Clinical trials: Brain Aging
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
Anesthesia, Dexmedetomidine
The Neuroprotective Effect of Dexmedetomidine Preserving Brain Functional Connectivity in Elderly Patients
Older patients are more prone to adverse cognitive outcomes such as postoperative delirium (POD) and postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD).
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Dexmedetomidine, Aging
- Trial name
- DEXPM (NCT04973124)
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Parkinson Disease, Aging
SocIal ROBOTics for Active and Healthy Ageing
The study was designed to test the acceptability of the Si-Robotics system in a group of 20 subjects with Parkinson's Disease at an early stage, during a rehabilitation treatment based on Irish dancing.
- Trial name
- SI-ROBOTICS (NCT05005208)
- Testing
- rehabilitation program with the support of the technological platform SI-ROBOTICS
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani
Alzheimer's Disease
Efficacy and Safety of Plasma Exchange With 5% Albumin in Beta-amyloid Peptide Clearance in Cerebral Spinal Fluid
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of plasma exchange with 5% albumin in beta-amyloid peptide clearance in cerebrospinal fluid, and its effects in patients with mild-moderate Alzheimer's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00742417
- Testing
- Albutein 5%, Control
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Spain
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Grifols, S.A.
Caesarean Delivery
Regenerative Effects of Birth Material Derived Extracellular Vesicles
Stem cells offer great hope for a wide range of disorders, including age-related brain disease such as dementia. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are special types of adult stem cells found in various tissues like the umbilical…
- Trial name
- ReGAIN (NCT06866184)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aberdeen
Pharmacokinetics of New Curcumin Formulations, Safety of New Curcumin Formulations
Improved Oral Bioavailability of Curcumin Incorporated Into Micelles
Curcumin, a lipophilic polyphenol derived from the plant curcuma longa possesses numerous health-promoting activities. The oral bioavailability of curcumin is low due to its poor aqueous solubility, limited gastrointestinal…
- Trial name
- NCT01982734
- Testing
- curcumin
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Hohenheim
Dementia
The Exercogs® Study
Background: Multidomain, technology-based interventions represent a promising approach to dementia prevention by simultaneously targeting cognitive, physical, and social domains.
- Trial name
- Exercogs (NCT07530315)
- Testing
- Exercogs®, Control
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Eduarda Oliosi, MS
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
REmote Assessment and Dynamic Response Intervention II
The purpose of the READyR II Study is to test a dynamic tailoring phase of a remote assessment for changing dementia-related care needs.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Relationship, Marital, Caregiver Stress Syndrome
- Trial name
- READyR-II (NCT04686838)
- Testing
- READyR II: A, READyR II: B
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Cognitive Impairment, Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome
Pre-FRONTal Brain STability, Key for Action Against Disability in AGing
Cognitive and mobility impairments are critical contributors to dementia and disability in older adults, and can be caused by neurodegenerative and neurovascular changes at the pre-frontal (PF) brain areas.
- Trial name
- FRONT STAGE (NCT04115215)
- Testing
- Physical exercise (PE), Transcranial current stimulation (tCS), Control
- Where
- 5 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili
Aging, Music
Brain Imaging and Behavioural Changes Following Cued-movement Training of Finger Sequences in Healthy Older Adults
The goal of this study is to examine changes in the brain, behavior, and personal experience when music is used to guide learning of finger movement sequences (compared to visual stimuli alone) in healthy older adults.
- Conditions
- Aging, Music, Motor Activity, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Trial name
- NMSOA (NCT06174740)
- Testing
- Music-cued audiovisual motor training, Visually-cued motor training
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiteit Leiden
Aging
Brain Correlates of Visual Processing of Emotional Scenes in ACTion and EMOtional Judgments During Normal VIeillissement
It is accepted that emotional events engage more attention and are detected and identified faster than neutral events. The same is true of negative events with regard to positive events.
- Trial name
- ACTEMOVI (NCT03969043)
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Lewy Body Disease, Healthy Aging
Language and Lewy Body Diseases: Sentence Comprehension Problems and Modifying Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Treatment
Lewy body diseases (LBDs) represents a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the abnormal accumulation of aggregates of α-synuclein protein leading to the formation of Lewy bodies (LB) and Lewy neurites resulting…
- Trial name
- LANG-LBD (NCT05847985)
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Masaryk University
Cardiovascular, Diabetic
Exercise and Cardiovascular Control During Upright Tilt in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
Older persons with diabetes have a harder time maintaining blood pressure when standing up. When blood pressure drops when standing up, fainting may occur.
- Trial name
- NCT00387452
- Testing
- Aerobic Exercise and Strength Exercise, Strength training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Healthy Older Adults Ages 60-89
Longitudinal Innate Immunity and Aging Study
This study plans to examine biological bases of cognitive aging. The goals of the study are to better understand how immune system markers, measured in the blood and in the spinal fluid, are related to clinical features of aging…
- Trial name
- LIIA (NCT03944603)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Aging Well, Aging
The Role of Brain Lactate Metabolism in Neuroprotection During Healthy Aging
The brain's primary source of fuel is glucose. Unfortunately, the brain's ability to use glucose declines during normal aging. This decline in brain glucose metabolism makes it vulnerable to cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's…
- Trial name
- NCT07731451
- Testing
- Sodium lactate infusion, Exercise-induced hyperlactatemia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northern Arizona University
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Innovations in Dementia Empowerment and Action
The lack of efficacious research-based interventions for such vulnerable older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/RD) and their caregivers (CGs) is a significant public health problem.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Parkinson Disease Dementia
- Trial name
- IDEA (NCT03550131)
- Testing
- Innovations in Dementia Empowerment and Action (IDEA), Reducing Disabilities in Alzheimer's Disease (RDAD)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 322 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Brain Aging
Haematococcus Pluvialis Astaxanthin for Brain Aging
We recruit community-dwelling older adults aged 50 and above for a 6-month intervention. Participants are divided into three groups: Placebo Group, Low-Dose Group ( 6 mg/d Haematococcus pluvialis Astaxanthin), High-Dose Group (12…
- Trial name
- NCT07379437
- Testing
- Low-Dose AST, High-Dose AST
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Capital Medical University
Healthy Aging
Mindfulness and Attention Training Intervention to Lower Distractibility in Aging
The goal of this interventional study is to test the efficacy of combined mindfulness meditation training and cognitive training on brain function and cognition in healthy older adults.
- Trial name
- MATILDA (NCT05974605)
- Testing
- MM+HighC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Parkinson Disease
How the Loss of Dopamine and Dopamine-Restoring Medicines Affect Movement Performance
This study has two purposes: 1) to understand the effect of a decline of dopamine in the brain during normal aging and in patients with Parkinson's disease, and 2) to investigate how medicines used to treat Parkinson's disease…
- Trial name
- NCT00040196
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 133 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Parkinson Disease
Analysis of the Prognostic Role of Epigenetic Biomarkers in Relation to the Motor Decline in Parkinson's Disease
BioGenParkinson is an observational, prospective cohort study evaluating biomarkers of Parkinson's Disease (PD) progression in community-dwelling subjects aged 65 years or more, consecutively referring to INRCA outpatient clinic…
- Trial name
- BioGenPark (NCT05384522)
- Testing
- blood samples collection
- Volunteers
- 103 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani