Scientists scan brains to predict when You'll hit a wall
NCT ID NCT03233282
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study used non-invasive brain scans (EEG and MEG) to identify electrical signals linked to mental and physical tiredness in 169 healthy adults. Participants performed tasks designed to cause cognitive or physical fatigue while their brain activity was recorded. The goal was to find markers that could one day help predict performance drops in everyday life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this research could help develop ways to predict or monitor fatigue in real-world settings like work or sports.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study in healthy volunteers, not a treatment trial. The findings may not apply to people with medical conditions or lead to direct benefits.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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169 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2013
- Finished
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May 2018
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria MGPFco group: * Adult subjects, male or female, right-handed or left-handed, from 18 years up to 70 years; * Having duly completed the entire confidential medical questionnaire; * Written consent of free, informed and express participation; * No hearing problems; * Having normal or corrected vision; * Affiliation to a Social Security scheme. Inclusion Criteria MGPFph group: * Adult subjects, male or female, right-handed or left-handed, from 18 years up to 35 years; * Practicing at least five hours of sports per week; * Presenting a certificate of no contraindication to an exercise test, intense sports practice or an energy sport in competition of the current year; * Having duly completed the entire confidential medical questionnaire; * Without cardiovascular or motor disability; * Without tumoral, inflammatory, cardiac, pulmonary, renal, digestive (malabsorption syndrome) or liver disease; * Written consent of free, informed and express participation; * Affiliation to a Social Security scheme. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women, nursing mothers or those of childbearing age without contraception * Persons under guardianship, curatorship or any other administrative or judicial measure of deprivation of liberty or of liberty * Persons protected by the law * Persons who have performed a maximum stress test within 15 days of the date of inclusion, * In the course of drug treatments against indicated for the protocol (treatment for neurological diseases, psychiatric ...). * Metal implants incompatible with MRI (for the subjects concerned, see appendices) * Metallic implants incompatible with the MEG (for the subjects concerned, see appendices)
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospices Civils de Lyon, HFME
Bron, 69500, France
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