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NCT06910774
The goal of this observational study is to measure serotonin levels in in a control cohort. The main question aims to determine the mean serum serotonin level in a cohort of adult controls, based on age and sex. This will allow for the establishment of reference values. We will also measure the different metabolites of tryptophan. These measurements will be performed on residual blood samples in the laboratory, after blood collection carried out as part of routine care. Thus, patients will not need to undergo an additional blood draw.
NCT07221643
This study aims to examine the connection between the level of carotenoids in the skin and a number of immune related health parameters.
NCT07108439
The investigators are doing a study to see if a new way of giving local anesthesia during dental surgery can help children feel better after having a tooth removed under general anesthesia (when they are fully asleep). Normally, dentists give numbing medicine that can leave the lips or cheeks numb. This sometimes causes children to bite themselves without realizing it, which can make them upset when they wake up. In this study, the investigators are testing a special technique called intra-osseous anesthesia, which numbs only the tooth and not the surrounding soft tissues. The investigators hope this will reduce pain after surgery without causing numbness or accidental biting. Children in the study will be randomly placed into one of two groups: one group will receive this special anesthesia before the tooth is removed, and the other group will not. Before and after the procedure, the investigators will ask some short questions and observe the participants to check for pain, anxiety, or confusion. The parents of the participants will also receive a short online questionnaire to fill out the day after the procedure. The goal is to find out if this method helps children wake up more comfortably, feel less pain, and avoid side effects. This could improve how dentists care for children during dental treatments in the future.
NCT07110688
In this program, the investigators will develop novel multimodal neural-behavioral-physiological monitoring tools (software and hardware), and machine learning models for mental states within social processes and beyond. The tools consist of a multimodal skin-like wearable sensor for physiological and biochemical sensing; a conversational virtual human platform to evoke naturalistic social processes; audiovisual affect recognition software; synchronization tools; and machine learning methods to model the multimodal data. The investigators will demonstrate the tools in healthy subjects without neural recordings and in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy who already have intracranial EEG (iEEG) electrodes implanted based on clinical criteria for standard monitoring to localize seizures, which is unrelated to our study.
NCT06808334
This is a multi-site, observational clinical study to validate the performance of the CLAiR AI software in identifying elevated atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk from retinal (eye) images obtained from two different retinal image camera models.
NCT06710730
In this project, the investigators will investigate three important factors to optimize working conditions and patient safety: Joy in Work, Resilience Capacity, and Patient safety culture using both questionnaires and focus group interviews.
NCT05882942
Intake of the green tea catechin epigallocatechin (EGCG) increased fat oxidation during walking. It is also known to reduce blood pressure and improve body composition. This research will expand the insight on the effects by Matcha green tea supplementation and address the effects on heart rate variability, substrate oxidation at rest, and cardiovascular responses at rest in addition to metabolic and physiologic responses for a 1-hr walk in healthy females.
NCT02265224
Study primary Objective: \- To evaluate the bioequivalent rate (Cmax) and extent (AUC0-t) of absorption of N-acetyl-cysteine 600 mg uncoated tablets vs. N-acetyl-cysteine 600 mg film-coated tablets (NAC) in healthy male and female volunteers. Study secondary objectives: * To describe the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of NAC in plasma after single dose administration of NAC 600 mg uncoated tablets vs. NAC 600 mg film-coated tablets; * to collect safety and tolerability data after single dose administration of NAC 600 mg uncoated tablets vs. NAC 600 mg film-coated tablets.
NCT03582904
The ability to change walking patterns is important for daily tasks such as stepping over an obstacle. This change of walking pattern can occur in a strategic manner, i.e., consciously making one step longer or shorter. Healthy individuals can learn a new walking pattern through perturbed visual feedback of their walking information (Kim et al., 2015; Kim et al., 2017). This type of learning is thought to largely involve explicit strategy. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a form of non-invasive brain stimulation that can enhance learning of some motor tasks (Reis et al., 2009), and primarily has been studied in the upper extremity. In locomotor learning, prior recent work by the investigators has suggested that tDCS does not affect non-strategy based locomotor learning, and the investigators speculate that tDCS may benefit learning of strategic tasks instead. The purpose of this study is to determine if tDCS can enhance learning and retention of a new walking pattern in a strategy-based, visually guided locomotor task in healthy individuals. Two groups of young, healthy participants will be recruited to learn a new walking pattern through perturbed visual feedback, with retention of learning tested on the second day. One group will receive tDCS, which is expected to enhance learning. The other group will receive placebo stimulation and serve as a control. Results from this work will provide information on which type of motor learning is sensitive to enhancement with tDCS, and may help pave the path for utilizing tDCS for neurorehabilitation.
NCT03134482
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is most common endocrinologic disease in women of reproductive age with incidence of 6.6 \~ 8%. About fifty percent of the patients with PCOS manifest subfertility and significant proportion of these woman need assisted reproductive technology (ART). These patients are very sensitive to gonadotropins during conventional in vitro fertilization (IVF) and the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is high. In vitro maturation (IVM) is an emerging alternative option to conventional IVF for minimizing the risk of OHSS in patients with PCOS. Until now, several studies has been reported the favorable outcomes of oocyte maturation rate, fertilization rate, clinical pregnancy rate, and live birth rate during IVM procedure. However, these results were from retrospective or observational study and there was no suitable randomized controlled trial (RCT). Therefore, this prospective RCT is aimed to compare and analyze the clinical outcomes between IVM and minimal stimulation IVF in women with PCOS, assessing if IVM is recommendable clinical practice or not.
NCT03402568
Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for numerous health conditions and an important cause of death. Identifying metabolites associated with alcohol consumption may provide insights into the metabolic pathways through which alcohol may affect human health. The objective of this study is to investigate associations of alcohol consumption with circulating concentrations of 123 metabolites including amino acids, acylcarnitines, hexoses, biogenic amines, phosphatidylcholines, and sphingomyelins. For this purpose, the investigators use data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study and applied a discovery and replication approach.
NCT03399240
This is a single site evaluation study of Vitastiq device accuracy in healthy men and women in ratio 1:1 (approximately) aged between 18 and 64 years. A total of 45 Vitastiq personal devices will be used by volunteers for two months. The Vitastiq device will be evaluated during three site visits: on day 1, 29 ± 4 days and 57 ± 4 days. During site visit days, blood sampling will be collected and analysed and readings using Vitastiq device will be performed. Data will be analysed retrospectively to evaluate Vitastiq performance compared to blood tests results.
NCT02920359
The study consists of the generation of biological samples (in urine) positive to leuprorelin acetate for doping control by new developed methods, and establish the analytical parameters that reveal the administration of Leuprorelin acetate in healthy volunteers with these methods.
NCT00379210
The purpose of this study is to examine behavioral and neural changes resulting from Mindfulness Meditation Training (MMT), and to use this knowledge in advancing our understanding of the mechanisms of attention.