Clinical trials: Cognitive Deficits
Aging, Physical Activity
Effects of Regular Exercise on Cerebrovascular Reserve in Older Adults
While it is well established that physical inactivity is a modifiable risk factor for vascular disease and cognitive decline, the mechanism by which exercise exerts its protective effect on the cerebral circulation and cognition…
- Conditions
- Aging, Physical Activity, Cognitive Function
- Trial name
- BIM (NCT03158337)
- Testing
- Aerobic exercise
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 286 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Efficiency of CogniPlat on Cognitive Functions in Older Adults
Mild cognitive impairment is a common intermediate stage between normal aging and dementia, affecting memory and other cognitive domains in older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07130591
- Testing
- Cogniplat game platform, Control group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Izmir Democracy University
Silent Cerebral Infarct, Biomarkers / Blood
Biomarkers as Prognostic Factors of Silent, Cerebral Infarctions in Patients Undergoing High-thromboembolic-risk Transcatheter Interventions
Background: The transcatheter interventions with high thromboembolic risk, as transcatheter carotid angioplasty or transcatheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias are associated with asymptomatic strokes- silent strokes.
- Conditions
- Silent Cerebral Infarct, Biomarkers / Blood, Cardiac Ablation, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- PRINCESS (NCT07844850)
- Testing
- High-thromboembolic-risk transcatheter interventions
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Huntington Disease, Huntington's Disease
REGISTRY - an Observational Study of the European Huntington's Disease Network (EHDN)
This is a multi-centre, multi-national, prospective, observational study of Huntington's disease (HD) with a control group of volunteers to: obtain natural history data on many HD mutation carriers and individuals who are part of…
- Trial name
- REGISTRY (NCT01590589)
- Where
- 140 sites in Austria, Belgium and 15 more
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- European Huntington's Disease Network
Mental Health (Depression), Mental Health and General Well-being
Thrive at Home: A Virtual Reality Social Intervention for Older Adults
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether a virtual reality (VR) based social platform can improve mental health and social connection for older adults who receive in-home care.
- Conditions
- Mental Health (Depression), Mental Health and General Well-being, Loneliness, Well Being
- Trial name
- Thrive at Home (NCT07835568)
- Testing
- Full Virtual Reality Social Intervention, Abbreviated Virtual Reality Social Intervention
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Santa Barbara
Alzheimer's Disease, MCI Due to AD
Language, Speech and Motor Function in MCI Due to AD and Alzheimer's Disease
The goal of this observational cross-sectional study is to explore the characteristics of language, speech, and motor function in persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer's disease ("MCI due to AD") and persons…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, MCI Due to AD, Dementia Alzheimers
- Trial name
- NCT06508268
- Testing
- GAITRite walkway system OR 4-meter walking speed test, Jamar hand dynamometer, Picture description task
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 208 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen
Parkinson Disease, Huntington Disease
A PET Brain Imaging Study of mGluR5 in Subjects With Neuropsychiatric Conditions
Measurement of metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 (mGluR5) binding capacity in the brain, may be a valuable tool in the early detection, understanding, or evaluation of Parkinson disease (PD), Huntington disease (HD), Fragile…
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Huntington Disease, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Fragile X Syndrome
- Trial name
- FPEB (NCT00870974)
- Testing
- [18F]FPEB
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Enhancing Cognitive Control in Mild Cognitive Impairment Via Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
The overall goal of this project is to improve cognitive control abilities in adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) through a form of non-invasive brain stimulation, transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS).
- Trial name
- NCT04647032
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Alzheimer Disease, Healthy Aging
Developing an Artificial Intelligence System to Detect Cognitive Impairment
Alzheimer's disease dementia (AD) is a debilitating and prevalent neurodegenerative disease in older adults globally. Cognitive impairment, a hallmark of AD, is assessed through verbal tests that require high specialization, and…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Healthy Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT05794451
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 3,413 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Quality of Life, Surgery
Determination of the Effect of Puzzle Use in Elderly Patients
The aim of this study is to determine the effects of the use of a simple, reliable and cost-effective puzzle on post-operative cognitive function changes, postoperative recovery, and quality of life using questionnaires and…
- Conditions
- Quality of Life, Surgery, Postoperative Confusion, Cognitive Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT05796830
- Testing
- Puzzle application
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Cognitive Impairment and Affective Mood Disorders in Patients With IBD
The aim is to evaluate the presence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This will be done by cognitive tests.
- Conditions
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- COGN-IBD-1 (NCT05760729)
- Testing
- Cognitive testing
- Where
- 3 sites in Romania
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Early Brain Damage Assessment in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in Predicting Cognitive Impairment
the goal of this type of study : observation study is to learn about cerebral edema and hematoma in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage the main questions it aims to answer are current clinical practices lack predictive models to…
- Trial name
- NCT06172556
- Testing
- Endovascular coiling, Surgical clipping, Mix
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hebei Medical University
Cognitive Dysfunction, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Improving the Referral of Patients With Suspected Cognitive Impairment and Early Dementia
The goal of this interventional study is to implement and evaluate the adhesion to two types of interventional strategies for assessing cognitive function, at Family Health Units (FHU), providing primary care clinicians (PCCs)…
- Trial name
- DemRefImprov (NCT05890313)
- Testing
- Mini Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Brain on Track (version BOT.0.0.0 03.03.2023)
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade do Porto
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Role of Antibodies in Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
This study will examine the possible relationship between certain antibodies found in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and cognitive (thought processing) impairment in these patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00042523
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Dementia Disorders, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Multimodal Biomarkers in Individual With Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Memory problems can range from normal aging to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia. This study looks at three ways of measuring what is happening in the brain at each of these stages: a blood test (GFAP), a brain MRI…
- Trial name
- NCT07812480
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Early Intervention in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) With Curcumin + Bioperine
This is an additional study to the primary Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) study (LSU#H04-049; NCT00243451)that is underway of PET detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment.
- Trial name
- NCT00595582
- Testing
- curcumin + bioperine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Dysfunction
Open-label, Post-marketing, Prospective Study to Assess Impact of COVID-19 on Cognitive Function in Patients
The objective of this study is to compare the impact of the coronavirus disease (SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19) on cognitive function in the population of patients who have been diagnosed, treated and recovered from the COVID-19…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Dysfunction, Brain Health, Post CoV-2 Syndrome
- Trial name
- COVID19 (NCT04950673)
- Testing
- Cognivue
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cognivue, Inc.
Cognitive Change, Cognitive Impairment
The Everyday Function Intervention Trial
Loss of independence, cognitive decline, and difficulties in everyday function are areas of great concern for older adults and their families.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Change, Cognitive Impairment, Healthy Aging, Dementia
- Trial name
- EFIT (NCT04651582)
- Testing
- Cognitive Training, Cognitive Stimulating Activities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clemson University
Delirium, Cognitive Dysfunction
Can a New EEG Based Tool Predict Post-operative Delirium and Cognitive Dysfunction?
As the population ages and medical progress is made, many elderly patients that previously would not have been candidates for surgery are now undergoing operations.
- Trial name
- NCT03293550
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Mild Cognitive Impairment, NAD
The Effects of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD) on Brain Function and Cognition
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of Niagen (nicotinamide riboside, vitamin B3), on NAD levels, brain function including cognition and blood flow in people diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
- Trial name
- NAD (NCT02942888)
- Testing
- Nicotinamide riboside, Sugar Pill
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio