Healthy Paid Clinical Trials in Connecticut

The goal of this observational study is to characterize the brain processes of pain avoidance learning dysfunctions in individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). The main questions it aims to answer are: Compared with healthy controls, do those with OUD exhibit impaired avoidance learning in response to pain? What are the brain processes that are associated with this avoidance learning dysfunction? Do these brain processes serve to predict future use or relapse? Researchers will compare those with OUD and healthy controls to determine avoidance learning dysfunction and its relationship with opioid use. Participants will be performing a learning task inside an fMRI scanner. Those with OUD will also be followed up for a year to determine future opioid use. Read Less

The study will be conducted as an open-label and single-center study to evaluate the occupancy of ITI-1284 to the dopamine D2 receptor, serotonin 2A (5-HT2A) receptor, and serotonin transporter (SERT) in healthy subjects. Read Less

The goal of this observational study is to learn how the brain's information processing changes during and following administration of serotonergic psychedelics (psilocybin, N,N-Dimethyltryptamine/DMT, Lystergic Acid Diethylamide/LSD, etc.) for people with and without mental illness receiving serotonergic psychedelics through any clinical trial at Yale University. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Do serotonergic psychedelics cause the brain to rely on new information more than previously learned information while under the influence? What about 1 day, 5-14 days, and 4-6 weeks after use? 2. Do serotonergic psychedelics cause long-lasting side-effects in how people perceive (see, hear, feel, etc.) the world and how easily people change their beliefs? 3. How does the brain's electrical activity change after using serotonergic psychedelics? How does the balance between excitation and inhibition change while under their effect? 4. Can changes in how the brain uses information predict who will benefit from a psychedelic and who will have side effects from psychedelics? Researchers will compare with people given placebos to see what changes in brain processing are unique to serotonergic psychedelics. Participants will have the opportunity to do some combination of the following: 1. Online computer assessments consisting of games and questionnaires that probe how participants think. 2. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) or electroencephalography (EEG) with eyes closed and with repeated clicks, images, or sensations delivered. 3. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. 4. Semi-structured qualitative interviews about their experience after taking a serotonergic psychedelic recorded via Zoom. Read Less

The purpose of this research study is to measure synaptic density in the brain comparing individuals with cocaine use disorder to healthy controls. Read Less

The purpose of this study is to learn about how different amounts of study medicine called PF-06414300 acts and is changed and eliminated from the body of healthy adult participants. The amount of PF-06414300 in blood after the medicine is taken by mouth will also be measured. The study is seeking for participants who: * Are male or female of 18 to 65 years of age. * Are in good health condition. * Have body mass index of 16 to 32 kilograms per squared meters; and a total body weight of more than 50 kilograms (110 pounds). All participants in this study will receive either PF-06414300 or placebo (dummy pill) by chance. The study will have 2 parts; in the first part of the study (Part A), each participant will receive a total of 4 doses of PF-06414300 or placebo with at least 10 to 14 days between each dose. After each dose, participants will stay in study clinic for 4 to 5 days. In the second part of the study (Part B), each participant will receive a total of 10 doses of PF-06414300 or placebo and participants will stay in study clinic for 14 days. An optional Japanese cohort may be done later. The planned duration of participation from screening to follow up in Part A and B of this study is up to 12 to 14 weeks and 10 to 12 weeks, respectively. Participants will also have their blood collected by the study doctors several times. Read Less

The purpose of this study is to longitudinally characterize and evaluate changes in synaptic density in the brain using novel positron-emission tomography (PET) scans; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and clinical laboratory markers associated with HIV-related injury in the central nervous system. This study will test hypotheses relating to the presence and mechanisms of aberrant brain structure at the synaptic level in living humans with virologically controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy. To evaluate associations between PET imaging radiotracers \[11C\]UCB-J, a ligand for presynaptic vesicle protein 2A (SV2A), a vesicle membrane protein expressed in synapses, and PET \[11C\]PBR28 a measure of microglia function in the brain, the Yale PET center has developed an advanced approach of combining multiple distinct ligands in coordinated same-day PET imaging. Additionally, the study will evaluate the associations of this novel synaptic density marker with well-established clinical measures of neurocognitive performance and laboratory measures of blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Read Less