Clinical trials: sponsored by Penn State University
Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Random Assignment of Intervention Messages for Developing Personalized Decision Rules to Promote Physical Activity
Our goal is to develop personalized decision rules for selecting the frequency, timing, and content of messages to promote physical activity.
- Trial name
- RandomAIM (NCT03907683)
- Testing
- Short Message with Text and Optional Image
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Eating Behavior
Combined Effects of Simultaneous Variety and Portion Size on Meal Intake of Women
The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the combined effects of simultaneous meal variety and portion size on food intake at a meal.
- Trial name
- NCT05266183
- Testing
- Simultaneous Variety, Single-Food, Small Portion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Food Selectivity
Healthy Eating ASD
Most studies which have addressed food selectivity among children with autism spectrum disorders have been conducted in either clinic or home settings.
- Trial name
- NCT04075552
- Testing
- Pre Meal Presentation, Pre Meal Presentation + Modeling, Pre Meal Presentation + Token Economy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Precision Assignment of Intervention Messages to Promote Physical Activity - Precision AIM
Our goal is to develop personalized decision rules for selecting the frequency, timing, and content of messages to promote physical activity.
- Trial name
- NCT04972279
- Testing
- Digital message (text + image)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Postmenopausal Women
Effect of Beetroot Juice on Blood Pressure Regulation in Post Menopausal Women
In this study the investigators will test the hypothesis that acute consumption of inorganic nitrate (supplied in concentrated beetroot juice) reduces artery stiffness and resting blood pressure, and lessens the rise in blood…
- Trial name
- NCT03380000
- Testing
- Beetroot juice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Down Syndrome, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Storybook Reading in Individuals With Down Syndrome
This study uses mobile eye-tracking technology in order to characterize patterns of visual attention to communication supports, as well as a partner, within real world interactions for individuals with Down syndrome.
- Trial name
- NCT03764761
- Testing
- AAC Technology - Standard of Care, AAC Technology - non-optimal integrated arrangement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Brief Smartphone Treatment Study
Little is known about whether and how brief mindfulness therapies yield clinically beneficial effects. This gap exists despite the rapid growth of smartphone mindfulness applications and presence of mental health treatment gap.
- Trial name
- NCT04846777
- Testing
- Mindfulness ecological momentary intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Pediatric Obesity
Children's Taste Study to Increase Vegetable Intake in Preschoolers
Studies have shown that when exposed to a variety of food and flavor options people tend to consume more than when only one item is presented.
- Trial name
- CTS (NCT03043118)
- Testing
- Variety Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Childhood Obesity, fMRI
Pilot Testing of Food Images in Children
This is a single, un-replicated visit to the Children's Metabolic Kitchen and Eating Behavior Lab designed to gather data on children's responses to images used in MRI studies.
- Trial name
- NCT03338634
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Eating Behavior
Effects of Energy Density on Self-served Snacks in Preschool Children
The purpose of the study is to determine whether the energy density of snack foods affects the amounts that preschool children serve themselves and then consume.
- Trial name
- NCT04971811
- Testing
- Snack with energy density less than 1.5 kcal/g, Snack with energy density greater than 1.5 kcal/g
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Eating Behavior
Combined Effects of Variety and Portion Size on Meal Intake of Women
The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the combined effects of meal variety and portion size on food intake at a meal.
- Trial name
- NCT05177367
- Testing
- Sequential Variety, Simultaneous Variety, Single Food
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Feeding Behavior
The Influence of Energy Density and Information on Meal Intake in Adults
The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of how energy density and cognitive framing of satiation using food information can influence consumption at a meal.
- Trial name
- NCT04404998
- Testing
- Lower Energy Density, Higher Energy Density, Lower Satiation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Metabolic Syndrome
Probiotics and Gut Health
This study evaluates the effects of probiotic consumption on inflammatory outcomes and measures of gut health. Participants will be given yogurt with probiotics for one period and yogurt without probiotics for another, with a…
- Trial name
- PRO (NCT03418857)
- Testing
- Yogurt smoothie with BB-12, Yogurt smoothie
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Eating Behavior
Effects of Variety and Portion Size on Meal Intake of Adults
The primary purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the combined effects of meal variety and portion size on food intake at a meal.
- Trial name
- NCT05152693
- Testing
- Low variety, High Variety, Small Portion Size
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Parenting
Developing an Injury Prevention Simulation Game to Better Engage Parents in Services -Home Safety Hero
This study will test the effectiveness of novel technology-based game to teach parents and parents to be home safety skills. These include the identification of home child injury risks under two conditions (with and without…
- Trial name
- HSH (NCT03965377)
- Testing
- Home Safety Hero Computer Game
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Menstruation Disturbances, Luteal Phase Defect
Energy Restriction and Hormones in Premenopausal Women
A growing body of epidemiological and biological evidence strongly suggests that physical activity may reduce the risk of breast cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT05107804
- Testing
- Exercise+CR, Light Conditioning
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Legislation, Policy
Evaluation of the Research to Policy Collaboration Model
This work aims to evaluate an approach for improving federal legislators' use of evidence-known as the Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC) - which seeks to address known barriers to policymakers' use of research, including a…
- Conditions
- Legislation, Policy, Child Abuse, Family and Household
- Trial name
- RPC (NCT03671434)
- Testing
- Research-to-Policy Collaboration, Light Touch Policy Training
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 322 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Gene Expression in Response to Acute Stress
Temporal Genomics Mechanisms Underlying Disease and Aging
Given the salient role of early-life adversity and the resulting biological embedding in disease risk, there is a critical need to understand the mechanisms operating at multiple levels of analysis in order to promote effective…
- Trial name
- NCT03637751
- Testing
- Behavioral, Control condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Eating Behavior
New Foods Take Time, a Curriculum Designed to Promote Tasting and Liking of Fruits and Vegetables
The overall objective of this project is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the "New Foods Take Time" Intervention in Head Start preschool classrooms.
- Trial name
- NCT04129372
- Testing
- New Foods Take Time
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Stress
Self-Help for Stress Related to COVID-19
This is a study on internet-based self-help for stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic. College and university students who score in the moderate or higher range on a stress measure during the COVID-19 pandemic will be invited…
- Trial name
- NCT04762173
- Testing
- Online self-help intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 585 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University