Clinical trials: Brain MRI
Aging
The Entorhinal Cortex and Aerobic Exercise in Aging
The overall goal of this study is to examine how regular exercise affects brain function, spatial memory, and virtual navigation. Participation in this research study will take approximately 4 months.
- Trial name
- ECE (NCT02775760)
- Testing
- Cardiovascular endurance, Strength, balance, and flexibility
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Cerebral Arterial Diseases
Carotid and Vertebral Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) Study Comparing Dotarem and Time Of Flight (TOF)
The study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Dotarem enhanced MRA in patients suffering from carotid or vertebral arterial disease.
- Trial name
- NCT01010932
- Testing
- Dotarem, TOF MRA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 222 people
- Sponsor
- Guerbet
Childhood Brain Neoplasm, Recurrent Childhood Brain Neoplasm
DSC-MRI With Ferumoxytol and DCE-MRI With Gadolinium in Imaging Vascular Properties in Younger Patients With Brain Tumors
This clinical trial studies dynamic susceptibility-weighted contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DSC-MRI) after administration of ferumoxytol and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) after administration of a…
- Trial name
- NCT00978562
- Testing
- Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ferumoxytol Non-Stoichiometric Magnetite
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Albumin for Intracerebral Hemorrhage Intervention
The purpose of this study is to find out what effects, good and bad, the medication Albumin has on subjects who have experienced a type of stroke known as an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).
- Trial name
- ACHIEVE (NCT00990509)
- Testing
- Albumin, Brain MRI with and without contrast
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Hypertension
Hypertension, Intracranial Pulsatility and Brain Amyloid-beta Accumulation in Older Adults (HIPAC Trial)
The aim of this study is to determine if lowering blood pressure using FDA approved medication (antihypertensive drugs) alters brain pulsatility and reduces brain amyloid beta protein accumulation in older adults.
- Trial name
- HIPAC (NCT03354143)
- Testing
- Standard Care, Intensive Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) With Desipramine
Individuals with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may experience abdominal pain as a result of pain signals in the bowel and how these signals are processed in the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT00880594
- Testing
- Desipramine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Healthy Brain Perfusion
Improving Human Cerebrovascular Function Using Acute Intermittent Hypoxia
This study uses magnetic resonance imaging to determine whether 3 weeks of repeated exposure to Acute Intermittent Hypoxia can improve brain blood flow or blood flow regulation in healthy adults.
- Trial name
- NCT05164705
- Testing
- Acute Intermittent Hypoxia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Glioblastoma, Recurrent Glioblastoma
Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 (13C) Pyruvate Imaging in Patients With Glioblastoma
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether new metabolic imaging will be useful to physicians and patients with glioblastoma for making treatment decisions and seeing how well various types of treatment work.
- Conditions
- Glioblastoma, Recurrent Glioblastoma, Glioblastoma Multiforme
- Trial name
- NCT04019002
- Testing
- Hyperpolarized Pyruvate (13C), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Susan Chang
Glaucoma
Does Glaucoma Cause Loss of Brain Function?
The purpose of the study is to determine if glaucoma is associated with neurodegenerative changes in areas of the brain other than the occipital lobe.
- Trial name
- NCT01303939
- Testing
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wills Eye
Parkinson's Disease
Amyloidopathy, Cholinopathy, Dopamine Responsiveness and Freezing of Gait in PD
Early stage Parkinson disease (PD) is characterized by a 'honeymoon' phase in terms of responsiveness of motor symptoms, including gait, to dopaminergic pharmacotherapy.
- Trial name
- FOG (NCT03647137)
- Testing
- Detailed motor testing, including FoG, in PD subjects
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Major Depressive Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder
Transdiagnostic Brain-Behavior Profiling to Enhance Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Response
Many patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and generalized Social Anxiety Disorder (gSAD) are treated with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) but few have meaningful improvement.
- Trial name
- NCT03175068
- Testing
- CBT, ST
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 203 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Brain Tumor
Pilot Study Effect of Sulfasalazine on Glutamate Levels by(Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy)MRS in Patients With Glioma
The main purpose of this part of the study is to determine the Central Nervous System bioavailability of sulfasalazine.
- Trial name
- NCT01577966
- Testing
- Sulfasalazine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bipolar Depression
Riluzole in the Treatment of Bipolar Depression
Bipolar disorder is a common and often chronic and debilitating mental illness. The depressive phase of bipolar disorder contributes the largest portion of the disorder, and treatment resistant bipolar depression represents a…
- Trial name
- NCT00544544
- Testing
- Riluzole
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Concussion, Mild, Post-Concussion Symptoms
Effects of Bright Light Therapy in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) or "concussions" are an increasingly prevalent injury in our society. Patients with post-concussion syndrome have been shown to have deficits on tests of short term memory, divided attention…
- Conditions
- Concussion, Mild, Post-Concussion Symptoms, Sleep Problems
- Trial name
- NCT01747811
- Testing
- wavelength-1 bright light, wavelength-2 bright light
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Assess the Blood-Oxygen-Level-Dependent (BOLD) Signal Changes in the Brain by Paracetamol as Measured by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) in Subjects With Osteoarthritis (OA)
Blood-Oxygen-Level-Dependent (BOLD) responses to painful mechanical stimulation of the OA knee following treatment with four consecutive doses (at 8 hour intervals) on giving sustained released paracetamol treatment or placebo…
- Trial name
- NCT01105936
- Testing
- Paracetamol
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Apnea of Prematurity, Intraventricular Hemorrhage
MRI and Neurodevelopment in Preterm Infants Following Administration of High-Dose Caffeine
Over the last 30 years the survival rates for babies born prematurely have improved greatly with research. As these babies grow up, we have found that many of the premature babies have learning and movement problems.
- Conditions
- Apnea of Prematurity, Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Brain Injury
- Trial name
- NCT00809055
- Testing
- Caffeine citrate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cognition
Nicotinic Modulation of the Default Network
Many disorders where attentional problems are a hallmark, such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia, display abnormal regulation of the so-called default network of resting brain function that maintains internally directed…
- Conditions
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cognition, Nicotine, Mecamylamine
- Trial name
- NCT01223404
- Testing
- Nicotine, Mecamylamine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
Study of Paroxetine and Fluconazole for the Treatment of HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
The purpose of this study is to see if paroxetine and fluconazole are safe and effective as a treatment for problems with memory, concentration, thinking, and judgment in people who are infected with HIV.
- Trial name
- ParaFlu (NCT01354314)
- Testing
- Fluconazole, Paroxetine, Paroxetine and Fluconazole
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
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
Carotid Stenosis
Gadobutrol Enhanced MRA of the Supra-aortic Vessels
Subjects referred for a routine CTA (computed tomography angiography) or MRA (magnetic resonance angiography) will be invited to participate in the study and subjects will be involved in the study for between 2 and 12 days.
- Trial name
- GEMSAV (NCT01344447)
- Testing
- Gadobutrol (Gadovist, BAY86-4875)
- Where
- 56 sites in United States, Argentina and 12 more
- Volunteers
- 479 people
- Sponsor
- Bayer