Clinical trials: FTD
Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia
Proteinopathies Expression in Skin of Neurodegenerative Disorders
The goal of this observational study is to compare the aggregation pattern of proteinopathies (alpha-synuclein, amyloid-beta, phosphorylated tau and transactive response DNA -binding protein 43 [TDP43]) in skin biopsies of…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, Parkinson Disease, Atypical Parkinsonism
- Trial name
- NCT06528964
- Testing
- Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí
Bipolar Disorder, Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant
A Study of the Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia and Bipolar Disorder: a Neuroimaging and Epigenetics Integrated Approach
The aim of this study is to investigate the selective epigenetic modifications and their effect on brain's morphology and functionality in the frontotemporal dementia behavioral variant and bipolar disorder.
- Trial name
- DISBAND (NCT06706687)
- Testing
- DISBAND protocol
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
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
Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Comprehensive Assessment of Neurodegeneration and Dementia
This is a longitudinal observational study recruiting individuals between the ages of 50 and 90 with different types of dementia as well as a comparison group without cognitive deficits.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Subjective Cognitive Impairment, Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Trial name
- COMPASS-ND (NCT03402919)
- Where
- 19 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,573 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Frontotemporal Dementia
Impact of Emotional Mimicry and Oxytocin on Frontotemporal Dementia
This study will evaluate the effects on emotions and neural activity of a one time dose of intranasal oxytocin vs. placebo in patients with FTD and healthy controls.
- Trial name
- IEMO (NCT01937013)
- Testing
- Intranasal oxytocin, Saline Nasal Mist
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant
Intranasal Insulin in Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
This project will study intranasal (IN) insulin in Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in 12 patients. Study Investigators aim to evaluate the feasibility of the EXAMINER cognitive battery as a cognitive outcome measure in FTD, the…
- Trial name
- NCT04115384
- Testing
- Novolin-R insulin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
[18F]ACI-19626 PET in TDP-43 Proteinopathies
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether we can reliably and safely measure the accumulation of pathological protein TDP-43 [involved in rare forms of dementia such as frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and in amyotrophic…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), TDP-43 Proteinopathies, Suspected Limbic Predominant Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE)
- Trial name
- NCT06891716
- Testing
- [18F]ACI-19626
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AC Immune SA
Depression, Stress, Psychological
Rural Dementia Caregiver Project
Rural caregivers face challenges of geographic isolation and lower health care access and quality. Many rural dementia caregivers experience serious health consequences due to caregiving responsibilities that can limit their…
- Conditions
- Depression, Stress, Psychological, Self Efficacy, Loneliness
- Trial name
- NCT04428112
- Testing
- Building Better Caregivers Workshop, Attention Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 418 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Aging
Tau PET in Imaging and Cognition: Healthy Adults From 55-90
The investigators aim to use the new PET radioligand, 18F-MK-6240, to detect tau pathology in cognitive healthy and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) elders.
- Trial name
- NCT03372317
- Testing
- 18F-MK-6240
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yaakov Stern
Aphasia, Acquired, Language Disorders
Enhancing Language Function in Aphasia
Aphasia is an acquired impairment of language, that commonly results from damage to language areas in the brain (typically the left side of the brain).
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Acquired, Language Disorders, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Stroke, Cerebrovascular
- Trial name
- NCT05443633
- Testing
- individualized speech-language training, standard language intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Dementia, Frontotemporal
A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of VES001 in Healthy Participants
This is a Phase 1, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and pharmacodynamics (PD) of single and multiple doses of VES001 in a two part followed by a…
- Trial name
- SORT-IN-1 (NCT06226064)
- Testing
- VES001
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vesper Biotechnologies ApS
Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Lewy Body Dementia (LBD)
Social-cognitive Functioning: Validation of a New Neuropsychological Test
It is now established that disturbances in social cognition are frequent in neurology and that they contribute to the development of social conduct disorders.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD)
- Trial name
- REALSOCOG (NCT05558709)
- Testing
- REALSOCOG, BCS, Hetero-questionnaires
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Dementia, Caregiver Burnout
WeCareAdvisor Study for Caregivers of People Living With Dementia
The WeCareAdvisor is an online tool to help caregivers manage behavioral and psychological symptoms of people living with dementia.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Caregiver Burnout, Caregiver Stress Syndrome, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05012410
- Testing
- Immediate treatment group with High-Intensity Prompts, Immediate treatment group with Low-Intensity Prompts, Waitlist Control after three months with High-Intensity Prompts
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Drexel University
Alzheimer Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury
Olfactory Deficits in Neurologic Disease
The goal of this study is to examine olfactory function in preclinical subjects or individuals with neurological diseases such as Probable Alzheimer's Disease (PRAD), Frontotemporal Dementias (FTD), Dementia with Lewy Bodies…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT05019014
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Dementia
PET Evaluation of Brain Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptors Using [11C]PBR28 in Frontotemporal Dementia
This study will use positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to measure a receptor in the brain that is involved in inflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT00613119
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Logopenic Progressive Aphasia, Primary Progressive Aphasia
Targeting Language-specific and Executive-control Networks With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Logopenic Variant PPA
AD afflicts over 5.5. million Americans and is one of the most expensive diseases worldwide. In AD the variant in which language functions are most affected are referred to as 'logopenic variant Primary Progressive Aphasia'…
- Trial name
- NCT03887481
- Testing
- High-definition active tDCS (HD-tDCS) + "Repeat After Me" (RAM) Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Degeneration
Study of Social Behavior and Emotion in Frontotemporal Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease and Controls
This study is designed to document the loss of sociomoral emotions (like empathy, guilt, and embarrassment) in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Degeneration, Alzheimer's Disease, Social Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT01147679
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia
EEG and TMS-based Biomarkers of ALS, MS and FTD
The purpose of this observational study is to improve understanding of the biology of why ALS, MS and FTD have different effects on different people and facilitate better measurement of the disease in future drug testing.
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis
- Trial name
- NCT04918251
- Testing
- 128 electrode electroencephalography (EEG), Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Dublin, Trinity College
Alzheimer Disease
Longitudinal Imaging of Microglial Activation in Different Clinical Variants of Alzheimer's Disease
The purpose of this study is to determine how inflammation is related to other changes in the brain that occur during the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
- Trial name
- ADVISe (NCT04576793)
- Testing
- 11C-ER176, 18F-MK6240, 18F-Florbetaben
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Neurodegenerative Disease, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)
Tracking and Predicting How Brain Damage Spreads in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) spectrum syndromes, are characterized by the accumulation of insoluble protein aggregates in the central nervous system.
- Conditions
- Neurodegenerative Disease, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy(PSP)
- Trial name
- NCT07567664
- Testing
- 3 Tesla MRI without contrast medium, Blood sample for genetic analysis, Cerebrospinal fluid sampling (CSF)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 645 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele