Clinical trials: Inflammation, Brain
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Iron Fortified Food to Improve Japanese Encephalitis and Typhoid Fever Vaccine Immunogenicity
Iron deficiency (ID) anaemia (IDA) is a global public health problem, with the highest prevalence in Africa and in South-East Asia.
- Trial name
- NCT06027801
- Testing
- Iron-fortified cookies, Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine, Typhoid Vi polysaccharide (Vi-PS) vaccine
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Effects of Growth Hormone Supplementation to Adults With Growth Hormone Deficient on Metabolism and Adipose Tissue Molecular Phenotype
This study is designed as a follow up study to that performed in 2005. In the Baseline study (2005) extensive clinical whole body metabolic phenotyping was combined with in depth molecular and cellular biology analyses aimed at…
- Trial name
- GHAT (NCT01616095)
- Where
- 3 sites in Slovakia
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Slovak Academy of Sciences
Brain Injuries, Traumatic
Early Redox Biomarker Changes After Stellate Ganglion Block in Traumatic Brain Injury
Oxidative stress is a key mediator of secondary brain injury after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The stellate ganglion block (SGB) has been shown to modulate cerebral hemodynamics and neuroinflammation in brain-injured patients…
- Trial name
- NCT07844811
- Testing
- Ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block (parent study)
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Critical Illness, Sepsis
Cerebral Oxygenation and Neurological Outcomes FOllowing CriticAL Illness
Purpose of the Study Critical illness requiring life support affects over 150 000 people in Ontario every year. With aggressive support, the number of people who die from critical illness is decreasing.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Sepsis, Delirium, Respiratory Failure
- Trial name
- CONFOCAL (NCT02344043)
- Testing
- Near infrared spectroscopy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 116 people
- Sponsor
- Queen's University
Tick Borne Encephalitis
Tick-borne Encephalitis and Borrelial Antibodies in Serum
In Slovenia, tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme borreliosis are both endemic diseases with high incidence rates and they are both transmitted by a bite of infected Ixodes ricinus tick.
- Trial name
- NCT03956446
- Testing
- Doxycycline, Symptomatic therapy, Questionnaire
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Rasmussen Encephalitis
Efficacy of Tacrolimus and I.V.-Immunoglobulins in Rasmussen Encephalitis
Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a rare but severe chronic inflammatory brain disease of unknown origin affecting one brain hemisphere. It is usually accompanied by intractable epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT00545493
- Testing
- Tacrolimus, i.v. immunoglobulins
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bonn
Carotid Artery Plaque, Ankylosing Spondylitis
Effects of Rosuvastatin on Carotid Artery Plaques in Patients With Inflammatory Joint Disease
Patients with rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) are at greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
- Conditions
- Carotid Artery Plaque, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Trial name
- RORAAS (NCT01389388)
- Testing
- Rosuvastatin
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- Diakonhjemmet Hospital
Infectious Metabolic Encephalopathy, Ischemic Stroke
Procedural Motor Memory in Long COVID-19
Background: Most people who get COVID-19 seem to recover with no long-term effects. However, some people who recover from acute COVID-19 infections report lingering symptoms. This is called long COVID.
- Conditions
- Infectious Metabolic Encephalopathy, Ischemic Stroke, Seizure, Viral Encephalitis, Small and Large Vessel
- Trial name
- NCT05746624
- Testing
- keypresses
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 333 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Biomarkers, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Predictive BioMArkers of AlTERed NeurologicAL Trajectories Consequent to PrenataL InflammatorY Insults
Inflammation during pregnancy represents an important risk factor for the development of neuropsychiatric disorders in the offspring.
- Conditions
- Biomarkers, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Inflammation, Brain
- Trial name
- MATERNALLY (NCT06852703)
- Testing
- Infection during pregnancy
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Japanese Encephalitis
Ixiaro as Booster After Mouse-brain Derived Vaccines for Japanese Encephalitis
The old mouse brain derived Japanese encephalitis vaccines (MBJEV) have been reported to cause serious adverse effects and are therefore replaced with the novel Ixiaro vaccine.
- Trial name
- NCT01386827
- Testing
- Mouse brain derived japanese encephalitis vaccine (MB-JEV), Primary and booster immunizations with MB-JEV, C) primary immunizations with Ixiaro
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
Encephalitis, Myelitis
Neurologic Manifestations of the Arbovirus Infection in Colombia
This is a multi-center case-control study that aims to define the association between the exposure to an arbovirus infection and the development of a neurological syndrome in patients from Colombia.
- Conditions
- Encephalitis, Myelitis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Cranial Nerve Palsies
- Trial name
- NCT03206541
- Where
- 8 sites in Colombia
- Volunteers
- 570 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis
Multicenter and Prospective Clinical Registry Study of Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis in Beijing Area
Anti N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis is an autoimmune encephalitis，found in recent years，producing the specific IgG antibody induced by the NMDA receptors.It is the most common curable disease among the non…
- Trial name
- MuPRaNE (NCT02443350)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Jia Wei Wang,MD
Gaucher Disease Type I, Oxidative Stress
Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Gaucher Disease
The objective of this study is to evaluate oxidative stress and/or inflammation in patients with Gaucher disease type I using a series of biomarkers and correlate with measurements of currently used diagnostic biomarkers.
- Conditions
- Gaucher Disease Type I, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT02437396
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Stroke, Ischemic, Inflammation
MR Evidence of Cardiac Inflammation Post-Stroke
The present study is an investigator initiated, single-centre, prospective, proof-of-concept cohort study aiming to enroll 44 patients with acute middle cerebral artery (MCA) ischemic stroke, involving the right (n=22) and left…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Ischemic, Inflammation, Myocardial Injury
- Trial name
- MIRACLE (NCT05714618)
- Testing
- Gadolinium-enhanced cardiac MRI, B Natriuretic Peptide, Systemic inflammatory markers
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Luciano A. Sposato
Cardiac Arrest, Inflammation
Immunoinflammatory Response in Post Cardiac Arrest Syndrome (PCAS)
This is a prospective, observational study to investigate molecular mechanisms mediating the systemic inflammatory process, and changes to metabolism, and their impact on brain injury, survival, and functional outcomes after…
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest, Inflammation, Obesity, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
- Trial name
- PCAS (NCT02664831)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MaineHealth
Multiple Sclerosis
Vancomycin Study in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
The overall goal of this study is to elucidate a mechanism by which vancomycin modulates the gut-brain axis in multiple sclerosis (MS). The gut microbiome plays an important role in autoimmunity, including MS.
- Trial name
- NCT05539729
- Testing
- Vancomycin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Cognitive Impairment, Carotid Artery Plaque
The Role of Large Artery Plaque Imaging Features in Predicting Inflammation and Cognition
The invesigators propose a clinical study on patients undergoing carotid surgery (endarterectomy). The invesigators will determine carotid artery imaging features associated with (1) vessel wall inflammation, (2) downstream brain…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Impairment, Carotid Artery Plaque, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT03068442
- Testing
- Imaging with flutemetamol F 18 PET/CT
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Scott Mcnally
Encephalitis, Central Nervous System Infections and Inflammations
Brazil ICU Encephalitis Surveillance
Our proposal is to develop a sentinel syndromic surveillance strategy to identify encephalitis cases possibly related to emerging pathogens admitted to ICUs in Brazil.
- Conditions
- Encephalitis, Central Nervous System Infections and Inflammations, Intensive Care Neurological Disorder, Prognosis
- Trial name
- NCT05370573
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 451 people
- Sponsor
- D'Or Institute for Research and Education
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Tysabri Observational Cohort Study - Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Registries
The primary purpose of this study is to estimate the incidence of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) among patients who switched to Tysabri from disease modifying therapies (DMTs), including newer DMTs (including…
- Trial name
- NCT03399981
- Testing
- Tysabri
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80,327 people
- Sponsor
- Biogen
Stroke, Acute Stroke
Inflammation and Post-Stroke Depression
This study is being done to see if there is a relationship between stroke, post-stroke depression, and measures of inflammatory and/or stress compounds in the blood.
- Trial name
- NCT02368145
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Alexander Kusnecov, Ph.D.