Clinical trials: Central Nervous System Inflammation
Polymyositis
Efficacy and Tolerability of BAF312 in Patients With Polymyositis
This study assessed the efficacy, safety and tolerability of BAF312 administered orally in patients with clinically active polymyositis and also in patients with polymyositis who had shown inadequate response to corticosteroids…
- Trial name
- NCT01801917
- Testing
- BAF312
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Canada and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Alzheimer Disease
Evaluating Simvastatin's Potential Role in Therapy
The purpose of this study is to see how simvastatin, a cholesterol-lowering drug, affects processes related to the development of Alzheimer's disease, including: 1) levels of a substance called beta-amyloid-42 found in the spinal…
- Trial name
- ESPRIT (NCT00486044)
- Testing
- Simvastatin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease
Minocycline in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease
Cognitively normal individuals, patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer's Disease (AD) will undergo clinical screening, neuropsychological tests, blood and urine analyses, quantitative magnetic resonance…
- Trial name
- NCT01463384
- Testing
- Minocycline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Huntington Medical Research Institutes
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing, Bacteremia
Antibiotic "Dysbiosis" in Preterm Infants
Prolonged antibiotic use in preterm neonates has significant consequences on the developing intestinal microbiome, metabolome and host response, predisposing the neonate to various major morbidities, including necrotizing…
- Conditions
- Enterocolitis, Necrotizing, Bacteremia, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Intraventricular Hemorrhage
- Trial name
- NCT02784821
- Testing
- Antibiotic, Gastric fluid, Breast milk
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Fibromyalgia
The Innate Central Nervous System Immune Response to an Experimental Immune Challenge in People With Fibromyalgia
The major goal of this study is to determine if the innate immune response is dysregulated in people with fibromyalgia, compared to healthy controls.
- Trial name
- NCT04263454
- Testing
- Endotoxin, Escherichia Coli, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nervous System Malformations, Arthropathy, Neurogenic
Anakinra to Treat Patients With Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease
This study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of anakinra (Kineret) for treating patients with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID), also known as chronic infantile neurological, cutaneous and…
- Conditions
- Nervous System Malformations, Arthropathy, Neurogenic, Urticaria, Papilledema
- Trial name
- NCT00069329
- Testing
- anakinra
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Healthy
Translocator Protein and Inflammation After Traumatic Brain Injury
Background: People with traumatic brain injury (TBI) often have inflammation in the brain. A protein called the translocator protein (TSPO) is often present with inflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT01547780
- Testing
- [11C]PBR28 and Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Nervous System Diseases, Diagnostic Imaging
MR, Histologic And EM Imaging Of Intravenous Ferumoxytol In Central Nervous System (CNS) Inflammation
This exploratory study utilizes ferumoxytol, an iron oxide nanoparticle MR contrast agent for imaging various inflammatory processes in the head and neck region, spine, including the central nervous system.
- Trial name
- NCT00659776
- Testing
- Ferumoxytol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 255 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Stroke, Ischemic, Inflammatory Response
TSPO PET as a Measure of Post-stroke Brain Inflammation: a Natural History Cohort
DESIGN: exploratory, prospective, natural history, imaging cohort study BACKGROUND: Stroke causes a strong inflammatory response in the brain which is thought to contribute to permanent brain damage in stroke patients.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Ischemic, Inflammatory Response, Stroke, Acute
- Trial name
- NCT03662750
- Testing
- Brain Imaging
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Dementia
PET Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases Via a Novel Translocator Protein (TSPO) Radioligand
Background: Aging-related progressive neurological disorders include frontotemporal dementia, Lou Gehrig s disease, and Alzheimer s disease. Little is known about what causes these disorders. Brain inflammation may be involved.
- Trial name
- NCT03958630
- Testing
- 11C-ER176, 11C-PIB, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Antiepileptic Drugs and Vascular Risk Markers
The purpose of this study is to determine if certain seizure medications raise levels of cholesterol and other blood components which could increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
- Trial name
- NCT00774306
- Testing
- phenytoin, valproate, levetiracetam
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Uveitis, Intermediate Uveitis
Safety Study of Suprachoroidal Triamcinolone Acetonide Via Microneedle to Treat Uveitis
This study is designed to determine the safety and tolerability of a single microinjection of triamcinolone acetonide (TRIESENCE®) into the suprachoroidal space (SCS) of patients who have non-infectious uveitis.
- Conditions
- Uveitis, Intermediate Uveitis, Posterior Uveitis, Panuveitis
- Trial name
- NCT01789320
- Testing
- triamcinolone acetonide (Triesence®)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Clearside Biomedical, Inc.
Stroke, Fatigue
Post-stroke Fatigue, Inflammation, tDCS
Fatigue is a common condition after an individual has a stroke. While the negative impacts of post-stroke fatigue are well known, the knowledge of the causes of post-stroke fatigue and effective treatments for post-stroke fatigue…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Fatigue, Chronic Stroke, Stroke Sequelae
- Trial name
- NCT05330988
- Testing
- anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Giant Cell Arteritis
A Placebo-controlled Phase 2 Trial to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of Secukinumab in Giant Cell Arteritis
This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of secukinumab compared to placebo to maintain disease remission up to 28 weeks including corticosteroid tapering, as well as up to 1 year (52 weeks) in patients with…
- Trial name
- TitAIN (NCT03765788)
- Testing
- Secukinumab 300 mg, s.c., Prednisolone
- Where
- 11 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Spinal Cord Injury
Effects of Salsalate on Prandial-Induced Vascular Inflammation After Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
The overall study objectives are to examine whether: 1. Persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) having elevated body mass are at greater cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk for fasting and postprandial lipidemia, glycemia, and…
- Trial name
- NCT01201759
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Alzheimer's Disease, Oxidative Stress
Fish Oil and Alpha Lipoic Acid in Treating Alzheimer's Disease
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of fish oil and the antioxidant alpha lipoic acid on factors in the blood that are associated with the progression of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Oxidative Stress, Dementia, Hyperlipidemia
- Trial name
- NCT00090402
- Testing
- Fish Oil, Lipoic Acid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
ALK-Positive Large B-Cell Lymphoma, Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Activated B-Cell Type
Nivolumab With or Without Varlilumab in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Aggressive B-cell Lymphomas
This phase II trial studies how well nivolumab with or without varlilumab works in treating patients with aggressive B-cell lymphomas that have come back (recurrent) or do not respond to treatment (refractory).
- Conditions
- ALK-Positive Large B-Cell Lymphoma, Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Activated B-Cell Type, Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Associated With Chronic Inflammation, Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Germinal Center B-Cell Type
- Trial name
- NCT03038672
- Testing
- Nivolumab, Varlilumab
- Where
- 33 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction Trial
The Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction Trial (CIRT) is a randomized clinical trial investigating whether taking low-dose methotrexate reduces heart attacks, strokes, or death in people with type 2 diabetes or metabolic…
- Trial name
- CIRT (NCT01594333)
- Testing
- Methotrexate
- Where
- 470 sites in United States, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 4,786 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Diffuse Lewy Body Disease, Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Imaging Inflammation in Patients With Parkinson's Disease Dementia or Dementia With Lewy Bodies
This study uses a special type of scan called a positron emission tomography (PET) scan to take pictures of the brain. During the PET scan, a special dye called 11C-PBR28 is injected into the body.
- Conditions
- Diffuse Lewy Body Disease, Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Parkinson's Disease Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT02702102
- Testing
- 11C-PBR28
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Alzheimer's Disease
Imaging Tau in Alzheimer's Disease and Normal Aging
This study is being done to learn about tau tangles in Alzheimer's disease. A type of PET scan is used to measure the abnormal accumulation of protein called tau in the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT02884492
- Testing
- 18F-THK-5351, Lumbar Puncture (optional)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- William Charles Kreisl