Clinical trials: Vulnerability to Disease
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
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
Nutrient Deficiency, Happiness
Alii Supplement Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Alii Supplement can be used to reduce symptoms related to nutritional depletion in hormonal birth control pill users.
- Conditions
- Nutrient Deficiency, Happiness, Digestive Health, Vulnerability to Disease
- Trial name
- NCT07271316
- Testing
- Alii Supplement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Texas Christian University
Carotid Artery Plaque
New Technologies to Determine Carotid Plaque Vulnerability in Patients With Significant Carotid Plaques
The researchers are trying to determine if the characterization of "vulnerable" carotid artery plaques can be accomplished with ultrasound-based methods that look for vessels in the plaque and measure the plaque stiffness.
- Trial name
- NCT03335033
- Testing
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound, Shear Wave Elastography, Ultrasound Examination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic