Clinical trials: Vulnerability to Disease
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
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
Neuropathic Pain, Cancer
Vulnerability and Risk of Neuropathic Pain in Cancer
Successive and repeated therapeutic interventions during cancer management - surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy - can all, to varying degrees, generate acute pain, central pain sensitization and chronic pain.
- Conditions
- Neuropathic Pain, Cancer, Predictive
- Trial name
- CANOPY (NCT06511674)
- Testing
- Cognitive-emotional and pain assessments
- Where
- 19 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 625 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Major Depression
Multicenter Comparative Study of the Activity of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Vulnerability to Depression
To examine whether the medial prefrontal cortex displays an increased activity during self-referential processing among remitted depressed patients compared to healthy controls
- Trial name
- CORVAD (NCT02171923)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
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
Alcoholism
GABA Mechanisms Underlying the Vulnerability to Alcohol Dependence
This Project will explore the hypothesis that individuals with a family history positive for alcohol dependence (without any current Axis I disorder, except nicotine dependence), experience an alteration in the reward "valence"…
- Trial name
- NCT00611767
- Testing
- Thiopental
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Heart Disease, Lung Disease
Cardiovascular Vulnerability to Particulate Exposure
This project is part of a program project directed toward assessing cardiac effects of particulate and other ambient air pollutants.
- Trial name
- NCT00013949
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Vaccine Hesitancy, Health Education
Effect of Primary Care Education on Parents' Health-Related Perceptions and Attitudes
This study aims to evaluate the effect of a structured education program delivered in primary health care settings on parents of children aged 0-2 years.
- Conditions
- Vaccine Hesitancy, Health Education, Digital Health Literacy, Eco-anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT07381088
- Testing
- Structured Education Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 173 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yuzuncu Yil University
Aging, Heat Stress
Establishing Evidence-based Indoor Temperature Thresholds to Protect Health
An individual's ability to adequately cope with short- or long-term increases in ambient temperature is critical for maintaining health and wellbeing.
- Conditions
- Aging, Heat Stress, Physiological Stress
- Trial name
- HW2 (NCT04348630)
- Testing
- Simulated heatwave exposure
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
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
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)
HIV Infections, Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Digital Community to Improve Health in Rural Areas
The study is a cluster randomized controlled trial developed in counties located in Appalachia and the Midwest. We will prioritize counties from states with high risk for HIV and HCV infection associated with injection drug use.
- Trial name
- NCT05363865
- Testing
- Virtual Community Intervention, Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 511 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
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
Substance Abuse
The Genetic Basis for Vulnerability to Substance Abuse
This investigation seeks to better define the genetic basis for vulnerability to substance abuse.
- Trial name
- NCT00247819
- Testing
- Blood draw
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
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
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
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
Type2 Diabetes, Atherosclerosis
Coronary Artery Plaque Burden and Morphology in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Unstable plaque, the primary cause of myocardial infarction, is characterized by distinct a morphology including positive remodeling (PR), low attenuated plaque (LAP), napkin ring sign (NRS), and spotty calcifications (SC) The…
- Conditions
- Type2 Diabetes, Atherosclerosis, Plaque, Atherosclerotic, Plaque Vulnerability
- Trial name
- CARPEDIEM (NCT03016910)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Svendborg Hospital
Rumination
Effects of tDCS Combined With VR on Anxious Ruminations in Healthy Subjects With a Vulnerability to Rumination
This study proposes: to evaluate 1) whether the combination of virtual reality (VR) and active tDCS provides better rumination attenuation than the combination of VR and tDCS placebo 2) the acceptability and experiential…
- Trial name
- REVISTIM-XX (NCT03915041)
- Testing
- VR + active brain stimulation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Cannabis Use, Neurocognitive Dysfunction
Prospective Evaluation on Cognitive Function and Its Associated Genetic Vulnerability in Cannabis Users
Most of the studies assessing Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) and neurocognitive functions are cross-sectional without examining the longitudinal changes in neurocognitive function at a within-subject level with respect to the…
- Conditions
- Cannabis Use, Neurocognitive Dysfunction, Genetic Predisposition
- Trial name
- SToP-C_PeCoG (NCT04373525)
- Testing
- Genome analysis
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong