Clinical trials: Social Perception
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
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive, Patient Compliance
Tailored Intervention to Promote Positive Airway Pressure Adherence
The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of a tailored (i.e., individualized) intervention to promote adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) in adults with newly-diagnosed, CPAP treated…
- Trial name
- SCIP-PA (NCT01454830)
- Testing
- Tailored, Usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 118 people
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Attentional Bias, Smoking Cues
Trial on the Effect of E-cigarette Advertising on Cigarette Perceptions in Adolescents
This research aims to investigate how exposure to advertising for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (commonly called e-cigarettes) may lead to combustible smoking initiation in adolescents.
- Conditions
- Attentional Bias, Smoking Cues, Positive Perceptions About Cigarette Smoking, Social Norms
- Trial name
- NCT03786042
- Testing
- E-cigarette ad exposure, non e-cigarette TV commercials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 139 people
- Sponsor
- Trustees of Dartmouth College
Acute Pain
Vasopressin and Pain Perception in the Brain
The feeling of pain is not just a sensory experience, but is also influenced by emotions, beliefs and expectations, making pain a highly subjective experience.
- Trial name
- NCT03446456
- Testing
- Arginine vasopressin, Saline, Observational learning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
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
Conduct Disorder, Child
Virtual Reality to Improve Social Perspective Taking
This project will examine how virtual reality treatment that provides users with the alternate perspective of a virtual interpersonal interaction impacts psychological and neurobiological markers of social perspective taking in…
- Conditions
- Conduct Disorder, Child, Adolescent, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT03927612
- Testing
- Virtual reality perspective taking training, Virtual reality control perspective
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Acute Pain
The Influence of Testosterone on Experimental Pain Perception
This trial examined how the administration of exogenous testosterone would influence pain tolerance and other endogenous steroids (i.e. estradiol and progesterone).
- Trial name
- NCT05781685
- Testing
- Testosterone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Perceived Social Isolation
Effects of Pregnenolone on Perceived Social Isolation
No studies to date have examined the effects of pregnenolone on hypervigilance for social threat in individuals with perceived social isolation (PSI).
- Trial name
- NCT02826577
- Testing
- Pregnenolone 175mg, Pregnenolone 400mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Refugee Self-reliance, Mental Health Issue
GBV Prevention, Mitigation, and Response in Colombia
As of August 2021, Colombia hosts the vast majority of Venezuelan refugees and migrants (UNHCR, 2022). For vulnerable refugees and migrants in Colombia, and especially for women, gender-based violence (GBV) is present during…
- Conditions
- Refugee Self-reliance, Mental Health Issue, Empowerment, Gender Based Violence Knowledge and Perceived Risk
- Trial name
- NCT06312592
- Testing
- Entrepreneurship School with Gender Lens
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 253 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Schizophrenia
Does Acute Oxytocin Administration Enhance Social Cognition in Individuals With Schizophrenia?
Individuals with schizophrenia have been found to have deficits in social cognition, which is defined as the functions that are engaged during social interactions.
- Trial name
- NCT01312272
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
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 Determinants of Health, Patient Satisfaction
Social Determinants of Health Screening and Interventions
The primary objective of this study is to connect patients with community resources to improve social determinants of health. Secondary objectives are improving patient satisfaction within the trauma and general surgery service…
- Conditions
- Social Determinants of Health, Patient Satisfaction, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- SDOH (NCT03661359)
- Testing
- Social Determinants of Health Referrals
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of Toledo Health Science Campus
Older Adults, Mental Health
The BE WITH Project: A Partially Nested Randomized Control Trial (PN-RCT)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the BE WITH (Belonging through Empathy With Intentional Targeted Helping) innovation delivered to older adults improves their mental health.
- Conditions
- Older Adults, Mental Health, Depression, Loneliness
- Trial name
- BE_WITH (NCT07204444)
- Testing
- standardized and manualized warm calls from providers trained in the BE training, standardized and manualized warm calls from providers trained in the BE training + ASIST training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 671 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Hepatitis C, Medication Adherence
Intensive Models of HCV Care for Injection Drug Users
Injection drug users (IDUs) constitute 60% of the approximately 5 million people in the U.S. infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV treatment leading to sustained viral response (SVR) is associated with increased survival.
- Trial name
- NCT01857245
- Testing
- Intensive Models (mDOT and CGT) of HCV Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Prisma Health-Upstate
Discrimination, Racial, Communication
PRISM Race and Communication Pilot RCT
This is a pilot randomized trial of 60 patients to test feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of PRISM to improve resilience and facilitate improved patient-clinician communication in racially minorities patients with serious…
- Conditions
- Discrimination, Racial, Communication, Chronic Illness, Bias, Racial
- Trial name
- NCT04915079
- Testing
- Promoting Resilience in Stress Management (PRISM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Ischemic Heart Disease
Perceived Social Support, Heart Rate Variability, and Hopelessness in Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, with ischemic heart disease (IHD) the leading cause of cardiovascular mortality.
- Trial name
- Hope Beats (NCT05003791)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Healthy, MDMA ('Ecstasy')
Effect of Stimulant Drugs on Social Perception
The study will improve our understanding of the "prosocial" effects of ± 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), relative to a prototypical stimulant, methamphetamine (MA).
- Trial name
- ESP (NCT03790618)
- Testing
- 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, methamphetamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Behavior, Anxiety
Effects of Oxytocin on Behavior and Physiology in a Psychotherapy Setting
Subjects-currently in outpatient mental health care--will participate in 2 psychotherapy sessions, one with oxytocin spray and one with placebo spray. Sessions will be videotaped, and cortisol and heart rate will be measured.
- Trial name
- OT-PT (NCT01081249)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- MacDonald, Kai, M.D.
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Intranasal Oxytocin and Learning in Autism
The main objective of this study is to determine the safety and therapeutic potential of intranasal oxytocin in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) when paired with a computer game intervention that is…
- Trial name
- NCT01417026
- Testing
- Intranasal Oxytocin (Trade name: Syntocinon)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Robert Schultz
Placebo, Expectations
Effects of Expectations on Negative Affect, Perceived Cognitive Effort, and Pain
The investigators administer a functional neuroimaging task to investigate the effect of cue expectancy on participants' self-reported ratings across a variety of affective and cognitive domains.
- Trial name
- NCT05425563
- Testing
- Pain Expectancy Cues, Vicarious Pain Expectancy Cues, Cognitive Effort Expectancy Cues
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 133 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trustees of Dartmouth College