Clinical trials: Brain Waves
Parkinson Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Assessing the Symptomatic Benefit of Acoustic Slow Wave Enhancement in Parkinson Disease
The study is a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled cross-over trial to assess the efficacy as well as safety and tolerability of auditory SWS enhancement on measured outcomes in Parkinson disease (PD) patients with…
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Huntington Disease
- Trial name
- NCT04589182
- Testing
- MHSL- SleepBand
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Christian Baumann
Stroke, Spasticity
Efficacy of Shock Wave Therapy in Post-Stroke Muscle Spasticity Management
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of shock wave therapy (SWT) in reducing muscle spasticity in patients who have suffered a stroke.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Spasticity, Post-stroke, Muscle Hypertonia
- Trial name
- SWT-PI (NCT06815328)
- Testing
- Shock Wave Therapy (SWT), Active Comparator - Conventional Therapy
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oviedo
Stroke, Spasticity, Muscle
Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Spasticity
Introduction: We aimed to compare the efficacy of Botulinum Toxin Type A(BoNT-A) injection and BoNT-A injection in combination with ESWT for post-stroke lower extremity ankle plantar flexor spasticity.
- Trial name
- NCT06225024
- Testing
- ESWT, BoNT A
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Kayseri City Hospital
Aging, Alzheimer Disease
Links Between Cognitive Deficits During Normal or Pathological Aging and Slow Waves Measured in EEG
With age, memory processes (encoding, consolidation and retrieval) as well as daytime vigilance are altered. Sleep is also impaired in older adults, notably slow waves that are known to play a key role in memory consolidation.
- Trial name
- MemoAge (NCT06501495)
- Testing
- video polysomnography, Attention task
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Neonatal Encephalopathy, Neonatal Encephalopathy (Neonatal Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy)
Newborn Brain Assessment - CergenX Wave
In this study we want to assess how a newly developed software device called CergenX Wave compares to the modified Sarnat examination, performed by the neonatology team .
- Conditions
- Neonatal Encephalopathy, Neonatal Encephalopathy (Neonatal Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy), Neonatal Encephalopathy, Unspecified
- Trial name
- NBT (NCT07857070)
- Testing
- CergenX Wave
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Ireland
- Volunteers
- 165 people
- Sponsor
- CergenX Limited
Carotid Artery Plaque
Ultrasound Elastography for Individual Carotid Plaque Stratification
Ischemic strokes are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. In 20% of cases they are caused by the rupture of atherosclerotic plaques in carotid arteries. Risk estimation of plaque rupture is currently suboptimal.
- Trial name
- Ultra-COMPASS (NCT05029661)
- Testing
- Carotid ultrasound
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Rolandic Epilepsy, Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
The Rolandic Epilepsy/ESES/Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and Correlation With Language Impairment Study
In clinical practice language impairment is frequently reported in association with nocturnal epileptiform activity. There is a spectrum of epileptic conditions that are characterized by nocturnal epileptiform activity.
- Conditions
- Rolandic Epilepsy, Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Electrical Status Epilepticus During Slow Wave Sleep
- Trial name
- REL (NCT01335425)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Healthy
The Effects of Dark Chocolate (70% Cacao) on EEG Brain Waves in Vigorously Active Individuals
The purpose of this graduate student study is to determine if ingestion of dark chocolate (70% cacao) will change brain frequencies between visualization at a state of rest and a state of exercise performance via…
- Trial name
- NCT03203824
- Testing
- dark chocolate, non dark chocolate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loma Linda University
Ischemic Stroke
Radial Shock Waves for Functional Disability in Stroke
This is a double blind randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of radial shock waves on functional recovery of the upper limb of patients with sequelae of ischemic strokes in the territory of the middle cerebral artery.
- Trial name
- NCT02924168
- Testing
- Active Radial Shockwave
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Marta Imamura
Carotid Artery Plaque
New Technologies to Determine Carotid Plaque Vulnerability in Patients With Significant Carotid Plaques
The researchers are trying to determine if the characterization of "vulnerable" carotid artery plaques can be accomplished with ultrasound-based methods that look for vessels in the plaque and measure the plaque stiffness.
- Trial name
- NCT03335033
- Testing
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound, Shear Wave Elastography, Ultrasound Examination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Accuracy of EEG Slow Wave Activity in Predicting Favourable Outcome in Patients With Hypoxic Brain Injury - A Substudy of STEPCARE Trial
This is an observational substudy embedded in the STEPCARE Trial. The study involves EEG analysis, covered by the ethics approval of STEPCARE Trial.
- Trial name
- PROPEASTEPCARE (NCT06564675)
- Testing
- C-Trend Index
- Where
- 4 sites in Finland, Sweden
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- University of Helsinki
Acute Ischemic Stroke
Mild Acute Ischemic Stroke With Large Vessel Occlusion (MISTWAVE)
Stroke remains the leading cause of disability in the United States. An estimated 40-50% of all ischemic strokes are caused by large-vessel occlusion of a major cerebral artery (LVO).
- Trial name
- MISTWAVE (NCT03731351)
- Testing
- Mechanical Thrombectomy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
MCI, Subjective Cognitive Decline
Senior Driving Simulation Training for Subjective Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment
This study aims to establish the Senior Driving Simulation Training (SDST) for Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and explore the effectiveness of Senior Driving Simulation Training (SDST) on…
- Conditions
- MCI, Subjective Cognitive Decline, Healthy Aging
- Trial name
- SDST (NCT05380284)
- Testing
- Senior Driving Simulation Training, Waiting list control
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Stroke, Hemiplegia, Spastic
The Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy After Botulinum Toxin Type A Injection for Post-stroke Spasticity
There are few studies on whether botulinum toxin treatment and extracorporeal shock wave therapy are more effective than botulinum toxin alone treatment for post-stroke spasticity.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Hemiplegia, Spastic, Muscle Spasticity
- Trial name
- NCT05889026
- Testing
- Extracorporeal shock wave therapy, Botulinum toxin treatment
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Korea University Guro Hospital
Healthy
EEG Brain Activity At Various Cycling Intensities
The aim of this study is to investigate brain activity with EEG during incremental cycling at various cycling intensities.
- Trial name
- NCT04734808
- Testing
- Electroencephalography, Electromyography
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Science and Research Centre Koper
Healthy Subjects
Effects of Brain Stimulation During Nocturnal Sleep on Memory Consolidation in Younger, Healthy Subjects
The beneficial effect of nocturnal sleep on memory consolidation is well-documented in young, healthy subjects. Especially, periods rich in slow-wave sleep (SWS) have shown a memory enhancing effect on hippocampus-dependent…
- Trial name
- NCT01832740
- Testing
- brain stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Periventricular Leukomalacia
Telerehabilitation of Working Memory in Children With Periventricular Leukomalacia and Bilateral Cerebral Palsy
Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL) is a white matter lesion surrounding the lateral ventricles of the brain occurring in the prenatal period, associated with a disorder of movement and posture, known as bilateral cerebral palsy.
- Trial name
- NCT02342990
- Testing
- Cluster B CogMed: an home-based and computer-based solution to improve working memory deficit, Cluster A No training. Delay start of CogMed
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
Anesthesia, General
Effect of Binaural Beats for Maintenance of General Anesthesia
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of binaural beats on maintenance of general anesthesia in patients undergoing thyroidectomy without intraoperative neuromonitoring.
- Trial name
- BB (NCT06002568)
- Testing
- Silent, Binaural beats
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Dysphagia After Stroke, Stroke
Effect of Visual Biofeedback-Assisted Oropharyngeal Exercises in Post-Stroke Dysphagia
Post-stroke dysphagia is a common complication that negatively affects nutritional status, quality of life, and morbidity. Conventional swallowing rehabilitation, including oropharyngeal exercises and neuromuscular electrical…
- Conditions
- Dysphagia After Stroke, Stroke, Dysphagia, Swallowing Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT07492719
- Testing
- Suprahyoid Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES), Visual Biofeedback Training, Conventional Oropharyngeal Exercises
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
Hearing Disorders in Children, Hearing Loss
Automated Measures of Speech Intelligibility Using Brain Wave Recordings
Hearing loss is one of the most prevalent impairments in the world. The World Health Organization estimates that as of 2020, around 466 million people worldwide are affected by disabling hearing loss, of which 34 million are…
- Trial name
- CORGEE (NCT06402994)
- Testing
- Electrophysiological experiment, Speech audiometry
- Where
- 4 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven