Clinical trials: MARS
Current Smoker, Tobacco Smoking
Project MARS: Mobile-Assistance for Regulating Smoking
This study aims to investigate approaches to capitalize on states of vulnerability and receptivity to deliver real-time self-regulation prompts among smokers.
- Trial name
- MARS (NCT04376489)
- Testing
- Messages recommending low effort strategies (participants experiencing negative affect & cigarettes are available), Messages recommending low effort strategies (participants not experiencing negative affect & cigarettes are available), Messages recommending low effort strategies (participants experiencing negative affect & cigarettes are not available)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Obesity
Microvascular Flow Assessment Repeatability Study: The MARS Study
The purpose of this study is to test a method of imaging (taking a picture) of the abdomen (belly), neck, thigh and calf (lower leg) areas of the body, using ultrasound along with a drug which makes the pictures look clearer.
- Trial name
- MARS (NCT01242020)
- Testing
- Perflutren Lipid Microsphere Injectable Suspension
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Cognitive Function
Mars Flavanol Exercise and Cognitive Function Study
This is a randomized controlled trial to test the impact of a flavonol containing food product and aerobic exercise on cognitive function and brain structure.
- Trial name
- NCT01180127
- Testing
- Flavanol containing food product, Aerobic training, Food product lacking flavanol
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute