Clinical trials: HV
Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency, SSADH Deficiency
PET Imaging of GABA Receptors in Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency
This study will use brain imaging to map brain cell receptors for a chemical called GABA, a chemical that inhibits the activities of nerve cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00246870
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Raman Spectroscopy
Raman Scattering Spectroscopy to Measure Macular Pigment
This study will evaluate the ease and reliability of Raman scattering spectroscopy, a new technique to measure the amount of the pigment lutein in the retina, the light-sensitive tissue lining the back of the eye.
- Trial name
- NCT00060580
- Testing
- Raman scattering spectroscopy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Eye Institute (NEI)
Inflammatory Disease, Autoimmune Disease
Screening Protocol for Subjects Being Evaluated for Center for Human Immunology, Autoimmunity, and Inflammatory Diseases (CHI) Protocols
Background: For every CHI research study, patients must fulfill a list of criteria, based primarily on their medical condition. To determine whether a patient meets these eligibility criteria to participate in a research…
- Conditions
- Inflammatory Disease, Autoimmune Disease, Immunologic Disease, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT00968084
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 587 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Cerebrovascular Accident
Role of the Intact Hemisphere in Recovery of Motor Function After Stroke
The purpose of this study is to better understand the role of the motor part of the brain in the recovery of motor function after stroke. The motor deficits that follow a stroke are compensated for over several months.
- Trial name
- NCT00028184
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Healthy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain in Social and Emotional Reasoning
This study will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify brain regions involved in social and emotional reasoning. It will identify differences in brain activity during task performance between people who have a nervous…
- Trial name
- NCT00060853
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
MRI Brain Studies in Patients With HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
This study will use three different magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to study HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/STP)-a disease of slowly progressive weakness in the legs.
- Trial name
- NCT00034723
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Blindness
Enhanced Tactile Memory in the Blind
This study will determine if the brain regions in blind people that would normally be involved in vision are used instead to remember touch.
- Trial name
- NCT00076700
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Primary Immunodeficiency, DOCK8
Establishing Fibroblast-Derived Cell Lines From Skin Biopsies of Patients With Immunodeficiency or Immunodysregulation Disorders
Background: National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have been studying immune cells (white blood cells) to better understand how the human body s defense system works and adjusts or regulates itself, and how changes in…
- Conditions
- Primary Immunodeficiency, DOCK8, Virus Susceptibility
- Trial name
- NCT00895271
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Healthy, Postural Stability
MRI Study of Self-Perception of Postural Stability
This study will use functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine loss of balance in the elderly. Falls due to balance problems are a major health issue in older people, often resulting in bone fractures and other bodily…
- Trial name
- NCT00060593
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Specific Developmental Disorders of Speech and Language, Specific Learning Disorder
Ambulatory Screening for Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD).
To evaluate, in primary care, the sensitivity of Heterophory-Vertical-Labile (HV-Labile) in ambulatory screening for Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD).
- Conditions
- Specific Developmental Disorders of Speech and Language, Specific Learning Disorder, Dyslexia, Developmental, Developmental Coordination Disorder
- Trial name
- TDys (NCT04122820)
- Testing
- Diagnostic of specific learning disabilities or of Developmental Coordination Disorder
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people
- Sponsor
- CNGE IRMG Association
Attention Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Studies of Measures of Attention
This study will compare two tests for attention deficit disorder (ADD) - the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) and the NIH Test of Attention - to see if they produce the same results.
- Trial name
- NCT00776737
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Aggressive Behavior
Brain Changes in Adolescents While Imagining and Observing Aggressive Behavior
This study will use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine what happens in the brains of adolescents when they are exposed to violent media and how imagining aggressive behavior affects brain function.
- Trial name
- NCT00267891
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Arrhythmic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Isoproterenol Challenge to Detect Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
This study will examine the usefulness of a new test called an isoproterenol challenge in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and family members who may have the disease but do not have clear-cut…
- Trial name
- NCT00083395
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Dystonic Disorders
Brain Inhibition of Muscle Movement in Normal Volunteers
This study will use transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS (described below), to examine how the brain controls muscle movement to prevent unwanted movements in surrounding muscles.
- Trial name
- NCT00047957
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Human Papillomavirus- 6, 11, 16, 18
A Phase I Study of Quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) Recombinant Vaccine in HIV-Infected and HIV-Negative Pre-Adolescents, Adolescents, and Young Adults
Background: Human papilloma virus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted disease. There are more than 100 different HPV types, and both males and females can get HPV infection.
- Conditions
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Human Papillomavirus- 6, 11, 16, 18, Adolescent, Papillomavirus Vaccines
- Trial name
- NCT00798265
- Testing
- Gardasil, Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Healthy, Tone Deafness
Genetic Studies of Tone Deafness
This study will examine the hereditary basis of tone deafness by identifying regions of the human genome linked to this condition.
- Trial name
- NCT00006076
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 968 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Motor Neuron Disease
Brain Function in Primary Lateral Sclerosis
This study will examine whether the motor cortex (the part of the brain that controls movement) works properly in patients with primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), a disorder in which voluntary movements are very slow.
- Trial name
- NCT00071435
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Healthy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Brain Function in Mentally Ill Adolescents
The purpose of this study is to use brain imaging technology to examine the brain activity of adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or major depressive disorder (MDD) before and after treatment.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00025857
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Electrical Stimulation of the Brain
Effects of Direct Current Brain Stimulation on Cognition
This study will examine the effects of direct current (DC) electrical polarization of the brain on thinking speed, reaction time, mood, and brain waves in healthy individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT00048698
- Testing
- TMS, EEG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Aphasia, Cerebrovascular Accident
Role of the Right Brain in Recovery of Language Function in Chronic Stroke
This study will examine in healthy individuals and in patients with aphasia (a language disturbance that is usually caused by stroke, brain disease, or injury) which parts of the brain are involved in naming everyday objects.
- Trial name
- NCT00076479
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)