Clinical trials: Brain Aging, open to volunteers
Atherosclerosis Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity
Deciphering the Effect of Moderate Wine Consumption on Healthy Aging Through Postprandial Extracellular Vesicles.
This study aims to investigate how moderate wine consumption influences circulating extracellular vesicles (EVs) in healthy adults.
- Conditions
- Atherosclerosis Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Disorders
- Trial name
- (WINEVOME) (NCT07361887)
- Testing
- White Wine, Red Wine, Water
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Seville
Cognitive Impairment, Dementia With Behavioral Disturbance
The Care for America's Aging Study
Care for America's Aging is a randomized pilot study investigating whether a home health aide training intervention consisting of enhanced dementia-specific curriculum content will improve: 1) behavioral symptoms of older adult…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Impairment, Dementia With Behavioral Disturbance, Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- CfAA (NCT06021704)
- Testing
- Enhanced home health aide training in dementia and dementia-related behaviors
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Decline
A Mechanistic Study to Investigate tDCS and Working Memory in MCI Patients
The current study is a mechanistic study to evaluate working memory gains from application of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in older adults with mild cognitive impairments (MCI) compared to cognitively healthy…
- Trial name
- AIM (NCT05998031)
- Testing
- Active tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Aphasia, Acquired, Stroke
Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Sentence Production Impairment in Aphasia
The proposed research is relevant to public health because stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability among older adults and communication impairments resulting from stroke have a significant negative impact on quality of…
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Acquired, Stroke, Healthy Aging
- Trial name
- sentence (NCT06405594)
- Testing
- Language Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, College Park
Stroke, Aging
Walking and Thinking - Brain Activity During Complex Walking in Stroke
Everyday life requires individuals to function in complex environments and perform tasks that involve the integration of motor and cognitive abilities.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Aging, Neuro-Degenerative Disease, Gait Impairment in Stroke Patients
- Trial name
- NCT07624630
- Testing
- No Interventions
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Cognitive Dysfunction, Alzheimer Disease
ALA-enriched Nutrition for Prevention of Cognitive Decline in APOE4 Older Adults
This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial will evaluate the effects of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) supplementation on cognitive function, blood-brain barrier integrity, and brain vascular health in older adults…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Dysfunction, Alzheimer Disease, Blood-Brain Barrier, Apolipoprotein E, Deficiency or Defect of
- Trial name
- NCT07392723
- Testing
- Alpha-Linolenic Acid (2.6 g/day)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michal Schnaider Beeri, Ph.D.
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
Aging, Alzheimer Disease
Tennessee Alzheimer's Project
The primary objective of the Vanderbilt Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (VADRC) is to provide local and national researchers with access to a well-characterized and diverse clinical cohort, including participant referrals…
- Conditions
- Aging, Alzheimer Disease, Biomarker, Cognitive Dysfunction
- Trial name
- TAP (NCT05372172)
- Testing
- none, observational study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
DC Longitudinal Study on Aging and Specimen Bank
The Georgetown University Memory Disorders Program, part of the Department of Neurology, is conducting pilot studies of the feasibility of various diagnostic tests for Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment and other…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Aging
- Trial name
- (DC LSOA) (NCT03702907)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Parkinson's Disease (PD), Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
Quantification of Hsp90 in the Human Brain
This study tests the radiolabeled molecule ("tracer"), [¹¹C]HSP990, using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to assess whether it can be used to measure levels of Heat Shock Protein 90 (Hsp90).
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease (PD), Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Trial name
- NCT07380204
- Testing
- [11C]HSP990 PET dosimetry, [11C]HSP990 PET test-retest, [11C]HSP990 simplified scan protocol
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Cognitive Ability, General, Brain Health
Investigating the Combined Effects of Intermittent Hypoxia and Exercise on Cognitive and Cerebral Function in Middle-Aged Adults
This study investigates whether intermittent hypoxia (IH) and physical activity (PA), either alone or in combination (simultaneously or sequentially), can improve cognitive function and brain health in middle-aged adults (50-65…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Ability, General, Brain Health, Cerebral Oxygenation
- Trial name
- HYPOX-AGE (NCT06874387)
- Testing
- Hypoxia, intermittent, physical exercise
- Volunteers
- 176 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ayoub Boulares
Sleep Disturbance, Cognitive Change
Integrating Systematic Data of Medicine to Explore the Solution for Healthy Aging (ISDHA) Phase 4
This project aims to build up the comprehensive health database of geriatric medicine for middle-aged and elderly people in Taiwan.
- Conditions
- Sleep Disturbance, Cognitive Change, Aging
- Trial name
- NCT07414680
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Traumatic Brain Injury
Non-invasive Deep Brain Stimulation to Improve Spatial Navigation Abilities in Individuals Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Impairments in spatial memory and spatial navigation are commonly reported amongst patients presenting post-traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Trial name
- NCT07271524
- Testing
- Transcranial electric stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Friedhelm Hummel
Multiple Sclerosis
BrainAgeMS - a Comparative Study of Brain Aging in Healthy and Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
The purpose of this study is to investigate new quantitative MRI-sequences for assessment of age-specific data for the prediction of brain aging.
- Trial name
- BrainAgeMS (NCT06221631)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Healthy, Stroke
Influence of Brain Oscillation-Dependent TMS on Motor Function
Background: When people have a stroke, they often have difficulty moving their arms and hands. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can improve how well people with and without stroke can move their arms and hands.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Stroke, Normal Physiology, Aging
- Trial name
- NCT03288220
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Aging, Aging Well
100-Year Human Aging Study
The 100-Year Human Aging Study is a prospective, pragmatic, observational trial enrolling participants across fixed clinical sites, mobile clinical sites, and an online participation pathway (current and future) to undergo…
- Conditions
- Aging, Aging Well, All-Cause Mortality, Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT07563777
- Testing
- Comprehensive Multi-System Clinical Screening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Longevity Metrics, Inc.
Aging, Mortality
Human Observatory Study
The Human Observatory Study is a prospective observational and ecological surveillance study building a continuously-updating world model for human health, disease, and death at the individual and population level.
- Conditions
- Aging, Mortality, All-cause Mortality, Life Expectancy
- Trial name
- HOS (NCT07646782)
- Testing
- Multi-Domain Ecological and Clinical Data Linkage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Longevity Metrics, Inc.
At Risk for AD-dementia, With Subjective Cognitive Decline, At Risk for Cognitive Decline
High-Velocity Resistance Training for Brain Blood Flow and Cognitive Function in Older Adults
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a 12-week high-velocity resistance training program can improve brain blood flow and thinking skills in adults ages 60 to 79 who are at higher risk for Alzheimer's disease and…
- Trial name
- NCT07444554
- Testing
- High-Velocity Resistance Training
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Traumatic Brain Injury, Aging Disorder
Carbon Dioxide Administration and Brain Waste Clearance
The current study tests whether different exposures to carbon dioxide (CO2) can safely result in the increased movement of proteins from the brain into the blood.
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Aging Disorder, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Trial name
- COPETBI (NCT07357090)
- Testing
- Hypercapnia task performed during fMRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Andrew Mayer
Dementia, Alzheimer Type
Reducing African Americans' Alzheimer's Disease Risk Through Exercise (RAATE)"
The RAATE proposal is designed to determine the effects of physical activity on risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease in older African American adults. The study will compare a physical activity program to an active control group.
- Trial name
- RAATE (NCT03890861)
- Testing
- Physical activity, Successful Aging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center