Clinical trials: Central Nervous System Inflammation
Pain, Inflammation
UVB Model Validation Study
Single centre, subject and observer blinded, placebo controlled, cross-over study of the effect of oral ibuprofen and topical hydrocortisone-21-acetate on ultraviolet radiation (UVR) induced pain and inflammation in healthy…
- Conditions
- Pain, Inflammation, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT01055249
- Testing
- Ibuprofen, Hydrocortisone, Hydrocortisone
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- X-pert Med GmbH
Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Due to Alzheimer's Disease
Longitudinal Profiling of Plasma-Derived Glial Extracellular Vesicles in Alzheimer's Disease
This project aims to longitudinally profile plasma-derived GDEVs and plasma biomarkers of neuroinflammation across three stages of the AD continuum (Subjective Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer's…
- Conditions
- Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Due to Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
- Trial name
- GLEVAD (NCT07803055)
- Testing
- blood sampling
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Atherosclerosis, Carotid Atherosclerosis
Visualization of Carotid Atherosclerosis by 68Ga-MSA
Until now, no specific atherosclerosis-targeting agent labeled with positron emitter is not yet available. Investigators developed neomannosyl human serum albumin(MSA) for the terminal mannose residues of MSA binding with the…
- Conditions
- Atherosclerosis, Carotid Atherosclerosis, Noninvasive Imaging of Atherosclerosis
- Trial name
- NCT01893489
- Testing
- 68Gallium-MSA
- Where
- 2 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Korea University
Gaucher Disease Type 1
Role of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Type 1 Gaucher Disease (GD1)
The purpose of this study is to measure levels of blood and brain chemicals related to oxidative stress and inflammation in healthy volunteers and individuals with Type 1 Gaucher disease (GD1) to see if these levels are altered…
- Trial name
- NCT02583672
- Testing
- N-acetylcysteine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Dementia
PET Evaluation of Brain Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptors Using [11C]PBR28 in Frontotemporal Dementia
This study will use positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to measure a receptor in the brain that is involved in inflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT00613119
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Pneumonia, Bacterial
Study Evaluating Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotype Carriage Rate for Nasopharyngeal Carriage in Filipino Children
Evaluation of the carriage rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the nasopharynx of healthy children and the carriage rate and distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes
- Trial name
- NCT00724828
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
Obesity, Morbid, Insulin Resistance
Effects of Morbid Obesity and Bariatric Surgery on Brain Inflammation, Insulin Resistance and Central Reward System
Background: Morbid obesity is associated with decreased brain µ-opioid receptor availability, possibly resulting in higher food intake needed to gain pleasure from eating.
- Trial name
- BariBrainPET (NCT05080205)
- Testing
- Bariatric surgery
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Cerebrovascular Disease, Stroke
Genetic Studies to Identify Stroke Subtypes and Outcome
This study will characterize the gene response of the body's immune and inflammatory cells to stroke. There is a wide variation in stroke risk, stroke outcome, and response to clot-busting therapy for stroke.
- Trial name
- NCT00357513
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 840 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Parkinson's Disease With LRRK2 Mutation, Healthy Controls
Measure of Microglial Activation in the Brain of Parkinson Disease Patients With PET
There is accumulating evidence suggesting that inflammatory processes, through microglial activation, would play a key role in the neurodegenerative process of Parkinson's disease (PD).
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease With LRRK2 Mutation, Healthy Controls, Parkinson's Disease Without LRRK2 Mutation
- Trial name
- INFLAPARK (NCT02319382)
- Testing
- PET with the tracer 18F-DPA-714, PET with the tracer 11C-PE2I, MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Sarcopenia
Skeletal Muscle Inflammation, Oxidative Stress and DNA Repair in Age-Related Sarcopenia
The purpose of this research study is to investigate how and why the loss of muscle mass occurs with aging. Tissue collected from young subjects will be compared to previously collected tissue from elderly subjects, as well as…
- Trial name
- NCT02116166
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Headache Disorders
Assessment of Inflammation in Primary Headaches
Headache is the most common neurological complaint accounting for % 1 to % 4 in the emergency department (ED).Every year, nearly one million people with headache attacks have been consulted by healthcare professionals at the…
- Trial name
- NCT04891848
- Testing
- inflammation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kocaeli University
Parkinson Disease
Parkinson Disease Before and After Medication and Rehabilitation Treatment
In this three-year project, our research teams are going to consecutively explore these important clinical, drug and physical rehabilitation treatment effects, noradrenergic network, autonomic dysfunction and microRNA signalling…
- Trial name
- NCT02672943
- Testing
- Rehabilitation treatment, non-rehabilitation treatment
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Frontotemporal Dementia
Molecular Neuroimaging of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Dementias
Neuroinflammation is increasingly implicated as a potential critical pathogenic mechanism in a variety of neurologic and psychiatric disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT02945774
- Testing
- (18F)-FEPPA
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
Study of [11C]DPA-713 for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Background: Some people with epilepsy have an epileptic focus, a small part of the brain that is the starting point of the seizure. This focus is like an irritant or an inflammation, and helps cause the seizure.
- Trial name
- NCT01793532
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Alzheimer Disease
Investigation of Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Using [11C]-CS1P1
This study involves a brain positron emission tomography (PET) scan with a new, investigational radioactive tracer called [11C]-CS1P1 to identify inflammation in the brain by testing with healthy older adults and with cognitively…
- Trial name
- NCT06129838
- Testing
- [11C]-CS1P1
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage
CIRP and Cathepsin B in Neuroinflammation After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
This is a single-center, investigator-initiated, prospective observational case-control study. Patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and healthy controls will be enrolled at Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University.
- Trial name
- CIRP-ICH (NCT07665255)
- Testing
- Blood Sample Collection
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Alzheimer Dementia (AD)
Targeting Neuroinflammation as a Contributing Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Dementia and Related Dementias
This study is being done to research the usefulness of PET/CT imaging for measuring brain inflammation and its relation to Alzheimer's Disease Dementia and related dementias.
- Trial name
- NCT04786223
- Testing
- C-11 ER-176, Blood Test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Val Lowe
Cerebral Palsy, Spastic
Muscle-tendon Pathology and Metabolic Dysregulation in CP
The main aim of this project is to gain knowledge about the muscle-tendon pathology of moderately to severely affected young people with cerebral palsy and their risk for cardiometabolic diseases and chronic inflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT06330922
- Testing
- Cardiorespiratory fitness training
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Graz
Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Diseases
Benchtop NMR Spectroscopy for Assessment of Clinical Human Pathologies (BRANCH-P STUDY)
This research programme seeks to combine the resources of NHS primary care, with the leading spectroscopic work in low-magnetic fields of the Wilson Group (Nottingham Trent University) to demonstrate the potential for benchtop…
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Cancer, Bowel Disease
- Trial name
- BRANCH-P (NCT05473325)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Willows Health
Neuropathic Pain, Depression
The Effect of Diet on Chronic Inflammation and Related Disorders Following Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord Injury (SCI) is a condition commonly associated with a state of chronic low-grade inflammation due to a variety of factors such heightened risk for infection and development of metabolic disorders.
- Conditions
- Neuropathic Pain, Depression, Cognitive Impairment, Somatic Neuropathy
- Trial name
- NCT02099890
- Testing
- Omega-3, Vegetation Protein Powder, InflanNox
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brock University