Clinical trials: FTD
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Phenotype, Genotype and Biomarkers 2
The purpose of this study is to learn more about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other related neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), hereditary spastic…
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Progressive Muscular Atrophy
- Trial name
- PGB2 (NCT04875416)
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, South Africa
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorder, Mental Disorder
Test of A Model of Representational Knowledge Stored in the Human Prefrontal Cortex
This study will examine the underlying mental processes that determine how people understand social behavior, remember information, and think.
- Conditions
- Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorder, Mental Disorder, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT00024908
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 949 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease
In-Home Technology for Dementia Caregivers
This study aims to develop and evaluate in-home assistive technology that is designed to alleviate anxiety, burden, and loneliness in spousal and familial caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT03828383
- Testing
- In-home technology, Limited in-home technology
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant, Alzheimer Disease
ECOCAPTURE for the Assessment of Apathy Under Real-life Conditions
ECOCAPTURE@HOME is a study which is currently being developed with the objective to capture the behavioral signature of apathy in everyday life context through remote monitoring of participants' behavior for about one month.
- Trial name
- @HOME (NCT04865172)
- Testing
- Remote collection of passive and active data for 28 consecutive days
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Gaucher Disease
Investigating Lysosomal Storage Diseases in Minority Groups
Although lysosomal storage disorders, such as Fabry disease, Gaucher disease, and Pompe disease, represent serious challenges in the healthcare system, no study has yet investigated the prevalence of these diseases in the US.
- Conditions
- Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Gaucher Disease, Fabry Disease, Pompe Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02120235
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- O & O Alpan LLC
Alzheimer's Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant
Non-invasive Stimulation of Brain Networks and Cognition in Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia
This pilot study aims to test clinical and connectivity changes following non-invasive stimulation of disease-specific networks in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD).
- Trial name
- NetCogBs (NCT03422250)
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli
Alzheimer Disease
Study of Tau Imaging With the Use of [18F]MK-6240 Tracer
The recent development of a PET tracer,[18F]MK-6240(an[18F]tau imaging agent,CerveauTechnologies)that has high affinity for the human phosphorylated tau deposits in AD brain offers new opportunities to investigate tau pathology.
- Trial name
- MKADAD (NCT04104659)
- Testing
- MK 6240
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tammie L. S. Benzinger, MD, PhD
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
The Skin as a Window to the Central Nervous System in Frontotempolar Lombar Degeneration
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a clinically heterogeneous syndrome, characterized by progressive decline in behaviour and/or language.
- Trial name
- PROTEINOSKIN (NCT06490822)
- Testing
- Skin biopsy
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Asmd, Visceral Type
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency
The goal of this study is to assess the ability of MRI techniques to detect early stages of lipid accumulation in the liver of ASMD patients with the chronic visceral subtype compared to healthy subjects.
- Trial name
- MONACO (NCT05904366)
- Testing
- MR Spectroscopy (MRS), MR Elastography (MRE)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eline C. B. Eskes
Memory Disorders, Alzheimer's Disease
Amyloid Plaque and Tangle Imaging in Aging and Dementia
Amyloid senile plaques (SPs) and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) that also accumulate in key brain regions in association with normal aging.
- Trial name
- NCT00355498
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
The Swedish BioFINDER 2 Study
The Swedish BioFINDER 2 study is a new study that will launch in 2017 and extends the previous cohorts of BioFINDER 1 study (www.biofinder.se). BioFINDER 1 is used e.g.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, Lewy Body Disease
- Trial name
- BioFINDER2 (NCT03174938)
- Testing
- Flutemetamol F18 Injection, [18F]-RO6958948, Elecsys (Roche) Abeta42, Ttau and Ptau
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 2,950 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Skane University Hospital
Alzheimer Disease, Semantic Dementia
Memory and Social Interactions
Memory and social interaction are intimately linked. On the one hand, social interaction is a privileged context for learning, and on the other hand, appropriate social interactions involve remembering the partners encountered…
- Trial name
- MEM&SO (NCT05800028)
- Testing
- Learning new information
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen
Tauopathies, Neurodegenerative Diseases
Tau PET/CT in Various Tau-Related Disease Patients
To evaluate the potential usefulness of 18F-S16/T807 positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for the diagnosis of primary and metastatic lesions in various Tau-related disease patients.
- Conditions
- Tauopathies, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegeneration
- Trial name
- NCT06690983
- Testing
- 18F-S16/T807
- Where
- 3 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tianjin Medical University
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)
Brain Alterations Based on Multiplex MR Imaging in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients After Treatment, and Their Correlation With Clinical Cognitive Scores.
The objective of this study is to examine the potential impact of the treatment before, during, and/or after radiotherapy on the brain in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) using Multiplex (MTP) MR imaging sequence…
- Trial name
- NPC (NCT07011329)
- Testing
- Changes in the brain MTP parameters after radiotherapy
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hubei Cancer 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
Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
[18F]THK-5351 Positron Emission Computed Tomography Study of Normal, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Disease
This is a cross-sectional and longitudinal study to evaluate the clinical utility of [18F]THK-5351 positron emission computed tomography in cognitively healthy volunteers, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's disease (AD)…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT02656498
- Testing
- [18F]THK-5351
- Where
- 2 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jae Seung Kim
Alzheimer Disease, Stroke
Assessment of Social-emotional Functioning in Neurological Diseases
Empathy, defined as the ability to understand others emotions, is a fundamental concept in social interactions. It is a psychological phenomenon involving various separable components : (i) the ability to feel and imagine the…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Stroke, Parkinson's Disease, Lewy Body Dementia
- Trial name
- Emotion (NCT01339130)
- Testing
- Computerized tests and Electrophysiological measurements
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 177 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
Neurofilament Surveillance Project (NSP)
This is a biomarker study designed to collect and analyze blood specimens from individuals carrying known familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration (f-FTLD) mutations compared to a control group of individuals without known…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, FTD-GRN, FTD
- Trial name
- NCT04516499
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 342 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Bluefield Project to Cure Frontotemporal Dementia
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB)
Retrospective Observational Study of Blood-based Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Patients With a Neurodegenerative Disease or Mental Disorder
This is a retrospective observational study to evaluate the clinical utility of blood-based biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of patients with a neurodegenerative disease (ND) or mental disorder (MD).
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
- Trial name
- Synapsing-BK (NCT07314190)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,799 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Frontotemporal Degeneration(FTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)
UPenn Observational Research Repository on Neurodegenerative Disease
The aim of this study is to create a repository of both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, including cognitive, linguistic, imaging and biofluid biological specimens, for neurodegenerative disease research and treatment.
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Degeneration(FTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA), Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (fFTLD), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS)
- Trial name
- UNICORN (NCT04715399)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania