Craving Network Neurofeedback
Recruiting · NCT06426693 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Yale University
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What this trial is about
This project tests whether individuals with overweight or obesity and high craving can learn to change their brain response to food cues using neurofeedback, to impact their craving and eating behavior.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
Yes - healthy volunteers may be accepted
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Ages 18 to 60 years
- Body mass index \>25 kg/m2
- \>2.37 Food Craving Inventory score
Exclusion criteria
- Current or past 6 months use of anti-obesity medications
- Weight-reduced state defined as \>10% weight reduction in the past 6 months.
- Nicotine use
- Current diagnosis of neurological or psychiatric disorder
- Obesity-related diseases such as type-2 diabetes
- Contraindications to MRI
- Baseline scanning with motion \>0.15mm frame to frame displacement.
Where it is running
1 location listed across 1 US state.
- Yale MRRC Anlyan Center - New Haven, Connecticut, United States