Clinical trials: Reward
Diabetes Mellitus
Hawaii Patient Reward And Incentives to Support Empowerment
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) study is to examine the extent that financial incentives when combined with diabetes evidence-based practices, improve self-management and biometric measures for adult…
- Trial name
- HI-PRAISE (NCT02123251)
- Testing
- Financial Incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- University of Hawaii
Chronic Low Back Pain, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Exercise Maintenance in Chronic Pain and PTSD
The primary purpose of the R21 is using an experimental medicine research approach to study whether a chronic, progressive-based exercise program will help Veterans suffering from chronic low back pain (cLBP) and PTSD achieve…
- Trial name
- NCT03644927
- Testing
- Progressive exercise training, Waitlist Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
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
Obesity
Investigation of the Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Taste Reward in Humans
The investigators hypothesize that some of these changes in the reduced appetite after surgery may be due to alterations in taste.
- Trial name
- NCT01531738
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
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
Stimulant Use Disorder, Substance-related Disorders
Treating Stimulant Addiction With Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
The purpose of this study is to establish a new treatment (repetitive transcranial stimulation (rTMS)) for Veterans with stimulant use disorder (SUD).
- Trial name
- VA-StARTS (NCT04228276)
- Testing
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Obesity
Reduced Carbohydrate Versus Fat in Obese Subjects
Popular weight loss strategies often involve reducing an individual's consumption of carbohydrates or fat. However, no controlled study has been carried out to evaluate the effects of reducing carbohydrate versus fat consumption…
- Trial name
- NCT00846040
- Testing
- Reduced fat diet, Reduced carbohydrate diet, Drug: f-18 fallypride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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
Gun Shot Wound
Effect of Violent First-Person Shooter (FPS) Video Games on Shooting Accuracy
The present research tests the effects of violent shooting games on behavior within the game (Pilot Study) and on behavior after the game is turned off (Experiment Proper).
- Trial name
- NCT03445156
- Testing
- Video game, Controller
- Volunteers
- 327 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Major Depressive Disorder
Social Reward and Its Effect on Brain Functions in Psychotherapies for Mid- and Late-Life Depression
Abnormalities in the Positive Valence System (PVS) are associated with depressive symptoms and reduced behavioral activation in mid- and late-life.
- Trial name
- NCT04487730
- Testing
- "Engage & Connect" Psychotherapy, Symptom Review and Psychoeducation (SRP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Anhedonia, Depression
Prevention of Anhedonia in Children
This trial will test the effects of a positive emotion-focused preventive intervention on reward responsiveness in children of mothers with histories of depression and anhedonia.
- Trial name
- NCT05988138
- Testing
- Family Promoting Positive Emotions, Psychoeducation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Lisdexamfetamine's Effect In ADHD in the Brain and Cognition
The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of lisdexamfetamine (LDX) on the neural and behavioral subcomponents of self-control, that is cognitive control and reward functioning, in adolescents and young adults with…
- Trial name
- LEIA (NCT02170298)
- Testing
- Lisdexamfetamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Low Back Pain
EMPOWER: Empowering the Management of Pain-Obesity-Weight Through Enhanced Reward
The central objective of research is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of an 8-month single-arm behavioral intervention (i.e., EMPOWER) among overweight/obese middle-aged and older adults with moderate-to-high impact…
- Trial name
- NCT04851587
- Testing
- In-Person (or Remote) Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Healthy
Functional Neuroimaging of Alcoholism Vulnerability (PIT)
This project compares Family History Positive (FHP) for alcoholism subjects to matched Family History Negative (FHN) subjects derived from the project Principal Investigator's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and…
- Trial name
- CTNA (NCT01585168)
- Testing
- Memantine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Major Depressive Disorder, Anhedonia
Investigating the Causal Role of Prefrontal Control in Decision-making in Patients With Anhedonia
Investigating whether delta-beta cross-frequency transcranial alternating current stimulation can increase goal-directed behavior in participants with major depressive disorder and elevated symptoms of anhedonia.
- Trial name
- DEBRA (NCT05084924)
- Testing
- Cross-frequency transcranial alternating current stimulation via the NeuroConn Direct Current Stimulator Plus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Obesity, Overweight
A Study of Tirzepatide in Overweight and Very Overweight Participants
The main purpose of this study is to measure the effect of tirzepatide on food intake in participants who are overweight or very overweight.
- Trial name
- NCT04311411
- Testing
- Tirzepatide, Liraglutide
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- Eli Lilly and Company
Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder
Brain Mechanisms of Human Motivation
This study aims to investigate reward learning across the mood disorder spectrum and to investigate the predictive validity of reward learning for subsequent symptom severity.
- Trial name
- NCT01976975
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 270 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
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
Cocaine Use Disorder
Neurocognitive Factors in Substance Use Treatment Response: The Ways of Rewarding Abstinence Project
The proposed work will investigate changes in brain signaling and cognitive functioning that support recovery from addiction, as well as use of pretreatment neurocognitive functioning to inform substance use treatment planning.
- Trial name
- WRAP (NCT03799341)
- Testing
- Prize-Based Contingency Management, Treatment As Usual Outpatient Substance Use Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Depression, Anxiety
Treatment for Affect Dimensions
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and targets of Positive Affect Treatment, a psychotherapy specifically aimed at enhancing reward sensitivity in individuals with low positive affect (a core feature of…
- Trial name
- TAD (NCT03439748)
- Testing
- Positive Affect Treatment, Negative Affect Treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles