Clinical trials: Reward Sensitivity
Learning Disabilities
Effects of Oxytocin on Reinforcement Learning
The main aim of the study is to investigate whether intranasal oxytocin (24IU) influences reward sensitivity and performance monitoring during reinforcement learning.
- Trial name
- NCT03846271
- Testing
- intranasal oxytocin
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Healthy
Cognitive, Emotional, and Neural Responses to Acute Inflammation
This study is a pilot study to examine the effects of acute inflammation on cognition and emotion in healthy participants using a between-subjects, randomized, double-blind design.
- Trial name
- NCT03294564
- Testing
- Typhoid Vi Polysaccharide Vaccine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Rejection Sensitivity
Endogenous Opioid Mechanisms for Rejection Sensitivity
This project hypothesizes that the brain's opioid system determines rejection sensitivity, a personality trait that is a vulnerability factor and feature of several psychiatric disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT02189785
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University
Depression Mild, Depression Moderate
Long-term Effects ReSet Your Mind - Mechanisms
See: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05402150 Relevant for this Paper: This investigation aims to evaluate the stability of the effectiveness of different two-week online interventions in a four months follow-up regarding reward…
- Trial name
- NCT06072209
- Testing
- Behavioral Activation, Mindfulness and Gratitude, Combination of Behavioral Activation and Mindfulness and Gratitude
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 224 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg
Healthy, Brain Insulin Sensitivity
Long-Term Effects of Walnut Consumption on Brain Function
Rationale: Healthy foods, including mixed nuts, may improve brain function, which is essential for cognitive and metabolic health, and may contribute to improved food intake regulation.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Brain Insulin Sensitivity, Cerebral Blood Flow, Brain Vascular Function
- Trial name
- WalBrain (NCT07422220)
- Testing
- Walnuts
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Cirrhosis, Food Preferences
Feeding Behavior and Taste Sensitivity Before and After Liver or Renal Transplantation
This study evaluates the influence of the taste sensitivity, of food preferences and of the reward system on the energetic balance before and after liver transplantation in cirrhotic patients and after kidney transplantation in…
- Conditions
- Cirrhosis, Food Preferences, Taste Disorders, Protein-Energy Malnutrition
- Trial name
- GREFFE (NCT02931812)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Burgundy
Tobacco Use Cessation
Reward Sensitivity and Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cessation
The goal of this clinical research study is learn if varenicline or the nicotine patch can help people with different types of emotion and attention levels to quit smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT02162849
- Testing
- Varenicline, Nicotine Patch, Questionnaires
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 204 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Bipolar Disorder
Attentional Biases, Reward Sensitivity, and Cognitive Control in Adults With Bipolar Disorder
The purpose of this study is to use eye-tracking technology to study attentional biases, reward sensitivity, and cognitive control in adult patients with bipolar disorder with or without anxiety and/or substance use disorder…
- Trial name
- NCT03829787
- Testing
- Eye tracking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Bipolar Disorder
Reward and Punishment Sensitivity in Bipolar Disorders
Bipolar disorder (BD) represents a chronic mood disorder and one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Complexity of its clinical presentations leads to delayed diagnosis and difficult management in routine clinical…
- Trial name
- Recodec-BP (NCT04237610)
- Testing
- behavioral assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Healthy Volunteers
Effect of Intragastric Administration of Fatty Acids on Generalized Reward Sensitivity
This study aim to investigate the influence of intragastrically infused fatty acid on the generalization of responses to reward within the food domain and between financial and sexual domains.
- Trial name
- NCT02984150
- Testing
- dodecanoic acid, saline
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Cigarette Smoker, Tobacco Use Disorder
Behavioral Activation Therapy and Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Increasing Smoking Cessation
This randomized clinical trial studies how well behavioral activation therapy and nicotine replacement therapy work in increasing smoking cessation.
- Trial name
- NCT02697227
- Testing
- Behavioral Intervention, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Nicotine Patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Adiposity, Insulin Sensitivity/Resistance
The Influence of Obesity and Insulin Sensitivity on Reward Processing and Decision Making
Reward learning and decision-making processes, which operate largely outside of conscious control, shape food choices and eating behaviors.
- Conditions
- Adiposity, Insulin Sensitivity/Resistance, Decision-Making, Reward Learning
- Trial name
- No acronym (NCT07638059)
- Testing
- Beverage: Conditioned Stimulus -, Beverage: Conditioned Stimulus +
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 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
Stress
Feasibility and Efficacy of a Digital Training Intervention to Increase Reward Sensitivity- Imager
Development and feasibility test of an Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) - Imager, to promote and improve stress resilience, specifically to increase reward sensitivity.
- Trial name
- IMAGER (NCT05623826)
- Testing
- Cognitive- behavioral imagery-based training
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Sleep
Circadian Rhythms and Homeostatic Sleep Drive and Their Effect on Reward and Cognitive Control Systems in Adolescents
Adolescence is a time of heightened reward sensitivity and greater impulsivity. On top of this, many teenagers experience chronic sleep deprivation and misalignment of their circadian rhythms due to biological shifts in their…
- Trial name
- CARRS-P1 (NCT05336084)
- Testing
- Ultradian sleep/wake protocol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Internet Gaming Disorder, Internet Addiction
Neurotrophic Factors, Impulsivity, and Reward Sensitivity in Children With Internet Gaming Disorder
Research and knowledge regarding the neurobiology of behavioral addictions and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) remain limited compared to substance and alcohol use disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT07590180
- Testing
- Clinical Evaluation and Biochemical Sampling
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University
Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome
Experimental Manipulation of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms and the Role Played on Reward Function in Teens
Adolescence is a time of heightened reward sensitivity and greater impulsivity. On top of this, many teenagers experience chronic sleep deprivation and misalignment of their circadian rhythms due to biological shifts in their…
- Trial name
- CARRS-P2 (NCT04792697)
- Testing
- Increase morning bright light, Decrease evening blue light, Sleep Scheduling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
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
Acquired Brain Injury
Rewards Sensitivity After Brain Injury
A study measuring rewards sensitivity in individuals with acquired brain injury at an acute rehabilitation level.
- Trial name
- NCT06510023
- Testing
- Type of reward presented
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Depressed
Stress Sensitivity and Reward Responsivity in Depression
The goal of this project is to learn more about the different ways in which people process information that is stressful and rewarding, and how abnormalities in these two processes are related to depression.
- Trial name
- CAN-BIND-04 (NCT02798094)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 219 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dr. Kate Harkness