Clinical trials: Aphasia, Primary Progressive
Primary Progressive Aphasia, MCI
tDCS Intervention in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects first and foremost language abilities. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is slowly progressive decline in a single domain of cognition (e.g.
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, MCI, FTD
- Trial name
- NCT02606422
- Testing
- Active HD-tDCS plus Speech-Language Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Alzheimer Disease
Blood Brain Barrier Opening in Alzheimer' Disease
In Alzheimer's disease (AD) an imbalance between the production and clearance of the ß-amyloid peptide is hypothesized as the driving event of the disease.
- Trial name
- BOREAL1 (NCT03119961)
- Testing
- SONOCLOUD®
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Anxiety, bvFTD
Auditory Beat Stimulation and Behavioural Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia
The goal of this study is to examine the effects of auditory beat stimulation on anxiety in patients diagnosed with bvFTD. Main aims are: to ascertain whether anxiety in bvFTD patients can be modulated using auditory beat…
- Trial name
- NCT05917886
- Testing
- Auditory beat stimulation: 8Hz monaural beat stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bonn
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Aging
Social Cognition in Ageing and in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
The purpose of this study is to examine the age and the neurodegenerative disease effects on social cognition. Secondary goals are to better understand the relationships between different component of social cognition, executive…
- Trial name
- COSIMAGE (NCT01962064)
- Testing
- Cognitive assessment, Brain imaging examination MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen
GM2 Gangliosidosis, Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C
Phase 2 Study Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Oral AZ-3102 in Patients With GM2 Gangliosidosis or Niemann-Pick Type C Disease
This phase 2 is a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, 12 weeks study with daily oral administration of AZ-3102 aiming to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetic (PK) profile in GM2 Gangliosidosis and Niemann-Pick type C…
- Trial name
- RAINBOW (NCT05758922)
- Testing
- AZ-3102 (Dose 1), AZ-3102 (Dose 2)
- Where
- 3 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Azafaros B.V.
Niemann-Pick Type C Disease
Miglustat in Niemann-Pick Type C Disease
This is a phase II randomized controlled study of miglustat in adult and juvenile patients with Niemann-Pick Type C disease. Up to 42 patients will be randomised in a 2:1 ratio to either treatment with miglustat or to a…
- Trial name
- NCT00517153
- Testing
- miglustat
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Actelion
Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Retinal Imaging in Neurodegenerative Disease
This study aims to develop and evaluate biomarkers using non-invasive optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography (OCTA) as well as ultra-widefield (UWF) fundus photography to assess the structure and function of the…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis
- Trial name
- NCT03233646
- Testing
- Retinal and Choroidal Imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
Automated Language Analysis in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Application of Artificial Intelligence Models
This multicenter study aims to characterize the language profiles of patients with various neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), behavioral variant Frontotemporal…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Parkinsons Disease (PD), Lewy Body Dementia
- Trial name
- AILAN (NCT07906769)
- Testing
- Speech and language Test to support clinical diagnosis
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA
Familial Frontotemporal Dementia
Longitudinal Evaluation of Familial Frontotemporal Dementia Subjects
This study is being done to learn more about normal thinking and behavior, mild thinking and behavior problems, Frontotemporal Dementia and other forms of dementia in families in which one or more relatives have a mutation…
- Trial name
- LEFFTDS (NCT02372773)
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 398 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Alzheimer Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
The Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative
The Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative (ONDRI) is a province-wide collaboration studying dementia and how to improve the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases including: Alzheimer's disease (AD)…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia, Parkinson Disease
- Trial name
- ONDRI (NCT04104373)
- Testing
- Observational Cohort
- Where
- 12 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 522 people
- Sponsor
- Ontario Neurodegeneration Disease Research Initiative
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)
Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Multiple Ascending Doses of NIO752 in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
This is a phase 1, multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple dose escalation study with NIO752 in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) participants.
- Trial name
- NCT04539041
- Testing
- antisense oligonucleotide
- Where
- 12 sites in United States, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Dementia, Dementia, Vascular
Virtual Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy: a Proof of Concept Study
Due to COVID-19, the routine treatment for dementia, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), is currently suspended in multiple countries. Access to treatment is, therefore, paramount.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Dementia, Vascular, Dementia, Mixed, Dementia With Lewy Bodies
- Trial name
- V-iCST (NCT04828434)
- Testing
- Virtual Individual Cognitive Simulation Therapy
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant, Alzheimer Disease
Links Between Self-awareness and Sociocognitive Processes in Neurodegenerative Diseases
This monocentric, non-interventional study (SELFSOC) investigates the relationship between self-awareness and social cognition in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD).
- Trial name
- SELFSOC (NCT07531732)
- Testing
- Computer-based facial expression recognition task, Computerized affective task, UCLA Structured Insight Interview
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Psychiatric Adults Patients
Screening of Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C in a Psychiatric Population
Niemann-Pick disease, Type C is a rare genetic disorder characterized by a failing in intracellular cholesterol transport, inducing an accumulation of sphingolipids in the brain.
- Trial name
- NPCPsy (NCT02841358)
- Testing
- Blood sampling, Biopsy
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Niemann-Pick Type C Disease, GM1 Gangliosidosis
A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Oral Nizubaglustat (AZ-3102) in Late-infantile and Juvenile Forms of Niemann-Pick Type C Disease, GM1 Gangliosidosis or GM2 Gangliosidosis
An 18-month double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter, Phase 3 study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral nizubaglustat (AZ-3102) in late-infantile and juvenile forms of Niemann-Pick type C disease and in…
- Conditions
- Niemann-Pick Type C Disease, GM1 Gangliosidosis, GM2 Gangliosidosis
- Trial name
- NCT07054515
- Testing
- AZ-3102
- Where
- 39 sites in United States, Argentina and 15 more
- Volunteers
- 147 people
- Sponsor
- Azafaros B.V.
IBMPFD
Natural History Study of Patients With VCP-related Disease
A natural history study to understand the expected progression of disease in patients with confirmed mutations in the VCP gene over 1 year.
- Trial name
- NCT04823143
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Dementia Alzheimers, Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Dementias and Microbiota Composition: Is Possible to Revert the Dementia Symptoms Reverting the Microbiota Composition?
Dementia is the major cause of disability and dependency among older adults worldwide affecting memory, cognitive abilities and behavior, interfering with one's ability to perform daily lives activities.
- Conditions
- Dementia Alzheimers, Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Parkinson Disease Dementia, Dementia Frontotemporal
- Trial name
- DEM-BIOTA (NCT05943925)
- Testing
- No intervention, Probiotic supplement
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Rovira i Virgili
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
Effects of Remote-based Resistance Training on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, Cognitive Function, and Quality of Life in Adults Living With Alzheimer's Disease and/or Related Dementias
The investigators aim to study the effects of a 24-week remote-based resistance exercise training program on cardiovascular disease risk factors, cognitive function, and quality of life in older adults living with mild cognitive…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Vascular, Lewy Body Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05004558
- Testing
- Remote-based Resistance Exercise Training
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Drexel University
Neurodegenerative Disease, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)
Tracking and Predicting How Brain Damage Spreads in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) spectrum syndromes, are characterized by the accumulation of insoluble protein aggregates in the central nervous system.
- Conditions
- Neurodegenerative Disease, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy(PSP)
- Trial name
- NCT07567664
- Testing
- 3 Tesla MRI without contrast medium, Blood sample for genetic analysis, Cerebrospinal fluid sampling (CSF)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 645 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
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