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📍 Children's Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · Get directions →

The current study seeks to build on previous research that demonstrates the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in combating stigma by investigating the feasibility and acceptability of a protocol to support Black adolescents and young adults in coping with race related stress. The study will consist of a small, purposeful, non-randomized sample (N = 30) of clients enrolled into a 10-session Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group.

📍 Stony Brook University: Dept of Psychiatry · Stony Brook, NY · Get directions →

This is mechanistic clinical trial that evaluates the role of one of the glutamate receptors (mGluR5) in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) as a common pathway in improving sleep and depression.

📍 Respiratory Research Lab · Hamilton, Ontario · Get directions →

The inhalation of adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) to evoke cough (ATP cough challenge) is becoming increasingly used as a tool to measure cough hypersensitivity in patients with chronic cough. However, the safety, feasibility, and repeatability of this procedure is not widely known.

📍 Health Discovery Building (HDB), 1601 Trinity St., Bldg B., Z0600 · Austin, TX · Get directions →

The purpose of the study is to identify brain biomarkers and characteristics that predict individual responses to treatment of major depression with the antidepressant drug sertraline (tradename Zoloft), a common selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant. Our central hypothesis is that brain activity and connections jointly measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalogram (EEG) will be able to predict an individual's response to sertraline treatment.

📍 Yale University · New Haven, CT · Get directions →

The proposed study will assess the combined effect of perampanel and ketamine on the anti-depressant response in individuals with treatment resistant depression. The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that stimulation of Alpha-Amino-3-Hydroxy-5-Methyl-4- Isoxazole Propionic Acid receptors (AMPAR) is critical to the anti-depressant response of ketamine.

📍 Biological Studies Unit at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Yale School of Medicine, · West Haven, CT · Get directions →

The goal of this phase 1 study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in individuals with depression and healthy controls. We hypothesize that administration of DMT will result in decreases in depression, associated symptoms, and neuroplastic changes in depressed subjects.

📍 Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Winston-Salem, NC · Get directions →

The goal of this pilot study is to learn about the feasibility about prescribing anti-depressants at discharge in patients aged 50 years and older with a lower extremity fragility fracture. The main questions it aims to answer are: * What are the obstacles to enrolling patients and prescribing anti-depressants among older adults?

📍 University of Kansas Strawberry Hill Campus · Kansas City, KS · +1 more US site · Get directions →

There is currently no readily available pharmacologic intervention for suicidal ideation, a true psychiatric emergency, in the Emergency Department (ED). Investigators aim to trial low-dose, intravenous ketamine, a drug with well-established use in treatment-resistant depression, for patients who present to the ED with suicidal ideation.

📍 Emory University Hospital · Atlanta, GA · Get directions →

The purpose of this 8-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, study is to explore new treatment options for people with depression who have high inflammation and anhedonia. Seventy male and female participants with depression, between 25-55 years of age, with higher levels of inflammation and anhedonia will be randomized to receive L-DOPA or matched placebo over 8 weeks.

📍 Laureate Institute for Brain Research · Tulsa, OK · Get directions →

This is a 2x2, within-subjects, cross-over trial to test the anti-depressant effects of acute exercise in 20 participants with bipolar depression. Participants will complete four experimental sessions, two with an exercise challenge and two with a resting control condition in a counterbalanced order.

📍 Texas Tech University Plaza Building · Lubbock, TX · Get directions →

This project aims to implement and evaluate a dyadic intervention (i.e., acceptance commitment therapy) for persons with AD/ADRD and their care partners. We hypothesize the intervention will be feasible, acceptable, and show preliminary efficacy of the dyadic interveniotns.

📍 UCLA Semel Institute · Los Angeles, CA · Get directions →

The primary objectives of this clinical investigation are to (1) determine the acceptability and feasibility of joining psilocybin-assisted therapy with cognitive-behavioral therapy (PA-CBT) for patients with depression, (2) optimize CBT to most effectively integrate the psilocybin experience with psychotherapy and (3) examine the clinical benefit of psilocybin as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for major depressive disorder. This study is a randomized, two-arm, fixed dose trial that will test the feasibility, acceptability, and participant and therapist adherence to PA-CBT.

📍 Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Winston-Salem, NC · Get directions →

The goal of this trial is to pilot a way for orthopaedic surgeons to safely screen for depression and provide treatment for depression with medication. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.

📍 MedStar Health: Neurology at McLean · McLean, VA · Get directions →

Single-center, open label, prospective study conducted at Medstar Georgetown Headache Center. Men and woman ≥ 18 years old that are diagnosed with migraine with or without aura for at least 1 year, who report a reliable migraine trigger.

📍 University of California, San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · +3 more US sites · Get directions →

This is a study to determine the safety, pharmacodynamics (PD), and pharmacokinetics (PK) of CDX-622 in adults with mild to moderate asthma.

📍 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · Toronto, Ontario · Get directions →

We propose a first-of-its-kind open-label clinical trial to investigate the feasibility, tolerability, and safety of administering psilocybin in autistic adults with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). In this study, 20 participants (intellectually able and fluent-speech adults) with autism and co-occurring TRD will receive around 20 hours of manualized psychotherapy that has previously been used with psilocybin (Agin-Liebes et al., 2020).

📍 UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center · San Francisco, CA · Get directions →

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if positive pressure during inspiration will improve penetration of aerosolized N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) into airway mucus plugs in the lungs of patients with asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does delivery of aerosolized NAC with positive inspiratory pressure have a greater effect on mucus plug burden in the lungs than delivery of NAC without positive pressure.

📍 Pfizer Clinical Research Unit - New Haven · New Haven, CT · Get directions →

The purpose of this study is to learn about the safety of a new study medicine called PF-08103402 in healthy adults (do not have disease) and or in adults with mild-to-moderate asthma. This is the first time the study medicine is being given to people.

📍 University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · Get directions →

In the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), ketamine can produce rapid but short-lasting improvements in mood. In order to develop a new generation of treatments with rapid and sustained efficacy, a better understanding of the mechanism of action is urgently needed.

📍 Aqqiumavvik Society · Arviat, Nunavut · Get directions →

This study is looking at how eating more country foods affects mental health among Inuit men and women in Arviat, NU. The goal is to evaluate if eating more of these foods helps people feel less depressed or anxious, and whether being part of food-gathering and cultural activities also makes a difference.

📍 Zucker Hillside Hospital · Queens, NY · Get directions →

The goal of this clinical trial is to demonstrate the feasibility and safety of deep brain stimulation in treatment resistant depression. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is deep brain stimulation effective in treating treatment resistant depression?

📍 Arthur F Gelb Medical Corporation · Lakewood, CA · Get directions →

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the site and mechanisms responsible for expiratory airflow limitation in chronic, treated, non-smoking, stable asthmatics with moderate to severe persistent expiratory airflow obstruction. Treatment will include inhaled corticosteroids and long acting beta2agonists.

📍 Oklahoma Children's Hospital · Oklahoma City, OK · Get directions →

This study aims to identify whether early administration of magnesium sulfate in moderate asthma exacerbations can potentially avoid admission, decrease length of stay in the emergency department (ED), decrease length of stay (LOS) in the general hospital floor vs pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and decrease the need for respiratory support.

📍 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · Houston, TX · Get directions →

The overall objective of the investigators is to assess the therapeutic efficacy and tolerability of Allogeneic Bone Marrow Derived Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) isolated from hematogenous bone marrow for treatment of treatment-resistant bipolar depression patient (TRBD).

📍 University of Cincinnati, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience · Cincinnati, OH · Get directions →

Acute, double-blind, adaptively randomized treatment with duloxetine or escitalopram, followed by double-blind, randomized adjunctive treatment with clonazepam or pregabalin for persistent symptoms.

📍 MetroHealth · Cleveland, OH · Get directions →

The study is a randomized controlled trial on the effect of emergency department initiation of Airsupra on acute asthma "recurrence" at 3 months and other related outcomes (acute asthma relapse, asthma control).

📍 Mayo Clinic · Scottsdale, AZ · +2 more US sites · Get directions →

In this study, a new method will be used to evaluate response to 2 approved biologic therapies, and assess how well each patient responds to each asthma treatment. This study will measure the response to these treatments using genomic and biologic measurements obtained from participants biosamples.

📍 McLean Hospital · Belmont, MA · Get directions →

The goal of this study is to test whether combining D-serine with 30 treatments of a) iTBS and b) 18-Hz protocols will enhance clinical outcomes compared to rTMS with placebo (i.e., sugar pill). The investigators hypothesize that NMDA receptor activation via D-serine combined with repeated sessions of rTMS will produce greater clinical outcomes than iTBS with placebo and 18-Hz with placebo.

📍 Laureate Institute for Brain Research · Tulsa, OK · Get directions →

This is a parallel group, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study. Participants with MDD (n=90) and HC (n=90) will be randomly assigned (2:1) to receive either lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (0.8ng/kg of body weight) or placebo (same volume of 0.9% saline) administered as an intravenous bolus.

📍 UCSF · San Francisco, CA · Get directions →

This double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial will examine the effect of probiotic Visbiome on the brain and gut microbiome of individuals 15 to 24 years of age.

📍 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · Get directions →

This project is designed to examine the role of the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) in anhedonia and anxiety in humans with depression, as well as the acute and sustained effects of ketamine on agACC activation and depression symptoms.

📍 Clinical Research Site · Bellflower, CA · +39 more US sites · Get directions →

This is a randomized, double-blind, active-controlled, multi-center study to evaluate the efficacy of AXS-05, compared to bupropion, in preventing the relapse of depressive symptoms in subjects with major depressive disorder (MDD) who have responded to treatment with AXS-05.

📍 Connecticut Mental Health Center - Yale School of Medicine · New Haven, CT · Get directions →

The primary objective of this study is to investigate the safety, feasibility, and tolerability of psilocybin treatment in individuals with functional impairment due to psychiatric symptoms. The secondary objective of this study is to determine whether individuals with functional impairments due to psychiatric symptoms will experience statistically significant symptom reduction and functional improvement from baseline symptom measurements (Visit 3) to 1-week (Visit 7), 4-weeks (Visit 8), and 6-weeks (Visit 9) post dosing.

📍 UCLA Semel Institute - Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI) · Los Angeles, CA · Get directions →

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major public health problem, and involvement of the knee is especially disabling. Symptomatic knee OA has an incidence rate between 40 to 1,020 per 100,000 person years1 and is among the most common causes of disability worldwide.

📍 46 Centerra Parkway, Suite 300, Office #333S · Lebanon, NH · Get directions →

This study tests a chatbot called Therabot-CALM to help people who use cannabis with anxiety and/or low mood. Participants will do questionnaires, try the chatbot for 4 weeks, and join virtual interviews to give feedback on how usable and helpful it feels. The goal is to see if the chatbot is acceptable to users and can improve symptoms.

📍 NYU Langone Health · New York, NY · +1 more US site · Get directions →

This study will examine the biological factors that may modulate the relationship between depression and the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Since the direction of causation between depression and the biological factors associated with AD is unknown, the only way to understand cause and associated risk is to treat the depressive symptoms and examine the effects on AD biomarkers.

📍 University of Calgary · Calgary, Alberta · Get directions →

This is a study that will test a predictive biomarker algorithm based on results from a previous study. The goal of this study is to integrate clinical, imaging, EEG, and molecular data across 8 sites to predict treatment outcome for patients experiencing a major depressive episode (MDE).

📍 Affinia healthcare, 2220 Lemp Ave · St Louis, MO · +6 more US sites · Get directions →

Purpose: This study aims to improve asthma care by helping clinicians at community health centers prescribe a guideline-recommended treatment called SMART (Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy). The investigators will provide training and resources to clinicians, give feedback on prescribing patterns, and offer educational tools for patients and providers.

📍 VA Connecticut Healthcare System · West Haven, CT · Get directions →

In previous clinical trial work, the investigators observed lasting reductions in headache burden after limited dosing of psilocybin. This purpose of this study is to examine potential sources for this observed effect.

📍 Institute for Mental Health Research · Austin, TX · Get directions →

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the efficacy of two related, but different ABM (Attention Biased Modification) treatments for depression in adults with elevated symptoms of depression. The main aims are: * Aim 1:examine whether gamified ABM leads to greater change in the primary and secondary outcomes than sham ABM * Aim 1: establish that gamified ABM is at least as effective as traditional ABM.

📍 Toronto Western Hospital - University Health Network · Toronto, Ontario · Get directions →

This study is an open-label, single-arm, proof-of-concept study, wherein treatment resistant bipolar depression (TRBD) participants will receive one 25 mg dose of oral psilocybin accompanied by preparatory, monitoring, and integration psychotherapy sessions (psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy, or PAP). Using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), the findings of this study will provide data on the neurobiological mechanism of psilocybin in TRBD.

📍 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · Toronto, Ontario · Get directions →

The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation protocols using intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) on brain plasticity and depression severity in depressed individuals aged 18 to 50 years old. Brain plasticity is the brain's ability to change through growth or reorganization.

📍 University of Miami - Converge Miami · Miami, FL · Get directions →

Assess regional changes to perfusion and ventilation from inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and Fast-acting beta-antagonist (FABA) among adult asthmatics using radiographically derived estimates of regional ventilation (V-distribution), ventilation defect percentage (VDP), and ventilation heterogeneity (VH).

📍 University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · Get directions →

This study will examine the effect of a low dose of the 5HT2A agonist LSD (26 µg), compared to placebo, on acute and protracted mood states in individuals with depression. The investigators will assess the relationship between mood-related symptoms and EEG as a neurophysiological marker.

📍 Maimonides Medical Center · Brooklyn, NY · Get directions →

Rimegepant (Nurtec) is an orally administered small molecule CGRP receptor antagonist with efficacy in the acute treatment of migraine. Rizatriptan benzoate (MAXALT), is a selective 5-hydroxytryptamine1B/1D (5-HT1B/1D) receptor agonist.

📍 University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · Get directions →

This study will evaluate a new form of non-invasive brain stimulation for individuals with depression. Personalized low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation will be delivered using a range of stimulation parameters during psychological and physiological monitoring.

📍 Massachusetts General Hospital, Chelsea · Chelsea, MA · Get directions →

This is a pilot clinical trial to assess the feasibility, safety, and preliminary efficacy of ketamine-assisted group therapy for Spanish-speaking adults with depression

📍 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · Get directions →

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how hormonal changes over the menstrual cycle affect mood symptoms in reproductive-aged women with depression that worsens during the premenstrual period. The main questions it aims to answer are: --How do fluctuations in estradiol and progesterone across the menstrual cycle affect the ability to experience pleasure and the neural sensitivity to reward in hormone-sensitive, depressed women?

📍 Stony Brook University: Dept of Psychiatry · Stony Brook, NY · Get directions →

In the brain, certain nerve cells communicate using a chemical called acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is thought to be important for several functions including mood, memory and wakefulness.

📍 Neurocrine Clinical Site · Bryant, AR · +21 more US sites · Get directions →

This study will evaluate the efficacy of valbenazine on clinician- and patient-reported outcomes in participants with TD while receiving or after stopping a VMAT2 inhibitor.

📍 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · Baltimore, MD · Get directions →

This study seeks to provide insight on psilocybin's effects on mechanisms of chronic pain among patients with co-morbid chronic low back pain and depression (CLBP+D). Participants will receive either a single high-dose of psilocybin (25mg absolute dose) or methylphenidate (40mg absolute dose).

📍 Hope Clinical Research · Canoga Park, CA · +6 more US sites · Get directions →

Acute treatments for migraine may not provide sufficient pain relief after an initial dose, and a second dose of a given medication may be needed to fully abort an attack. International Headache Society (IHS) global practice recommendations for the Acute Treatment of Migraine suggest a second dose of the same medication within the recommended dose limit in people with headache relapse after successful initial treatment of a migraine attack.

📍 Mayo Clinic in Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · Get directions →

Zavegepant (Zavzpret) is approved for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in the US. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness and tolerability of zavegepant for the acute treatment of migraine attacks amongst participants who are using calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) migraine preventive treatments.

📍 Pravan Foundation · San Juan, · Get directions →

This study will explore the effects of esketamine (Spravato®), an FDA-approved nasal spray, on adults diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). All participants will receive esketamine as prescribed by a healthcare professional in a clinical setting.

📍 New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) · New York, NY · Get directions →

This study seeks to examine the effects of treatment with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), escitalopram, a first-line treatment for depression, in combination with placebo or with extended-release memantine, on neuropsychological function, regional brain activity assessed by functional magnetic resonance imaging, and depressive symptoms, in participants with Major Depressive Disorder. Escitalopram is administered in an open-label fashion in this study; extended release memantine is administered in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled manner.

📍 Wells Medicine · Houston, TX · +1 more US site · Get directions →

The core objective of this study is to enhance the translational potential of this electroencephalogram (EEG) biomarker by using ketamine(KET)-induced gamma potentiation as a prognostic marker of 4-week treatment outcome. Previous research focused exclusively on KET-induced gamma band potentiation (GBP) in the context of a single infusion.

📍 Sun City Clinical Research · Glendale, AZ · +1 more US site · Get directions →

This is a phase 1 study, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2 treatment, 2 period crossover study to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of a single inhaled dose of ASY202 in adults with stable asthma. Following screening, eligible participants will be enrolled and randomized to one of two treatment sequences.

📍 Nova Scotia Health Authority · Halifax, Nova Scotia · Get directions →

Depression currently affects close to 2 million Canadians and is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Pharmacological treatments (antidepressant medication) and psychological treatments such as cognitive-behavioural therapy are available for depression, but the majority of those who receive treatment have an unsatisfactory response.

📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →

Background: Most medications that treat depression take weeks or months to work. Researchers want to develop fast-acting treatments.

📍 Royal University Hospital · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · Get directions →

To determine if an high intensity ketamine with ECT rescue (HIKER) approach for treatment resistant depression will: 1) reduce patient suffering by hastening disease remission, 2) have fewer side effects, 3) reduce the need for ECT, and 4) be preferred by most patients. Half of participants will be randomized to the HIKER arm and receive high intensity ketamine treatment for eight consecutive days, and the other half will be assigned to the ECT with ketamine anesthesia (EAST) arm and receive 8 ECT treatments (2-3 treatment/week)