Clinical trials: Normal
Metabolic Disorders, Cancer
A Natural History Study of Metabolic Sizing in Health and Disease
Background: Scientists have long used simple measures (such as height and weight) to estimate how much a person s body uses food (calories) as energy, as commonly called the metabolic rate.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Disorders, Cancer, Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT05398783
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Normal Physiology
Developing Transcranial Neuromodulation Protocols for Learning and Decision-Making
Background: People with substance use disorder (SUD) often have changes in brain function that can make it difficult to control drug-seeking behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT06561828
- Testing
- continuous Theta Burst Stimulation (cTBS), intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (iTBS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Normal Physiology
Causal Mechanisms of Odor-Guided Behavior in Humans
Background: Little is known about how different regions of the brain responsible for the human sense of smell guide behaviors. In this study, researchers use a technique called transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) to learn…
- Trial name
- NCT07099092
- Testing
- TUS PirC, TUS Amy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Normal Physiology
Development Of Neuroimaging Methods To Assess The Neurobiology Of Addiction
Background: Abusing alcohol, drugs, and other substances can cause serious health problems. These substances also can affect brain function.
- Trial name
- NCT02535702
- Testing
- In vivo MRS, fMRI, EEG/EOG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Normal Physiology
Layer-specific Contribution to Consolidation of Skill Learning in the Primary Motor Cortex
Background: Training in a new motor skill often involves periods of active practice and periods of rest. During early motor skill learning, improvements in performance usually happen during the short rest periods between practice…
- Trial name
- NCT04431011
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Inflammation, Normal Controls
Natural History of the Human Biological Response to Environmental Exposure and Injury
Background: Environmental exposures like pollution, diet, and stress can help cause human diseases, or make them worse. Researchers want to better understand how injury and inflammation are caused by these exposures.
- Conditions
- Inflammation, Normal Controls, Metabolic Disease
- Trial name
- NCT04888923
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Major Depressive Disorder, Substance Use Disorder
Defining Neurobiological Links Between Substance Use and Mental Illness
Background: Nicotine dependence leads to about 480,000 deaths every year in the United States. People with major depressive disorder (MDD) are twice as likely to use nicotine compared to the general population.
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder, Substance Use Disorder, Normal Physiology
- Trial name
- NCT05538910
- Testing
- Nicotine Patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 620 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Myeloid Hematological Malignancies
Characterization of CD180 Protein Expression in Myeloid Hematological Malignancies by Flow Cytometry
CD180 is a cell-surface protein recently identified through proteomic analysis as a potential target of interest in myeloid hematological malignancies.
- Conditions
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Myeloid Hematological Malignancies, Normal Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells
- Trial name
- MYEL-CD180 (NCT07895901)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction
The DISCOVER INOCA Prospective Multi-center Registry
The overall objective of this multi-center registry is to identify specific phenotypes of INOCA with both an anatomic evaluation (coronary angiography and intravascular imaging) and physiologic assessment with the Abbott…
- Conditions
- Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction, Coronary Vasospasm, Endothelial Dysfunction
- Trial name
- DISCOVER INOCA (NCT05288361)
- Testing
- Coroventis Coroflow Cardiovascular System and PressureWire™ X Guidewire
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Obesity, Puberty
Investigating the Impact of Obesity on Pubertal Development in Girls
Background: Studies suggest that overweight girls may be developing breast tissue, and therefore starting puberty, earlier than normal weight girls. However, it is hard to distinguish breast tissue from fatty tissue.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Puberty, Normal Physiology
- Trial name
- NCT02583646
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Normal Physiology
Characterization of an Optically Pumped Magnetometer (OPM) Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Array
Background: Brain activity produces magnetic fields. These fields can be measured outside the head. Existing technology, called MEG, measures these fields. Researchers are testing a new type of magnetic field sensor called OPM.
- Trial name
- NCT04950309
- Testing
- SQUID MEG, OPM MEG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Port-a-cath Occlusion, Normal Saline
Normal Saline Versus Heparin Intermittent Flushing for the Prevention of Occlusion in Port-a-Cath
Purpose: An evidence implementation of a randomized controlled trial for whether there is the difference in intermittent flushing 0.9% normal saline and heparin? Design: a single-blind randomized controlled trial Method: This…
- Conditions
- Port-a-cath Occlusion, Normal Saline, Heparin Lock
- Trial name
- NCT05707936
- Testing
- Normal Saline Flush 20 ml, Normal Saline Flush 10 ml, Heparin Flush (1000 USP, 10ml)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 192 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Pain, Normal Physiology
Neural and Psychological Mechanisms of Pain Perception
Background: Painful stimuli cause changes in a network of brain regions called the "Pain Matrix." But most of these regions respond to many other stimuli, not just pain.
- Conditions
- Pain, Normal Physiology, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT02446262
- Testing
- Instructions, Attention, Thermal Pain
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Normal Physiology, Healthy Volunteers
Sociocultural & Biobehavioral Influences on Pain Expression and Assessment
Objective The current proposal investigates behavioral, psychophysiological, and social processes that may help explain biases and disparate outcomes in pain.
- Conditions
- Normal Physiology, Healthy Volunteers, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT03258580
- Testing
- Medoc thermal stimulator, Electric shock stimulator, Cold water bath
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Normal Volunteer
Education as an Intervention of Compassion Fatigue
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact education has on reducing compassion fatigue in Oncology Clinical Research Nurses.
- Trial name
- NCT03212417
- Testing
- Educational intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Normal Physiology, Alcohol Use Disorder
Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment (ANA)
Background: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major public health problem. In the U.S., 16 to 18 million adults have an AUD. Researchers want to test an assessment tool called the ANA.
- Trial name
- NCT04946851
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Healthy Normal Athletes
A Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial of L Max in Healthy Adult Athletes
The goal of this study is to evaluate the lung-cleansing effects of L Max by measuring changes in Participant Reported Outcome (PRO) Scores and athletic performance.
- Trial name
- NCT07102680
- Testing
- L Max
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Climatic, Inc.
Normal Physiology
Perception, Sensation, Cognition and Action in Humans
Background: When people see and hear, the brain changes signals from the eyes and ears into perceptions and thoughts. No one fully understands how this happens.
- Trial name
- NCT03407066
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Eye Institute (NEI)
Normal Physiology
Assessing and Improving Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Metrics in Human Subjects
Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which uses strong magnets to get images of structures inside the body, is a valuable tool in modern medicine. But researchers are always looking for ways to improve this technology.
- Trial name
- NCT05604534
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Normal-weight Obesity
The Interaction of Body Composition, Sex Hormones and Exercise in Men
The overall objective of this project is to advance understanding of the causes of normal weight obesity (NWO) in men, namely the hormone profile and related potential mediating mechanisms, and the efficacy of different modes of…
- Trial name
- AHA-NWO (NCT06970457)
- Testing
- Resistance Exercise Training, Aerobic Exercise Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University