Clinical trials: Aging
Skin Laxity
Radio Frequency Microneedling for Suprapatellar Skin
The human skin aging process is characterized by thinning dermis, atrophy of the extracellular matrix, and reduced collagen synthesis.
- Trial name
- NCT03507036
- Testing
- Profound system
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Chronic Low Back Pain
Aging Back Clinics
The purpose of this study is to compare two different ways to treat chronic low back pain. The two types of treatment that the investigators will compare are called Usual Care and ABC Care. Usual Care tends to focus on the spine.
- Trial name
- NCT03564600
- Testing
- Aging Back Clinics management
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 299 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Cognitive Aging
A 14 Week Study of Mindfulness Effects on Attentional Control in Older Adults
Attentional control, or individuals' ability to choose which stimuli in the environment they attend to and which they ignore, declines with older age.
- Trial name
- MACS (NCT02714426)
- Testing
- Mindfulness-inspired treatment, Brain health
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Aging, Pain
RHA® Redensity With New Anesthetic Agent - Perioral Rhytids
This is a randomized, controlled, double-blinded, within-subject (split-face), multicenter, prospective study to investigate whether RHA® Redensity with new anesthetic agent is non-inferior to RHA® Redensity with lidocaine in…
- Trial name
- NCT04069585
- Testing
- RHA® Redensity with new anesthetic agent, RHA® Redensity with lidocaine
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Teoxane SA
Cognitive Aging, Adverse Childhood Experiences
Physical Exercise for Augmenting Cognitive Health (PEACH)
PEACH is a pilot project which is being conducted to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a 12-week home-based exercise intervention among Black and African American adults.
- Trial name
- PEACH (NCT04922710)
- Testing
- Home-based aerobic exercise
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Jamaica
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Aging
Effect of Aging on Cortical Excitability and Motor Learning
The objective of the current proposal is to identify 1) how aging-related changes in GABAergic cortical inhibition affect motor performance, and 2) how aerobic exercise may improve inhibitory function and facilitate motor…
- Trial name
- ACE (NCT03750903)
- Testing
- Aerobic Exercise, Stretching and Balance Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Aging
Changing in Skin Physiology After Microdroplet Placement of Stabilized Hyaluronic Acid in Aging Faces
IMPORTANCE Skin rejuvenation can be achieved effectively and safely by injection of a stabilized hyaluronic acid (HA)-based gel of nonanimal origin (NASHA) injection using a stamp-type electronic multineedle injector.
- Trial name
- NCT02312154
- Testing
- Restylane Vital
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Konkuk University Hospital
Aging
Modulating Brain Activity to Improve Goal-directed Physical Activity in Older Adults
Although the majority of older adults are aware of the compelling evidence that regular exercise is critical to the maintenance of health into old age, most do not meet recommendations for daily exercise.
- Trial name
- Stim-Fit (NCT04278560)
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), Behavioral intervention to increase physical activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Fatigue, Aging
Role of Skeletal Muscle Nitric Oxide Production in Age-related Fatigue and Fatigability
This is a pilot study funded by the National Institutes of Health. In this project, we will investigate the potential effect of skeletal muscle nitric oxide (NO) production on muscle strength and physical function in older…
- Trial name
- NCT01059994
- Testing
- Sildenafil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Aging
Affordable Mobile Robots for the Elderly
This project develops and tests the use of service robots to track health of the elderly over time. The objectives are to develop a low-cost mobile manipulator capable of a limited set of elder- relevant manipulation tasks (e.g.
- Trial name
- NCT02807506
- Testing
- Mobile Service Robot, Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Aging, Cognitive Function Abnormal
Executive Functioning Training Study
Cognitive aging in people with HIV (PWH) is of increasing concern for several reasons: 1) between 52%-59% of PWH experience cognitive impairment known as HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND) which impacts everyday…
- Conditions
- Aging, Cognitive Function Abnormal, Cognitive Performance, Cognitive Training
- Trial name
- EFT (NCT05598047)
- Testing
- Executive Functioning Training
- Volunteers
- 119 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Aging
Metformin in Longevity Study (MILES).
Metformin, an FDA approved first-line drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, has known beneficial effects on glucose metabolism.
- Trial name
- MILES (NCT02432287)
- Testing
- Metformin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Frontal Lobe Hypometabolism
Brain Energy and Aging With Triheptanoin
BEAT7-001 is a single group study (supplementation). Using a multi-modal brain imaging portfolio, this study will assess whether brain energy metabolism (glucose and ketones), structure or functional connectivity change in older…
- Trial name
- BEAT7 (NCT02679235)
- Testing
- POST Triheptanoin
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Aging
Evaluation of the Mechanism of Action of Platelet Rich Fibrin Matrix (PRFM) in Producing Skin Volume Augmentation
Autologous platelet rich fibrin matrix will release growth factors which could increase the production of dermal proteins or affect the vascularity and status of neighboring tissues.
- Trial name
- NCT00956020
- Testing
- Platelet rich fibrin matrix
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
Postoperative Delirium, Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Modulating ApoE Signalling to Reduce Brain Inflammation, deLirium and postopErative Cognitive Dysfunction
This research study will evaluate the effectiveness and estimate the feasibility of administering an investigational drug called 'CN-105' (the study drug), to prevent postoperative cognitive decline, delirium (serious confusion)…
- Trial name
- MARBLE (NCT03802396)
- Testing
- CN-105
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 203 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Miles Berger, MD PhD
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Healthy Aging
SHARE(D) Stage II: Alzheimer's Risk Disclosure Protocol Piloting
The goal of this study is to test efficacy and safety of person-centered, culturally-informed protocols for disclosure of different combinations of Alzheimer's dementia risk factors.
- Trial name
- SHARE(D) (NCT04309500)
- Testing
- Personalized DAT Risk Disclosure Protocol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Aging, Physical Fitness
Myogenic and Osteogenic Responses to eXercise and Ibuprofen
The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of ibuprofen blocks the benefits of exercise to build bone and muscle mass.
- Trial name
- MOXI (NCT00462722)
- Testing
- Ibuprofen, musculoskeletal-loading exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
HIV Infections, Aging
Analysis of Cellular Kinases and Aging in PBMCs and Colorectal Tissue
The goal of this clinical study is to learn about the effect of aging on certain enzymes, or proteins, in the blood and colon. The study involves collection of blood and colon tissue biopsies using a flexible sigmoidoscope or…
- Trial name
- NCT06132386
- Testing
- biopsy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Aging, Cognitive Decline
Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE)
The ACHIEVE study will be a randomized controlled trial nested within the infrastructure of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.
- Trial name
- ACHIEVE (NCT03243422)
- Testing
- Successful aging health education intervention, Hearing intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 977 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Gut Microbiota
Blackcurrants Modify Gut Microbiota and Reduce Osteoporosis and CVD Risk
Aim to evaluate the effects of blackcurrant supplementation on changes in gut microbiome, bone mass, and CVD risk factors in adult women.
- Conditions
- Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Gut Microbiota, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT04431960
- Testing
- blackcurrant (BC) extract
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut