Clinical trials: Brain Disorders
Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Imaging of Brain Amyloid Plaques in the Aging Population
This is a prospective, open label, non-therapeutic, diagnostic imaging study. The purpose of this study is to utilize Pittsburgh Compound B positron emission imaging (PiB PET) to ascertain the relationship between change in…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Frontotemporal Dementia, Vascular Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT00950430
- Testing
- Pittsburgh Compound B (C-11 PiB), F-18 FDG, Tau (18-F-AV-1451)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne
Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Immune Response of TBE Vaccines Administered to Healthy Children
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity and tolerability of TBE vaccines administered to children.
- Trial name
- NCT00311441
- Testing
- Tick-Borne Encephalitis vaccine
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Novartis
Dementia, Movement Disorders
Comparison of NeuroEXPLORER PET/CT Versus Standard-of-care PET/CT of the Head and Neck Region.
The goal of this clinical study is to compare the current standard-of-care PET/CT scanner with the new NeuroEXPLORER PET/CT, with the aim of demonstrating the added diagnostic value of the new scanner.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Movement Disorders, ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Epilepsy
- Trial name
- NCT07595666
- Testing
- Standard-of-care PET/CT, NeuroEXPLORER
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- prof. dr. Koen Van Laere
Brain Neoplasms, Glioma
A Pediatric Phase I Trial of RMP-7 and Carboplatin in Brain Tumors
The presence of a highly selective blood-brain barrier (BBB) at the level of the brain capillary endothelium prevents chemotherapeutic agents from attaining therapeutic concentrations at the target site.
- Conditions
- Brain Neoplasms, Glioma, Medulloblastoma
- Trial name
- NCT00001502
- Testing
- RMP-7 and carboplatin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Obesity, Sweeteners
Mapping the 'Sweet Brain' in Healthy Participants
The human brain has a central role in regulating appetite and food intake. It integrates many metabolic, hedonic and trait-related signals that affect eating behaviour and determine when and how much we eat.
- Trial name
- NCT04162457
- Testing
- Stevia, Glucose, Maltodextrin
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Cerebrovascular Disease
Aerobic Dance Training in Small Vessel Disease
Introduction: Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is associated with age-related disabilities including dementia, depression, physical and functional impairment. Chinese are more prone to developing SVD than Caucasians.
- Trial name
- ADTSVD (NCT02730065)
- Testing
- Structured Aerobic Dance Training Group, Stretching plus education
- Where
- 2 sites in Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Parkinson Disease
Strategy for Daily Activity Improvement in Patients With Parkinson's Disease
The symptoms and signs of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) include bradykinesia, rigidity, tremor and poor sensory integration, which result in mobility disability.
- Trial name
- Parkinson (NCT03972241)
- Testing
- foot insole
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kwan-Hwa Lin
Stroke, Stroke Sequelae
Neural Bases of Post-stroke Emotion Perception Disorders
This monocentric physiological study will evaluate the neural bases of visual recognition of emotions in stroke patients vs. healthy controls using MRI (functional and structural connectivity) and EEG.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Stroke Sequelae, Emotions
- Trial name
- STROKEM (NCT05595005)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Lille
Parkinson's Disease, Physical Activity
Effect of High Intensity Interval Training on Mechanisms of Neuroplasticity in Parkinson's Disease Patients
There are experimental evidences of the important role of high intensity physical exercise in Parkinson's disease (PD) treatment, that induces similar effects to pharmacotherapy.
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease, Physical Activity, Neurorehabilitation, Neuroplasticity
- Trial name
- NCT04204551
- Testing
- high-intensity interval training (HIIT), conventional physical therapy
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences
Moyamoya Disease
Study on the Mechanism of Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Moyamoya Disease
The purpose of this study is to comprehensively evaluate the risk factors for cognitive decline in patients with moyamoya disease, identify imaging target areas associated with cognitive damage in the brain, and explore the…
- Trial name
- NCT06832839
- Testing
- Revascularization
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Alzheimer Disease
DORA and LP in Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers
The purpose of this study is to see if the sleep aid, lemborexant, can decrease the amount of amyloid-beta and tau in the blood. Amyloid-beta and tau are proteins involved in the disease process leading to Alzheimer's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT06274528
- Testing
- Lemborexant 10 mg, Lemborexant 20mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Cognition Disorders in Old Age, Dementia
The "Motoric Cognitive Risk" Syndrome in the Quebec Population
The overall objective of the proposal is to examine the epidemiology of the newly reported "motoric cognitive risk" (MCR) syndrome, which is a pre-dementia syndrome combining subjective cognitive complaint (i.e.; memory…
- Trial name
- NCT03633253
- Testing
- Summarize of participants' characteristics using means and standard deviations or frequencies and percentages
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,741 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jewish General Hospital
Coronary Artery Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
PIPAF Platelets in the Pathogenesis of Ageing Associated Frailty
This is a prospective observational study aimed at testing the existence of an association between frailty, inflammatory status, and degree of platelet activation and reactivity in elderly subjects with type 2 diabetes or…
- Conditions
- Coronary Artery Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- PIPAF (NCT05798637)
- Testing
- Standard of care
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia
Myocardial Infarction, Stroke
Women's Health Initiative Strong and Healthy Study
The WHISH trial applies state-of-the science behavioral principles and currently available technologies to deliver a physical activity intervention without face-to-face contact to ~25,000 older U.S. women expected to consent.
- Conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Cardiovascular Mortality, Hip Fractures
- Trial name
- WHISH (NCT02425345)
- Testing
- Physical Activity
- Volunteers
- 49,331 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Ischemic Stroke, Hemorrhagic Stroke
Stroke and Traumatic Acute Brain Injury Line Indicator System for Emergent Recognition (STABILISER-I)
In the search for a novel marker of stroke that could be rapidly assessed in blood, the investigators developed a point-of-care (POC) lateral flow device (LFD) that rapidly (< 15 min) detects levels of a biomarker that is…
- Conditions
- Ischemic Stroke, Hemorrhagic Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- STABILISER-I (NCT02514902)
- Testing
- Lateral Flow Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Justin Fraser
Multiple Sclerosis, Clinically Isolated Syndrome
AT RISK FOR MS - Clinical Conversion of Female Monozygotic Twins Discordant for CIS/MS
The definition of the most 'at-risk' population within highly susceptible groups would provide an opportunity for preemptive therapeutics.
- Trial name
- ARMS (NCT00617383)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Multiple Sclerosis
Does Long-Term Natalizumab (NTZ) Therapy Normalize Brain Atrophy Rates and Quality of Life (QOL) in Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS)?
Primary Aims: To determine how effective long term Natalizumab (NTZ) therapy is in slowing the progression of whole brain atrophy.
- Trial name
- NCT02588053
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Hereditary Tyrosinemia, Type I
Bioequivalence Study of Two Oral Nitisinone Formulations to Treat Hereditary Tyrosinemia (HT-1)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Nitisinone 10 mg Tablets (Test Product 1) and Nitisinone 10 mg Tablets 'Baked' for 6 months @ 40°C/75% RH (Test Product 2) are bioequivalent to the reference product Orfadin 10 mg…
- Trial name
- NCT02750345
- Testing
- Nitisinone, Nitisinone Baked Tablet, Orfadin
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cycle Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Parkinson Disease
Cortical Electrophysiology of Response Inhibition in Parkinson's Disease
Patients with Parkinson's Disease will be studied before, during, and after a deep brain stimulation implantation procedure to see if the stimulation location and the size of the electrical field produced by subthalamic nucleus…
- Trial name
- NCT06234995
- Testing
- Levodopa, Clinical DBS Setting, DBS Setting Maximizing Prefrontal Activation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Safety and Efficacy of Divalproex and Quetiapine in Elderly Alzheimer's Dementia Patients
The primary aim is to determine whether Divalproex ER or one of the atypical antipsychotics is more effective improving dementia related behavioral symptoms in patients with dementia, and evaluate the impact of such improvements…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Behavioral Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT00375557
- Testing
- Divalproex ER, Quetiapine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
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