Clinical trials: Brain Disorders
Epilepsy
Epilepsy and Mood Regulation Disorder in Children
Epilepsy is a multifaceted disorder and a major public health problem. In addition to recurrent and unpredictable seizures, abnormalities in psychiatric status, cognition and social-adaptive behaviors are potential major sources…
- Trial name
- EPILETRE (NCT02568813)
- Testing
- Multiscore Depression Inventory for Children scale
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Alzheimer Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
SAD Phase I Study (First-in-human) to Investigate Contraloid Acetate
This is a single-center first-in-human single-ascending-dose clinical trial assessing the safety and tolerability of oral dosing of Contraloid acetate in healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT03944460
- Testing
- Contraloid
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prof. Dr. Dieter Willbold
Adrenoleukodystrophy
Newborn Screening for Adrenoleukodystrophy
To test if the routine newborn screening dried blood spots can be used to test if elevation of C26:0 lysophosphatidylcholine (C26:0-lyso-PC), a status indicating adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
- Trial name
- NCT02952482
- Testing
- newborns testing for ALD
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 45,796 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Parkinson Disease
Quantification Tools for a Novel Tau PET Marker in a Rare Neurological Disease: 18F-PI-2620 in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
The aim of this clinical trial is to explore the potential of novel 2nd generation tau PET radiotracers as biomarkers in cases suggestive of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), an atypical form of parkinsonism.
- Trial name
- Quanti-TAU-PET (NCT07105384)
- Testing
- Radiotracer
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundacion Clinic per a la Recerca Biomédica
Chuvash Polycythemia, Cerebrovascular Disease
Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypoxia and Sickle Cell Disease
The study will look at the risk factors for pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and examine the role of hypoxia (oxygen shortage) in the disease.
- Conditions
- Chuvash Polycythemia, Cerebrovascular Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, Sickle Cell Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT00495638
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, Russia
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Alzheimer's Disease, MCI Due to AD
Language, Speech and Motor Function in MCI Due to AD and Alzheimer's Disease
The goal of this observational cross-sectional study is to explore the characteristics of language, speech, and motor function in persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer's disease ("MCI due to AD") and persons…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, MCI Due to AD, Dementia Alzheimers
- Trial name
- NCT06508268
- Testing
- GAITRite walkway system OR 4-meter walking speed test, Jamar hand dynamometer, Picture description task
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 208 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen
Parkinson's Disease (PD), Parkinson's Disease
Open-label Study to Evaluate Brain α-Synuclein Deposition Using PET and [18F]MK-0947 in Parkinson's Disease
This clinical study is being conducted to learn more about a new imaging drug called [18F]MK-0947, which is designed to help doctors see changes in the brain related to Parkinson's disease (PD).
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease (PD), Parkinson's Disease, Parkinson's Disease (Disorder)
- Trial name
- NCT07348250
- Testing
- [18F]MK-0947
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Invicro
Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease Biomarker Program
The primary objective of this study is to obtain detailed clinical information and biologic specimens from subjects with PD toward the ultimate end of identifying a biomarker of PD.
- Trial name
- PDBP (NCT01767818)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 238 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Hypothyroidism, Anesthesia, General
Effect of Brain GABA Metabolite Amount to Propofol Utilisation Under TIVA in Hypothyroid Patient
Introduction: GABAergic synaptic transmigration in the anterior cingulate (ACC) cortex of hypothyroid rats has been demonstrated by electrophysiologic recordings.
- Conditions
- Hypothyroidism, Anesthesia, General, Propofol Dosage, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Trial name
- BrainGABA (NCT06649318)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duzce University
Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE), Asphyxia
BiHiVE2 Study. The Investigation and Validation of Predictive Biomarkers in Hypoxic-ischaemic Encephalopathy.
Despite recent advances in the care of mothers and newborn infants, many infants (approximately 20 per 1000 live births) continue to need resuscitation at birth.
- Trial name
- BiHiVE2 (NCT02019147)
- Where
- 2 sites in Ireland, Sweden
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Cork
Migraine, Healthy
Molecular and Functional PET-fMRI Measures of Analgesia in Migraine
The placebo effect is a phenomenon that has experienced major advances of its understanding in the last decade. However, mechanisms of placebo analgesia in chronic pain patients have yet to be compared to healthy subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT01970943
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Correlation Between Deep Medullary Veins and Cognitive Dysfunction in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
This study aims to obtain the characteristics of cognitive impairment and imaging characteristics of patients with Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) through comprehensive and standardized neuropsychological assessment and…
- Trial name
- NCT05715710
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zigong No.1 Peoples Hospital
Stroke
Neuroplastic Change in Myelin of the Brain
The main goal of this research is to advance understanding of how stroke changes both the structure and function of the brain. The investigators will determine which is the key driver of recovery of arm function after stroke…
- Trial name
- Myelin (NCT01937910)
- Testing
- TRAIT Task
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Stroke, Healthy
fNIRS Study of Effort-dependent Brain Activations During Pointing Movements of the Upper Limb in Post-stroke Patients and Healthy Subjects
Background: Following a stroke, as part of neurorehabilitation, the intensity of effort is important to promote neural changes and stimulate motor recovery.
- Trial name
- BIROBONIRS (NCT06116006)
- Testing
- Upper limb pointing movements in 3 experimental conditions
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinique Les Trois Soleils
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Dementia With Lewy Bodies
In-Home Care for Patients With PSP and Related Disorders
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and related disorders (PRD) are debilitating, costly, and understudied conditions. Improving access to comprehensive, specialized, in-home patient care offers the potential to minimize the downward…
- Conditions
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Multiple System Atrophy, Corticobasal Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT03552484
- Testing
- Home Visit Program, Usual Care/Online Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Migraine
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Study of Brain Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) Receptor Occupancy After Telcagepant Administration (MK-0974-067)
The purpose of this study is to determine the receptor occupancy (RO) associated with telcagepant (MK-0974) administration based on displacement of [11C]MK-4232 from the CGRP receptors in the brain using PET.
- Trial name
- NCT01315847
- Testing
- telcagepant, [11C]MK-4232
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Physical Inactivity
Intergenerational Behavioral Intervention to Enhance Physical Activity in Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
This is a four-week pilot randomized controlled trial of a behavioral intervention in older adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease. Older participants are a subgroup from the PREVENT-AD longitudinal cohort.
- Trial name
- HABS (NCT06038643)
- Testing
- Motivational behavioural intervention and daily activities monitoring, Active Control
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Alzheimer Disease
Study Evaluating The Potential Interaction Between Verapamil Immediate Release And SAM-531 When Co-Administered
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of multiple doses of verapamil on the plasma concentration of a single dose of SAM-531 in healthy young adult subjects and to assess the safety and tolerability of…
- Trial name
- NCT00745576
- Testing
- SAM-531
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
Parkinson Disease
Electrical Vestibular Nerve Stimulation (VeNS) in the Management of Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease burdens an increasing number of elderly populations in the country. Parkinson disease is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disorder, affects approximately 1% of the population by the age of 65 years and…
- Trial name
- NCT04450550
- Testing
- VeNS device
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neurovalens Ltd.
Cognitive Decline
Investigate the Effect of Tart Montmorency Cherry Juice (Prunus Cerasus) on Cerebral Blood Flow and Cognitive Function
Scientific studies in humans suggest that diets high in fruit and vegetables may be able to improve some aspects of mental performance such as improving memory and reaction times.
- Trial name
- NCT02381860
- Testing
- 60mL tart Montmorency cherry juice
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northumbria University
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