Clinical trials: Dementia, Familial
Rare Disorders, Undiagnosed Disorders
Rare Disease Patient Registry & Natural History Study - Coordination of Rare Diseases at Sanford
The Coordination of Rare Diseases at Sanford (CoRDS) is an international patient registry that serves as a centralized resource for rare disease research.
- Conditions
- Rare Disorders, Undiagnosed Disorders, Disorders of Unknown Prevalence, Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
- Trial name
- CoRDS (NCT01793168)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people
- Sponsor
- Sanford Health
Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Webnovela for Hispanic Dementia Family Caregivers
Photozig and Stanford University are creating a new program for Hispanic dementia caregivers to help cope with caregiving, alleviate related stress, and enhance quality of life for caregivers, with funding from the National…
- Trial name
- NCT02489110
- Testing
- Webnovela, Information
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Photozig, Inc.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia
Genetic Study of Familial and Sporadic ALS/Motor Neuron Disease, Miyoshi Myopathy and Other Neuromuscular Disorders
The investigators laboratory has been studying families with a history of ALS for more than 30 years and is continuing to use new ways to understand how genes may play a role in ALS, motor neuron disease and other neuromuscular…
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia, PLS, Motor Neuron Disease
- Trial name
- NCT01459302
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Alzheimer's Disease
Detection of Disease-Related Changes in Pre-Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease
The investigators are conducting a study to try to improve our ability to identify older adults who are at high-risk for progression to Alzheimer's disease, several years before they have symptoms that might reduce their quality…
- Trial name
- Scope (NCT01841905)
- Testing
- Observational Study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Rhode Island Hospital
Depression NOS, Major Depressive Disorder
Meditation to Reduce Caregiver Stress
The purpose of this study is to determine whether meditation will reduce stress and depressive of adult caregivers of a person with dementia.
- Conditions
- Depression NOS, Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety NOS
- Trial name
- Meditation (NCT01537679)
- Testing
- Kirtan Kriya meditation, Relaxation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Dementia
The Family Caregiver Training Program for Caregivers of People With Dementia
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the Family Caregiver Training Program for caregivers of people with dementia, using a pretest posttest randomized control trial with 3-month follow-up.
- Trial name
- NCT02649244
- Testing
- The Family Caregiver Training Program
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nova Southeastern University
Family Caregivers
Mobile App Psychological Interventions for Family Dementia Caregivers
Family caregivers of persons with dementia often experience chronic stress and insomnia, resulting in decreased mental and physical health.
- Trial name
- NCT05253443
- Testing
- Mentalizing Imagery Therapy and caregiver skills mobile application, Caregiver skills mobile application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
REmote Assessment and Dynamic Response Intervention II
The purpose of the READyR II Study is to test a dynamic tailoring phase of a remote assessment for changing dementia-related care needs.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Relationship, Marital, Caregiver Stress Syndrome
- Trial name
- READyR-II (NCT04686838)
- Testing
- READyR II: A, READyR II: B
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
Assessing Acceptability, Cost, and Efficacy of STELLA-Support Via Technology
STELLA (Support via Technology Living and Learning with Advancing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias) is a multicomponent video-conference based intervention that aims to help family members caring for persons of dementia…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Caregiver Burnout, Family Members
- Trial name
- STELLA (NCT04335110)
- Testing
- STELLA (Support via TEchnology: Living and Learning with Advancing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Stress
Effectiveness of an Adaptive Treatment Model for At-risk Family Caregivers
This study will develop and evaluate the effectiveness of an adaptive treatment model for reducing the stress of, and burden on, family members caring for a person with dementia.
- Trial name
- NCT00632684
- Testing
- Interviews with a single treatment planning session, Adaptive treatment model
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Family, Alzheimer Dementia
The Senior Companion Program Plus
Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) is one of the most challenging chronic health conditions in the United States and considerable disparities exist in the diagnosis and prevalence of ADRD among communities of color.
- Trial name
- SCP Plus (NCT03602391)
- Testing
- SCP Plus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Arlington
Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease
Distance Savvy: Testing Tele-Savvy, a Distance Dementia Family Caregiver Education Program
The purpose of this study is to refine and test the web-based delivery of a well-established in-person group program that provides information and education to informal caregivers (family and friends) of persons with Alzheimer's…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT02300584
- Testing
- Tele-Savvy, iPad
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Familial Frontotemporal Dementia
Longitudinal Evaluation of Familial Frontotemporal Dementia Subjects
This study is being done to learn more about normal thinking and behavior, mild thinking and behavior problems, Frontotemporal Dementia and other forms of dementia in families in which one or more relatives have a mutation…
- Trial name
- LEFFTDS (NCT02372773)
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 398 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Amyloid Cardiomyopathy
Open-Label Study of AG10 in Patients With Cardiomyopathy
This prospective, multicenter open-label study will evaluate the long-term safety, tolerability, PK and PD of acoramidis administered on a background of stable heart failure therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT03536767
- Testing
- Acoramidis
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Eidos Therapeutics, a BridgeBio company
Family Caregivers
Supporting Family Carers to People Living With Symptoms of Dementia at Home up to the End of Life
This is a qualitative study that will seek to gain further understanding of the support needs of family carers to people living with symptoms of dementia up to the end of life.
- Trial name
- NCT03666611
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Amyloid, Cardiac Amyloidosis
Pan-Amyloid PET/CT in Various Amyloid-Related Disease
To evaluate the potential usefulness of 18F-92/AV45/TPZA/FT8, 11C-PIB positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for the diagnosis of primary and metastatic lesions in various Pan-Amyloid-related disease patients.
- Conditions
- Amyloid, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Amyloidosis
- Trial name
- NCT07130565
- Testing
- 18F-92/AV45/TPZA/FT8, 11CPIB
- Where
- 3 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tianjin Medical University
Transthyretin-Related (ATTR) Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy
Efficacy and Safety of AG10 in Subjects with Transthyretin Amyloid Polyneurophathy
See updated study design under NCT04882735. Phase 3 efficacy and safety of AG10 compared with placebo in subjects with symptomatic Transthyretin Amyloid Polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN)
- Trial name
- ATTRibute-PN (NCT04418024)
- Testing
- AG10
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Eidos Therapeutics, a BridgeBio company
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Genetics of Familial and Sporadic ALS
We are collecting blood samples, clinical and family information from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) patients and their families to identify causes of ALS and ALS/dementia.
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, ALS With Frontotemporal Dementia (ALS/FTD), Lou Gehrig's Disease
- Trial name
- ALS (NCT00821132)
- Testing
- Genetic study of ALS families
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13,521 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) Quinacrine Study
The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine the effectiveness of the medication quinacrine on survival in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD).
- Trial name
- NCT00183092
- Testing
- Quinacrine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Depression
Videoconferencing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy With a Web App Use for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia
The purpose of the pilot study is to assess the effects of an 8-week program on improving mental health in depressed family caregivers of people with dementia.
- Trial name
- NCT05518968
- Testing
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham