Clinical trials: Magnetism
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease
Enhancing Spatial Navigation Using Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation
Remembering how to travel from one location to another is critical in everyday life, yet this vital ability declines with normal aging and can be further affected by conditions that disproportionately affect the elderly, such as…
- Trial name
- NCT01958437
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Solid Tumors, ER/PR Positive Breast Cancer
MM-398 (Nanoliposomal Irinotecan, Nal-IRI) to Determine Tumor Drug Levels and to Evaluate the Feasibility of Ferumoxytol Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Measure Tumor Associated Macrophages and to Predict Patient Response to Treatment
This is a Phase I study to understand the biodistribution of MM-398 and to determine the feasibility of using Ferumoxytol as a tumor imaging agent.
- Conditions
- Solid Tumors, ER/PR Positive Breast Cancer, Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Metastatic Breast Cancer With Active Brain Metastasis
- Trial name
- NCT01770353
- Testing
- Ferumoxytol, MM-398
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Ipsen
Major Depressive Disorder
iCBT With TMS in Patients With MDD
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a common mental health diagnosis. While there are many approaches to the treatment of MDD, current treatments of MDD often do not substantially reduce depressive symptoms among those in need of…
- Trial name
- NCT05988619
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychoeducation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Dystonia, Tremor
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Dystonia and Tremor
The study will include subjects diagnosed with Dystonic Tremor (DT), Essential Tremor (ET), and healthy controls in the age range of 21-80 years. Electroencephalography (EEG) will be used as the primary outcome measure.
- Trial name
- NCT04299087
- Testing
- repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), Control group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Acute Graft Rejection
Magnetic Resonance Elastography of Cardiac Transplant Rejection
Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) for cardiac transplant patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02266914
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Elastography driver
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD
Imaging Stimulant and Non Stimulant Treatments for ADHD: A Network Based Approach
The growing number of medications used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) raises important questions about whether different medications have similar or different therapeutic mechanisms of action.
- Trial name
- NCT01678209
- Testing
- fMRI scans, Atomoxetine arm, Methylphenidate arm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 127 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Hypertension
Hypertension, Intracranial Pulsatility and Brain Amyloid-beta Accumulation in Older Adults (HIPAC Trial)
The aim of this study is to determine if lowering blood pressure using FDA approved medication (antihypertensive drugs) alters brain pulsatility and reduces brain amyloid beta protein accumulation in older adults.
- Trial name
- HIPAC (NCT03354143)
- Testing
- Standard Care, Intensive Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Levetiracetam and Memory Function in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
This research is being done to find out if daily use of the drug levetiracetam can improve memory function in individuals with memory problems like those associated with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease…
- Trial name
- NCT01044758
- Testing
- Levetiracetam 62.5mg, Levetiracetam 125mg, Levetiracetam 250mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Sensory Disorders
Sensory Effects of Rapidly-Changing Magnetic Fields
This study is being conducted to improve magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans by reducing the time required for imaging. Experience has shown that unpleasant side-effects from magnetic pulses used in MRI (for example, tingling…
- Trial name
- NCT01632800
- Testing
- High pulsed magnetic fields
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weinberg Medical Physics LLC
Healthy Patient on Good Condition
Study of the Feasibility of Magnetic Navigated Capsule Endoscope in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Examination
External control of capsule endoscopy (CE) by means of an applied magnetic field is a possible way to maneuver the movement of CE in gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
- Trial name
- NCT02886338
- Testing
- capsule endoscopy
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital
Epilepsy, Depressions, Refractory
Low Frequency TMS for Depression in Epilepsy
The purpose of this study is to determine if low-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is safe and feasible for treating depressive symptoms in patients with epilepsy.
- Trial name
- LFTMS (NCT03105700)
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Osteoarthritis
MRI of Infrapatellar Fat Pad in Osteoarthritis
In this study, the investigators use the clinical documentation and imaging data of MRI to do research. Clinical subjects were divided into two groups: osteoarthritis patients and healthy controls without osteoarthritis.
- Trial name
- IPFP-MRI (NCT02829463)
- Testing
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Parkinson's Disease
31P-MRS Imaging to Assess the Effects of CNM-Au8 on Impaired Neuronal Redox State in Parkinson's Disease
REPAIR-PD is a single-center open label pilot, sequential group, investigator and patient blinded study to assess the CNS metabolic effects, safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of CNM-Au8 in patients who have been…
- Trial name
- REPAIR-PD (NCT03815916)
- Testing
- Gold Nanocrystals
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Clene Nanomedicine
Breast Cancer
Improved Breast MRI With SWIFT
Today's medical imaging methods have insufficient specificity for reliable differentiation between benign and malignant breast lesions in patients. Pathologic evaluation is currently the only way to obtain a definitive diagnosis.
- Trial name
- NCT01156987
- Testing
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Suicidal Ideation
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as Treatment for Acute Suicidality in Adult Patients
Suicide was responsible for almost 40,000 deaths in 2011 in America. It is still singularly difficult to predict who is going to commit suicide and how to establish adequate interventions.
- Trial name
- rTMS (NCT02693743)
- Testing
- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
Magnetic Resonance Angiography for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
The purpose of this study is to compare the difference between two magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques for visualizing arteries.
- Trial name
- NCT00707876
- Testing
- ferumoxytol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people
- Sponsor
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Stress Disorder, Post Traumatic
Dopamine Enhancement of Fear Extinction Learning in PTSD (1R21MH108753)
The purpose of this study is to investigate a new use for a medication called levodopa (L-DOPA). L-DOPA has been approved for use in Parkinson 's disease, but not for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
- Trial name
- NCT02560389
- Testing
- Levodopa
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Multiple Sclerosis
Natalizumab and Chronic Inflammation
In this study the investigators will assess the ability of Natalizumab, a medication given to treat multiple sclerosis (MS), to restore blood brain barrier integrity and repair subtle leakages of the blood brain barrier (BBB).
- Trial name
- NCT05177718
- Testing
- Natalizumab 300 MG in 15 ML Injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Parkinson Disease
50 Hz Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Background: In transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a device creates a short-lasting magnetic field which induces an electric current in the brain leading to a change in the activity of brain cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00977184
- Testing
- 50 HZ Repetitive TMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
PTSD
TMS for Veterans Attending a 2-week Intensive Outpatient Program for PTSD
The goal of this study is to determine whether complementing regular intensive PTSD treatment with intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) applied to the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) can improve treatment…
- Trial name
- NCT06271733
- Testing
- TMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center