Clinical trials: Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD)
Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant
Nabilone for Agitation in Frontotemporal Dementia
The primary goal of this study is to test the hypothesis that oral nabilone treatment will reduce agitation compared with placebo in patients with Frontotemporal Dementia (both behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant, Primary Progressive Aphasia, bvFTD
- Trial name
- Nabilone-FTD (NCT05742698)
- Testing
- Nabilone
- Where
- 7 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Simon Ducharme, MD
Alzheimer Disease, Corticobasal Syndrome
Activity of Cerebral Networks, Amyloid and Microglia in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
The temporal sequence of microglial activation, changes in functional and structural connectivity and the progression of neurocognitive deficits has not been conclusively clarified.
- Trial name
- ActiGliA (NCT06224920)
- Testing
- magnetic resonance imaging, electroencephalography, blood and CSF biomarker
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Insomnia
A Dual Orexin Receptor Antagonist to Reduce Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration in Adults With Insomnia.
The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the potential neuroprotective benefits of a dual orexin receptor antagonist (DORA) in adults with insomnia.
- Trial name
- Neuro-DORA (NCT06823752)
- Testing
- Lemborexant 10 MG
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Caregiver Stress, Dementia
A Study to Evaluate Caregiver Connections Via Technology for Patients With Alzheimer's and Other Types of Dementia
This research is being done to develop a unique matching process for caregivers of persons living with dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal degeneration, or other dementia syndromes.
- Conditions
- Caregiver Stress, Dementia, Alzheimer Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT05497817
- Testing
- Algorithm, Random Match
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Lithium As a Treatment to Prevent Impairment of Cognition in Elders
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in adults 65 years and older. AD leads to a complete loss of memory and independent function, and presently there is no cure.
- Trial name
- LATTICE (NCT03185208)
- Testing
- Lithium Carbonate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- Ariel Gildengers, MD
Caregivers Burnout, Frontotemporal Dementia
Support Via Technology: Living and Learning With Advancing FTD
Much effort over the last several decades has been devoted to developing and implementing psychoeducational interventions for family caregiving partners for those with Alzheimer's and relatedm dementias (ADRD).
- Trial name
- STELLA-FTD (NCT05338710)
- Testing
- STELLA-FTD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Alzheimer Disease
A First-In-Human Study of LY3954068 in Participants With Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of LY3954068 in participants with early symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
- Trial name
- NCT06297590
- Testing
- LY3954068, Flortaucipir F18
- Where
- 10 sites in United States, Japan and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Eli Lilly and Company
Aging, Dementia Alzheimers
Localized Analysis of Normalized Distance From Scalp to Cortex and Personalized Evaluation (LANDSCAPE)
Scalp to cortex distance (SCD), as a key technological parameter of brain stimulation, has been highlighted in the guidelines of non-invasive brain stimulation.
- Conditions
- Aging, Dementia Alzheimers, Parkinson Disease, Dementia Frontotemporal
- Trial name
- NCT05967390
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 488 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dementia-related Psychosis
Relapse Prevention Study of Pimavanserin in Dementia-related Psychosis
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of pimavanserin compared to placebo in preventing relapse of psychotic symptoms in subjects with dementia-related psychosis who responded to 12 weeks of open label…
- Trial name
- NCT03325556
- Testing
- Pimavanserin 34 mg, Pimavanserin 20 mg
- Where
- 83 sites in United States, Bulgaria and 11 more
- Volunteers
- 392 people
- Sponsor
- ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Longitudinal Cognitive Assessment by BoCA
The Boston Cognitive Assessment (BoCA) is a self-administered online test intended for longitudinal cognitive monitoring. BoCA uses random not-repeating tasks to minimize learning effects.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Vascular Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia
- Trial name
- BoCA (NCT04114994)
- Testing
- Boston Cognitive Assessment (BoCA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alzheimer's Light LLC
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
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
DC Longitudinal Study on Aging and Specimen Bank
The Georgetown University Memory Disorders Program, part of the Department of Neurology, is conducting pilot studies of the feasibility of various diagnostic tests for Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment and other…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Aging
- Trial name
- (DC LSOA) (NCT03702907)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Parkinson Disease, Parkinsonism
More Than a Movement Disorder: Applying Palliative Care to Parkinson's Disease
This is a two-center (University of Colorado, University of California San Francisco) community-based comparative effectiveness study of outpatient palliative care for Parkinson's disease (PD) and related disorders (progressive…
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Parkinsonism, Lewy Body Disease, Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive
- Trial name
- MTMD (NCT03076671)
- Testing
- Palliative Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 783 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
A Composite MR Neuroimaging Marker for Alzheimer's Disease
The purpose of this study is to use a functional MRI (fMRI) index to compare the brain activity of healthy volunteers to that of people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Frontotemporal Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT01615666
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Frontotemporal Dementia, Deep Brain Stimulation
Subgenual Cingulate Deep Brain STIMulation for Apathetic Behavioral Variant FRONtotemporal Dementia
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the most common dementia in individuals younger than 60 years of age, has no disease-modifying treatment.
- Trial name
- FRONSTIM (NCT05699330)
- Testing
- Bilateral subgenual cingulate deep brain stimulation (SGC DBS)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
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
C9orf72 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Frontotemporal Dementia
Safety and Therapeutic Potential of the FDA-approved Drug Metformin for C9orf72 ALS/FTD
The primary objective is to assess the safety and tolerability of Metformin in subjects with C9orf72 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis administered for 24 weeks.
- Trial name
- NCT04220021
- Testing
- Metformin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Frontotemporal Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
Young Onset Dementia - the Difficult Diagnosis and the Stressful Life for the Whole Family
People diagnosed with young onset dementia are today mostly assigned to the same healthcare services as people developing dementia at an older age.
- Trial name
- NCT02055092
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Norwegian Centre for Ageing and Health
Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment - aMCI, AD-MCI
Temporal Interference Stimulation Treatment in Patients With Cognitive Impairment
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of temporal interference stimulation (TIS), a non-invasive neuromodulation technique, in improving cognitive function in patients with cognitive impairment.
- Conditions
- Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment - aMCI, AD-MCI, AD - Alzheimer's Disease, FTD
- Trial name
- TIS (NCT07643363)
- Testing
- Temporal Interference Stimulation, Targeted Cognitive Training, General Cognitive Training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Tianjin Huanhu Hospital
Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Blood Gene Expression Signature in Patients Diagnosed With Probable Alzheimer's Disease Compared to Patients Suffering From Other Types of Dementia
The objective of the study is to define the performance of blood-based signatures for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in different patients populations including AD, non-AD dementia, and non-demented controls.
- Trial name
- NCT00880347
- Testing
- Blood sampling
- Where
- 21 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Exonhit