Clinical trials: Memory Dysfunction
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Semantic Memory, Financial Capacity, and Brain Perfusion in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) (CASL)
Alzheimer's disease (AD) often manifests as a memory disorder before dementia develops. Dementia is considered to be present when a person can no longer handle complex activities of daily living, such as managing finances.
- Trial name
- CASL (NCT00880555)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Cognitive Impairment
Phenytoin for Memory Impairment Secondary to Megestrol
This study is designed to test if megestrol acetate induces changes in declarative memory in healthy controls and if pre-administration of phenytoin can ameliorate any induced cognitive impairments.
- Trial name
- NCT02595723
- Testing
- Phenytoin 200 mg capsule, Megestrol 800 mg liquid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease
Behavioral and Neuroimaging Changes After Cognitive Rehab in Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Memory deficits are common after traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and are characteristic of various forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease and its common precursor mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- NCT00714571
- Testing
- Mnemonic strategy training (MST), Repeated exposure (XP), Subtracting Cues training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Water-based Activity to Enhance Recall in Veterans
This two-year study will evaluate the feasibility of an exercise training augmentation for cognitive training intervention to improve memory performance in Veterans with a diagnosis of amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI).
- Trial name
- WATER-VET (NCT02614092)
- Testing
- Water-based Activity + Cognitive Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Delirium, Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Rivastigmine in the Treatment of Postoperative Delirium: a Pilot Clinical Trial
The purpose of this study is to determine whether preoperative administration of Rivastigmine prevents the incidence of postoperative delirium in patients undergoing major surgery as well as postoperative cognitive dysfunction.
- Trial name
- NCT00835159
- Testing
- Rivastigmine Patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Symptomatic Menopause, Cognitive Impairments
Attention & Memory Impairments in Menopausal Women
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a medication called Vyvanse® (lisdexamfetamine; LDX) has an impact on cognitive functioning, specifically measures of sustained attention, verbal encoding and recall and working…
- Trial name
- NCT01324024
- Testing
- Lisdexamfetamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation, Aging
Effects of Gamma-tACS on Memory and Sleep
The purpose of this clinical trial is to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of non-invasive transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) at gamma frequency in enhancing memory recall and modulating sleep network…
- Conditions
- Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation, Aging, Cognitive Decline, Memory
- Trial name
- NCT05907707
- Testing
- Gamma transcranial alternating current stimulation, Control transcranial alternating current stimulation, EEG headband
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Long-Term Memory Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Wayfinding Intervention in High-Fidelity Long-Term Memory
Therapeutic treatment is yet available for declining memory, which is an impairment affecting the quality of life for many older adults and patients with cognitive impairment.
- Trial name
- LABYR (NCT04253587)
- Testing
- LabyrinthVR, Coherence, Tablet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Evaluation of a Computerized Complex Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Marker (NMI)
The proposed study is designed to evaluate the performance of the ALTOIDA™ System as a tool to assist physicians in diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in real-world clinical settings.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Memory Disorders, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- AltoidaML (NCT02843529)
- Testing
- Altoida: neuropsychological, MRI, EEG and CSF biomarkers
- Volunteers
- 548 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Altoida
Cognitive Decline, Cardiovascular Diseases
Lifestyle Physical Activity and Cognitive Training Interventions
Older women with cardiovascular disease (CVD) are at greater risk for memory loss, an important public health issue due to the negative effects to quality of life and health care costs.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Decline, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- MindMoves (NCT04556305)
- Testing
- Mind, Move
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 253 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Network-guided TMS in Early Alzheimer's Disease
The proposed research will test a novel network-based neurostimulation approach using MRI-derived measures of brain connectivity to establish target sites for neurostimulation and test for the enhancement of memory function…
- Trial name
- NetTMS (NCT04549155)
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Epilepsy
fMRI Guided TMS Enhancement of Associative Memory Networks
This is a randomized, single-blinded, controlled phase 1 study to demonstrate feasibility and explore the neurophysiologic and clinical effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) interventions in epilepsy…
- Trial name
- NCT02749422
- Testing
- MagStim RapidStim2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Feasibility of Gamma Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation to Reduce Beta-amyloid Load and Improve Memory
This project assessed the feasibility of transcranial alternating current stimulation in the gamma band to lower beta-amyloid load and improve memory performance.
- Trial name
- NCT04646499
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Cognitive Impairment, RRSO
IMProving Executive Function Study
This is a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study testing whether Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine; LDX) improves executive functioning (EF) in 100 postmenopausal women who report onset of EF difficulties after oophorectomy.
- Trial name
- IMPRES (NCT03187353)
- Testing
- Lisdexamfetamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Rhythmic Light Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease Patients
The investigator will investigate how light delivering 40 hertz (Hz) affects subjective sleep and cognition in a controlled laboratory study.
- Trial name
- NCT05015478
- Testing
- Tailored Rhythmic Lighting Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Brain Diseases, Memory Disorders
Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Learning and Memory and Emotion Regulation
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the impact of low intensity focused ultrasound pulsation (LIFUP) to two different brain regions, the amygdala and entorhinal cortex, in older adults.
- Conditions
- Brain Diseases, Memory Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- LIFUPMEMEMOT (NCT03717922)
- Testing
- Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound Pulsation to Amygdala, Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound Pulsation to Entorhinal Cortex
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Traumatic Brain Injury, Cognitive Impairment
Rivastigmine Patch in Veterans With Cognitive Impairment Following TBI
Difficulties with intellectual functioning, particularly memory functions, are common and source of long-term disability after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
- Trial name
- RIVET (NCT01670526)
- Testing
- Rivastigmine Transdermal Patch
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Cognitive Impairment, Dementia
COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study for the Mind
The parent trial (COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study, COSMOS; NCT02422745) is a randomized clinical trial of cocoa extract supplement (containing a total of 500 mg/d flavanols, including 80 mg.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Aging
- Trial name
- COSMOS-Mind (NCT03035201)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder
Modafinil for Treatment of Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia have problems in thinking, known as cognitive dysfunction. This appears to be responsible for their difficulties in social and occupational functioning.
- Trial name
- NCT00423943
- Testing
- modafinil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Metabolic Syndrome
Dietary Ketosis: Fatty Acids Activate AMPK Energy Circuits Modulating Global Methylation
The study explores whether selective memory complaints (SMC), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and the comorbidity of Metabolic Syndrome symptomatic of peripheral and cerebral hypo-metabolism with corresponding epigenetic shifts…
- Trial name
- NCT03319173
- Testing
- Dietary intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bristlecone Health, Inc.