Clinical trials: Cerebral Artery Occlusion
Carotid Artery Stenosis
Sundt™ Carotid Shunt Retrospective Post Market Clinical Follow-up Study (PMCF)
The primary objective of this study is to retrospectively investigate the safety and efficacy of the Integra Sundt™ carotid shunt during endarterectomy procedures.
- Trial name
- NCT03816202
- Testing
- Sundt carotid shunt
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Integra LifeSciences Corporation
Ischemic Stroke, Atherosclerosis
Preventive Effects of Ginseng Against Atherosclerosis
This study is a 12-month, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. The purpose of this study is to determine whether ginseng is effective in the prevention of atherosclerosis and subsequent ischemic stroke.
- Trial name
- PEGASUS (NCT02796664)
- Testing
- Ginseng
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Dae Chul Suh
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
Efficacy Study of Kinto Care Coaching for Dementia Family Caregivers
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate Kinto's Care Coaching intervention for dementia caregivers. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the intervention help caregivers to address their general caregiving goals…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Lewy Body Disease, Vascular Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT05916664
- Testing
- Kinto Care Coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 495 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kinto
Intracranial Atherosclerosis
An International Registry of the Wingspan™ Stent System for the Treatment of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis
The IRISS study is designed to collect clinical and angiographic outcomes data when stenting intracranial atherosclerotic lesions using the Wingspan™ Stent System with Gateway™ PTA Balloon Catheter in routine clinical practice.
- Trial name
- IRISS (NCT00929383)
- Testing
- Wingspan Stent System with Gateway PTA Balloon Catheter
- Where
- 19 sites in France, Germany
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Stryker Neurovascular
Carotid Atherosclerosis, Carotid Intimal Medial Thickness 1
Effects of Lutein Supplementation on Subclinical Atherosclerosis
This study is to investigate the possible positive effects of lutein and lycopene supplementation on early atherosclerosis in Beijing.
- Trial name
- NCT01534533
- Testing
- Lutein group, Combination group, Normal lutein control group
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Intracranial Atherosclerosis
Post Market Surveillance Study of the Wingspan Stent System
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the rate of stroke and/or death in patients treated with the Wingspan Stent System, according to the Indications for Use, within 72 hours post procedure.
- Trial name
- WEAVE (NCT02034058)
- Testing
- Wingspan Stent System
- Where
- 26 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people
- Sponsor
- Stryker Neurovascular
Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases
Niacin Plus Statin to Prevent Vascular Events
The purpose of this study is to determine whether raising "good cholesterol" with a drug based on the vitamin niacin, while lowering "bad cholesterol" with a statin drug, can prevent more heart disease than the statin alone.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Cerebrovascular Accident, Coronary Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00120289
- Testing
- Extended release niacin, Simvastatin
- Where
- 91 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 3,414 people
- Sponsor
- Axio Research. LLC
Dementia-related Psychosis
Relapse Prevention Study of Pimavanserin in Dementia-related Psychosis
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of pimavanserin compared to placebo in preventing relapse of psychotic symptoms in subjects with dementia-related psychosis who responded to 12 weeks of open label…
- Trial name
- NCT03325556
- Testing
- Pimavanserin 34 mg, Pimavanserin 20 mg
- Where
- 83 sites in United States, Bulgaria and 11 more
- Volunteers
- 392 people
- Sponsor
- ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Carotid Stenosis
Ultrasound Guided Intermediate Cervical Plexus Block and Additional Perivascular Local Anesthetic Infiltration
For ultrasound guided intermediate cervical plexus block this randomized comparison is testing the hypothesis, that an additional perivascular infiltration is associated with increased block quality.
- Trial name
- NCT02336958
- Testing
- intermediate cervical plexus block ropivacaine, pericarotidal infiltration (active comparator) ropivacaine, jugular infiltration prilocaine
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Helios Research Center
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
SAFE at Home: A Service to Provide Social Engagement to Community-Dwelling Persons With Dementia
The proposed Phase 1 study will involve initial development and evaluation of a new service called Social Activities For Engagement at Home or SAFE at Home (SaH).
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Dementia, Vascular, Dementia, Mixed
- Trial name
- NCT05516147
- Testing
- SAFE at Home
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Hopeful Aging
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Study to Investigate CSL112 in Subjects With Acute Coronary Syndrome
This is a phase 3, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of CSL112 on reducing the risk of major adverse CV events [MACE - cardiovascular (CV) death…
- Trial name
- AEGIS-II (NCT03473223)
- Testing
- Apolipoprotein A-I [human] (apoA-I)
- Where
- 903 sites in United States, Argentina and 47 more
- Volunteers
- 18,226 people
- Sponsor
- CSL Behring
Arterial Ischemic Stroke
A Proof of Concept Study to Evaluate the Safety of Afamelanotide in Patients With Acute Arterial Ischaemic Stroke (AIS)
The primary study objective is to assess the safety of afamelanotide while the secondary objective is to assess whether the therapy affects the size of the penumbra, by increasing blood flow, restoring oxygen supply to the brain…
- Trial name
- NCT04962503
- Testing
- Afamelanotide
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Limited
Brain Ischemia
Strategy for Adequate Blood Pressure Lowering in the Patients With Intracranial Atherosclerosis
To develop adequate blood pressure (BP) lowering strategy after subacute ischemic stroke patients with symptomatic severe intracranial atherosclerosis.
- Trial name
- STABLE-ICAS (NCT01104311)
- Testing
- Aggressive BP lowering, modest blood pressure lowering
- Where
- 16 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- Asan Medical Center
Carotid Stenosis
[F-18] RGD-K5 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in Participants With Carotid Artery Stenosis
This trial will be the first trial for the Investigation Product (IP), [F-18]RGD-K5 for carotid plaque imaging and will be conducted as a Phase II trial since this compound has already been tested in humans for phase I and phase…
- Trial name
- NCT01602471
- Testing
- [F-18]RDG-K5
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Siemens Molecular Imaging
Intracranial Arterial Stenosis, Intracranial Atherosclerosis
Surgical Indirect Revascularization For Symptomatic Intracranial Arterial Stenosis
Stroke due to intracranial arterial atherosclerosis is a significant medical problem, carrying one of the highest rates of recurrent stroke despite best medical therapy, with annual recurrence rates as elevated as 25% in high…
- Conditions
- Intracranial Arterial Stenosis, Intracranial Atherosclerosis, Ischemic Stroke, Cerebral Angiogenesis
- Trial name
- ERSIAS (NCT01819597)
- Testing
- Encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis (EDAS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Arteriosclerosis, Intracranial Arteriosclerosis
Identifying the Anti-Blood-Clotting Compounds in Garlic
This study will seek to identify the compound(s) in garlic that is (are) responsible for its ability to prevent the formation of blood clots (prevent platelet aggregation) and to determine the maximally effective dose and…
- Trial name
- NCT00200785
- Testing
- garlic powder added to ambient water, garlic powder added to boiling water
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Stenoses, Carotid Artery
Selective Versus Routine Shunting in Carotid Endarterectomy Patients
The project involves prospectively randomizing patients to either routine carotid shunting or selective carotid shunting during Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) under general anesthesia (GA) to see the difference in post-op…
- Trial name
- NCT00967486
- Testing
- Carotid endarterectomy with routine shount, Carotid endarterectomy with selective shunt
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CAMC Health System
Carotid Atherosclerosis, Peripheral Arterial Disease
Non-invasive Computer-Aided Phenotyping of Vasculopathy
The investigators use MRI and/or CT to evaluate the extent, as well as, the structure, composition, and functional aspects of atherosclerotic plaques in human carotid and femoral arteries in patients scheduled to undergo an…
- Trial name
- Q-CAMP (NCT02143102)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- Elucid Bioimaging Inc.
Ischemic Stroke
Reducing Intracranial atheroSclErosis With Repatha
The purpose of this study will be to understand the underlying mechanism by which PCSK9 inhibition reduces the rate of ischemic stroke seen in the pivotal studies that led to its FDA approval for ASCVD such as ischemic stroke.
- Trial name
- RISER (NCT04573777)
- Testing
- Repatha
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Accidental Falls, Fall Due to Loss of Equilibrium
OHI--Randomized Control Trial to Evaluate Efficacy, Acceptability, and Perception of Benefit of an Innovative Custom AFO
The investigators propose a randomized control trial to evaluate long term effects and effectiveness of Moore Balance Brace (MBB) ankle foot orthoses (AFO) in reducing risk of falling in older adults.
- Conditions
- Accidental Falls, Fall Due to Loss of Equilibrium, High Risk of Falls Due to Mobility Limitation, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT02819011
- Testing
- MBB AFO, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Bijan Najafi, PhD