Clinical trials: Social Functioning
Conduct Disorder, Child
Virtual Reality to Improve Social Perspective Taking
This project will examine how virtual reality treatment that provides users with the alternate perspective of a virtual interpersonal interaction impacts psychological and neurobiological markers of social perspective taking in…
- Conditions
- Conduct Disorder, Child, Adolescent, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT03927612
- Testing
- Virtual reality perspective taking training, Virtual reality control perspective
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Mild Cognitive Impairment
A Scalable Model for Promoting Functioning and Well-Being Among Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment Via Meaningful Social Interactions: Project SPEAK!
The goal of this study is to refine and test a strategy for engaging older adults with symptoms of SCD/MCI (subjective cognitive decline/mild cognitive impairment) as volunteers to help English language learners (ELLs) who live…
- Trial name
- NCT04717479
- Testing
- Intervention (videoconferencing)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Major Depressive Disorder
Social Reward and Its Effect on Brain Functions in Psychotherapies for Mid- and Late-Life Depression
Abnormalities in the Positive Valence System (PVS) are associated with depressive symptoms and reduced behavioral activation in mid- and late-life.
- Trial name
- NCT04487730
- Testing
- "Engage & Connect" Psychotherapy, Symptom Review and Psychoeducation (SRP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Attention Impaired, Risk-Taking
Effect of Air Pollution on the Cognitive Function of Adolescents
Previous observational studies have reported an association between higher air pollution exposure and lower attention in children.
- Conditions
- Attention Impaired, Risk-Taking, Risk Behavior, Social Preferences
- Trial name
- ATENC!Ó (NCT03762239)
- Testing
- Purifying the air with a Pure Airbox device (Zonair 3D)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 2,123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Major Depressive Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder
Transdiagnostic Brain-Behavior Profiling to Enhance Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Response
Many patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and generalized Social Anxiety Disorder (gSAD) are treated with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) but few have meaningful improvement.
- Trial name
- NCT03175068
- Testing
- CBT, ST
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 203 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Paranoia, Schizophrenia
Oxytocin Treatment of Schizophrenia
Purpose: Test whether intranasal administration of the neuropeptide, oxytocin, improves social cognition, social functioning and decreases paranoia and other psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia.
- Conditions
- Paranoia, Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder
- Trial name
- OTS (NCT01028677)
- Testing
- intranasal spray with oxytocin, nasal spray without oxytocin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Implant or Graft; Rejection
Belatacept Compared to Tacrolimus in Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients
The main purpose of this study is to find out whether treatment to prevent kidney rejection with belatacept in presence of Thymoglobulin induction and withdrawal of steroids will result in less delayed graft function or "sleepy…
- Trial name
- NCT02152345
- Testing
- Belatacept, Tacrolimus, Mycophenolate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Schizophrenia
A Pharmaco-imaging Approach to Predicting Social Functioning and Clinical Responses to Oxytocin Administration in Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia has a devastating and disproportionate effect on veterans compared to the general US population. Some of the most disabling symptoms, such as low motivation, difficulty expressing emotions, and decreased ability to…
- Trial name
- NCT03900754
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Autism or Autistic Traits, Mental Health Disorder
The Effects of Executive Functions and Social Cognition on Mental Health
The objective of this study is to analyze the effects of executive functions (EFs) and social-cognitive abilities on the associations between autistic traits and mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, and stress).
- Conditions
- Autism or Autistic Traits, Mental Health Disorder, Executive Dysfunction, Social Cognition
- Trial name
- NCT06213194
- Testing
- MindZone
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 178 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ibn Haldun University
Anxiety, Social Anxiety Disorder
Neurofeedback Enhanced Cognitive Reappraisal Training
This study seeks to understand emotion regulation in those with anxiety using real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback, a tool that allows individuals to control brain activity.
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT06132659
- Testing
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with Veritable-NF
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Schizophrenia
Symptomatic Remission and Social Function in Participants Treated With Paliperidone Extended Release (ER)
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between achieving symptomatic remission status by means of the 8 items of Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), and personal and social functioning by means of the…
- Trial name
- NCT01577186
- Testing
- Paliperidone ER
- Volunteers
- 480 people
- Sponsor
- Johnson & Johnson Taiwan Ltd
Schizophrenia, Schizo Affective Disorder
Virtual Reality Training for Social Skills in Schizophrenia - Comparison With Cognitive Training
Social impairments are core features of schizophrenia that lead to poor outcome. Social skills and competence improve quality of life and protect against stress-related exacerbation of symptoms, while supporting resilience…
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Schizo Affective Disorder, Social Skills
- Trial name
- NCT04005794
- Testing
- social VR (virtual reality) training, Cognitive training (control game)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Anxiety Symptoms, Depressive Symptoms
Effects of a Single-session Implicit Theories of Personality Intervention on Early Adolescent Psychopathology
The goal of the project is to test whether a single-session intervention teaching incremental theories of personality, or the belief that one's personality is malleable, can strengthen recovery from social stress and reduce the…
- Trial name
- NCT03132298
- Testing
- Implicit Theories of Personality Program, Control Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard University
Persistent Depressive Disorder
Behavioral Activation (BA) for Medication-responsive Chronically Depressed Patients With Impaired Social Functioning
The investigators aimed to assess the ability of a modified version of Behavioral Activation for occupational and social improvement to produce change in: 1. social adjustment, 2. work functioning, 3. avoidance behavior and 4.
- Trial name
- NCT01783080
- Testing
- Behavioral Activation for return to work
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Gaming for Autism to Mold Executive Skills Project
The goal of the project is to better understand executive control-how children manage complex or conflicting information in the service of a goal.
- Trial name
- GAMES (NCT02361762)
- Testing
- Computerized executive control training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Physical Inactivity
Tele-video to Improve Daily Activity
This pilot study will test the feasibility of pairing a social network-based approach with a 6-week Occupational Therapist (OT)-led intervention administered remotely (via Zoom) to increase physical function and activity among…
- Trial name
- T-VIDA (NCT06007664)
- Testing
- Tele-Video to Improve Daily Activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Hearing Loss, Stress
Clinical Trial of the "Living Well With Hearing Loss Workshop"
This study evaluates whether a 2 hour group session, "The Living Well with Hearing Loss Workshop," can successfully teach hard of hearing people how to best use hearing aids and a variety of personal skills to compensate for the…
- Trial name
- NCT00323427
- Testing
- The Living Well with Hearing Loss Workshop, hearing aid services
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 135 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Indication for Modification of Patient Cognitive Status
Efficacy of Repyflec Cognitive Remediation Group Training in Schizophrenia
The purpose of this study was to develop an integrative intervention for schizophrenia taking into account previous efficacious therapies.
- Trial name
- NCT01279070
- Testing
- Repyflec cognitive remediation training
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
Aging
Oxytocin's Effect on Socioemotional Aging
This study will investigate the extent to which intranasal oxytocin affects changes in social decision making and evaluations of others.
- Trial name
- NCT01823146
- Testing
- Oxytocin spray
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Aging
Affordable Mobile Robots for the Elderly
This project develops and tests the use of service robots to track health of the elderly over time. The objectives are to develop a low-cost mobile manipulator capable of a limited set of elder- relevant manipulation tasks (e.g.
- Trial name
- NCT02807506
- Testing
- Mobile Service Robot, Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania