Clinical trials: Near-infrared Spectroscopy
Major Depressive Disorder
Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for Assessment of Depression
Develop a NIRSIT testing protocol that can be administered in the diagnostic setting and reliably distinguishes the symptoms and severity of depression, with the help of repeated measure (up to five visits per subject) comparison…
- Trial name
- NIRSIT (NCT04061148)
- Testing
- NIRSIT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Hearing Impaired Children
EarGenie MVP Performance Evaluation
This is a single-group clinical trial to evaluate the performance of the EarGenie minimum viable product (MVP) in normal hearing infants.
- Trial name
- NCT06406088
- Testing
- EarGenie MVP test
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Bionics Institute of Australia
Emotional Distress
The Role of Cognitive Flexibility in Mindfulness Intervention: a Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study
This study hopes to: explore the relationship between mindfulness mediation experiences and emotional distress and cognitive flexibility levels.
- Trial name
- NCT06103149
- Testing
- Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress(MIED)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xinghua Liu
Cerebral Oxygenation
Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation Values in Newborns Measured Using Laser and LED NIRS Oximeters
The aim of the study is to compare the values of cerebral tissue oxygenation measured simultaneously using laser light (FORE-SIGHT) and LED (INVOS) cerebral oximeters.
- Trial name
- NCT01496027
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Healthy, Ageing
Can Cocoa Flavanols Protect Endothelial Function During Prolonged Sitting in Healthy Older Adults?
Sitting time is high in older adults and has been shown to temporarily impair endothelial function and blood pressure. Flavanols, plant-derived compounds, acutely enhance endothelial function and reduce Blood pressure in older…
- Trial name
- NCT07265869
- Testing
- High-flavanol cocoa powder, Low-flavanol cocoa powder
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Birmingham
Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability
Blood-brain Barrier Permeability Study in Adults With Meningitis
The purpose of the study is to confirm the applicability and usefulness of the novel method of assessment of the permeability of the blood-brain barrier and in monitoring of the treatment of patients with meningitis.
- Trial name
- NM-BBBP (NCT02902588)
- Testing
- ICG-PULSION, LiMON, Pulsion Medical Systems, Gadolinium (Gadovist, Bayer, Germany)
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences
Healthy
Nonin 4 Wavelength Cerebral Oximeter Study
A cerebral oximeter is a device that uses light to measure the amount of oxygen within the brain. It is similar to the device that measures the level of oxygen in the tip of the finger, known as a pulse oximeter.
- Trial name
- Nonin4 (NCT01762722)
- Testing
- Reduction of inspired oxygen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgery
Effects of Standard and Modified Z-Trendelenburg Positions on Cerebral Oxygenation and Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter
The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of the standard Trendelenburg position and the modified Z-Trendelenburg position on cerebral oxygenation and optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) in patients undergoing…
- Trial name
- MOD-TREND (NCT07632287)
- Testing
- Standard Trendelenburg Position, Modified Z-Trendelenburg Position
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Cognitive Function Assessment, Mental Fatigue
Effects of Short-Term Creatine Supplementation on Cognitive Function in Healthy Young Adults
This study examined whether short-term creatine supplementation affects cognitive function in healthy young adults. Participants were randomly assigned to take either creatine monohydrate or a placebo for 10 days.
- Trial name
- NCT07867041
- Testing
- Creatine Monohydrate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Northern Iowa
Sickle Cell Disease, Pain
Integrative Medicine in Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease, 2.0
The proposed research is to determine the clinical efficacy and neurobiological mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia in patients with sickle cell disease.
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease, Pain, Acupuncture, Quantitative Sensory Testing
- Trial name
- NCT06725550
- Testing
- needling acupuncture, laser acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
COVID-19, Endothelial Function
Non-invasive Characterization of Systemic Microvascular Reactivity by Near-infrared Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy in COVID-19 Patients
The purpose of this study is to characterize microvascular reactivity on the forearm muscle using non-invasive near-infrared spectroscopy in critically ill COVID-19 patients, and to correlate its alterations with 28-day mortality…
- Trial name
- HEMOCOVID19 (NCT04689477)
- Testing
- Vascular occlusion test
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Brazil and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 612 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Corporacion Parc Tauli
Hearing Impairment
Improving Early Intervention in Hearing Impaired Children Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
The goal of this clinical trial is to find out whether hearing test results using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) will help to fast-track early intervention for infants born with a hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT05847426
- Testing
- Provision of standard audiological + fNIRS test results, Provision of standard audiological test results only
- Where
- 5 sites in Australia
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Bionics Institute of Australia
Microcirculatory Status, Spectroscopic Analysis
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Measurements in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Participants were selected based on three groups: healthy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic renal disease. NIRS was used to measure tissue oxygenation on the thenar region of the right hand.
- Conditions
- Microcirculatory Status, Spectroscopic Analysis, COPD, Renal Failure
- Trial name
- NIRS (NCT06976762)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
Cognitive Change
Transcranial Near-Infrared Light in Healthy Subjects: a Cerebral Blood Flow Study With Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy
Transcranial Light Therapy involves non-invasive and invisible beams of light that increase energy metabolism in the brain. Transcranial light therapy has been found to promote brain metabolism.
- Trial name
- NIR-Flow (NCT03740152)
- Testing
- Transcranial Light Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Stroke, Healthy Participants
Prefrontal Brain Activity and ECG Patterns in Stroke and Healthy Adults
This observational study will evaluate brain activity and heart rhythm patterns in people with and without stroke. Brain activity will be measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and electroencephalography…
- Trial name
- NCT07322107
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
Intraabdominal Hypertension, Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Comparison of Bladder Pressure Versus Regional Intestinal Tissue Oxygenation in Infants
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn more about intestinal regional oxygen saturation measurements made with near-infrared spectroscopy and bladder pressure measurements in infants without risk of intraabdominal…
- Trial name
- BPvsNIRS (NCT05971264)
- Testing
- Near infrared-spectroscopy
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Children's Hospital, Zurich
Syncope
Multi-Site Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Monitoring of Children During Tilt Table Testing
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY This study will explore the use of multi-site NIRS monitoring during tilt table testing, combining somatic and cerebral saturations data with hemodynamic data to establish the non-invasive assessment of…
- Trial name
- NIRS & Tilt (NCT00659464)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Improving ToM in Children With ASD Through VPT Training: Behavioral and fNIRS Study
This study aims to employ a longitudinal tracking research to investigate the effects of a visual perspective taking intervention on the development of theory of mind in children with autism.
- Trial name
- NCT06196060
- Testing
- Visual perspective taking training, Block building training, Thought-bubble training
- Where
- 3 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nanjing Normal University
Exposure to Man-made Visible Light
Systematically Assessing Effects of Colored Light on Humans With a Multi-modal Approach (Substudy 2 of 7)
NOTE: This is the second of in total 7 sub-studies related to the Ethics Committee of the Canton of Bern Ref. No. KEK-BE 2016-00674.
- Trial name
- NCT02882529
- Testing
- Visible light exposure
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Hemorrhage, Premature Infants
NIRS Monitoring in Premature Infants
This study uses frequency domain near-infrared spectroscopy coupled with diffuse correlation spectroscopy (FDNIRS-DCS) technology for monitoring cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral oxygen metabolism (CMRO2) at the bedside for…
- Conditions
- Hemorrhage, Premature Infants, Newborn, Hydrocephalus
- Trial name
- NCT02601339
- Testing
- ETV/CPC
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital