyspepsia
This study is being conducted to investigate gut-brain communication in individuals with functional dyspepsia and anorexia nervosa.
- Trial name
- IMAGINE (NCT07772167)
- Testing
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Bodily Self-Consciousness, Interoception
Hyperventilation Effects on Bodily Self-Consciousness
This study examines how voluntary fast, deep breathing (hyperventilation) affects the way healthy adults perceive their own body.
- Conditions
- Bodily Self-Consciousness, Interoception, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- HYPERSELF (NCT07769710)
- Testing
- Voluntary hyperventilation (guided paced breathing), Normal spontaneous breathing (within-subject control), Synchronous respiratory-visual VR feedback
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Fribourg
Interoception, Perceived Stress
Interoceptive Awareness, Perceived Stress, and Physical Performance in Sport Sciences Students
This cross-sectional observational study examined the relationships between interoceptive awareness, perceived stress, state and trait anxiety, sleep quality, and physical performance indicators in university-level sport sciences…
- Conditions
- Interoception, Perceived Stress, Anxiety, Sleep Quality
- Trial name
- NCT07696234
- Testing
- Psychological and Physical Performance Assessment Battery
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inonu University
Suicidal Ideation, Interoception
Reconnecting: Improving Interoception to Reduce Suicidal Ideation in the Military
Background: Interoception is defined as the "sense of the physiological condition of the entire body" and is crucial for recognizing emotions and sensations (e.g., hunger, temperature, pain) and responding accordingly.
- Trial name
- RISE (NCT04103385)
- Testing
- RISE (Reconnecting to Internal Sensations and Experiences), RISE (Reconnecting to Individual Strength and Energy)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 195 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Miami University
Anorexia Nervosa
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Imaging Study in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa
The purpose of this study is to use fMRI imaging technology to examine areas in the brain related to appetite, reward and cognition in adolescent women with eating disorders as compared to those who have never had an eating…
- Trial name
- ADOL_AN (NCT00978666)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Healthy Volunteers - Male and Female
Acute Effects of a Single-Session Body Awareness Intervention on Cortical Activity and Interoceptive Accuracy
This study will examine the immediate (acute) effects of a single, 30-minute body awareness session on brain activity and interoceptive accuracy in healthy young adults aged 18-25.
- Trial name
- BBAT-EEG (NCT07736365)
- Testing
- Basic Body Awareness Therapy Intervention
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ertugrul Deniz Kose
Obesity, Body Representation
SENSing Inner BodiLy State: Understanding the Role of Interoception in obEsity
Successfully perceiving the flow of interoceptive cues and integrating them with exteroceptive information are fundamental aspects of countering the body's inherent instability and guaranteeing homeostatic regulation.
- Trial name
- SENSIBLE (NCT06855251)
- Testing
- The crossmodal dual-task
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Agoraphobia; Panic, Social Anxiety Disorder
Differential Effects of in Vivo and Virtual Exposure Therapy in Agoraphobia
Anxiety disorders, including agoraphobia, are prevalent in the German population, leading affected individuals to avoid specific places like crowds or public transport.
- Trial name
- VRExpo (NCT06514495)
- Testing
- Therapy
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Healthy, Psychological Distress
The Effects of the Somatic Intervention 'Dance-Walk' on Body Awareness, Vitality, and Mental Health in Help-Seeking Adults: a RCT Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a movement program called "Dance-Walk" can improve body awareness, energy levels, and mental health in adults seeking mental health support.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Psychological Distress, Stress, Depression Disorders
- Trial name
- DANCEWALK (NCT07024901)
- Testing
- Dance-walk
- Where
- Lithuania
- Volunteers
- 117 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vilnius University
Exercise, Physical Activity
Eyes-Closed Interoceptive Aerobic Exercise Compared With Matched Eyes-Open Treadmill Exercise in Healthy Adults
This completed single-site pilot trial evaluated a prototype eyes-closed interoceptive aerobic exercise condition compared with a matched eyes-open treadmill control condition in healthy adults.
- Conditions
- Exercise, Physical Activity, Healthy Adult, Interoception
- Trial name
- ECI-AE Pilot (NCT07625371)
- Testing
- Eyes-Closed Interoceptive Aerobic Exercise, Matched Eyes-Open Treadmill Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Old Dominion University
Healthy
Individual Differences in Cognitive Control Predict Real-time fMRI Neurofeedback Performance
The goal of this study is to investgate whether individual differences of cognitive control capacity could predict neurofeedback performance and the behavioral effects resulting from successful anterior insula regulation via…
- Trial name
- NCT07211269
- Testing
- Real-time fMRI neurofeedback training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Interoception
The Modulatory Effect of Oxytocin on Interoception
This study is designed to investigate oxytocin's effects on interoception and whether these effects vary as a function of different emotional valence.
- Trial name
- NCT03074409
- Testing
- oxytocin
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Neuromuscular Diseases
Emotion Processing Among Patients With ALS
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the emotional perception in people with ALS disease compared to people with other neuromuscular disease and healthy controls.
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Neuromuscular Diseases, ALS, Motor Neuron Disease
- Trial name
- NCT06566651
- Testing
- Emotion Discrimination Task (EDT)
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Major Depressive Episode, Major Depressive Disorder
Depression-Reduction by Accelerated Personalized NeuroModulation and Its Effects on Sleep
Advances in repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) protocols with intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) have significantly decreased the duration for one single session and thereby enabled accelerated treatment…
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Episode, Major Depressive Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder
- Trial name
- DREAMS (NCT04832750)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oldenburg
Healthy
BreatheWell: Train Your Breathing, Relax Your Body, Open Your Mind
The goal of this study is to determine whether tasks related to breathing training (daily inspiratory muscle training (IMT) and increased access to health data/awareness) performed for 12 weeks leads to positive changes in mental…
- Trial name
- NCT06920407
- Testing
- Breathing training device (Inspiratory Muscle Training), Oura Ring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Functional Neurological Disorder
The Role of Oxytocin and Interoception in Functional Neurological Disorder
The main goal of this project is to better understand the role of oxytocin and Interoception in FND. More specifically oxytocin's association with precision weighing, prediction errors and priors in the interoceptive domains will…
- Trial name
- NCT06084325
- Testing
- Respiration resistance sensitivity task (RRST), Heartbeat Tracking (HBT), Heartbeat evoked potential (HEP)
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Fribourg
Healthy
Serotonin, Anxiety and Visceral Sensation
The goal of this crossover study was to learn about the potential regulatory role of serotonin in interoceptive processing and its relationship to levels of state anxiety.
- Trial name
- NCT06212284
- Testing
- Citalopram 20mg
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sussex
Stress, Anxiety
Effects of HRV Biofeedback, Interoceptive Training, and Mindfulness on Stress in University Students and Staff
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback (HRV-BF), Mindfulness programs, and Interoception training can reduce stress, improve well-being, and induce brain changes in university students…
- Trial name
- BIMStress (NCT06695715)
- Testing
- Mindfulness Training Program, HRV Biofeedback, Interoception Training
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Seville
Healthy Volunteers
Vestibular Perception Gates Autonomic Responses to Sinusoidal Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation
Brief Summary This randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial is designed to investigate whether repeated sinusoidal galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) influences cardiac autonomic regulation in healthy adults…
- Trial name
- GVS-HRV (NCT07715227)
- Testing
- Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS) using BrainPatch device
- Where
- 2 sites in Kazakhstan
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University