Clinical trials: Brain MRI
Hepatic Encephalopathy, Cirrhosis, Liver
Rifamycin in Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy
This is a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of MHE in patients with cirrhosis using rifamycin SV-MMX 600mg BID vs placebo for 30 days with PK, safety, microbiota, brain function and brain MRI endpoints.
- Trial name
- RIVET (NCT04082780)
- Testing
- Rifamycin SV MMX
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Hunter Holmes Mcguire Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Brain Neoplasms
Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Laser Induced Thermal Therapy for Treatment of Metastatic Brain Tumors
In this study, the Visualase Thermal Therapy System will be used on metastatic brain tumors that cannot be removed by surgery. Researchers want to find out if it is possible to use this new device in subjects with 1-3 metastatic…
- Trial name
- NCT00787982
- Testing
- MRI-Guided Laser Induced Thermal Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Visualase, Inc.
Glioma, IDH1/IDH2 Mutation
Non Invasive Detection of IDH1/2 Mutation in Gliomas
This trial develops a non invasive diagnostic approach of IDH1 mutated gliomas combining mutation detection from free plasmatic DNA, D-2HG dosage in urine samples, and D-2HG detection by Brain Spectro MRI.
- Trial name
- IDASPE (NCT02597335)
- Testing
- Spectro-MRI, Dosage of free circulating plasmatic DNA, Dosage of D-2HG in the urine
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Alzheimer's Disease
Statins in Cerebral Blood Flow and Neuronal Activity--A Pilot Study
Specific Aim: Demonstrate that statins have an effect on cerebral blood flow and neuronal activity
- Trial name
- NCT03411291
- Testing
- MRI, MR Spectroscopy, MR Perfusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Migraine, Atrial Fibrillation
Effect of Catheter Ablation on Clinical Course of Migraine in AF Patients With or Without Previous History of Migraine
The purpose of this prospective study is to evaluate the effect of catheter ablation on incidence, prevalence and disease-severity of migraine in AF patients undergoing ablation, with or without a history of migraine.
- Trial name
- CONFIRM (NCT01391091)
- Testing
- Radiofrequency catheter ablation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 173 people
- Sponsor
- Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Foundation
Ischemic Stroke, Arterial Occlusion
Multimodal Neuroimaging in the Selection of Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) Patients to Endovascular Treatment (EVT)
To study the feasibility and usefulness of multimodal MR compared to multimodal CT to select patients with acute ischemic stroke and favorable clinical outcome after mechanical thrombectomy.
- Conditions
- Ischemic Stroke, Arterial Occlusion, CTS, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Trial name
- IMAGECAT (NCT03745391)
- Testing
- MULTIMODAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE (Multimodal MR), MULTIMODAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (Multimodal CT)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 323 people
- Sponsor
- Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
A Study of Two Methodologies for Measuring Blood Flow in the Brain in Response to Non-Drug Stimuli (P08085/MK-0000-180)
This study will identify a dose of ferumoxytol that can reliably detect changes in blood flow/volume in response to non-drug stimuli.
- Trial name
- NCT01244282
- Testing
- fMRI with sensory stimulation
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Laser Acupuncture, Meridian
The Effect of Laser Acupuncture in Different Meridians on the Autonomic Nervous System and Its Brain Mechanisms
Traditional Chinese acupuncture has a history of several thousand years. The World Health Organization has published guidelines describing the efficacy of acupuncture in the cure or relief of 64 different symptoms and conditions…
- Conditions
- Laser Acupuncture, Meridian, Heart Rate Variability, Brain Mechanism
- Trial name
- NCT05458713
- Testing
- Laser acupuncture
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University, Taiwan
Parkinson's Disease
Subthalamic Nucleus, Akinesia and Parkinson's Disease
This program aims to understand the role of the subthalamic nucleus in the control of the movement in healthy humans and patients with Parkinson's disease, how the STN dysfunction contributes to akinesia and how the STN…
- Trial name
- GB-MOV (NCT01682668)
- Testing
- Bilateral subthalamic stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Glioma, Astrocytoma
Ga-68 Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen PET/CT in Gliomas
As a part of molecular imaging, many PET tracers have been investigated in this regard. Those include 18F-FDG being glucose analogue, 18F-FLT representing nucleoside metabolism, and 18F-FDOPA, 18F-FET, 11C-MET as amino acids…
- Conditions
- Glioma, Astrocytoma, Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Oligodendroglioma
- Trial name
- NCT06241391
- Testing
- PSMA PET-CT
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar
Carotid Endarterectomy, Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
Study of Blood Flow Changes and Microemboli During Carotid Surgery
The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical and radiologic implications of the intraoperative microemboli during carotid revascularization.
- Conditions
- Carotid Endarterectomy, Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty, Cognitive Aspects, Diffusion Weighted MRI
- Trial name
- NCT01343615
- Testing
- carotid stenting, carotid endarterectomy
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Campinas, Brazil
Intracranial Pathology, Intracranial Hypertension
Clinical Efficacy of a Non-Invasive Measure of Intracranial Pressure
This study is designed to evaluate the accuracy of a non-invasive method phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MR-ICP) for assessing intracranial pressure (Phase 1).
- Trial name
- MR-ICP (NCT03212976)
- Testing
- Phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Radiotherapy, Brain Metastases
Diffusion-weighted MRI to Predict Treatment Response in Stereotactic Radiotherapy of Central Nervous System (CNS) Metastases
Stereotactic radiation therapy is an important and common method of treating brain metastases in patients with malignant disease.
- Conditions
- Radiotherapy, Brain Metastases, Sensitivity, Radionecrosis
- Trial name
- NCT04700748
- Testing
- Brain metastases radiation
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Lund University Hospital
Epilepsy
RESting-state Functional MRI for Prediction of Post-surgical Prognosis In Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Resting-state functional MRI (r-fMRI) has emerged in recent years to analyze resting networks. It allows, without active participation of the patients, to identify and analyze the different functional brain networks.
- Trial name
- RESPIRE (NCT04451278)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild
Cerebral White Matter Lesions
MRI,Gene And Cognitive Performance Study of Patients With Cerebral White Matter Lesions(WMLs)
The purpose of this study is:1)to observe topological organization in brain structural and functional networks in cerebral white matter lesion patients and to evaluate the association between impairment of cognitive function and…
- Trial name
- NCT02276976
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wei Wang
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
MRI Scans in Evaluating the Effects of Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme or Anaplastic Glioma
RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as MRI, may help in learning how well radiation therapy and chemotherapy work in killing tumor cells and allow doctors to plan better treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT00756106
- Testing
- temozolomide, Imaging biomarker analysis, Photon Radiation Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
CNS Vasculitis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Intracranial Vasculopathies
The aims of this study are to optimize MR imaging and MR angiography sequences and image reconstruction for 3T magnetic resonance imaging system scanners, which are already used in the clinical environment on patients with or…
- Trial name
- VWI (NCT03032809)
- Testing
- Vessel Wall MR imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Transmagnetic Stimulation Pilot in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a non-Alzheimer's dementia that is the 2nd most common cause of dementia in the United States.
- Trial name
- TMS in PPA (NCT05860647)
- Testing
- Intermittent theta burst stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
Focus: Effects of Nicotine and Alcohol on Brain Circuits
Neural Mechanisms Underlying Nicotine and Alcohol Combinations
Nicotine and alcohol are frequently used together and their combined use contributes to more than half a million deaths each year, with more alcoholics dying from smoking-related diseases than from alcohol-related diseases.
- Trial name
- QfMRI (NCT02049268)
- Testing
- Nicotine + Alcohol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Multiple Sclerosis
Manganese-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Healthy Volunteers and People With Multiple Sclerosis
Background: Contrast agents are drugs that make certain body areas or abnormalities show up better on imaging studies, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.
- Trial name
- NCT01326715
- Testing
- Mangafodipir (Teslascan)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)