Clinical trials: Brain Pathology
Stroke, Shoulder Injury
STRIPS: Shoulder Taping Reduces Injury and Pain in Stroke
Background and Rationale: The most commonly seen disabilities in stroke patients are shoulder injuries such as shoulder pain, glenohumeral subluxation, spasticity of shoulder muscles, soft-tissue trauma, rotator cuff tears, and…
- Trial name
- STRIPS (NCT01062308)
- Where
- 2 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 162 people
- Sponsor
- Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India
Huntington Disease
A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of PTC518 in Participants With Huntington's Disease (HD)
The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the safety and pharmacodynamic effects of PTC518 compared with placebo in participants with HD.
- Trial name
- NCT05358717
- Testing
- PTC518
- Where
- 28 sites in United States, Australia and 9 more
- Volunteers
- 159 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Migraine, Healthy
Molecular and Functional PET-fMRI Measures of Analgesia in Migraine
The placebo effect is a phenomenon that has experienced major advances of its understanding in the last decade. However, mechanisms of placebo analgesia in chronic pain patients have yet to be compared to healthy subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT01970943
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cerebellar Ataxia
Training in Ataxia - Individuals With Degenerative Cerebellar Diseases
Balance and aerobic training show promise as treatments for degenerative cerebellar diseases, but the neural effects of both training methods are unknown.
- Trial name
- NCT05002218
- Testing
- Aerobic Training, Balance Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Dementia With Lewy Bodies
In-Home Care for Patients With PSP and Related Disorders
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and related disorders (PRD) are debilitating, costly, and understudied conditions. Improving access to comprehensive, specialized, in-home patient care offers the potential to minimize the downward…
- Conditions
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Multiple System Atrophy, Corticobasal Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT03552484
- Testing
- Home Visit Program, Usual Care/Online Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Agitation Associated With, Alzheimer's Disease
A Phase 3, 12-week, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of 2 Fixed Doses of Brexpiprazole in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Agitation
To compare the efficacy of 2 fixed doses of brexpiprazole with placebo in participants with agitation associated with dementia of the Alzheimer's type.
- Conditions
- Agitation Associated With, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Type, Mental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT01862640
- Testing
- Brexpiprazole, OPC-34712
- Where
- 85 sites in United States, Croatia and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 433 people
- Sponsor
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
Post-Stroke Spasticity, Cerebrovascular Accident
Study of GSK1358820 In Patients With Post-Stroke Lower Limb Spasticity
This is a study to confirm the superior efficacy of GSK1358820 over placebo in patients with equinus deformity associated with post-stroke lower limb spasticity using the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) ankle score.
- Trial name
- NCT00460655
- Testing
- GSK1358820
- Where
- 20 sites in Japan
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Intracranial Hemorrhage
Enteral Nutrition and Glycemic Variability Neurological Intensive Care Unit Study
Primary Objective: To determine the effects of a diabetes specific enteral formula compared to a standard formula supplemented with protein (isocaloric and isonitrogenous) on the mean blood glucose and glycemic variability in a…
- Conditions
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Intracranial Hemorrhage, Ischemic Strokes, Subdural Hematoma
- Trial name
- ANUS1014 (NCT01463878)
- Testing
- Glycerna, Jevity - Control Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Eastern Virginia Medical School
Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus, Subclinical Seizure
EEG Cap for Identification of Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus
Altered mental status (AMS) is one of the most common reasons for inpatient neurology consultation. Non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is frequently on the differential diagnosis of the patient with AMS.
- Conditions
- Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus, Subclinical Seizure, Altered Mental Status, Nonepileptic Seizures
- Trial name
- NCT03138876
- Testing
- EEG Cap, Anti-seizure medication, Standard EEG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Post-Traumatic Headache
Multidisciplinary Translational Approach to Investigate Mechanisms Predictors & Prevention of Persistent PTH
This is a United States Department of Defense funded Focused Program study that aims to identify mechanisms and predictors for persistent of post-traumatic headache attributed to mild traumatic brain injury, and identify methods…
- Trial name
- NCT04098250
- Testing
- Erenumab
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Tinnitus
Telephone Tinnitus Education for Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
This study continues the investigators' efforts to develop tinnitus management protocols for Veterans. More specifically, this study developed and evaluated an adaptation of Progressive Tinnitus Management (PTM) for use as a…
- Trial name
- NCT01129141
- Testing
- Tele-PTM, Wait List Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 205 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Bipolar Disorder
FMRI Study of Brain Response Before and After Lithium Treatment in People With Bipolar Disorder
This study will assess the effects of bipolar disorder on brain activity and will determine if medication changes the brain activity in people with bipolar disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT00596622
- Testing
- Lithium
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Ventricular Tachycardia, Premature Ventricular Contraction
DOACs for Stroke Prevention Post Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
The purpose of this study is to learn if taking a drug called direct oral anticoagulant after an ablation procedure keeps blood clots from forming and lowers the chance of having a stroke in patients with ventricular tachycardia…
- Conditions
- Ventricular Tachycardia, Premature Ventricular Contraction, Stroke
- Trial name
- STROKE-VT (NCT02666742)
- Testing
- DOAC, Aspirin
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, India
- Volunteers
- 246 people
- Sponsor
- Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute
Epilepsy
fMRI Guided TMS Enhancement of Associative Memory Networks
This is a randomized, single-blinded, controlled phase 1 study to demonstrate feasibility and explore the neurophysiologic and clinical effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) interventions in epilepsy…
- Trial name
- NCT02749422
- Testing
- MagStim RapidStim2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Epilepsy
First Add-on vs. Mono-therapy Study of Topiramate in Neuro-Surgical Patients
The purpose of this study is to examine seizure control and tolerability of Topiramate after either transitioning from previous antiepileptic drug (AED) or adding on to previous AED.
- Trial name
- TEAMS (NCT01627860)
- Testing
- Topiramate add-on therapy, Topiramate monotherapy
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Johnson & Johnson Taiwan Ltd
Stroke, Acute, Stroke
Treatments for Recovery of Hand Function in Acute Stroke Survivors
Impaired hand function is one of the most frequently persisting consequences of stroke. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether two different types of treatment improve recovery of hand function after stroke.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Acute, Stroke, Hemiparesis, Hemiplegia
- Trial name
- NCT00565045
- Testing
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- MetroHealth Medical Center
Migraine
Head-to-head Study of Erenumab Against Topiramate in Patients With Episodic and Chronic Migraine
This study used a single-cohort, 2-treatment arm, parallel-group randomized, double-blind, double-dummy design in adult patients with episodic migraine and chronic migraine, who had to be either naïve or not suitable for or could…
- Trial name
- HER-MES (NCT03828539)
- Testing
- Erenumab, Topiramate
- Where
- 79 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 777 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Melanoma, Brain Metastases
GEM STUDY: Radiation And Yervoy in Patients With Melanoma and Brain Metastases
Ipilimumab adds a clinical benefit to radiation therapy in patients with melanoma metastatic to the brain. Melanoma is the third most common cancer causing brain metastases, after cancers of the lung and breast, which appears to…
- Trial name
- GRAY-B (NCT02115139)
- Testing
- Ipilimumab
- Where
- 12 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Grupo Español Multidisciplinar de Melanoma
Traumatic Brain Injury
Functional Connectivity as a Biomarker of rTMS
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) damages the connections between brain cells. This can lead to problems like memory loss.
- Trial name
- NCT03050801
- Testing
- rTMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Stroke
Internally Versus Externally Guided Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Training (BWSTT) for Locomotor Recovery Post-stroke
The overriding goal of this proposal is to identify the critical physiological and biomechanical effects of BWSTT for promoting improved locomotor function in persons with post-stroke hemiparesis.
- Trial name
- NCT00125619
- Testing
- Locomotor training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
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