Clinical trials: Brain Aging
Stroke
Manual Dexterity Control After Cerebellar Stimulation
This study will assess the putative advantages of cerebellar stimulation on motor learning abilities of stroke patients. In order to have a control group to refer to, the effect of cerebellar stimulation on healthy young and old…
- Trial name
- MADECCS (NCT03092570)
- Testing
- With stimulation, No stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier St Anne
Alzheimer Disease
Health and Aging Brain Study: Health Disparities Tau Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan Study
The purpose of this project is to study the aging brain among participants enrolled in the Health and Aging Brain Study: Health Disparities project .
- Trial name
- NCT05076331
- Testing
- PI-2620 tracer for Tau PET scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Texas Health Science Center
Down Syndrome, Alzheimer Disease
Vitamin E in Aging Persons With Down Syndrome
The goal of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of the administration of vitamin E, which has been shown to delay the progression of Alzheimer's disease, in slowing the rate of cognitive/functional decline in older…
- Trial name
- NCT00056329
- Testing
- Vitamin E, multivitamin
- Where
- 22 sites in United States, Australia and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Institute for Basic Research
Cognition Disorders in Old Age, Cardiovascular Diseases
The "Motoric Cognitive Risk" Syndrome in the Canadian Population
Cognition and locomotion are two human abilities controlled by the brain. Their decline is highly prevalent with aging, and is greater than the simple sum of their respective prevalence, suggesting a complex age-related interplay…
- Conditions
- Cognition Disorders in Old Age, Cardiovascular Diseases, Dementia
- Trial name
- MCR-CardioV (NCT03679026)
- Testing
- Summarize of participants' characteristics using means and standard deviations or frequencies and percentages
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,461 people
- Sponsor
- Jewish General Hospital
Healthy Aging
Exploring the Link Between Sleep and Brain Clearance
The purpose of this study is to assess the link between sleep and the clearance of waste products from the brain. This will be assessed in a group of healthy older adults.
- Trial name
- BBCDS (NCT05539378)
- Testing
- Auditory Stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Children's Hospital, Zurich
Healthy
Autonomic Nervous System Activity, Aging and Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea
The regulatory effects of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) concern almost all organs which permanently feed information back to this global biological vigilance system controlling allostasis.
- Trial name
- SYNAPSE (NCT00766584)
- Testing
- Sleep apnea/hypopnea detection
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 852 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne