Clinical trials: Brain Disorder, Metabolic
Insulin Resistance
Effect of Weight Loss on Brain Insulin Sensitivity in Humans
Obesity if known to be associated with brain insulin resistance in humans. This condition has not only implication for the brain but also for whole-body energy homeostasis.
- Trial name
- NCT02991365
- Testing
- nasal insulin
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
IDA - Iron Deficiency Anemia, Anemia
Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) and the Brain
This is a trial with an observational and an interventional arm, in patients with moderate to severe anemia and control subjects.
- Conditions
- IDA - Iron Deficiency Anemia, Anemia, Iron Deficiency Anemia, Anemia, Iron Deficiency
- Trial name
- IDA (NCT05929729)
- Testing
- Ferric derisomaltose, NovaFerrum
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Wilson Disease, D-Penicillamine
Wilson's Disease Treated With D-Penicillamine: Characterization of Skin Damage Secondary to Treatment by Measuring Skin Elasticity
Wilson's disease is a genetic disorder, resulting from an anomaly present on the ATP7B gene located on chromosome 13, causing a progressive accumulation of copper in various organs such as the liver, nervous system and cornea…
- Conditions
- Wilson Disease, D-Penicillamine, Effect of D-penicilline on Cutaneous Elastity of Wilson's Patient
- Trial name
- WILDERME (NCT06945081)
- Testing
- Preparation of forearm molds with SILFLO® silicone
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Urea Cycle Disorder, Lysinuric Protein Intolerance
Th1, Th2, Th17 Phenotype in Urea Cycle Disorders
Infection-related hyperammonemia in patients with urea cycle disorders is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The relationship between immune system cells and the metabolic pathways used by these cells and inborn…
- Trial name
- NCT05706714
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Brain Morphology and Cognition
The purpose of this study is to assess brain and memory changes in patients with uncontrolled diabetes (a condition called diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA))
- Trial name
- DKA-Cog (NCT02443415)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Type 1 Diabetes, Hypoglycemia Unawareness
Naltrexone and Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes
Low blood sugar is also called hypoglycemia. Usually, it is mild and can be treated quickly and easily by eating or drinking a small amount of a sugar-rich food.
- Trial name
- Naltrexone (NCT01053078)
- Testing
- Naltrexone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease
Social Cognition and Personality Changes in Alzheimer's & Parkinson's Disease & Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
The aim of this study is to compare personality and social cognition changes, including emotion detection and self-awareness, and neuroanatomical correlates in patients, and how that affects the caregiver-patient relationship.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
- Trial name
- NCT02964611
- Testing
- Observational Study
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Prolactinoma, Insulin Resistance
Insulin Resistance in Women With Prolactinoma
Prolactin is suggested to influence insulin resistance, but scarce data is available on the metabolic profile of patients with prolactinoma.
- Conditions
- Prolactinoma, Insulin Resistance, Hyperlipidemia
- Trial name
- NCT00481299
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 2,004 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Sleep Deprivation, Menstrual Cycle
The Effects of Night Shift Work on Health Across the Menstrual Cycle
The study aims to investigate the effects of sleep deprivation on women's health across different phases of the menstrual cycle.
- Conditions
- Sleep Deprivation, Menstrual Cycle, Brain Health, Metabolism
- Trial name
- MENSLEEP (NCT06683248)
- Testing
- Investigate sleep deprivation
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Cerebrovascular Reactivity in Hepatic Encephalopathy
It has been observed that patients with cirrhosis present a generalized state of vasoconstriction as an homeostatic response to splanchnic arteriolar vasodilatation.
- Trial name
- NCT01099293
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Insulin Resistance, Type 2 Diabetes
Brain Clock and Insulin Resistance
In this observational cohort study the investigators will determine the activity rhythm of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in humans with progressive stages of insulin resistance, using advanced functional brain imaging (7 Tesla…
- Trial name
- NCT05314855
- Testing
- functional MRI
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Parkinson Disease
Observational Small Intestine and Blood Fingerprint (SmIle) Study in Parkinson's Disease
Observational cross-sectional study in PD patients and healthy controls (HC) using an investigational medical device consisting of a passive small intestine microbiome aspiration (SIMBA) system (capsule) that is ingested orally…
- Trial name
- SmIle (NCT06003608)
- Testing
- Fluid biopsy capsule, Levodopa-Carbidopa Immediate Release
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nimble Science Ltd.
Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Diseases
Benchtop NMR Spectroscopy for Assessment of Clinical Human Pathologies (BRANCH-P STUDY)
This research programme seeks to combine the resources of NHS primary care, with the leading spectroscopic work in low-magnetic fields of the Wilson Group (Nottingham Trent University) to demonstrate the potential for benchtop…
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Cancer, Bowel Disease
- Trial name
- BRANCH-P (NCT05473325)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Willows Health
Fabry Disease
FASHION Fabry Disease Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Infammation
In Fabry disease (FD) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) systemic inflammation recently gained attention as a possible key pathophysiologic process involved in the development of cardiac hypertrophy and progression of the…
- Trial name
- FASHION (NCT05761834)
- Testing
- Sample blood and 2D-echocardiography with Doppler
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Frontotemporal Dementia
Molecular Neuroimaging of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Dementias
Neuroinflammation is increasingly implicated as a potential critical pathogenic mechanism in a variety of neurologic and psychiatric disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT02945774
- Testing
- (18F)-FEPPA
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Growth Hormone Deficiency, Idiopathic Short Stature
Skeletal Muscle Effects of GH in Boys
The purpose of the study is to measure the functional effects of recombinant GH in skeletal muscle, in addition to growth promotion, in short prepubertal boys with either growth hormone deficiency or idiopathic short stature.
- Trial name
- NCT04020913
- Testing
- Somatropin injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Type 1 Diabetes, Healthy
Cerebral Responses to Insulin Induced Hypoglycemia
This research study is designed to investigate the effect of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) on blood flow to and biochemistry in the brain.
- Conditions
- Type 1 Diabetes, Healthy, Hypoglycemia Unawareness
- Trial name
- 1018 (NCT02747680)
- Testing
- hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) in MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 266 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Glycogen Storage Disease Type 2, Dystrophia Myotonica
An MRI Study on Muscular Diseases -Pompe Disease and Dystrophia Myotonica-
The aim of the project is to develop new Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging techniques for better diagnosis and monitoring of patients with muscular disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT02708784
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Obesity
Glucose, Brain and Microbiota
The accumulation of iron is known to affect the functions of the liver, adipose tissue and muscle. The brain is a well-known place of iron deposition, which is associated with cognitive parameters of subjects with obesity.
- Trial name
- IRONMET+CGM (NCT03889132)
- Testing
- Bariatric Surgery
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta
Retinitis Pigmentosa, Maculopathy, Age Related
Bimodal and Coaxial High Resolution Ophtalmic Imaging
The knowledge of the pathogenesis of retinal affections, a major cause of blindness, has greatly benefited from recent advances in retinal imaging.
- Conditions
- Retinitis Pigmentosa, Maculopathy, Age Related, Macular Dystrophy, Macular Edema
- Trial name
- AOSLO-OCT (NCT04620876)
- Testing
- Bimodal high resolution imaging of the retina
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts