Clinical trials: Brain Lesion
Focal Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Spatial Scene Recognition Memory in Epilepsy Surgery
This study investigates the anatomical and physiological basis of spatial scene recognition memory in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and temporal lobe lesions.
- Conditions
- Focal Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Medically Refractory Epilepsy, Memory Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT07580183
- Testing
- Virtual Tour Recognition Memory Task, Intracranial EEG Recording with Research Electrodes (Aim III only), MRI Neuroimaging and Neuropsychological Assessment (Aim I)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 620 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Neurological Disorders, Neuroscience
Advanced Space-time Resolved Techniques for Functional Neuroimaging at 7 Tesla MRI
In recent years, the in vivo study of the central nervous system has undergone significant advancement through the implementation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based neuroimaging techniques.
- Conditions
- Neurological Disorders, Neuroscience, Epilepsy, Brain Injuries, Focal
- Trial name
- AURORA (NCT07865546)
- Testing
- Functional neuroimaging
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imago 7 Fondazione di Ricerca onlus
Traumatic Brain Injury, Cognitive Impairment
Rivastigmine Patch in Veterans With Cognitive Impairment Following TBI
Difficulties with intellectual functioning, particularly memory functions, are common and source of long-term disability after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
- Trial name
- RIVET (NCT01670526)
- Testing
- Rivastigmine Transdermal Patch
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorder, Mental Disorder
Test of A Model of Representational Knowledge Stored in the Human Prefrontal Cortex
This study will examine the underlying mental processes that determine how people understand social behavior, remember information, and think.
- Conditions
- Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorder, Mental Disorder, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT00024908
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 949 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Cigarette Smoking
Brain Nicotine Receptor Density & Response to Nicotine Patch
Even though the health risks and societal costs of cigarette smoking are well-known, roughly 19.8% of American adults continue to smoke.
- Trial name
- NCT01526005
- Testing
- Transdermal Nicotine Patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brentwood Biomedical Research Institute
Multiple Sclerosis
Simultaneous T2-FLAIR and T1 Brain MRI With ENRAGED FLAIR in Multiple Sclerosis
This study will evaluate a new brain MRI technique called ENRAGED FLAIR in patients with multiple sclerosis. MRI is central in the diagnosis and follow-up of multiple sclerosis because it can show inflammatory lesions in the…
- Trial name
- ENRAGED FLAIR (NCT07687693)
- Testing
- ENRAGED FLAIR MRI
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Region Stockholm
Stroke
Correlation Analysis Between Brain Lesions and Sensorimotor Impairments in Individuals With Stroke (Preliminary Study)
The objective of the preliminary study is: 1. To identify correlations between brain lesions and sensorimotor impairments in stroke. 2.
- Trial name
- NCT02465281
- Testing
- Device: 3T scanner with MRI-compatible robot
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Cerebrovascular Disorders, Brain Lesion
Neuropsychological and Brain Medical Imaging Study in Patients With Brain Damage 2
Two groups of subjects will be constitute: (i) patients with circumscribed brain injury (including stroke, vascular malformations, tumor or circumscribed infectious lesions) or degenerative/developmental disorders and selective…
- Conditions
- Cerebrovascular Disorders, Brain Lesion, Degenerative Disease, Developmental Disability
- Trial name
- CORAC2 (NCT03586258)
- Testing
- Neuropsychological testing, Brain Imaging, Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen
Multiple Sclerosis
Imaging Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Using Magnevist and Gadavist
The investigators are conducting a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study comparing two MRI contrast agents in people with clinically isolated syndrome and relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS).
- Trial name
- NCT01836055
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Motor Skill Acquisition in Healthy Older Adults
Training in Combination With Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
The goal of this study is to investigate the impact of non-invasive brain stimulation on motor skill acquisition in healthy individuals.
- Trial name
- TrainStim (NCT07059533)
- Testing
- Verum
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Friedhelm Hummel
Parkinson's Disease
Compensatory Mechanisms in Parkinson Disease (PD)
Parkinson's disease is characterized by a large number of non motor, especially neuropsychiatric, signs. Their pathophysiology is complex but the role of dopaminergic and serotoninergic systems dysfunction is suggested by several…
- Trial name
- CompensationPD (NCT02038608)
- Testing
- PET
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Post-Dural Puncture Headache, Chronic Headache
Long-term Complications of Unintentional Dural Puncture During Labour Epidurals and Epidural Blood Patch.
The investigators plan to evaluate long-term consequences of unintentional dural puncture in women who had this complication during labor epidural insertion at Mount Sinai Hospital.
- Trial name
- NCT04696627
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Cerebellum Disease
Eye Movements and Visuo-spatial Perception
This research aims to highlight the key roles of the cerebellar and cortical fronto-parietal networks in the coupling of eye movements with visual perception and visuo-spatial attention.
- Trial name
- NCT03112408
- Testing
- Forward adaptation of reactive saccades, Backward adaptation of reactive saccades, Execution of reactive saccades
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Focal Lesions, Focal Brain Lesion
Attention and Visual Perception
The NIMH is conducting studies aimed at gaining a better understanding of the areas of the brain that are involved in different types of mental processes.
- Trial name
- NCT00111293
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Premature Birth, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Childhood Outcomes of Preterm Brain Abnormalities
Prematurely born children are at higher risk of cognitive impairments and behavioral disorders than full-term children. There is growing evidence of significant volumetric and shape abnormalities in subcortical structures of…
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Brain Development Abnormality, Brain Lesion
- Trial name
- NCT03410810
- Testing
- MRI, Neurodevelopmental/Neuropsychological Assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Atrial Fibrillation
The Effectiveness of Patch-Based Screening for Pre-Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation to Improve Patient Outcome
The goal of the screening trial is to determine whether early screening for atrial fibrillation improves outcomes, including lowering the chance of death, hospitalization for stroke, blood clots, heart failure, heart attack, and…
- Trial name
- VALIANT-AF-S (NCT06953778)
- Testing
- Zio XT® Patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24,060 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Tremor
The Effect of Lesion Characteristics in MRgFUS on Tremor in Essential Tremor and Parkinson's Disease
The study will investigate Essential Tremor and Parkinson's Disease patients who underwent Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS).
- Trial name
- MRgFUS (NCT03300193)
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Medulloblastoma, Childhood, Healthy Volunteers
Child's Study of the Impact of PF Lesion on Motor Skills, Language, Cognitive Functioning and Social Cognition
One of the major complications of posterior fossa surgery is Posterior Fossa Syndrome (PFS). This syndrome is due to a possible complication of surgical excision of a tumor of the cerebellum (4th ventricle) and is characterized…
- Conditions
- Medulloblastoma, Childhood, Healthy Volunteers, Fossa Posterior Tumor, Low-grade Glioma
- Trial name
- CervIRM (NCT04174820)
- Testing
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
- Where
- 5 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Ischemic White Matter Lesions (WMIL), Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Atorvastatin Mitigates WMH-Related Cognitive Impairment by Reducing VCAM-1
This prospective study will enroll patients younger than 60 years with ischemic white matter lesions (WMIL) and age-matched healthy controls.
- Conditions
- Ischemic White Matter Lesions (WMIL), Cerebral Small Vessel Disease, Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1, VCAM-1
- Trial name
- NCT07128212
- Testing
- Atorvastatin 10 mg daily
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 401 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Suzhou Municipal Hospital of Anhui Province
Prevention, Rehabilitation
Dysphagia and Cervical Spine Disorders in Patients With Brain Lesions
The research is about a prospective study conducted in patients suffering from dysphagia and cervical spine disorders and how they are interrelated.
- Trial name
- DysphagCerv (NCT01418105)
- Testing
- Videofluroscopic swallow study (VFSS), cervical spine isometric exercises, Fiberoptic endoscopic esophageal study (FEES)
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ioannina