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Craving Network Neurofeedback

Yale University · with National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) · NCT06426693

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–60 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
50
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
November 27, 2024
Record last updated
December 3, 2025

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study 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.

Being studied: Experimental feedback; Control feedback

Conditions: Overweight or Obesity

Eligibility criteria

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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.

Recruiting US locations

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Kathleen A Garrison, PhD · 2037376232 · kathleen.garrison@yale.edu
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