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  • Obesity / overweightFatty liver disease (NASH/MASH)

    Human Models of Selective Insulin Resistance: Alpelisib, Part I

    Testing how insulin works in healthy people versus people at risk for type 2 diabetes

    💵 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 1Ages 18–70Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    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

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    📍 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 2Ages 18–99Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweightFatty liver disease (NASH/MASH)

    Fibrosis Lessens After Metabolic Surgery

    Testing whether metabolic surgery can reduce liver scarring in obesity

    💵 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 4Ages 18–75Learn more →
  • DepressionAnxiety

    Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy in Patients With Advanced Cancer on Maintenance Therapy

    Testing psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression and anxiety in people with advanced cancer

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    📍 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 2Ages 25+Learn more →
  • Depression

    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

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    📍 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 2Ages 18+Learn more →
  • DepressionAnxiety

    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

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    📍 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 2Ages 18+Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    TIRzepatide for the Treatment of Obesity in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

    Testing tirzepatide to treat obesity in people with atrial fibrillation

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    📍 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 2Ages 18–80Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweightHeart / cardiovascular disease

    Prevention of Progression of Prediabetes, Obesity and CV Risk

    Testing ways to stop prediabetes and obesity from getting worse

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    📍 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 1Ages 18+Learn more →
  • DepressionAnxiety

    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

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    📍 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 2Ages 18–85Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweightHeart / cardiovascular disease

    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

    💵 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).

    ✓ Study care freePhase 3Ages 18–99Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweightHigh blood pressure

    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

    💵 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 4Ages 18–70Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Diazoxide Suppression Test P&F Study

    Testing how insulin helps control blood sugar in people with obesity

    💵 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 1Ages 18–65Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Graded Insulin Suppression Test P&F

    Testing how insulin controls blood sugar in people with obesity

    💵 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 1Ages 18–65Learn more →
  • Depression

    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

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    📍 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 2Ages 60+Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Individualized Pharmacological Approach to Obesity in Patients With Bipolar Disorder

    Testing how to choose weight-loss medicines for people with bipolar disorder

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    📍 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)?

    ✓ Study care freePhase 4Ages 18–65Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweightFatty liver disease (NASH/MASH)

    Effect of Insulin Lowering on Lipogenesis

    Testing whether lowering insulin for one week changes liver fat in people with obesity and MASLD

    💵 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 1Ages 18–65Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Metformin for Antipsychotic-induced Weight Gain in Adults With Intellectual Disability

    Testing metformin for weight gain caused by antipsychotic drugs in adults with intellectual

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    📍 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 4Ages 16–65Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    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

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    📍 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.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 1Ages 18–70Learn more →