Clinical trials: Vulnerability to Disease
Heat Stress, Physiological Stress
Suitability of a 26 °C Indoor Environment for Mitigating Heat Strain in Young Adults
While an indoor upper temperature limit of 26 °C has been shown to protect heat-vulnerable older adults (DOI: 10.1289/EHP11651), this guideline has not been verified in young, habitually active adults.
- Conditions
- Heat Stress, Physiological Stress, Cognitive Change
- Trial name
- NCT07267598
- Testing
- Simulated indoor temperature upper limit
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Anxiety, Depression - Major Depressive Disorder
Profiling Vulnerability and Resilience for Mental Illness Following Viral Infections: Translating Epidemiology to Deep-phenotyping.
The study protocol was submitted to ERA-NET NEURON for funding on 28/06/2023. Description of the Israeli responsibilities was extracted from the full submitted research protocol. The protocol includes two studies (CHS1 and CHS2).
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar, Schizophenia Disorder
- Trial name
- Viral-MI (NCT07453420)
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shalvata Mental Health Center
Colon Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in the Adjuvant or Metastatic Setting, Aged 70 or Older
MOST: Mediterranean Oncology Senior Tests
MOST is a longitudinal study whose aim is to test the hypothesis that frailty markers are better at detecting vulnerable patients and that they are a better "Adverse Events" predictive tool than the CGA (Comprehensive Geriatric…
- Trial name
- MOST (NCT02148731)
- Testing
- Frailty markers
- Where
- 8 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Association Sud pour la Recherche en Oncogériatrie
Aging, Cognitive Change
Modulating Neurocognitive Processes of Learning to Trust and Distrust in Aging
Much of human interaction is based on trust. Aging has been associated with deficits in trust-related decision making, likely further exacerbated in age-associated neurodegenerative disease (Alzheimer's disease/AD), possibly…
- Conditions
- Aging, Cognitive Change, Neurocognitive Disorders, Mild
- Trial name
- DecidingBrain (NCT05457725)
- Testing
- Contingent rtfMRI neurofeedback training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Depressive Disorder, Major
Neuropsychological Factors Associated With Vulnerability to Suicidal Behavior in Depressed Elderly Patients
The main objective of this study is to confirm the existence of risky decision making in a non strategic situation (Iowa Gambling Task) and a deficit of decision making in social situations, linked to greater sensitivity to…
- Trial name
- SPAD (NCT02737540)
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Recurrent Major Depression
Neural Effects of Wellness Classes in Women With Vulnerability to Depression ("The Women's Wellness Study")
The primary objective of the study is to examine the efficacy of mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on the prevention of relapse in women with a history of depression.
- Trial name
- WWS (NCT04106375)
- Testing
- Online mindfulness based cognitive therapy intervention
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Boulder
Depression, Panic Disorder
Evaluating the Effects of Stress in Pregnancy
This study will evaluate pregnant women with a past or current diagnosis of depression or anxiety to gain a better understanding of how these disorders can affect an infant's development, both during and after pregnancy.
- Conditions
- Depression, Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00525226
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,431 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Irritability
Teen Vulnerability to Irritability: Brain and Estrogen Changes
Purpose: Risk of severe psychopathology increases dramatically during adolescence, especially for females. Changes in ovarian steroids across the menstrual cycle produce windows of vulnerability to mood disturbances, particularly…
- Trial name
- TeenVIBE (NCT07544966)
- Testing
- Kurvelo
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Atherosclerosis, Carotid Artery Plaque
New Technologies to Determine Carotid Plaque Vulnerability
Hypothesis: Identification of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques (with or without neovascularization) using carotid CEUS is an independent predictor of MACE (over clinical risk factors, stress echo wall motion results, and…
- Trial name
- CEUS (NCT02224339)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 216 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease
Cognitive Vulnerability to Stress in Individuals at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about how genetics and the response to stress predicts cognitive decline in individuals with mild cognitive impairment.
- Trial name
- Stress-AD (NCT05795634)
- Testing
- Trier Social Stress Test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Gastrointestinal Cancers, Frailty
Longitudinal Geriatric Vulnerability, Chemotherapy Toxicity, and Functional Outcomes in Older Adults With Gastrointestinal Cancer
Older adults with gastrointestinal cancers may be more likely to experience side effects from chemotherapy and difficulties with everyday activities. These problems are not always explained by age alone.
- Conditions
- Gastrointestinal Cancers, Frailty, Sarcopenia in Elderly, Malnutrition Elderly
- Trial name
- VITAL-GI (NCT07184047)
- Testing
- Standard-of-Care Systemic Chemotherapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Alcoholism
Ketamine/Placebo Family History Positive Study
The proposed study is the first to explore the contribution of brain glutamate systems, a major target of ethanol in the brain, to the vulnerability to develop alcoholism.
- Trial name
- NCT00588952
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Smoking, Smoking Cessation
Biopsychosocial Predictors of Nicotine Relapse
This study aims to investigate the associations between emotion regulation ability, stress-induced neural activity changes, and susceptibility to relapse in smokers attempting to quit.
- Conditions
- Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Nicotine Addiction, Tobacco Smoking Behavior
- Trial name
- BioNic (NCT06470321)
- Testing
- Flexiquit Computerized Smoking Cessation Program
- Where
- Cyprus
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cyprus
Cardiovascular Diseases
Improving Outcomes in Patients With Cardiovascular Seasonality
Despite a range of evidence-based programs to identify high-risk patients and apply strategies to keep them out of hospital, a growing number of cases are "resistant" to such programs.
- Trial name
- RESILIENCE (NCT04614428)
- Testing
- RESILIENCE Program
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 203 people
- Sponsor
- Sheila Patel
Drug Addiction, Vulnerability to Substance Addiction
Individual Differences in Reward and Impulse Control
Background: The risk for becoming addicted to drugs varies among individual, even those using similar drugs in a similar way. It is not known why some people become addicted and others do not.
- Trial name
- NCT01621607
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Postoperative Delirium
EEG Spectrogram, Brain Vulnerability and POD
An assessment of difference in prespecified processed electroencephalography variables between cognitively intact older surgical patients who develop postoperative delirium compared to those who do not develop postoperative…
- Trial name
- NCT05368272
- Testing
- Processed electroencephalography, Postoperative delirium assessment
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Postpartum Depression, Depression
Determining Relationships Among Maternity Stress & Sleep
Psychosocial factors, including a previous history of depression, recent stressful life events, sleep disturbances during pregnancy, and depression and/or anxiety during pregnancy have been shown to be associated with an…
- Trial name
- DREAMSS (NCT02133963)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Schizophrenia, Mental Disorders
Effects of Delta-9-THC and Iomazenil in Healthy Humans
The study aims to examine the combined effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (∆-9-THC or THC) and iomazenil on thinking, perception, mood, memory, attention, and electrical activity of the brain (EEG).
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Mental Disorders, Psychotic Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT00982982
- Testing
- THC and Iomazenil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Severe Mental Illness, Inflammation
Profiling Vulnerability and Resilience for Mental Illness Following Viral Infections
This observational study aims to identify the underlying neurobiological and environmental mechanisms that influence vulnerability or resilience to mental illness in the context of infection and their contribution to severe…
- Conditions
- Severe Mental Illness, Inflammation, Viral Infections, Mood Disorders
- Trial name
- VIRAL-MI (NCT06945627)
- Testing
- This research doesn't involve any kind of intervention on the study participants
- Where
- 4 sites in Belgium, Israel and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 408,551 people
- Sponsor
- Sara Poletti
Adolescents, Conduct Disorder
Teenagers, Drug Addiction, and Reward and Impulse Control
Background: The risk for becoming addicted to drugs varies from person to person, even among those who use similar drugs in a similar way.
- Conditions
- Adolescents, Conduct Disorder, Vulnerability to Substance Addicition
- Trial name
- NCT01443949
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)