Clinical trials: Psychophysiology
Chronic Pain
Patient Activation to Address Chronic Pain and Opioid Management in Primary Care
Will a primary care-based behavioral intervention for patient activation and engagement and self-management, for patients with chronic pain who are taking opioid pain medication, result in better patient outcomes than Usual Care?
- Trial name
- NCT02290223
- Testing
- Behavioral Based Treatment Model
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 376 people
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Anxiety Disorders
Expectation of Unpleasant Events in Anxiety Disorders
Fear and anxiety are normal responses to a threat. However, anxiety is considered abnormal when the response to the threat is excessive or inappropriate.
- Trial name
- NCT00055224
- Testing
- Threat of shock
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 921 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
A Psychophysiologic Study of Weakening Traumatic Combat Memories With Post-Reactivation Propranolol
The consolidation of learning is enhanced by adrenalin and other stress hormones. This memory enhancing effect is opposed by propranolol.
- Trial name
- NCT00709735
- Testing
- Propranolol
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Prolonged Exposure for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) With/Without Yohimbine
The proposed study has three distinct but related research objectives. The first goal is to measure physiological correlates of successful treatment with Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in…
- Trial name
- NCT01031979
- Testing
- Yohimbine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stimulant Use & Co-occuring Opioid Use Disorders
Stimulant Oxytocin Study
This study will investigate the effects of intranasal administration of oxytocin, a social neuropeptide, on reducing stimulant use, enhancing therapeutic engagement, and susceptibility to stress-induced relapse in Veterans with…
- Trial name
- SOS (NCT03016598)
- Testing
- Intranasal oxytocin
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety Disorder
Pilot Study of Pharmaceutical and Behavioral Interventions to Treat Anxiety Disorders
The aim of this project is to create fear conditioning paradigm within which the relative strengths of various novel pharmacological and behavioral interventions can be tested.
- Trial name
- NCT01631682
- Testing
- Propranolol, Reactivation, Mifepristone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 186 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Mitochondrial Diseases
Mitochondrial Stress, Brain Imaging, and Epigenetics
The MiSBIE study collects biological, behavioral, psychosocial, neuropsychological, and brain imaging data in participants with either: normal mitochondrial function, individuals with the m.3243A>G mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)…
- Trial name
- MiSBIE (NCT04831424)
- Testing
- Trier social stress test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Women's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Research Study
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between trauma and startle. The investigators are also looking at the effect of menstrual phase on this relationship.
- Trial name
- NCT01304940
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Effect of Propranolol on Preventing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
This study will assess the effectiveness of taking propranolol soon after a traumatizing incident in reducing the incidence and severity of posttraumatic stress disorder in acutely traumatized individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT00158262
- Testing
- Propranolol
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Developing Memory Reconsolidation Blockers as Novel Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Treatments
Despite substantial therapeutic advances, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) remains difficult to treat. One promising new area of research is in post-reactivation pharmacologic intervention, which is based upon the concept of…
- Trial name
- NCT01490697
- Testing
- Mifepristone, d-Cycloserine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Roger K. Pitman, MD
Alcohol Use Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Stress, Emotion Regulation, and Alcohol in Women Veterans
The purpose of the study "Stress, Emotion Regulation, and Alcohol in Women Veterans" is to learn about the effects of negative emotion and stress on behavior (including alcohol use) among women Veterans, including women with and…
- Trial name
- SERA (NCT04393623)
- Testing
- Cognitive Reappraisal, Psychoeducation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Combat Disorders, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Exposure Therapy for Chronic PTSD: Efficacy and Mechanisms
The goals of the proposed research are to produce preliminary evidence of PE with OEF/OIF veterans with PTSD and to examine cognitive, psychophysiological, and neuroendocrine mechanisms of change in PTSD treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT00475241
- Testing
- Prolonged Exposure therapy for PTSD, Present centered therapy for PTSD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Vaping
Responses to Message Source and Presentation Using Psychophysiology
The goal of this clinical trial is to use psychophysiological methods to test the effects of a message source (expert and peer) and message presentation types (one-sided and two-sided) to identify the optimal message type for…
- Trial name
- NCT06269003
- Testing
- Expert, one-sided, Expert, two-sided, Peer, one-sided
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
PTSD
Oxytocin to Treat PTSD
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic, debilitating condition that disproportionately affects Veterans. Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy is a "gold standard" treatment for PTSD.
- Trial name
- NCT04228289
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
PMDD, Stress
Stress & Premenstrual Symptoms Study
This study that aims to evaluate the psychophysiology of premenstrual mood disorders (PMDs) at baseline and after treatment with sertraline. Participants will include women with PMDs and healthy female controls.
- Conditions
- PMDD, Stress, Mood
- Trial name
- NCT02777372
- Testing
- Sertraline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Effect of TMS on PTSD Biomarkers
The study will (1) assess feasibility of a TMS treatment in an underserved population; (2) determine if this TMS treatment protocol improves PTSD symptoms and biological markers of PTSD such as brain functioning and startle…
- Trial name
- NCT04563078
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University