Clinical trials: MRI, Functional
Functional Neurological Disorder, Motor Symptoms
Investigating the Neurophysiology of the Motor System and the Feasibility of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)
This clinical study will test if adding a non-invasive stimulation of the vagus nerve through the ear during physiotherapy brings an improvement to FND (Functional Neurological Disorder) patients with motor symptoms.
- Trial name
- TMS-VNS (NCT07710677)
- Testing
- Vagial Nerve Stimulation (VNS) active stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Fribourg
Caffeine
Effects of a Cocoa Shot on the Human Brain 2
The Hershey Company is interested in investigating the effects of various chocolate beverages on brain physiology and cognitive function.
- Trial name
- NCT02080845
- Testing
- no caffeine, high caffeine, no theobromine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Glioma, Mixed, Mild Neurocognitive Disorder
C-SMART: Cognitive Strategies, Mindfulness, and Rehabilitation Therapy for Patients With Primary Brain Tumors
The goal of Phase Ib Trial is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of telehealth C-SMART for patients with primary brain tumor and mild neurocognitive deficits (N=18) and their caregivers (N=14) A subset (n=3) of…
- Conditions
- Glioma, Mixed, Mild Neurocognitive Disorder, Brain Tumor
- Trial name
- C-SMART (NCT05984667)
- Testing
- C-SMART
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Anterior Insula Activity During Regulation, Empathic Responses After Anterior Insula Regulation
Anterior Insula Regulation and Pain Empathy
The aim is to test whether rtfMRI-based neurofeedback training on anterior insula impacts pain empathy.
- Trial name
- NCT02463981
- Testing
- real-time fMRI neurofeedback training running on Turbo Brain voyager (TBV) 3.2 (Brain Innovation, Maastricht, The Netherlands)
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Air Trapping, Emphysema
Xenon MRI to Evaluate Changes to Lung Function Following Bronchoscopic Treatment of Air Trapping in Emphysema
The objective of this study is to provide a regional, mechanistic characterization of pulmonary ventilation changes following treatment with the Apreo BREATHE System, using hyperpolarized ¹²⁹Xe MRI, in BREATHE-3 participants.
- Conditions
- Air Trapping, Emphysema, Hyperinflation
- Trial name
- BREATHE-Xe (NCT07896902)
- Testing
- Hyperpolarized Xenon MRI, Apreo BREATHE Airway Scaffold
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Apreo Health, Inc.
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Assess the Blood-Oxygen-Level-Dependent (BOLD) Signal Changes in the Brain by Paracetamol as Measured by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) in Subjects With Osteoarthritis (OA)
Blood-Oxygen-Level-Dependent (BOLD) responses to painful mechanical stimulation of the OA knee following treatment with four consecutive doses (at 8 hour intervals) on giving sustained released paracetamol treatment or placebo…
- Trial name
- NCT01105936
- Testing
- Paracetamol
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Pulmonary Hypertension, Ventricular Function
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension
The aim of the present study is to identify changes in the cardiovascular system in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Hypertension, Ventricular Function, MR Phase Contrast Velocity Imaging, Late Enhancement Patterns
- Trial name
- NCT00575692
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Graz
Tissue Adhesions
Cine-magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Detecting Intra Abdominal Adhesions
Official title: Sensitivity and predictive value of functional cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detecting intra-abdominal adhesions Background: Adhesions are a frequent problem in abdominal surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT00882167
- Testing
- CineMRI
- Where
- 5 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Peripheral Arterial Disease, Critical Limb Ischemia
BOLD MRI as a Surrogate of Improved Muscle Oxygenation Following Endovascular Therapy for the Treatment of CLI
The purpose of this study is to determine if an MRI technique called Blood Oxygen Level Dependent, or BOLD, can be used to evaluate blood flow in the leg before and after treatment with standard endovascular therapy in patients…
- Trial name
- NCT02601430
- Testing
- BOLD-MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Zimmer Biomet
Meniscus Tear
The Effect of Therapeutic Exercise on Cartilage Morphology and Physical Function for Individuals at High Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the efficacy of progressive resistance exercises (PRE) versus aerobic exercises on cartilage morphology and physical function in patients with degenerative meniscus tears.
- Trial name
- NCT06532851
- Testing
- Progressive Resistance Exercise (PRE), Aerobic Exercise, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in Jordan
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jordan University of Science and Technology
Heart Failure Preserved Ejection Fraction, Epicardial Adipose Tissue
Epicardial Adipose Tissue Composition and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
This study seeks to develop improved cardiac MRI (CMR) methods to quantify epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) composition and to demonstrate the advantages of EAT composition imaging (a) in advancing the understanding of the…
- Trial name
- NCT07178145
- Testing
- GLP-1RA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 192 people
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Healthy
Biological Basis of Individual Variation in Social Cooperation
The project has three overall objectives. The first is to determine whether and how administration of intranasal oxytocin (OT) and intranasal vasopressin (AVP) influence cooperative decision-making and neural responses to…
- Trial name
- NCT01566539
- Testing
- Intranasal Oxytocin (OT) 24 IU, Intranasal Vasopressin (AVP), Intranasal Vasopressin (AVP) 40 IU
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 707 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Basal-ganglia fMRI Neurofeedback
Brain Self-regulation for Parkinson's
To investigate feasibility of basal-ganglia regions as fMRI-neurofeedback targets in Parkinson's patients and evaluate self-regulation success
- Trial name
- Brain-REG (NCT05627895)
- Testing
- Neurofeedback
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University
Fear of Spiders
The Neural Mechanisms of Imaginal Extinction
Imaginal exposure is a widely used and effective psychological treatment technique in which patients are exposed to fearful stimuli and situations using mental imagery.
- Trial name
- NCT05168592
- Testing
- Threat conditioning, Imaginal extinction
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Anxiety Disorders, Fear
Brain Imaging Changes in Fear and Anxiety
The purpose of this study is to use brain imaging technology to investigate brain changes in people exposed to predictable versus unpredictable unpleasant stimuli.
- Trial name
- NCT00047853
- Testing
- Shock device, Acoustic startle
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,080 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Vulvodynia
Profiling Vulvodynia Based on Neurobiological and Behavioral Endophenotypes
The investigators plan to extensively phenotype a large sample of Vulvodynia (VD) patients using functional and structural brain imaging together with genetic, physiological, and biological parameters.
- Trial name
- Vulvodynia (NCT02733172)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 168 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Stress
Intranasal Oxytocin Intervention for Caregivers to Persons With Dementia
More than 15 million family caregivers provide support for individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or related dementias. This number is expected to grow with the increasing population of persons with dementia (PWD).
- Trial name
- NCT06364228
- Testing
- Oxytocin Intranasal Spray 12 International Unit (12IU), Oxytocin Intranasal Spray 24 International Unit (24IU), Functional MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Multimodal Hypoxia Imaging and Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy for Inoperable Non-small-cell Lung Cancer
Radiotherapy, preferably combined with chemotherapy, is the treatment standard for locally advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
- Trial name
- HIL (NCT01617980)
- Testing
- Multimodal hypoxia imaging
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- German Cancer Research Center
Cognitive Impairment, Postoperative Delirium
Cognitive Impairment Following Elective Spine Surgery
Older people are a rapidly growing proportion of the world's population and their number is expected to increase twofold by 2050.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Impairment, Postoperative Delirium, Spine Fusion
- Trial name
- CONFESS (NCT03486288)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald
Healthy
fMRI of Hypothalamic Responses to Taste, Temperature and Glucose
The study will consist of five occasions with one week in between. BOLD signal intensity of the hypothalamus will be measured using fMRI.
- Trial name
- COLD-2 (NCT03202342)
- Testing
- Water, Glucose, Ethyl butyrate
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unilever R&D