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- 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.
- 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.
- COPD (chronic lung disease)💵 May compensate
Effect of the Inhaled Triple Therapies Over the Small Airway in Biomass Exposure
Comparing inhaled triple versus double medicines for COPD lung airways after wood smoke exposure
📍 Insituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Ismael Cosío Villegas" · Mexico City, Tlalpan · Get directions →
This phase IV randomized controlled clinical trial intend to compare the effect of three close standard inhaled triple therapies and one close standard inhaled double therapy on the small airway in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD-B) and chronic bronchitis without obstruction (BCNO) exposed to wood smoke. The treatment phase duration is of 3 months.
- 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 / 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
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.
- 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
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)?
- 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.
- COPD (chronic lung disease)💵 May compensate
Feasibility, Safety and Efficacy of Nebulized Long-Acting Bronchodilators (Formoterol and Revefenacin) vs. Short-Acting Bronchodilators (Albuterol and Ipratropium) in Hospitalized Patients With AECOPD
Testing nebulized long-acting breathing medicines vs usual short-acting ones in hospitalized COPD
📍 University of Tennessee Medical Center · Knoxville, TN · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, safety and efficacy of a combination of nebulized Formoterol and Revefenacin among patients hospitalized for AECOPD compared with standard-of-care therapy with nebulized Albuterol and Ipratropium.
- 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.