Clinical trials: Brain Structural Connectivity, open to volunteers
Development, Child, Executive Functions
Orchestra in Class, a Novel Booster for Executive Functions and Brain Development in Young Primary School Children
How to optimally stimulate the developing brain is still unclear. Executive functions (EF) exhibited substantially stronger far transfer effects in children who learned to play a musical instrument than in children who acquired…
- Conditions
- Development, Child, Executive Functions, Interventions, Music
- Trial name
- ORBIT (NCT05912270)
- Testing
- Orchestra in Class
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- School of Health Sciences Geneva
Parkinsons Disease (PD)
Neuroimaging of Parkinson's
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by dysfunction in both subcortical structures and the cortex. The investigators recently discovered a new brain system called the Somato-Cognitive Action Network…
- Trial name
- NCT07024875
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Brain Tumours
Investigating Visual Verticality Disorder and Lateropulsion in a Neurosurgical Cohort of Patients With Brain Tumours
The overall objective of this research is to investigate the clinical characteristics pre- and post-brain tumour resection with a focus on visual verticality disorder, and lateropulsion, including neuroimaging analysis, of a…
- Trial name
- NCT06951659
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Western Australia
Alcohol Addiction
Effects of Frontopolar TMS in Alcohol Craving
The goal of this interventional study is to learn if continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) applied over the left frontopolar cortex can reduce psychological, physiological, and neurobiological markers of alcohol craving in…
- Trial name
- TMS-SUD (NCT07064590)
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Goethe University
Pregnancy, Neurodevelopment
Maternal Risk, Fetal-Neonatal Brain Connectivity, and Early Neurodevelopment: A Longitudinal Observational Study
This study aims to understand how a pregnant woman's health, lifestyle, and psychological state-especially when associated with known risk factors-might influence the developing brain of her baby, both before and after birth.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Neurodevelopment, Brain Connectivity, Neurodevelopment Outcome
- Trial name
- MaMRI-NeUCogI (NCT07059286)
- Testing
- Maternal Frailty Inventory (MaFra) Questionnaire, Fetal Resting-State Functional MRI, Maternal Emotional Reactivity
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
Neuropathic Pain, Insomnia
Sleep and Neuropathic Pain - Intervention Study on Pregabalin
The goal of this clinical study is to study sleep and its microstructure in neuropathic pain patients who have or who do not have a clinically significant sleep disturbance, before and during (after 1-month stabile dosage)…
- Conditions
- Neuropathic Pain, Insomnia, Sleep Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT06155916
- Testing
- Pregabalin
- Where
- 2 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
Epilepsies, Focal, Pediatrics
Impact of Epileptic Discharge on the Structural Connectivity of the Developing Brain
Focal epilepsy is associated with widespread alterations in structural brain connectivity, often present at the disease onset and related to learning disabilities.
- Conditions
- Epilepsies, Focal, Pediatrics, Drug Resistant Epilepsy
- Trial name
- EPITRACT (NCT03268824)
- Testing
- Electroencephalogram (EEG), Diffusion Tensor imaging, Language assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Amnestic, Lewy Body Disease With Mild Cognitive Impairment
Effect of Striatal Temporal Interference Stimulation on Language Processing in Neurodegenerative Diseases
The purpose of this study is to investigate the immediate effects of non-invasive temporal interference stimulation (TIS) targeting the striatum on sentence processing and brain connectivity in patients with neurodegenerative…
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Amnestic, Lewy Body Disease With Mild Cognitive Impairment, Parkinson's Disease With Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT07449117
- Testing
- Active Temporal Interference Stimulation (TIS)
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Masaryk University
Friedreich's Ataxia, Motor Disorders
Electroencephalogram in Patients With Friedreich's Ataxia for the Study of the Structural and Functional Connectome.
Prospective, exploratory, multicenter pilot study investigating the structural and functional connectome in patients with Friedreich's Ataxia (FRDA) using high-density electroencephalogram (HD-EEG).
- Trial name
- CONNETTOMA (NCT07095062)
- Testing
- HD-EEG recordings, combined with cognitive and motor assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Glaucoma
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cerebral Connectivity and Volume in Neurodegeneration and Glaucoma
The EVOLUTION is a 10-year extension of the ENVOL study. It seeks to compare the evolution of structural and functional connectivity (Hub Disruption Index) and cerebral volume on 3T MRI of the brain in glaucoma patients and…
- Trial name
- EVOLUTION (NCT07802769)
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bordeaux
Low Back Pain, Mechanical
Radiofrequency Denervation and Brain Imaging
The goal of this observational study is to learn about changes in brain and its activity of following radiofrequency denervation treatment for chronic low back pain.
- Trial name
- NCT05641948
- Testing
- MRI scan
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aberdeen
Essential Tremor
Elucidating the Temporality of Structural and Functional Connectivity Changes in Essential Tremor After Successful Deep Brain Stimulation to the Dentato-rubro-thalamic Tract
The purpose of this study is to elucidate the structural connectivity of the dentato-rubro-thalamic tract (DRTt) and to detect functional network changes due to DRTt stimulation
- Trial name
- NCT04758624
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Falling, Community Dwelling Older Adults
Neurophysiological Changes After Perturbation-based Training in Older Adults
This is an assessor-blinded neurophysiological study. Participants will be randomly assigned to a perturbation-based training (PBT) or a walking (control) group.
- Conditions
- Falling, Community Dwelling Older Adults, Postural Stability, Brain Connectivity
- Trial name
- NCT06573658
- Testing
- Perturbation-based balance training (PBT), Walking exercise (control)
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University