Clinical trials: Reward
Healthy
Transcranial Focused Ultrasound (tFUS) Modulation of Reward Network
Aim: Evaluate whether sonicating the Nucleus Accumbens (NAc) with transcranial focused ultrasound modifies functional connectivity between the NAc and the prefrontal cortex (PFC).
- Trial name
- NCT05986019
- Testing
- transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Anhedonia
TMS Alteration of the Reward Positivity
The aim of this proposal is to demonstrate that stimulation of different brain regions differently affects the electroencephalographic feature known as the Reward Positivity (RewP).
- Trial name
- NCT05443256
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Opioid-use Disorder
Using Combined EEG and Non-invasive Brain Stimulation to Examine and Improve Reward Functioning in Opioid Use Disorder
The primary aims of this study are to identify impaired cognitive control in opioid use disorder (OUD) and subsequently to examine the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on reward processing, as measured by the…
- Trial name
- NCT04432493
- Testing
- Active repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers University
Opiod Use Disorder
The Influence of ANS-6637 on Midazolam Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Volunteers
Background: Opioids are medicines that control pain. But they are often misused, which can lead to illness and death. Opioids increase dopamine to the brain, which makes people feel good and often causes them to crave drugs…
- Trial name
- NCT03831971
- Testing
- ANS-6637
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Tobacco Use, Cigar Smoking
The Effect of Sweet Flavoring on the Rewarding and Reinforcing Value of Cigarillo Use Among Young Adults
This within-subjects study aims to evaluate the subjective rewarding value, the relative reinforcing value, and the absolute reinforcing value of sweet flavored cigarillos across three separate laboratory visits among 86 young…
- Trial name
- FLAV (NCT05092919)
- Testing
- Flavor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Schizophrenia, Dual Diagnosis
Cannabis, Schizophrenia and Reward: Self-Medication and Agonist Treatment?
In this translational research proposal, based on our formulation, we seek to confirm and expand upon data obtained in our pilot study suggesting that cannabis and the cannabinoid agonist dronabinol, given in low dose to patients…
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Dual Diagnosis, Psychotic Disorder, Cannabis Use Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT01964404
- Testing
- Marijuana, Dronabinol
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 263 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Methamphetamine Dependence
Pilot Study of Entacapone for Methamphetamine Abuse
Addiction to methamphetamine is a serious health problem. There are no medications that a doctor can give someone to help them stop using methamphetamine.
- Trial name
- NCT02058966
- Testing
- Entacapone, Methamphetamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Anhedonia
Examining Reward-Related Predictors and Mechanisms of Change in BA Treatment for Anhedonic Adolescents
The prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) is relatively low in childhood (i.e., 1-3%), but increases substantially during adolescence.
- Trial name
- NCT02498925
- Testing
- Behavioral Activation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Major Depressive Disorder
Imaging Dopamine Release in Depression
This study aims to determine whether ventral striatal dopamine release is a mechanism of reward motivation in major depression, whether dopamine release is low in depression, and whether DA release and reward motivation predict…
- Trial name
- NCT02033369
- Testing
- Pramipexole
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Eating Behavior, Eating Habit
Young Adult Eating Habits
Most individuals with obesity become so before age 35 and adolescent's unhealthy dietary patterns, specifically high intake of ultra-processed foods and poor overall diet quality, may contribute to energy overconsumption and…
- Trial name
- YAEH (NCT05550818)
- Testing
- High Ultra Processed Food Diet, No Ultra Processed Food Diet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
The Effects of Dopamine on Reward Processing
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a single low dose of the D2/D3 antagonist amisulpride on reward processing.
- Trial name
- NCT01253421
- Testing
- amisulpride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), History of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA)
An Investigation of Early Life Stress and Depression
The purpose of this study is to investigate brain pathways within adult females (with a history of CSA that occurred between the ages of 5-14) with and without a current diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD).
- Trial name
- NCT01701258
- Testing
- Amisulpride
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 153 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Cocaine Dependence
Study of the Effects of Risperdal Consta on Brain Reward Circuitry Function, Craving and Cocaine Use in Active Cocaine Dependence
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the administration of Risperidal-Consta on the brain's reward circuitry using Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI), behavioral tests and measuring cocaine craving and use among…
- Trial name
- NCT00385801
- Testing
- Risperidone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Alcohol Drinking, Opioid Use, Unspecified
Opioid Modulation and Neural Reward Activation in Healthy Adults
This is a double blind study of the effects of opioid antagonism on the brain's reward response. The investigators will recruit participants to undergo two scans, one on active medication and one on placebo.
- Trial name
- NCT04854551
- Testing
- Naltrexone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Smoking
Neuroimaging Reward, Behavioral Treatment, and Smoking Cessation
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of a smoking cessation intervention combining behavioral treatment with low nicotine cigarettes on neuroimaging measures of reward function and smoking cessation outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT02927847
- Testing
- Nicotine Patch, SPECTRUM Nicotine Research Cigarettes (.03 mg), Behavioral Activation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maggie M Sweitzer, PhD
Delayed Sleep Phase
Delayed Sleep Timing in Teens Study
This study will (1) comprehensively characterize the substance use disorder (SUD) risk profile associated with adolescent Delayed Sleep Phase (DSP), and (2) probe whether SUD risk is diminished by altering sleep/circadian timing.
- Trial name
- NCT03806296
- Testing
- Increase morning bright light, Decrease evening blue light, Sleep scheduling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 142 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Schizophrenia
The Effects of Aripiprazole on the Processing of Rewards in Schizophrenia
The objective of this study is to determine whether subjects with negative symptoms of schizophrenia have abnormal functioning of brain circuits relevant to reward processing, and to determine whether any such abnormalities are…
- Trial name
- NCT00209027
- Testing
- fMRI, Aripiprazole
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Alcohol Use, Unspecified
Estradiol Effects on Alcohol Across the Menstrual Cycle
This study will provide the first rigorous integrative test of the hypothesis that rapid rises in estradiol (a female hormone) increase the rewarding and disinhibiting effects of alcohol and that such increased sensitivity…
- Trial name
- NCT04595682
- Testing
- Alcohol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mark Fillmore
Health Promotion, Wellness Programs
Assessing the Impact of myHealth Rewards New Hire Enrollment Emails
The purpose of the study is to evaluate, prospectively, the potential impact, on myHealth Rewards wellness program enrollment prior to the 2019 November submission deadline, of sending different messages via email to Geisinger…
- Trial name
- NCT04047342
- Testing
- Welcome email, Loss frame
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 824 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Tobacco Dependence
Varenicline Effects on Cue Reactivity and Smoking Reward/Reinforcement
The purpose of this study was to find out how varenicline works to help people quit smoking. Varenicline, also known as Chantix™, is an U.S.
- Trial name
- NCT00747643
- Testing
- varenicline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute