Clinical trials: Brain Disorders
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
Gaucher's Disease
Gene Therapy for Gaucher's and Fabry Disease Using Viruses and Blood-Forming Cells
Gaucher's disease is a lysosomal storage disease resulting from glycocerebroside GLUCOCEREBROSIDE (1) accumulation in macrophages due to a genetic deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase. It may occur in patients of all ages.
- Trial name
- NCT00001234
- Testing
- human glucocerebrosidase cDNA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Stroke
Mechanisms of Walking Recovery After Stroke
Subjects with stroke will have behavioral testing and brain imaging before and after a 4-week control period and a 4-week exercise intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT02858349
- Testing
- No intervention, High-intensity interval training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
Cerebrovascular Accident
Mechanisms of Upper-Extremity Motor Recovery in Post-stroke Hemiparesis
The results of this study will provide sound, scientific evidence of physiologic mechanisms responsible for upper-extremity weakness; evidence of the processes involved in neuromuscular adaptation; and will elucidate the…
- Trial name
- NCT00125658
- Testing
- Control, Experimental
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alzheimer's Disease
Project ACT: Advancing Caregiving Techniques
The specific aims of this study are to: 1. Test the immediate effectiveness of the intervention to reduce caregiver upset with targeted disruptive behaviors (primary outcome).
- Trial name
- NCT00259480
- Testing
- Home Based Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 272 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Nicotine Dependence
Nicotine Related Brain Activity: The Influence of Smoking History and Blood Nicotine Levels
In this study, we sought to explore brain activity in nicotine-dependent men in response to acute intravenous nicotine using pharmacological magnetic resonance imaging (phMRI).
- Trial name
- NCT01588561
- Testing
- Intravenous Nicotine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, Erectile Dysfunction
A Combined Psycho-pharmacological and Brain Imaging Study of Human Sexuality
The current study combines a molecular genetic perspective, self report and brain imaging to the study of human sexuality in control subjects and individuals from a sexual disorder clinic.
- Trial name
- NCT00569413
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight
Antenatal Phenobarbital to Prevent Neonatal Intracranial Hemorrhage
This large randomized trial tested whether phenobarbital given to a pregnant woman about to deliver a premature infant would prevent brain injuries in their newborns.
- Conditions
- Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Premature
- Trial name
- Phenobarbital (NCT00009620)
- Testing
- Phenobarbital, Saline
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 610 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Neonatal Research Network
Polypharmacy, Dementia
Shared Decision Making About Medication Use for People With Multiple Health Problems
The Shared Decision Making about Medication Use for People with Multiple Health Problems study will assess the feasibility and acceptability of a deprescribing educational intervention in primary care for patients with mild…
- Conditions
- Polypharmacy, Dementia, Multiple Chronic Conditions, Deprescribing
- Trial name
- NCT05156073
- Testing
- Educational Materials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Stroke
R01.Aim 2.Study 1: IsoReach
To determine the effects of 3D isometric movement training in healthy participants and impaired participants due to a stroke.
- Trial name
- NCT06656754
- Testing
- Isometric Reaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Spinal Cord Injury, Able Bodied
Effects of a Virtual Reality-based Brain-Machine Interface Protocol in Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a highly debilitating pathology, associated with the loss of sensorimotor functions, autonomy and quality of life.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury, Able Bodied, Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries, Paraplegia, Spinal
- Trial name
- NCT07732868
- Testing
- Brain-Machine Interface
- Where
- 2 sites in Portugal
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- José Gabriel da Silva Figueiredo
Parkinson Disease
Effects of Action Observation Training and Motor Imagery Delivered by Telerehabilitation in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the efficacy on motor and postural tasks of Action Observation Training (AOT) and Action Observation combined with Motor Imagery (AOMI) delivered by telerehabilitation in patients…
- Trial name
- TeleAOTPD (NCT06814782)
- Testing
- Action Observation Training, Action Observation and Motor Imagery, Exercise
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Alzheimer's Disease
CNS and Plasma Amyloid-Beta Kinetics in Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and currently has no disease modifying treatments or simple accurate diagnostic tests.
- Trial name
- NCT02021682
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Epilepsy, Focal Cortical Dysplasia
First-in-human Experience Using Novel Ultraflexible Low-impedance Electrode Arrays: an IDEAL Stage 1 Study
The goal of this first-in-human study is to evaluate a novel ultraflexible microelectrode in children undergoing neurosurgery to remove tissue that causes epilepsy (seizures) in focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) or long-term…
- Trial name
- NCT06116279
- Testing
- Insertion of electrode during planned neurosurgery for epilepsy
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Cervicogenic Headache
Prevalence of Cervicogenic Headache in Lab Technicians
The purpose of the study is to determine the prevalence of cervicogenic headache among lab technicians
- Trial name
- NCT07067242
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elite College of Management Sciences, Gujranwala, Pakistan
Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency
Investigation of Brain Nitrogen in Partial Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTCD) Using 1 H MRS, DTI, and fMRI
The purpose of this study is to use various types of MRI and cognitive testing to evaluate changes in the brain and cognitive function that occur in subjects with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) relative to healthy…
- Trial name
- NCT01569568
- Testing
- MRI scanning, Cognitive testing
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Andrea Gropman
Hearing Loss
Hearing Aids and the Brain
Hearing aids are being fit on inexperienced hearing aid users and the short-term and long-term effects are measured. This research aims to improve understanding of the individual factors that contribute to receiving benefit from…
- Trial name
- NCT03279510
- Testing
- hearing aids
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Traumatic Chronic Encephalopathy
Cerebral and Cognitive Impact of Female Professional SoccerPractice
The objective of this study is to evaluate, using MRI, the microstructural consequences and the onset of any cognitive impairment in female professional soccer players at the end of their career, who have experienced repeated…
- Trial name
- TCFOOT F (NCT06788262)
- Testing
- Cerebral MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Advance Care Planning, Dementia
Improving Communication for Primary Care Patients
This is a pragmatic trial of SHARING Choices. Components of SHARING Choices include: 1. A letter from the clinic introducing an initiative to prepare persons and families for Advance Care Planning (ACP); 2.
- Trial name
- NCT04819191
- Testing
- SHARING Choices
- Where
- 54 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 64,915 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Opioid Use Disorder
Brain Training for Substance Use Disorders
Participants play games designed to train visual attention towards natural, non-drug-related scenarios. A biofeedback loop between gameplay and an electroencephalogram (EEG) system monitors game performance and guides game…
- Trial name
- NCT06870110
- Testing
- Bias Modification Biofeedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neurotype Inc.
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