Craving Network Neurofeedback

Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Overweight or Obesity

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06426693

Run by

Yale University

People needed

50

Starts

2024-11-27

Expected to finish

2027-03-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ages 18 to 60 years
• Body mass index >25 kg/m2
• >2.37 Food Craving Inventory score

You may not qualify if…

• 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

• Yale MRRC Anlyan Center — New Haven, Connecticut, United States (enrolling)

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