Clinical trials: Frontotemporal Degeneration
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)
ARTFL LEFFTDS Longitudinal Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (ALLFTD)
ARTFL LEFFTDS Longitudinal Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (ALLFTD) represents the formalized integration of ARTFL (U54 NS092089; funded through 2019) and LEFFTDS (U01 AG045390; funded through 2019) as a single North American…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD), Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)
- Trial name
- NCT04363684
- Where
- 26 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 2,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Alzheimer Disease
PET Imaging Tau Accumulation in FTLD and Atypical Alzheimer's Using [18F]-PI-2620
The investigators will compare [18F]-PI-2620 tau PET scans from patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), patients with non-amnestic presentations of Alzheimer's disease (naAD), and demographically matched…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Alzheimer Disease, Cognitively Normal
- Trial name
- NCT05456503
- Testing
- [18F]-PI-2620
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
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
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
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Dementia
Cognitive Reserve and Response to Speech-Language Intervention in Bilingual Speakers With Primary Progressive Aphasia
Difficulties with speech and language are the first and most notable symptoms of primary progressive aphasia (PPA). While there is evidence that demonstrates positive effects of speech-language treatment for individuals with PPA…
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, Dementia, Dementia, Frontotemporal, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05741853
- Testing
- Video-Implemented Script Training for Aphasia (VISTA), Lexical Retrieval Training (LRT)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stephanie Grasso
Alzheimer's Disease, Frontotemporal Degeneration (Semantic & Behavioral Variants)
Social & Affective Cognition in Alzheimer's Disease & Associated Disorders
Recent studies have shown that individual neuropsychological scores of patients with Alzheimer's disease and Associated Disorders (ADAD) are only poorly correlated to their behavioral difficulties, such as disinhibition, apathy…
- Trial name
- SOCIALIZE (NCT06338397)
- Testing
- SCANN
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Lille
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Primary Lateral Sclerosis
Comprehensive Analysis Platform To Understand, Remedy and Eliminate ALS
CAPTURE ALS is a long-term data and biorepository platform that will facilitate future ALS research. CAPTURE ALS will provide the standardized systems and tools necessary to collect, store, and analyze vast amounts of multimodal…
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Progressive Muscular Atrophy, Frontotemporal Degeneration
- Trial name
- CAPTURE ALS (NCT05204017)
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
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, Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Neurological Soft Signs in Neurodegenerative Dementias
The goal of this observational study is to investigate the prevalence of Neurological Soft Signs (NSS) in various categories of dementia patients compared to matched controls.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Frontotemporal Dementia, Corticobasal Degeneration
- Trial name
- DemeNSS (NCT06354933)
- Testing
- Neurological Soft Signs
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 186 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Milano Bicocca
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
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
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
Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal Degeneration
In Vivo PET of Synaptic Density in Cognitive Disorders
This study will compare the discriminative power of [18F]-SynVesT-1 PET and the standard-of-care [18F]-FDG PET in different cognitive disorders (Alzheimer's disease, Frontotemporal degeneration, dementia with Lewy bodies and…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal Degeneration, Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Psychiatric Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05384353
- Testing
- [18F]-SynVesT-1
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Frontotemporal Dementia, Caregiver Burden
STELLA-FTD: Examination of a Behavior Change Intervention for FTD Family Care Partners
The purpose of this nationwide study is to test STELLA-FTD (Support via Telehealth: Living and Learning with Advancing Alzheimer's Disease)-FTD, an intervention to specifically address the needs of family Care Partners of persons…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia, Caregiver Burden, Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), Corticobasal Syndrome
- Trial name
- STELLA-FTD (NCT06613204)
- Testing
- STELLA-FTD Control, STELLA-FTD Test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 640 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Corticobasal Syndrome(CBS), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)
Neuroinflammation in FTLD
The goal of this observational study is to investigate the role of neuroinflammation in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). The main aims of this study are: 1.
- Conditions
- Corticobasal Syndrome(CBS), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy(PSP), Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)
- Trial name
- NCT06870838
- Testing
- 7T MRI scan, CSF, Blood withdrawal
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Leiden University Medical Center
Corticobasal Syndrome, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Diagnosing Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
To establish diagnostic tools to make an accurate clinical and pathological diagnosis of patients with clinical FTLD syndromes
- Conditions
- Corticobasal Syndrome, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia, Semantic Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT02964637
- Testing
- Observational Study
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
Natural History Characterization in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Progranuline Gene Mutation Carriers
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether cognitive deficits, structural and functional changes can be detected before symptom onset in presymptomatic progranuline mutation carriers.
- Trial name
- Predict-PGRN (NCT04014673)
- Testing
- Behavioral : Characterization
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
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
Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease
Social Cognition and Personality Changes in Alzheimer's & Parkinson's Disease & Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
The aim of this study is to compare personality and social cognition changes, including emotion detection and self-awareness, and neuroanatomical correlates in patients, and how that affects the caregiver-patient relationship.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
- Trial name
- NCT02964611
- Testing
- Observational Study
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Cognitive Dysfunction, Alzheimer Disease
Association of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation with Digital Cognitive Training for Cognitive Remediation in Older Adults
BACKGROUND Cognitive decline in older adults, especially those who develop Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease, currently has limited options of pharmacological treatments, with modest efficacy.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Dysfunction, Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Decline
- Trial name
- NCT06733714
- Testing
- Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation, Digital Cognitive Training
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro