Clinical trials: FTLD
Alzheimer, Alzheimer Dementia (AD)
Restoring Cervical Lymphatic Drainage in Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder associated with the accumulation of abnormal proteins, including amyloid-beta and tau, in the brain.
- Trial name
- LymphDAD (NCT07854327)
- Testing
- Cervical lymphovenous anastomosis (LVA)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Siena
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Neurodegenerative Diseases
Home-Based Exercise in Primary Progressive Aphasia (HEPPA)
This pilot study aims to evaluate the feasibility of a novel home-based multicomponent exercise program in adults clinically diagnosed with Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Logopenic Progressive Aphasia, Semantic Dementia
- Trial name
- HEPPA (NCT06181500)
- Testing
- Home-based multicomponent exercise intervention program
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Montreal Heart Institute
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Semantic Dementia
Primary Progressive Aphasia Multicomponent Language Treatment Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a speech-language telerehabilitation helps improve communication in people with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a form of dementia that affects speech and language.
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, Semantic Dementia, Semantic Memory Disorder, Logopenic Progressive Aphasia
- Trial name
- NCT06649084
- Testing
- Multicomponent Lexical Retrieval Training (Multi-LRT), Multicomponent Video Implemented Script Training in Aphasia (Multi-VISTA), Multicomponent Communication Partner Training (Multi-CPT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Language in Primary Progressive Aphasia
The purpose of this study is to further define the neurological and linguistic deterioration in primary progressive aphasia.
- Trial name
- NCT00537004
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Rare Diseases
European Registry on Rare Neurological Diseases
The recent implementation of European Reference Networks for Rare Diseases (ERNs) is an unprecedented move to improve the care of patients suffering from rare health disorders by transnational collaboration.
- Trial name
- ERN-RND reg (NCT04319796)
- Testing
- Data set as defined by the ERN Research Workgroup of the European Commission
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia
Open-label Extension (OLE) Study of WVE-004 in Patients With C9orf72-associated Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and/or Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
This is an OLE study conducted to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and clinical effects of WVE-004 in adult participants with ALS, FTD, or mixed ALS/FTD phenotype with a documented…
- Trial name
- NCT05683860
- Testing
- WVE-004 10 mg Q12W
- Where
- 3 sites in Netherlands, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Wave Life Sciences USA, Inc.
Rare Disorders, Undiagnosed Disorders
Rare Disease Patient Registry & Natural History Study - Coordination of Rare Diseases at Sanford
CoRDS, or the Coordination of Rare Diseases at Sanford, is based at Sanford Research in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It provides researchers with a centralized, international patient registry for all rare diseases.
- Conditions
- Rare Disorders, Undiagnosed Disorders, Disorders of Unknown Prevalence, Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
- Trial name
- CoRDS (NCT01793168)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Australia
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people
- Sponsor
- Sanford Health
Aphasia, Acquired, Aphasia Primary Progressive
Spaced Retrieval as Treatment for Aphasia
Spaced Repetition training has been found to be more effective than massed repetition for individuals with aphasia. This study seeks to examine the relative efficiency of three kinds of spacing for picture-naming training…
- Trial name
- NCT04623125
- Testing
- Spaced Retrieval Practice
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest
Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset, Lewy Body Disease
Patients With Alzheimer's Disease or Related Youth Disease
This study aims to determine factors related to diagnosis delay for patients with young onset dementia (first symptoms before 60 years old) who live in North of France.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset, Lewy Body Disease, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
- Trial name
- PARMAAJJ (NCT03508024)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Lille
Pick Disease of the Brain
Direct Current Brain Polarization in Frontotemporal Dementia
This pilot study will evaluate the effect of direct current (DC) electrical polarization of the brain on language, memory, reaction time, and mood in six patients with frontotemporal dementia (Pick's disease).
- Trial name
- NCT00077896
- Testing
- Direct Current Polarization
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Neurodegenerative Diseases, Alzheimer Disease
Sociodemographic Factors and Criminal Behaviour Preceding Neurodegenerative Disease - Retrospective Register Study
In this retrospective register study, clinically classified individuals with neurodegenerative disease from the years 2010-2021 will be verified from the clinical records from KUH and Oulu University Hospital (OUH).
- Conditions
- Neurodegenerative Diseases, Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, Lewy Body Disease
- Trial name
- DEGERWD (NCT06209515)
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 61,292 people
- Sponsor
- Kuopio University Hospital
Semantic Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
Metacognition in Semantic Dementia: Comparison With Alzheimer's Disease
This study aims at exploring patients' ability to monitor their own memory performance depending on their primary deficit and the type of memory involved in the criterion task.
- Conditions
- Semantic Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Healthy
- Trial name
- META-DEM (NCT04597827)
- Testing
- Metacognition tests
- Where
- 7 sites in France, Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia
Genetic Study of Familial and Sporadic ALS/Motor Neuron Disease, Miyoshi Myopathy and Other Neuromuscular Disorders
The investigators laboratory has been studying families with a history of ALS for more than 30 years and is continuing to use new ways to understand how genes may play a role in ALS, motor neuron disease and other neuromuscular…
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia, PLS, Motor Neuron Disease
- Trial name
- NCT01459302
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)
Safety and Efficacy Study Evaluating TRx0237 in Subjects With Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of TRx0237 in the treatment of patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD).
- Trial name
- NCT01626378
- Testing
- TRx0237
- Where
- 67 sites in United States, Australia and 10 more
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- TauRx Therapeutics Ltd
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Speech-Language Treatment With Remotely Supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a disorder characterized by gradual decline in speech-language ability caused by underlying neurodegenerative disease.
- Trial name
- NCT05901233
- Testing
- Remotely supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (RS-tDCS), Lexical Retrieval Training (LRT), Video Implemented Script Training in Aphasia (VISTA)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia
Communication Bridge Speech Therapy Research Study
This is a study on Internet-based video-practice speech and language therapy for persons with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), or related conditions.
- Trial name
- CB (NCT02439853)
- Testing
- Monthly Check-in Session
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Frontotemporal Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
Young Onset Dementia - the Difficult Diagnosis and the Stressful Life for the Whole Family
People diagnosed with young onset dementia are today mostly assigned to the same healthcare services as people developing dementia at an older age.
- Trial name
- NCT02055092
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Norwegian Centre for Ageing and Health
Frontotemporal Dementia, Family Members
Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia Initiative for Neurodevelopment
This is an international multi-centre cohort study of first and second degree family members of individuals who carry Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) mutations in MAPT, GRN or C9ORF72 repeat expansions for youths between the ages…
- Trial name
- GENFI-NeuroDev (NCT05779813)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University
ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
NYSCF Scientific Discovery Biobank
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute is performing this research to accelerate diverse disease research using cells from the body (such as skin or blood cells) to make stem cells and other types of cells…
- Conditions
- ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer Disease, Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset
- Trial name
- NCT06203106
- Testing
- Biological Sample Collection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute
Alzheimer Disease
Effect of Lithium and Divalproex in Alzheimer's Disease
This study will examine the effect of the drugs lithium and divalproex (Depakote) on tau proteins, a type of protein in the brain and spinal fluid that are altered in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00088387
- Testing
- Divalproex, Lithium
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)