Clinical trials: Fronto-temporal Dementia
Dementia, Movement Disorders
Comparison of NeuroEXPLORER PET/CT Versus Standard-of-care PET/CT of the Head and Neck Region.
The goal of this clinical study is to compare the current standard-of-care PET/CT scanner with the new NeuroEXPLORER PET/CT, with the aim of demonstrating the added diagnostic value of the new scanner.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Movement Disorders, ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Epilepsy
- Trial name
- NCT07595666
- Testing
- Standard-of-care PET/CT, NeuroEXPLORER
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- prof. dr. Koen Van Laere
Frontotemporal Dementia
GENetic Fronto Temporal Dementia Initiative in Lille
GENFI Lille is a French cohort that belongs to the international initiative GENFI2, a five year longitudinal biomarker cohort study of genetic FTD and its associated disorders (including MND/ALS) investigating members of families…
- Trial name
- GENFI-LILLE (NCT04639622)
- Testing
- Investigation procedures
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Lille
Dementia
PET Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases Via a Novel Translocator Protein (TSPO) Radioligand
Background: Aging-related progressive neurological disorders include frontotemporal dementia, Lou Gehrig s disease, and Alzheimer s disease. Little is known about what causes these disorders. Brain inflammation may be involved.
- Trial name
- NCT03958630
- Testing
- 11C-ER176, 11C-PIB, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Vascular Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, Fronto-temporal Dementia
The Influence of Vascular Burden, Amyloid Plaque and Tau Protein in Patients With Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia With Tauopathy
Background and objects Amyloid plaques and tau protein are the landmarks of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD). On the other hand, it is reported that cerebral ischemia may induce amyloid plaques and tau protein…
- Trial name
- NCT04309253
- Testing
- PMPBB3, AV45
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD), ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
Biofluid Research on Age-Related or Inherited Neurodegeneration
The aim of this study is to contribute to and continue to sustain a repository of blood samples, nucleic acid (DNA and/or RNA) samples, family history information, and other demographic information from individuals with…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD), ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (fFTLD)
- Trial name
- BRAIN (NCT07798700)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Alzheimer Disease, Fronto-temporal Lobar Dementia
Self-consciousness in Dementia
The aim of this study is to characterize the deficit in critical components of personal identity (self-consciousness and social cognition) in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and fronto-temporal lobar dementia (FTLD)…
- Trial name
- NCT01782248
- Testing
- Questionnary and IRM
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Alzheimer Dementia, Parkinson Disease
Assessment of Empathetic Process by Scanpath Study of an Artwork
Analysis of gaze patterns during social cognition tasks and standardised exploration of a specific artwork, between elderly subjects without cognitive disorders and subjects with neurodegenerative diseases such as Fronto-Temporal…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Dementia, Parkinson Disease, Fronto-Temporal Dementia
- Trial name
- EYE-EMPATH (NCT04665622)
- Testing
- Eye-Tracking / Neuropsychological evaluations
- Where
- Monaco
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace
Fronto-temporal Dementia, Fronto-temporal Lobar Dementia
Vortioxetine for the Treatment of Mood and Cognitive Symptoms in Frontotemporal Dementia
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if vortioxetine improves mood symptoms and cognition in patients with early-stage behavioral variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD).
- Conditions
- Fronto-temporal Dementia, Fronto-temporal Lobar Dementia, Frontotemporal Degeneration, Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
- Trial name
- NCT06604520
- Testing
- Vortioxetine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Speech-Language Treatment With Remotely Supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a disorder characterized by gradual decline in speech-language ability caused by underlying neurodegenerative disease.
- Trial name
- NCT05901233
- Testing
- Remotely supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (RS-tDCS), Lexical Retrieval Training (LRT), Video Implemented Script Training in Aphasia (VISTA)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin