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- Obesity / overweightHeart / cardiovascular disease
Maridebart Cafraglutide in Heart Failure With Preserved or Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction and Obesity
💵 May compensate📍 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
A Trial to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Maridebart Cafraglutide in Adults Living With Elevated Liver Fat and Obesity or Overweight
💵 May compensate📍 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)
Fibrosis Lessens After Metabolic Surgery
💵 May compensate📍 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.
- Depression
BTL-699-2 and HPM-6000UF Devices for the Improvement of Depressive Symptoms and Sexual Function Among Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women
💵 May compensate📍 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?
- Depression
📍 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?
- Obesity / overweight
MAINTAIN (Mucosal AblatIoN Therapy After INcretins)
💵 May compensate📍 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.
- Obesity / overweight
The Effect of Dairy Intake on Body Weight and Composition and Metabolic Health in Adolescents and Seniors
💵 May compensate📍 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.
- Depression
WellPATH-PREVENT: A Mobile Intervention for Middle-Aged and Older Adults Hospitalized for Suicidal Ideation or Attempt
💵 May compensate📍 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).
- Obesity / overweight
Children s Growth and Behavior Study
💵 May compensate📍 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
📍 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.
- Obesity / overweight
Metformin for Antipsychotic-induced Weight Gain in Adults With Intellectual Disability
💵 May compensate📍 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
Redefining BMI: The Body, Mind, and Inflammation Trial
💵 May compensate📍 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 / overweight
Behavioral Approach for Latinas Addressing Nutrition, Cravings, and Eating Patterns to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
💵 May compensate📍 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 / overweightHigh blood pressure
Optimizing Portal Hypertension With TIPS and Interval Metabolic Surgery for Advanced Liver Disease
💵 May compensate📍 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
Using Tailored mHealth Strategies to Promote Weight Management Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors
💵 May compensate📍 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 / overweight
Tailoring Mobile Health Technology to Reduce Obesity and Improve Cardiovascular Health in Resource-Limited Neighborhood Environments
💵 May compensate📍 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.
- Obesity / overweight
Metabolic Health, Bones and Nuts During Weight Loss in Adults
💵 May compensate📍 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 / overweight
📍 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
New Heart Imaging Techniques to Evaluate Possible Heart Disease
💵 May compensate📍 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
📍 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 / overweight
Diazoxide Suppression Test P&F Study
💵 May compensate📍 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
📍 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
Graded Insulin Suppression Test P&F
💵 May compensate📍 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 / overweightHeart / cardiovascular disease
Prevention of Progression of Prediabetes, Obesity and CV Risk
💵 May compensate📍 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.
- Obesity / overweightFatty liver disease (NASH/MASH)
Human Models of Selective Insulin Resistance: Alpelisib, Part I
💵 May compensate📍 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
Individualized Pharmacological Approach to Obesity in Patients With Bipolar Disorder
💵 May compensate📍 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)
Effect of Insulin Lowering on Lipogenesis
💵 May compensate📍 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.
- Obesity / overweight
International Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic Dysfunction, Hypoventilation & Autonomic Dysregulation (ROHHAD) Registry
💵 May compensate📍 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.
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Ketamine-assisted Integrative Treatment for Veterans With Chronic Low Back Pain and Comorbid Depression
💵 May compensate📍 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.
- 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.
- Depression
📍 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
Cognitive Rehabilitation for Veterans With MDD-related Cognitive Functioning Deficits
💵 May compensate📍 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.
- DepressionAnxiety
📍 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.
- Depression
📍 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.
- Depression
Measuring Psychomotor Response to L-DOPA Challenge As a Biomarker for Outcomes in Late-Life Depression: a Pilot Feasibility Trial
💵 May compensate📍 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.
- DepressionAnxiety
Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy in Patients With Advanced Cancer on Maintenance Therapy
💵 May compensate📍 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
Characterization and Treatment of Adolescent Depression
💵 May compensate📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · 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.
- DepressionAnxiety
TRIPS - Treatment to Improve Depression and/or Anxiety Using Psilocybin-assisted Psychotherapy in Cancer Survivors
💵 May compensate📍 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.