Clinical trials: Frontotemporal Degeneration
Frontotemporal Dementia
Serotonergic Function and Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Frontotemporal Dementia
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration(FTLD) is a common cause of early-onset dementia. FTLD is characterized multiple behavioral symptoms including mental rigidity, irritability, emotional blunting, disinhibition, apathy, and…
- Trial name
- NCT00376051
- Testing
- Citalopram
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Depression, Pain
Efficacy of Pain Treatment on Depression in Patients With Dementia
The purpose of this study is to determine whether pain treatment can reduce symptoms of depression in patients suffering from dementia and depression. Depression is commonly diagnosed in patients with dementia.
- Conditions
- Depression, Pain, Dementia
- Trial name
- DEP-PAIN-DEM (NCT02267057)
- Testing
- Paracetamol, Buprenorphine
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 163 people
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
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 Lobar Degeneration, Aging
Social Cognition in Ageing and in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
The purpose of this study is to examine the age and the neurodegenerative disease effects on social cognition. Secondary goals are to better understand the relationships between different component of social cognition, executive…
- Trial name
- COSIMAGE (NCT01962064)
- Testing
- Cognitive assessment, Brain imaging examination MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
A 52 Week Open Label Trial of Memantine for Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
This is a 52-week, multicenter, open label trial of memantine (Namenda) for frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). The goal is to determine the safety and tolerability of this FDA-approved medication for Alzheimer's Disease in…
- Trial name
- NCT00187525
- Testing
- Memantine
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
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