Clinical trials: Dementia Disorders
Alzheimer Disease
Optimizing Care for Patients With Dementia
Of the 1.4 million nursing home (NH) residents in long term care facilities, more than half have Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
- Trial name
- NCT03442322
- Testing
- transdisciplinary approach, multidisciplinary approach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Congenital Vertical Talus, Familial Encephalopathy With Neuroserpin Inclusion Bodies
Genetic Disease Gene Identification
This is a a study to identify inherited disease genes. The study will use molecular techniques to map genetic diseases using techniques such as Affymetrix SNP chips.
- Conditions
- Congenital Vertical Talus, Familial Encephalopathy With Neuroserpin Inclusion Bodies, Idiopathic Generalised Epilepsy, Familial Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT00916903
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 176 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
Huntington Disease, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Genetic Risk: Whether, When, and How to Tell Adolescents
This study is being conducted to learn more about family communication of genetic risk information. Semi-structured interviews lasting up to one hour will be conducted with three populations: parent/child pairs at risk for…
- Conditions
- Huntington Disease, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Hereditary Cancer, Hereditary Non-polyposis Colon Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03421327
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Emotions, Dementia
Dementia Associated Apathy.
We want to determine if patients with dementia show any kind of emotion while they look at a defined selection of photos. These are photos taken from a international image-platform and mixed with photos (biographic) that show…
- Conditions
- Emotions, Dementia, Apathy
- Trial name
- NCT03293537
- Testing
- Skin conductance and Heart rate measurement
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 133 people
- Sponsor
- Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
Multidisciplinary Expert System for the Assessment & Management of Complex Brain Disorders
The Multidisciplinary Expert System for the Assessment \& Management of Complex Brain Disorders (MES-CoBraD) is an interdisciplinary project combining Real-World Data (RWD) from multiple clinical and consumer sources through…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Epilepsy, Sleep Disorder
- Trial name
- MES-CoBraD (NCT05171725)
- Testing
- EEG,PSG, biosample collection (blood and CSF), neuropsychological testing
- Where
- 4 sites in Greece, Israel and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 635 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neurological Institute of Athens
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Shanghai Mild Cognitive Impairment Cohort Study
This study was planned 1) to identify individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) who convert to Alzheimer's Disease (AD), and 2) to explore factors associated with the conversion.
- Trial name
- NCT01552265
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Translational Research Center for Medical Innovation, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Alzheimer's Disease
The Feasibility of Florbetapir Quantitation in Europe
This study will evaluate whether the addition of quantitation as an adjunct to visual interpretations significantly improves the accuracy of Amyvid scan interpretation.
- Trial name
- NCT02107599
- Testing
- Florbetapir (18F)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Avid Radiopharmaceuticals
Dementia, Pain
Dissemination and Implementation of Function Focused Care for Assisted Living
This study will evaluate pain, management of pain, behavioral symptoms, and the quality of staff-resident interactions between residents with and without dementia, test the relationship of these variables to participation in…
- Trial name
- NCT03459118
- Testing
- Function Focused Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 853 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Preventing Language Decline in Dementia
This study will establish factors fundamental to the improvement in communication and quality of life for people with dementia known as primary progressive aphasia (PPA).
- Trial name
- NCT02541097
- Testing
- Language therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Baycrest
Dementia
Far Infrared Radiation Treatment of Dementia and Other Mental Illness
This trial is a preliminary study to determine the use of far infrared radiation for the treatment of dementia and other mental sickness.
- Trial name
- NCT00574054
- Testing
- Far Infrared
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- GAAD Medical Research Institute Inc.
Alzheimer Disease
Levetiracetam for Alzheimer's Disease Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Related to Epilepsy Trial (LAPSE)
Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are increasingly recognized to have seizures in addition to cognitive decline. Seizures may contribute to memory problems as well as other symptoms common in AD like agitation, depression…
- Trial name
- LAPSE (NCT04004702)
- Testing
- Levetiracetam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Autism, Asperger's Disorder
An Open-Label Trial of Aripiprazole in Autism Spectrum Disorders
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of aripiprazole monotherapy in the treatment of children and adolescents suffering from Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) over a 12-week period.
- Conditions
- Autism, Asperger's Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00308074
- Testing
- Aripiprazole
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Cambridge Health Alliance
Parkinson Disease
Donepezil to Treat Dementia in Parkinson's Disease
This study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of donepezil (Aricept) for treating mild dementia in patients with Parkinson's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00030979
- Testing
- Donepezil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Anxiety Acute, Anxiety Fear
Paediatric Peri-operative Anxiety: Does the Little Journey App Help?
To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a virtual reality psychological preparation app at reducing peri-operative anxiety and its associated sequelae in children aged 3-12 years old undergoing ambulatory surgery compared to…
- Conditions
- Anxiety Acute, Anxiety Fear, Peri-operative, Psychological Distress
- Trial name
- NCT03797716
- Testing
- Little Journey app
- Where
- 17 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 596 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Parkinson Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Biological Sample Collection for Research and Biobanking
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute is performing this research to study different conditions and diseases by using cells from the body (such as skin or blood cells).
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Macular Degeneration, ALS
- Trial name
- NCT04270604
- Testing
- Biological sample collection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,279 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute
Dementia
Implementation of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
This project aims to examine the feasibility of implementing Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) under real world circumstances in a more heterogenous population, with the ultimate goal of making the treatment broadly accessible.
- Trial name
- NCT04754932
- Testing
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Huntington's Disease
Coenzyme Q10 in Huntington's Disease (HD)
The goals of this trial are to determine if coenzyme Q10 is effective in slowing the worsening symptoms of Huntington's disease and to learn about the safety and acceptability of long-term coenzyme Q10 use by determining its…
- Trial name
- 2CARE (NCT00608881)
- Testing
- coenzyme Q10
- Where
- 49 sites in United States, Australia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 609 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Detecting Probable Alzheimer's Disease From Speech Using Linguistical Analysis
The object of this study is to investigate the use of linguistic deficits from speech samples for the early detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment and probable Alzheimer's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT04041895
- Testing
- Audio speech recording
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- East Tennessee State University
Aggression
Healthy Brains & Behavior: Understanding and Treating Youth Aggression
Understanding the joint neurobiological and social bases to aggression is critical to future attempts to tackle this major public health problem.
- Trial name
- HBB (NCT00842439)
- Testing
- CBI, NUT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 335 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
AIDS, Dementia
Predictors of Neuro-cognitive Decline and Survival in HIV-infected Subjects
Patients will be followed every 6 months for a total of 5 visits (Month 0, 6, 12, 18 and 24). The first visit is the screening and entry visit which can occur at any time after the subject finishes SEARCH 001 study but preferably…
- Trial name
- NCT00864292
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- SEARCH Research Foundation