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- Depression💵 May compensate
Brain Changes During Social Reward Psychotherapy for Mid- and Late-Life Suicidality
Testing how a 9-week social reward therapy changes brain activity in people with suicidal thoughts
📍 Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · Get directions →
The investigators hypothesized that during the 9-week course of Engage \& Connect treatment there will be an increase in brain functions of the Positive Valence System which in turn will lead to reduction in suicidality.
- Sickle cell disease💵 May compensate
Escalating Doses of VAS-101 in Subjects With Stable Sickle Cell Disease
Testing higher doses of VAS-101 in people with stable sickle cell disease
📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder. The disease affects the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen.
- Sickle cell disease💵 May compensate
Integrative Medicine in Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease, 2.0
Testing whether acupuncture can reduce pain in people with sickle cell disease
📍 Indiana University School of Medicine · Indianapolis, IN · Get directions →
The proposed research is to determine the clinical efficacy and neurobiological mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia in patients with sickle cell disease.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
Metabolic Health, Bones and Nuts During Weight Loss in Adults
Testing how diet changes with weight loss affect metabolic health and bones, including nuts
📍 Rutgers University - NJ Inst Food Nutrition & Health · New Brunswick, NJ · Get directions →
The aging population is rapidly increasing, and it is important to identify dietary factors that can prevent disease and promote health in this group. Legumes, such as peanuts, are a plant-based food high in protein and unsaturated fat making this a healthy choice but are not consumed frequently enough in older adults.
- Obesity / overweightHeart / cardiovascular disease💵 May compensate
New Heart Imaging Techniques to Evaluate Possible Heart Disease
Testing new heart imaging to check for possible heart disease
📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →
Background: \- Imaging tests, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), can provide information about heart and blood vessels. The tests let doctors can see the amount of blood vessel narrowing and vessel wall thickness.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
Experimental Approach to Test Predictions of Body Weight Regulation Models
Testing how body weight regulation models explain obesity
📍 Pennington Biomedical Research Center · Baton Rouge, LA · Get directions →
The regulation of human body weight and fatness is not fully understood. Although some models of regulation have been proposed (set point, dual-intervention point, others), no studies have been designed to test their predictions.
- Obesity / overweightFatty liver disease (NASH/MASH)💵 May compensate
Human Models of Selective Insulin Resistance: Alpelisib, Part I
Testing how insulin works in healthy people versus people at risk for type 2 diabetes
📍 Columbia University Irving Medical Center · New York, NY · Get directions →
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand how the blood sugar-lowering hormone insulin works in healthy adults versus those who are at risk for type 2 diabetes. The study will use a drug called alpelisib, which interferes with insulin's actions in the body, to answer the study's main question: does the liver continue to respond to insulin's stimulation of fat production even when it loses the ability to stop making glucose (sugar) in response to insulin.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
A Trial to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Maridebart Cafraglutide in Adults Living With Elevated Liver Fat and Obesity or Overweight
Testing a diabetes drug in people with fatty liver and excess weight
📍 Arizona Clinical Trials · Chandler, AZ · +22 more US sites · Get directions →
The main objective of this trial will be to determine whether maridebart cafraglutide is superior to placebo on reduction in liver fat content and body weight in participants living with obesity or overweight and elevated liver fat content, when administered in conjunction with reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity.
- Obesity / overweightFatty liver disease (NASH/MASH)💵 May compensate
Fibrosis Lessens After Metabolic Surgery
Testing whether metabolic surgery can reduce liver scarring in obesity
📍 Banner Health Center · Phoenix, AZ · +3 more US sites · Get directions →
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), formerly known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a major global public health concern, is commonly associated with obesity, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. MASLD is currently the most common cause of chronic liver disease affecting about 80% of people with obesity, ranging from simple fat deposits in the liver to Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH), cellular injury, advanced fibrosis, cirrhosis, or hepatocellular carcinoma.
- DepressionAnxiety💵 May compensate
Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy in Patients With Advanced Cancer on Maintenance Therapy
Testing psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression and anxiety in people with advanced cancer
📍 MD Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · Get directions →
To learn about the feasibility, safety, and effects of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy on depression and/or anxiety in participants who are being treated for advanced cancer.
- Depression💵 May compensate
Ketamine-assisted Integrative Treatment for Veterans With Chronic Low Back Pain and Comorbid Depression
Testing ketamine infusions plus brief counseling for veterans with low back pain and depression
📍 VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI · Ann Arbor, MI · Get directions →
This is a pilot study to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of ketamine infusions followed by a brief behavioral intervention in Veterans with chronic low back pain and depression.
- DepressionAnxiety💵 May compensate
TRIPS - Treatment to Improve Depression and/or Anxiety Using Psilocybin-assisted Psychotherapy in Cancer Survivors
Testing psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression and anxiety in cancer survivors
📍 The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · Get directions →
This clinical research study is to learn about the feasibility, safety, and effects of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for cancer survivors with depression and/or anxiety.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
TIRzepatide for the Treatment of Obesity in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Testing tirzepatide to treat obesity in people with atrial fibrillation
📍 Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland, OH · Get directions →
This is a single center randomized double blind controlled study of patients (BMI ≥ 27 kg/m2) with obesity and Atrial Fibrillation (AFIB) randomized to Tirzepatide vs. placebo.
- Depression💵 $20
Positive Processes and Transition to Health - Single-Session (PATH-SS)
Testing a brief talk therapy to reduce depression and trauma distress after sexual assault
📍 Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · Get directions →
The goal of this clinical trial is to test a brief, new psychotherapy (called Positive Processes and Transition to Health - Single Session, or PATH-SS) that aims to provide relief for people who are suffering after experiencing a sexual assault. This research will explore whether this new psychotherapy reduces sexual assault related distress, including posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms.
- Depression💵 May compensate
BTL-699-2 and HPM-6000UF Devices for the Improvement of Depressive Symptoms and Sexual Function Among Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women
Testing a combination device treatment for depression and sexual function in women
📍 Luxury Psychiatry Clinic · Winter Garden, FL · +1 more US site · Get directions →
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate if the combined treatment with EXOMIND (BTL-699-2) and EMSELLA (HPM-6000UF) devices is able to improve depressive symptoms and sexual function in women who are perimenopausal or postmenopausal without an alternative medical cause before enrollment in the study and are aged 40 years and older. The main question it aims to answer is: Does the combined treatment with EXOMIND (BTL-699-2) and EMSELLA (HPM-6000UF) devices improve depressive symptoms and urinary incontinence?
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
Behavioral Approach for Latinas Addressing Nutrition, Cravings, and Eating Patterns to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Testing a program to help Latinas manage eating cues to prevent type 2 diabetes and reduce weight
📍 UCSD Center for Healthy Eating and Activity Research (CHEAR · La Jolla, CA · Get directions →
Adapt the Regulation of Cues (ROC) treatment program for Latinas to see if it can treat prediabetes and prevent developing of Type 2 Diabetes and reduce weight.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
Redefining BMI: The Body, Mind, and Inflammation Trial
Testing an intensive lifestyle program to improve weight and inflammation in young adults with
📍 Virginia Commonwealth Universtity · Richmond, VA · Get directions →
Emerging adulthood (18-25 years of age) is a critical developmental window to promote weight management and cardiometabolic health, particularly for emerging adult women. The primary purpose of this study is to test the preliminary efficacy of the intensive lifestyle intervention for EA women in reducing adiposity, as well as improving biomarkers of inflammation and metabolic risk over 12 months compared with a traditional behavioral weight loss intervention.
- Obesity / overweightHeart / cardiovascular disease💵 May compensate
Prevention of Progression of Prediabetes, Obesity and CV Risk
Testing ways to stop prediabetes and obesity from getting worse
📍 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX · Get directions →
The investigators are studying how to help people with prediabetes (Pre-DM) and obesity. The goal is to use new and affordable treatments to bring blood sugar levels back to normal and help participants to lose weight.
- DepressionAnxiety💵 May compensate
Neuroactive Steroid to Treat Depressed Mood: A Trial for People With HIV
Testing whether pregnenolone pills affect brain function and depression in people with HIV
📍 Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · Get directions →
This study will determine the effects of pregnenolone on brain function, inflammation and depressive symptoms in people with HIV who have depression. Participants in this study will receive a pill of either pregnenolone or placebo, and can stay on their current antidepression medications.
- Obesity / overweightHeart / cardiovascular disease💵 May compensate
Maridebart Cafraglutide in Heart Failure With Preserved or Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction and Obesity
Testing maridebart cafraglutide with standard care to reduce heart failure events in obese people
📍 University of Alabama Saint Vincent's Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · +39 more US sites · Get directions →
This trial will examine if maridebart cafraglutide as an adjunct to standard of care will lead to a reduction in heart failure (HF) events such as HF hospitalizations and urgent HF visits, cardiovascular (CV) deaths and improvement in HF symptoms in participants with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and HF with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF) who are obese. This is a phase 3, global, multicenter, 2-part trial with a double-blind period and an open-label extension (OLE).
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
Using Tailored mHealth Strategies to Promote Weight Management Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors
Testing a phone-based weight management program for young cancer survivors with obesity
📍 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · Get directions →
The AYA WELL study is a 2-arm randomized clinical trial to test the efficacy of a theory-based, mHealth weight management intervention adapted specifically for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors compared to a self-guided arm. Participants, diagnosed with cancer between ages 15-39, currently age 18-39, post-treatment at least 6 months, and who have overweight or obesity will be randomized to receive either: 1) a comprehensive mHealth weight management program (intervention) or 2) digital tools + health education + peer support (self-guided) over 12 months.
- Obesity / overweightHigh blood pressure💵 May compensate
Optimizing Portal Hypertension With TIPS and Interval Metabolic Surgery for Advanced Liver Disease
Testing treatments to lower high pressure in liver veins in people with advanced liver disease and
📍 Cleveland Clinic Main Campus · Cleveland, OH · Get directions →
Cirrhosis is a form of advanced liver disease that can lead to serious complications, especially when combined with severe obesity. Many patients with cirrhosis also develop a condition called clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH), which is increased pressure in the veins of the liver.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
Diazoxide Suppression Test P&F Study
Testing how insulin helps control blood sugar in people with obesity
📍 Columbia University Irving Medical Center · New York, NY · Get directions →
The goal of this study is to learn about how the hormone insulin controls blood sugar. The main question it aims to answer is about how much insulin the body actually needs to maintain a normal blood sugar level.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
The Effect of Dairy Intake on Body Weight and Composition and Metabolic Health in Adolescents and Seniors
Testing whether eating dairy regularly affects weight and health in obese teens and older adults
📍 Department of Nutritional Sciences · Toronto, Ontario · Get directions →
The goal of this study is to examine how regular dairy intake affects body weight, body composition, and metabolic health in overweight and obese adolescents (ages 15-18) and older adults (ages 60-80) over six months. We are inviting eligible individuals to participate in this study at the Nutrition Intervention Center, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
Graded Insulin Suppression Test P&F
Testing how insulin controls blood sugar in people with obesity
📍 Columbia University Irving Medical Center · New York, NY · Get directions →
The goal of this study is to learn about how the hormone insulin controls blood sugar in a variety of people. The main question it aims to answer is about how much insulin the body actually needs to maintain a normal blood sugar level.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
MAINTAIN (Mucosal AblatIoN Therapy After INcretins)
Testing whether stomach lining ablation affects weight after stopping weekly GLP-1 shots for obesity
📍 True You Weight Loss · Cary, NC · +1 more US site · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of gastric fundal mucosal ablation (GFMA) on weight trajectory following discontinuation of once-weekly semaglutide or tirzepatide in adults with obesity. In this study, GFMA will be performed on patients who have experienced \> 10% weight loss with GLP-1 therapy and who plan to discontinue use of GLP-1 medications for the duration of the study.
- Depression💵 May compensate
Measuring Psychomotor Response to L-DOPA Challenge As a Biomarker for Outcomes in Late-Life Depression: a Pilot Feasibility Trial
Testing whether a brain response to L-DOPA can track outcomes in late-life depression
📍 St. Paul's Hospital · Vancouver, British Columbia · Get directions →
Background Adults over the age of 60 with symptoms of major depressive disorder are said to have late-life depression (LLD), a condition that usually decreases a person's quality of life and is associated with other risks like physical frailty and dementia. A common feature of more severe LLD is psychomotor slowing, where a person's ability to think and move are impaired.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
International Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic Dysfunction, Hypoventilation & Autonomic Dysregulation (ROHHAD) Registry
Building an international registry for people with ROHHAD and obesity
📍 Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and the Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute · Chicago, IL · Get directions →
The Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics (CAMP) has collaborated with doctors from around the world to build the first International ROHHAD (Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic Dysfunction, Hypoventilation and Autonomic Dysregulation) REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) Registry. This registry is an international collaboration with ROHHAD patients and their physicians recruited from around the world.
✓ Study care freeLearn more → - Depression💵 May compensate
Characterization and Treatment of Adolescent Depression
Studying causes, treatments, and brain changes in depressed teens
📍 University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · +2 more US sites · Get directions →
This research study seeks to find causes and treatments of depression in teenagers. The study goals are to increase our knowledge of treatments for depression and understand how the brain changes when teenagers have depression.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
Individualized Pharmacological Approach to Obesity in Patients With Bipolar Disorder
Testing how to choose weight-loss medicines for people with bipolar disorder
📍 Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · Get directions →
The goal of this clinical trial is to identify the specific characteristics (phenotypes) that may be useful to help select the right medication for weight loss, and to study the effect of individualized guided medication in patients with bipolar disorder ages 18-65. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can the investigators compare the distribution of obesity characteristics (hungry brain, hungry gut, emotional hunger) between bipolar patients and non-bipolar participants (comparing from IRB #24-002375)?
- Depression💵 May compensate
WellPATH-PREVENT: A Mobile Intervention for Middle-Aged and Older Adults Hospitalized for Suicidal Ideation or Attempt
Testing a mobile program to improve emotions and reduce suicide risk after a suicide-related
📍 New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · +1 more US site · Get directions →
The goal of this project is to test whether WellPATH-PREVENT (a novel, mobile psychosocial intervention) improves a specific aspect of emotion regulation, i.e., cognitive reappraisal ability, and reduces suicide risk in middle-aged and older adults (50-90 years old) who have been discharged after a suicide-related hospitalization (i.e. for suicidal ideation or suicide attempt).
- Depression💵 May compensate
Cognitive Rehabilitation for Veterans With MDD-related Cognitive Functioning Deficits
Testing an 8-week brain training program to improve thinking skills in veterans after depression
📍 Portland VA Medical Center · Portland, OR · Get directions →
Individuals with depression often describe difficulties with memory, attention, concentration, and overall cognitive functioning, which can persist even after mood episodes get better, and can affect treatment and health outcomes. The primary objective of this pilot clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a manualized, 8-week, Compensatory Cognitive Training (CCT) intervention for Veterans who received treatment for MDD in the past year and have persistent cognitive functioning deficits.
- Asthma💵 May compensate
A Study Assessing the Effect of Dupilumab on Inducing Clinical Remission in Asthma
Testing whether an asthma medicine can help people achieve full asthma control
📍 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital · Nedlands, Western Australia · Get directions →
This study tests whether an asthma medication called dupilumab can help people achieve complete asthma control (called "remission") when given earlier in their disease, before asthma becomes severe. Currently, most people with asthma only receive advanced treatments like biologics after their condition has worsened significantly and caused lung damage.
- Obesity / overweightFatty liver disease (NASH/MASH)💵 May compensate
Effect of Insulin Lowering on Lipogenesis
Testing whether lowering insulin for one week changes liver fat in people with obesity and MASLD
📍 Columbia University Irving Medical Center · New York, NY · Get directions →
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare a one-week course of diazoxide (2 mg/kg per dose x 14 doses) and placebo in people with obesity and insulin resistance (IR) with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). The main question it aims to answer are how mitigation of compensatory hyperinsulinemia with diazoxide affects hepatic de novo lipogenesis, a major contributor to MASLD pathophysiology.
- Depression💵 May compensate
BTL-699-2 and HPM-6000UF Devices for the Improvement of Depressive Symptoms and Urinary Incontinence in Postpartum and Early Post-Childbirth Women
Testing combined devices to improve depression and urinary leakage after childbirth
📍 Charak Center for Health & Wellness · Garfield Heights, OH · +2 more US sites · Get directions →
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate if the combined treatment with EXOMIND (BTL-699-2) and EMSELLA (HPM-6000UF) devices is able to improve depressive symptoms and urinary incontinence in women who delivered a healthy, singleton infant 2-60 months before enrollment in the study and are aged 22 years and older, but under the age of 60 years. The main question it aims to answer is: Does the combined treatment with EXOMIND (BTL-699-2) and EMSELLA (HPM-6000UF) devices improve depressive symptoms and urinary incontinence?
- Asthma💵 May compensate
NHALES (Natural History of Asthma With Longitudinal Environmental Sampling)
Studying how bacteria and other environmental factors affect asthma
📍 NIEHS Clinical Research Unit (CRU) · Research Triangle Park, NC · Get directions →
Background: \- Asthma is a serious clinical and public health problem. Researchers want to collect data to better understand how bacteria and other things in the environment can affect people's asthma.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
Children s Growth and Behavior Study
Studying how children’s growth and eating behavior relate to obesity
📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →
Background: \- Studies show that many factors affect children's eating behavior and health. These include sleep, mood, thinking skills, and genetics.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
Tailoring Mobile Health Technology to Reduce Obesity and Improve Cardiovascular Health in Resource-Limited Neighborhood Environments
Testing a mobile phone program to help people in low-income areas with obesity exercise more and
📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →
Background: Heart disease is a leading cause of death. People can reduce their heart disease risk by exercising more.
- Depression💵 $150
Pain and Major Depressive Disorder
Studying whether brain stimulation can reduce pain in people with depression
📍 UCLA Semel Institute · Los Angeles, CA · Get directions →
This study will examine the effects of brain stimulation on pain symptoms associated with Major depressive disorder. This study will enroll 54 Subjects.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
Metformin for Antipsychotic-induced Weight Gain in Adults With Intellectual Disability
Testing metformin for weight gain caused by antipsychotic drugs in adults with intellectual
📍 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · Toronto, Ontario · Get directions →
People with IDD (intellectual and developmental disability) have very high rates of obesity and die prematurely from cardiometabolic disease. While antipsychotics contribute to this problem, their use is necessary and appropriate in a significant subgroup of individuals with IDD.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
A Self-Guided Mobile Intervention for Adults With Binge Eating and Obesity
Testing a self-guided phone program for adults with obesity and binge eating
📍 Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · Get directions →
The proposed study is an open label, non randomized, waitlist controlled single group feasibility study of the feasibility and usability of a digital intervention (called ChangeBite) to be used by individuals with obesity and comorbid binge eating behavior. The proposed research will include approximately 30 participants.
- Obesity / overweight💵 May compensate
Effect of Tirzepatide on Markers of MASLD in Patients With Obesity
Testing whether tirzepatide affects liver fat markers in people with obesity
📍 University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center · Albuquerque, NM · Get directions →
Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide and predominately affects individuals with overweight and obesity, as well as those with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Tirzepatide is a medication used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity.