Clinical trials: Motor Activities
Overweight and Obesity
Rapid Evaluation of Innovative Intervention Components to Maximize the Health Benefits of Behavioral Obesity Treatment Delivered Online: An Application of Multiphase Optimization Strategy
When delivered online, behavioral obesity treatments have the potential to reach large numbers of individuals with overweight/obesity and produce significant improvements in health and wellbeing.
- Trial name
- NCT04520256
- Testing
- Online Behavioral Weight Loss Program, Virtual Reality for Behavioral Weight Loss Skills Training, Tailored Interactive Video Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 384 people
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Functional Limitation
Home-based Exercise Via a Telecommunications System
This study is investigating the effects of a home-based resistance exercise program, administered via an interactive telecommunications system, in functionally limited older veterans.
- Trial name
- NCT00248781
- Testing
- Telecommunications system, attention control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Schizophrenia, Impulsive Behavior
Effects of Transdermal Nicotine on Response Inhibition to Emotional Cues in Schizophrenia
The purpose of this study is to test whether nicotine, a drug that activates receptors called nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain, improves the ability to make or withhold responses to faces that are either emotionally…
- Trial name
- NCT03838484
- Testing
- Nicotine Patch, 7 Mg/24 Hr
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Stroke
Locomotor Experience Applied Post Stroke Trial
The purpose of this study is to compare two different treatments to improve walking after stroke (or post-stroke).
- Trial name
- LEAPS (NCT00243919)
- Testing
- Early locomotor training program, Late locomotor training program, Home Exercise Program
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 408 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Inactivity
Pasos Hacia La Salud - Physical Activity Intervention for Latinas
In this study, investigators are specifically targeting Latina women as they are more likely to be inactive and, therefore, are at higher risk for developing chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, or cardiovascular…
- Trial name
- NCT01834287
- Testing
- Physical Activity Intervention, Wellness Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Amputation, Amputation; Traumatic, Leg, Lower
Socket Cooling Effectiveness Take Home Study
The comfort and fit of the residual limb within a prosthetic socket are of primary concern for many amputees. The residual limb is typically covered by non-breathable and non- thermally conductive materials that can create a warm…
- Conditions
- Amputation, Amputation; Traumatic, Leg, Lower, Amputation Stump, Limb; Absence, Congenital, Lower
- Trial name
- NCT04484805
- Testing
- ICE Condition
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liberating Technologies, Inc.
Healthy Volunteers
Study of GSK2586881 on Acute Hypoxia and Exercise
This study is conducted to examine how GSK2586881, a recombinant human ACE2 peptide, modulates the acute hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) response in healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT03000686
- Testing
- GSK2586881
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Stroke
Effect of Intensified Physical Activity for Patients With Stroke - a Combined Physical and Behavioural Approach
Chronic conditions such as stroke are associated with physical disability and an economic burden for the family and the society.
- Trial name
- NCT01161329
- Testing
- High-Intensity Functional Exercise Programmes (HIFE)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Agitation, Delirium
Dexmedetomidine to Prevent Agitation After Free Flap Surgery
Reconstruction using microvascular free tissue flap has been an important management in patients with maxillofacial tumor. It is often characterised as long operation time, more traumatic and require restriction of patient's head…
- Trial name
- NCT01904760
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Stroke, Exercise
Addressing Arm Non-use by Encouraging Idle-time Activity During Early Recovery From Stroke
This project evaluates the feasibility of using custom wearable technology and associated procedures to increase activity of the more-involved upper extremity during the earliest stages of recovery from stroke by increasing the…
- Trial name
- NCT05900999
- Testing
- Feasibility of idle time exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Marquette University
Obesity, Overweight
A Study of Tirzepatide (LY3298176) in Participants With Obesity or Overweight With Weight Related Comorbidities
The main purpose of this phase 3b study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tirzepatide compared with semaglutide in adult participants who have obesity or overweight with weight related comorbidities without Type 2…
- Trial name
- SURMOUNT-5 (NCT05822830)
- Testing
- Tirzepatide, Semaglutide
- Where
- 32 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 751 people
- Sponsor
- Eli Lilly and Company
Life Style, Physical Activity
Reduction of Sitting Time: Sedentarism Intervention Trial
Recent studies have suggested that prolonged daily sitting time may in itself have a negative effect on health, even in people who engage in daily physical activity.
- Conditions
- Life Style, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior
- Trial name
- SIT (NCT01221363)
- Testing
- Life style intervention
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 171 people
- Sponsor
- Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen
Sarcopenia, High Blood Pressure
The Impact of a Resistance Training Intervention on Blood Pressure Control in Older Adults With Sarcopenia
Current prevention and treatment of high blood pressure (BP) in sarcopenia, by non-pharmacological approaches remain limited and are far from optimal.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia, High Blood Pressure, Hypertension
- Trial name
- INERTIA (NCT04255745)
- Testing
- progressive resistance training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Sedentary Lifestyle
Way to Be Active III (Framing Incentives)
Employers are increasingly looking for opportunities to motivate sedentary employees to become more physically active. Workplace walking programs have had mixed success and typically show most improvement among participants that…
- Trial name
- NCT02030119
- Testing
- Financial Incentives, Daily feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 281 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
MEMORI Corps: Activity-based Companion Care for Dementia
This project adapts a novel activity-based companion care model, the Making Engagement Meaningful through Organized Routine Interaction (MEMORI) Corps intervention, for a virtual delivery format, and then implements the…
- Trial name
- MEMORI Corps (NCT03896711)
- Testing
- MEMORI Corps program, Augmented Waitlist Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Exercise and the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE)
This study examines the effects of 12-weeks of aerobic exercise training on the mechanisms driving RAGE-mediated inflammation in type 2 diabetic humans.
- Trial name
- NCT03534687
- Testing
- Aerobic Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Parkinson's Disease
Aerobic Exercise in Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is an incurable brain illness that afflicts more than one million Americans, including many aging Veterans.
- Trial name
- LTAE-PD (NCT03808675)
- Testing
- Aerobic walking, Usual care with PD specific health education
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alzheimer's Disease
A 36-Week Safety Extension Study of ELND005 as a Treatment for Agitation and Aggression in Alzheimer's Disease
To evaluate the safety and tolerability of ELND005 treatment with up to 36 weeks exposure, in Moderate to Severe AD patients with agitation and aggression.
- Trial name
- NCT01766336
- Testing
- Group 1 ELND005, Group 2 ELND005
- Where
- 46 sites in United States, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 296 people
- Sponsor
- OPKO Health, Inc.
Aging, Exercise
Effects of Exercise Intervention on Aging-related Motor Decline
The purpose of this research study is to test whether differing levels of physical fitness affects patterns of motor dexterity and brain activity that have been shown to differ due to aging.
- Trial name
- EIAMD (NCT01787292)
- Testing
- Stretching Exercise Intervention, Aerobic Exercise Intervention, Self Monitoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Hypertension, Prehypertension
Effect of Reducing Sedentary Behavior on Blood Pressure
This is a 2-arm, 3-month randomized trial comparing a novel sedentary behavior intervention vs. control in working adults (n=271).
- Trial name
- RESET-BP (NCT03307343)
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 271 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh