Clinical trials: Magnetoencephalography, active
Irritability
Study Brain Mechanisms of Frustration With Magnetoencephalography in Healthy Volunteers
Background: Irritability can be defined as an unusually strong response to frustration; these responses may include severe temper outbursts and a constant grumpy mood.
- Trial name
- NCT06484088
- Testing
- Frustration task
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Normal Physiology
Characterization of an Optically Pumped Magnetometer (OPM) Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Array
Background: Brain activity produces magnetic fields. These fields can be measured outside the head. Existing technology, called MEG, measures these fields. Researchers are testing a new type of magnetic field sensor called OPM.
- Trial name
- NCT04950309
- Testing
- SQUID MEG, OPM MEG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Schizophrenia Disorders, Psychosis
Magnetoencephalography in Psychosis Program
This research involves the examination of speech, thinking patterns and symptoms and recordings from brain's activity in patients with schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- MEGPSY (NCT06978881)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Suicide, Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant
Investigation of the Antidepressant Effects of (2R,6R)-HNK, an Enhancer of Synaptic Glutamate Release, in Treatment-Resistant Depression
Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious mental illness that can put people at risk of self-harm and death. Many drugs are used to treat MDD, but it can take a long time for them to be effective.
- Conditions
- Suicide, Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant, Ketamine, Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Trial name
- NCT06511908
- Testing
- (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine (0.25 to 2.0 mg/kg)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Pseudobulbar Affect
Structural and Functional Networks in ALS: An Insight Into Pseudobulbar Affect
The investigators aim to elucidate characteristics of structural and functional brain connectivity in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and pseudobulbar affect (PBA) using diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) and…
- Trial name
- NCT06396260
- Testing
- Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging (DKI), Resting State Magnetoencephalography
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University Hospital
Refractory Epilepsy in Children
Non-Helium Magnetoencephalography in Pediatric Refractory Epilepsy
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Magnetoencephalography (MEG) in the preoperative assessment of children with refractory epilepsy, particularly in identifying the seizure focus, and to…
- Trial name
- NCT07064421
- Testing
- Magnetoencephalography plus Stereo-electroencephalography/Electrocorticography, Stereo-electroencephalography/Electrocorticography
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Non-Helium Magnetoencephalography in Autism Spectrum Disorder
The goal of this observational study is to learn how brain activity in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) differs from typical developing children using magnetoencephalography (MEG).
- Trial name
- NCT07064967
- Testing
- Magnetoencephalography
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center
Refractory Auditory Hallucinations, Schizophrenia
RTMS for Refractory Auditory Hallucinations Based on Personalized Targets Using Magnetoencephalography
This study is an before-after study in the same patient, which enrolled 36 psychiatric patients with refractory auditory hallucinations.
- Trial name
- NCT06802939
- Testing
- rTMS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Mental Health Center
Essential Tremor
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Pilot Study
The purpose of this research is to learn more about how the brain works in people with essential tremor, and how it changes after treatment with High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HiFU).
- Trial name
- MEG (NCT07446192)
- Testing
- MRI and fMRI scans, MEG, Sensor-based motor assessments
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Clinical High-risk Syndrome of Psychosis
RTMS for CHR Based on Personalized Targets Using Magnetoencephalography
This study is an before-after study in the same subject, which enrolled 26 individuals with high-risk psychiatric syndrome (CHR). The target of subjects intervention relies on the results of magnetoencephalography localization.
- Trial name
- NCT06802952
- Testing
- rTMS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Mental Health Center
Muscle Pain
Brain Network Characteristics of Pain Patients Based on Magnetoencephalography
This is a single-center prospective cohort study. We plan to enroll at least 1,000 patients with muscle pain (VAS ≥ 3) and 200 healthy controls.
- Trial name
- NCT07809542
- Testing
- Magnetoencephalography
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Qilu Hospital of Shandong University
Deep Brain Stimulation, Parkinson Disease
The BRAINMAP-DBS Study: BRain Network AnalysIs usiNg 7-Tesla MRI and MAgnetoencephalograPhy for Deep Brain Stimulation
Rationale: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective treatment for essential tremor and Parkinson's disease. The effect of DBS relies on the modulation of dysfunctional motor brain networks and on average 50% motor improvement…
- Conditions
- Deep Brain Stimulation, Parkinson Disease, Essential Tremor, Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
- Trial name
- BRAINMAP-DBS (NCT06932692)
- Testing
- magnetoencephalography
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Autoimmune Encephalitis (AE), Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
OPM- MEG in Non-immune And iMmune-medIated Neurological Disease
Over the past 20 years, doctors have gotten much better at spotting and treating brain conditions caused by the immune system attacking the body. These include illnesses like autoimmune encephalitis, ADEM, and multiple sclerosis.
- Conditions
- Autoimmune Encephalitis (AE), Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, Multiple Sclerosis
- Trial name
- O-MEG-A-MIND (NCT07689682)
- Testing
- OPM- Magnetoencephalography
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aston University
Severe Permanent Uni or Bilateral Non-pulsatile Tinnitus, Without Associated Vestibular Pathology
Evaluation of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the Right Operculum 3 (OP3) in Permanent Non-pulsatile Disabling Tinnitus (TINNOP3-DBS)
This pilot study aims at evaluating the effectiveness of the treatment of unilateral or bilateral, non-pulsatile, disabling, tinnitus, without vestibular dysfunction, using Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the parieto-insular…
- Conditions
- Severe Permanent Uni or Bilateral Non-pulsatile Tinnitus, Without Associated Vestibular Pathology, Resistant to Therapeutic Failure, With or Without Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- TINNOP3-DBS (NCT04296097)
- Testing
- DBS
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Chronic Low-back Pain (cLBP)
Pain Assessment Through Integrated Neurophysiology and Multidimensional Profiling
This observational case-control study aims to investigate the central neurophysiological mechanisms underlying non-specific chronic low back pain (CLBP) with neural mechanosensitivity, with wearable Optically Pumped Magnetometers…
- Trial name
- PAIN-MAP (NCT07846163)
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Dystonia
Multimodal Investigation of Cortico-Basal Ganglia-Thalamo-Cortical Network Dynamics in Dystonic Patients With Deep Brain Stimulation
The goal of this prospective open label study is to elucidate the pathophysiology of dystonia and to understand how deep brain stimulation (DBS) influences brain networks.
- Trial name
- DYScover (NCT06716983)
- Testing
- fMRI, EEG-MEG, registration of local field potentials
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Tinnitus
Acupuncture Versus Sham Acupuncture for Tinnitus
This multicenter, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for patients with subjective idiopathic tinnitus.
- Trial name
- NCT07700069
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- 3 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 226 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University
THC
Multimodal Magnetoencephalography and Electroencephalography Exploration of the Acute Effects of THC Exposure on Neural Noise and Information Transmission Within Working Memory Networks
The purpose of this study is to use non-invasive brain imaging methods (MEG and EEG) to characterize the effects of THC on brain activity during learning.
- Trial name
- THC-MEG (NCT05641766)
- Testing
- THC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Unilateral Hearing Loss
Audiological Rehabilitation of Children With Unilateral Hearing Loss
The goal of this study is to examine the effects of hearing aids and early intervention on hearing, language, and neural development in children with hearing loss in one ear, known as unilateral hearing loss.
- Trial name
- SHINE (NCT07911852)
- Testing
- hearing aids
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Healthy
Development of Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Source Reconstruction With Fast Multipole Method
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an advanced 256 dry electrode EEG cap augmented with MEG readings and coupled with a new high-resolution fast brain modeling software gives a better EEG and MEG source localization…
- Trial name
- NCT06471244
- Testing
- Finger tapping, Median nerve stimulation, Speech processing
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute