Nature and Purpose of the Study. The Study shall be conducted in order to document the clinical benefits of the Product on aging • and aged skin, particularly with regard to wrinkles.
Nature and Purpose of the Study. You and your child are being asked to take part in a research project because we are interested in understanding more about thinking processes in children, and how this may relate to their eating behaviors. We want to better understand this process so we can help children develop better skills in these areas to improve their eating behaviors. We expect to enroll 50 subjects into this study. The study is sponsored by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center.
Nature and Purpose of the Study. You and your child is being asked to take part in a research project because we are interested in understanding more about brain functioning and working memory in overweight children, and how this may relate to their eating behaviors. We want to better understand this process so we can help children develop better skills in these areas to improve their eating behaviors. We expect to enroll 30 children and a parent into this study. The study is sponsored by the Rhode Island Neuroscience Leadership Committee and the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center.
Nature and Purpose of the Study. You are being asked to participate in this study because you have been diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and you are receiving drug therapy for PAH. The purpose of this study is to determine if a naturally occurring hormone called dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) can reduce the negative effects PAH has on the right side of the heart. Previous studies of DHEA levels in the blood have shown that DHEA levels are significantly lower in people with PAH versus people who do not have PAH and that these lower levels are linked to right heart failure. A small study of DHEA treatment in COPD patients with pulmonary hypertension showed some benefit. Treatment with DHEA may therefore be beneficial for right heart function in PAH patients. Your body naturally produces DHEA in the adrenal gland. In turn, DHEA helps produce other hormones, including testosterone and estrogen. Many PAH researchers believe there is a link between sex hormones and PAH. Natural DHEA levels peak in early adulthood and then slowly fall as you age. A synthetic version of DHEA is available as a supplement for oral use, as a tablet. It is available for sale at many local retailers and on-line, but the purity of those supplements may not always be tested or guaranteed by the manufacturer. The DHEA that will be used in this study will be supplied by a manufacturer that employs good manufacturing practices (GMP) and will be independently tested for purity to assure the tablets contain the correct amount of DHEA. We expect to enroll 26 subjects, 13 women and 13 men, into this study at Rhode Island Hospital. The study is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Nature and Purpose of the Study. You are being asked to take part in a research project because of your participation in Phase 1 of the study. You are invited to participate in Phase 2 of this study on sleep and the daily biological rhythms that control many of the body’s processes. In this study, we hope to learn how sleep and mood are affected by the transition into college. Phase 1 began after your acceptance into college (but before you enrolled) to measure what your sleep and mood were like before college. Phase 2 assesses how your sleep and mood are affected in the first 10 weeks of your first year in college. We will study approximately 1050 first year students in Phase 2. This study is sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health.
Nature and Purpose of the Study. You are being asked to take part in a research project because you are 18 years old or older and have been diagnosed with heart failure. This is a preliminary experimental study designed to explore whether mindfulness training can improve the ability to take medications regularly. Mindfulness training involves learning to focus the attention and become aware of body sensations, emotions, and thoughts as well as of events happening in the environment surrounding you at each given moment. We expect to enroll 50 patients into this study. Your participation in this research study, should you enroll, will last 6 months. The study is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Nature and Purpose of the Study. You are being asked to take part in a research project because you are a daily smoker and a patient in the Rhode Island Hospital Adult Psychiatric Partial Hospital Program. This study tests whether a treatment, called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, is better at helping psychiatric patients stop smoking than a usual care treatment. We expect to enroll 40 subjects into this study. The study is sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Nature and Purpose of the Study. You are being asked to take part in a research project because you are a man who reports having exchanged sex for money or drugs with another man, you are 18 years of age or older, and you are HIV-negative. The purpose of this study is to determine if a program called “PrEPare for Work” will help make pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) more effective in preventing HIV among men who exchange sex for money or drugs with another man, or male sex workers (MSWs). PrEP is a medication called Truvada that is taken daily to prevent HIV infection. This medication has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for this purpose. In order to promote the effectiveness of PrEP, we are testing a program called PrEPare for Work to see how well it helps people stay on PrEP once they start taking it. As part of this study you will be asked to sign a medical release so that your medical records regarding your PrEP treatment can be accessed for study purposes. Completion of this release is voluntary. We expect to enroll 130 subjects into this study. The study is being conducted by researchers at Brown University, The Xxxxxx Hospital, and Project Xxxxx, and is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.
Nature and Purpose of the Study. You are being asked to take part in a research project because you are between the ages of 18 and 60 and you meet all of the other eligibility criteria for this study. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between how you feel, exercise and eating. We expect to enroll approximately 150 individuals. The study is sponsored by a National Institutes of Health grant awarded to Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx.
Nature and Purpose of the Study. You are being asked to take part in a research project because you are between the ages of 18 and 60 and you meet all of the other eligibility criteria for this study. The purpose of this study is to examine two approaches for improving long-term weight loss success. We expect to enroll approximately 65 individuals. The study is sponsored by a National Institutes of Health grant awarded to Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx.
