Clinical trials: Perceptions
Hearing Loss
Supplementing Hearing Aids With Computerized Auditory Training
The study is designed to examine the effectiveness of a computer-based auditory training program to improve the benefits received by individuals who wear hearing aids.
- Trial name
- LACE (NCT00727337)
- Testing
- LACE-computer, CONTROL, Lace-DVD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 279 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Feasibility, Acceptability
Caring Cards to and From Veterans: A Peer Approach to Suicide Prevention
Veteran suicide is a national problem; social disconnection is an important contributor to suicide risk. This pilot study will recruit Veterans to take part in a peer-centered intervention called Caring Cards (CC).
- Conditions
- Feasibility, Acceptability, Thwarted Belongingness, Perceived Burdensomeness
- Trial name
- NCT04486677
- Testing
- Caring Cards Group, Caring Cards Recipients
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Schizophrenia
Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Resting State Brain Activity in Schizophrenia
This study compares the efficacy of low and high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as a means of treating subjects with schizophrenia. Magnetic pulses delivered over the scalp cause brain activity.
- Trial name
- NCT01620086
- Testing
- Active Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 1 Hz, Active Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 10 Hz, Active control site Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation at 1Hz
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Hearing Aids
Investigations of Ear Tip Performance, Perceptions, and Experiences
Normal hearing participants will be fit with a hearing aid and different types of customized earmolds. Hearing aids will be programmed to a simulated mild, flat, sensorineural hearing loss of 30 dB HL from 250-8000Hz.
- Trial name
- IETPPE (NCT05725824)
- Testing
- BTE hearing aid with compatible earmolds
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Anxiety, Pain, Procedural
Lavender Aromatherapy to Decrease Anxiety/Pain Perception During Office Hysteroscopy
Office hysteroscopy is an invaluable practice to treat a myriad of gynecological processes. However, a limiting factor is the perceived pain and anxiety.
- Trial name
- NCT06316934
- Testing
- Lavandula angustifolia, Aura Cacia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Thalamus
Neuromodulation of Conscious Perception: Investigating Thalamic Roles Through Ultrasonic Stimulation
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role that the thalamus (the egg-shaped structure in the middle of your brain) plays in perception using a low-intensity ultrasound pulsation (LIFUP) device.
- Trial name
- NCT06083493
- Testing
- LIFUP excitation, LIFUP inhibition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Social Perception
Intranasal Oxytocin Administration and the Neural Correlates of Social and Non-Social Visual Perception
The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of oxytocin on social behavior and brain activity using EEG and the event-related potential (ERP) technique.
- Trial name
- NCT02238379
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Social Intelligence
Effect of Intranasal Neuropeptide on Emotion Perception in Trait Anxiety
The purpose of this study is to learn more about how emotional processing may be affected by a hormone called oxytocin. Oxytocin is a hormone that occurs naturally in the body, and may play an important role in the way that the…
- Trial name
- NCT01551303
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Hypertension, HIV
Community Health Worker Optimization of Antihypertensive Care in HIV
To adapt and assess the implementation and preliminary effectiveness of an integrated COBRA and CHAMP multi-component community health worker-delivered hypertension intervention in improving blood pressure control among PLWH in…
- Trial name
- COACH (NCT06503991)
- Testing
- Community Health Worker (CHW)-delivered Hypertension Management Pilot (CHAMP), Control of Blood Pressure and Risk Attenuation (COBRA)
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Psychological Distress, Stress (Psychology)
tAVNS for Stress Reduction in University Students
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) works to reduce perceived stress and psychological distress in university students with high distress levels.
- Conditions
- Psychological Distress, Stress (Psychology), Perceived Stress
- Trial name
- tAVNS4HES (NCT07411846)
- Testing
- taVNS
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL
Lip Rejuvenation
Assess the Impact of Lip Rejuvenation on Projected First Impressions and Mood Perceptions
20 subjects with mild to severe oral commissures or none to severe perioral lines will be enrolled and injected with Restylane® Silk.
- Trial name
- NCT03241862
- Testing
- Restylane® Silk
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- DeNova Research
Chest Pain
Chest Pain Perception and Capsaicin Sensitivity
The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a positive correlation between the ability to sense chest pain in the context of myocardial ischemia and the ability to sense discomfort associated with the topical…
- Trial name
- NCT02346903
- Testing
- Capsaicin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people
- Sponsor
- Bassett Healthcare
Transtibial Amputation
Evaluation of a Modified Running-specific Prosthetic Foot
The goal of this study is to evaluate endurance, walking performance, mobility, and perceived exertion of transtibial prosthesis users (i.e., study participants) walking with a conventional energy storing prosthetic foot (ESF)…
- Trial name
- NCT02440711
- Testing
- Energy storing foot (ESF), Modified running specific foot (mRSF)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Perception of Pain, Protection of the Palate
Flowable Resin Versus Self-Adhesive Dressing for Palatal Donor-Site Protection
This pilot randomized clinical study compared two methods for protecting the palatal donor site after harvesting a free gingival graft.
- Trial name
- NCT06593275
- Testing
- Flowable Resin Composite Palatal Barrier, Self-Adhesive Oral Dressing
- Where
- Ecuador
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo
Alcohol Drinking
Impacts of Alcohol Warning Labels: An Online Experiment
The goal of this experiment is to examine responses to alcohol warning messages about 10 different topics among US adult alcohol consumers.
- Trial name
- NCT06442800
- Testing
- Liver Cancer, Throat and Mouth Cancer, Colorectal Cancer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Spectral Dynamics and Speech Understanding by Hearing Impaired People
The purpose of this program of research is to understand the perception of the dynamic spectral properties of speech by hearing-impaired listeners, with the long-term goal of improving speech understanding by these individuals in…
- Trial name
- NCT01867515
- Testing
- Acoustic distortion of speech
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Pain, Hypogonadism
Effects of Testosterone Replacement on Pain Sensitivity and Pain Perception
Naturally occurring opiates (endorphins) decrease testosterone levels by inhibiting the synthesis of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) and also inhibiting testosterone synthesis by the testes.
- Trial name
- TAP (NCT00351819)
- Testing
- AndroGel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Pregnancy
Local Anesthesia and Pain Perception During an Amniocentesis
This study is been designed to answer the question of whether local anesthesia (1% lidocaine) decreases the perception of pain associated with amniocentesis in a randomized double blind placebo controlled manner.
- Trial name
- NCT00583011
- Testing
- Local Anesthesia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Prevention
RCT-Consumer Perceptions of Cannabidiol (CBD) Health Claims
Cannabidiol (CBD) cannot be marketed as having therapeutic benefits (without FDA's approval), be false or misleading to consumers, or convey the products are approved or endorsed by the FDA.
- Trial name
- RCT (NCT06800066)
- Testing
- Purchase Behavior - (Non-CBD ads), Purchase Behavior - (CBD ads)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 460 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Chronic Pain, Chronic Low Back Pain
Effects of tDCS and TUS on the Perception of Pain and Functional Limitations Due to Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain
The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of tDCS in combination with TUS for the treatment of pain and functional limitations in subjects with NSCLBP.
- Trial name
- NCT02954432
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Transcranial Ultrasound (TUS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital