Clinical trials: Brain and Nervous System
Neurological Disorders, Neuroscience
Advanced Space-time Resolved Techniques for Functional Neuroimaging at 7 Tesla MRI
In recent years, the in vivo study of the central nervous system has undergone significant advancement through the implementation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based neuroimaging techniques.
- Conditions
- Neurological Disorders, Neuroscience, Epilepsy, Brain Injuries, Focal
- Trial name
- AURORA (NCT07865546)
- Testing
- Functional neuroimaging
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imago 7 Fondazione di Ricerca onlus
Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke
Long-term Brain Stimulation of the Motor Ventral Thalamus (VOP/VIM) to Improve Motor Function
This study aims to recruit patients already implanted with Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for movement disorders to complete tasks assessing parameters of motor output, speech, and swallowing functions, both with and without…
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, Brain Disease, Movement Disorders (Incl Parkinsonism)
- Trial name
- NCT07056348
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the Motor Thalamus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez
Focal Brain Lesion, Focal Lesions
Top-Down Attentional Control of Visual-Processing
Background: Previous studies have shown that people with certain types of brain damage may have particular problems paying attention and processing things that they see.
- Conditions
- Focal Brain Lesion, Focal Lesions, fMRI
- Trial name
- NCT01087281
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Traumatic Brain Injury
Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulated Evoked Potentials
Patients evaluated at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center for traumatic brain injury (TBI), who sign the informed consent, will undergo assessment of electrophysiologic potentials evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)…
- Trial name
- (TMS-EEG) (NCT06963775)
- Testing
- Delphi-MD device (QuantalX Neuroscience Ltd., Saba Israel)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 215 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ramon Diaz-Arrastia
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset
Multimodal Assesment of Alzheimer Patients
The goal of this study is to learn more about the changes in the brains of patients with cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The main questions the study aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset, Cognitive Impairment, Dementia
- Trial name
- MultiAD (NCT06448403)
- Testing
- MRI Scanning, 64-channel EEG, Polysomnography
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease
The SINgapore GERiatric Intervention Study to Reduce Cognitive Decline and Physical Frailty (SINGER) Study
A study in Finland found that a multidomain intervention of physical activity, nutritional guidance, cognitive training, social activities and management of vascular risk factors slowed cognitive decline in healthy older adults…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease, Vascular Cognitive Impairment, Dementia
- Trial name
- SINGER (NCT05007353)
- Testing
- Structured Lifestyle Intervention, Self-Guided Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in Singapore
- Volunteers
- 1,212 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Post Stroke Epilepsy, Stroke
Predisposing Factors for Post-stroke Epilepsy
The goal of this observational study is to learn about epilepsy after a stroke (post-stroke epilepsy). The main questions it aims to answer are: What make some patients develop epilepsy after a stroke? Does sleep have an impact…
- Conditions
- Post Stroke Epilepsy, Stroke, Epilepsy, Seizures
- Trial name
- PRESTEP (NCT05864547)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Stroke, Able Bodied
Stimulation-Based Modulation of Spinal and Cortical Sensory Pathways
The goal of this study is to assess cervical (neck) reflexes by intra-operatively stimulating the neck nerve roots to evoke motor responses through their connections to spinal motoneurons.
- Trial name
- NCT07401186
- Testing
- Bipolar Neural Stimulation Electrode
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peter C. Gerszten, MD
Stroke, Brain Disease
Brain Connections for Arm Movement After Stroke
The purpose of this study is to use Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) while subjects are making reaching movements in a robotic arm device in order to discover how different brain areas control movement before and after…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Brain Disease, Central Nervous System Diseases, Nervous System Diseases
- Trial name
- CAM (NCT04286516)
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alzheimer Disease
A Phase Ia/Ib, First-in-human (FIH) Study for Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics (PK), and Clinical Activity Evaluation of ADEL-Y01
This is a Phase Ia/Ib, two-part, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, first in human(FIH) study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, and PD of ADEL-Y01 in healthy participants in Part 1 and participants with MCI…
- Trial name
- NCT06247345
- Testing
- ADEL-Y01 - healty participants, ADEL-Y01 - MCI/AD
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alzheimer's Disease Expert Lab (ADEL), Inc.
Carcinoma, Glioblastoma
MRinRT: Swansea University and SWWCC Collaboration Study.
The aim of this study is to learn whether using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans to plan radiotherapy is better than using CT (computed tomography) scans alone.
- Conditions
- Carcinoma, Glioblastoma, Radiotherapy, MRI
- Trial name
- MRinRT (NCT07365124)
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swansea Bay University Health Board
Brain (Nervous System) Cancers, Glioma
Clinical, patHOlogical and Imaging Project of nEuro-oncology (HOPE)
Primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors, the vast majority (>90%) occurring in the brain and the remainder occurring in the meninges, spinal cord, and cranial nerves, showing an annual incidence of about 6-8 people per…
- Conditions
- Brain (Nervous System) Cancers, Glioma, Brain Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT05859659
- Testing
- This study does not intervene in this process.
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 70,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yaou Liu
Neurological Disorder, Multiple Sclerosis
Metaverse Applications in Clinical Neurorehabiliation: Device Feasibility
The main objective of the TERSICORE project is the development of a new advanced set of exergames in the Metaverse that can be used in all clinical and home rehabilitation devices to improve the cognitive therapy of neurological…
- Conditions
- Neurological Disorder, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson Disease, Stroke
- Trial name
- TERSICORE XRM (NCT07456475)
- Testing
- Cognitive rehabilitation with TERSICORE digital platform
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, ME/CFS
Unhide® Project: A Digital Health Platform to Collect Lifestyle Data for Brain Inflammation Research
The unhide® Project is a non-interventional, longitudinal research study designed to establish a secure data repository of demographic, health, and lifestyle information from individuals with brain inflammation and related…
- Conditions
- Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, ME/CFS, Rheumatic Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)
- Trial name
- NCT04806620
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brain Inflammation Collaborative
Parkinson Disease, Prodromal Stage
Slowing Cognitive Decline in Alpha-synucleinopathies by Enhancing Physical Activity
α-Synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies, are the second most common neurodegenerative diseases.
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Prodromal Stage, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Basal Ganglia Diseases
- Trial name
- ALPHA-FIT (NCT07324330)
- Testing
- Increase of physical activity volume and intensity with the use of a motivational smartphone application
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bonn
Cerebrovascular Disorders, Brain Tumours
Environmental Pollutants and Neurological Disorders
Environmental pollutants have emerged as a major global health concern, with growing evidence linking exposure to both traditional contaminants such as heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic) and novel pollutants-including…
- Conditions
- Cerebrovascular Disorders, Brain Tumours, Alzheimer Dementia
- Trial name
- CLEAN (NCT07140601)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Neurologic Disorder, Parkinson Disease
High Intensity Functional Training for Individuals With Neurologic Diagnoses and Their Care Partners
Individuals with and without neurologic diagnoses greatly benefit from participation in regular exercise but the majority are physically inactive.
- Conditions
- Neurologic Disorder, Parkinson Disease, Spinal Cord Injuries, Spina Bifida
- Trial name
- SHIFT-AR (NCT05951985)
- Testing
- HIFT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Colleges of Health Education
Brain (Nervous System) Cancers, Brain Arterial Disease
A Vision-Language Foundation Model for Brain Disease Diagnosis From Multimodal Data
The goal of this observational study is to develop an innovative, comprehensive, and explainable AI vision-language foundation model (VLM) to advance the diagnosis and interpretation of brain diseases using multi-modal data.
- Conditions
- Brain (Nervous System) Cancers, Brain Arterial Disease, Neuro-Degenerative Disease, Brain Tumors
- Trial name
- NCT07126821
- Testing
- No Interventions
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Parkinson Disease, Neurodegenerative Diseases
Mobile Parkinson Observatory for Worldwide, Evidence-based Research (mPower)
The purpose of this study is to understand variation in the symptoms of Parkinson disease. This study uses an iPhone app to record these symptoms through questionnaires and sensors.
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Movement Disorders, Central Nervous System Diseases
- Trial name
- mPower (NCT02696603)
- Testing
- Participant self-assessment surveys, Phonation, Gait and balance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sage Bionetworks
Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Cognitive Dysfunction
MCLENA-2: A Phase II Clinical Trial for the Assessment of Lenalidomide in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment
This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group study. The use of placebo is appropriate to minimize bias related to treatment expectations of the subject, study partner, and site investigator, as well as…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Cognitive Dysfunction, Amyloid Plaque, Neurodegenerative Disease, Hereditary
- Trial name
- NCT06177028
- Testing
- Lenalidomide 10 mg
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix