Clinical trials: Memory Functions
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
Memory Disorders
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation of Spontaneous Confabulation
Confabulators consistently generate false memories without intention to deceive and with great feeling of rightness. However, there is currently no known effective treatment for them.
- Trial name
- NCT02540772
- Testing
- Neuropsychological treatment
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Monica Triviño Mosquera
Parkinson's Disease, Sleep Disordered Breathing
Cognitive Benefits of Treating Sleep Apnea in Parkinson's Disease
Patients with sleep disordered breathing (SDB), also called sleep apnea, experience nighttime disrupted sleep and, because they stop breathing for short periods during the night, do not get sufficient oxygen to their brains.
- Trial name
- TAP (NCT00492115)
- Testing
- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Virtual Reality, Anesthesia
HoloLens: an Objective Alternative to the Operator's Memory
Neuraxial anesthesia has traditionally been a 'blind' technique relying on users' feel and skill, both are subjective, lack complete accuracy and influenced by patient's physique variations that are quite challenging, and lead to…
- Conditions
- Virtual Reality, Anesthesia, Epidural
- Trial name
- Hololens (NCT04028284)
- Testing
- HoloLens-guided epidural, US-guided epidural
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Brain Fog
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
Cognitive impairment refers to when an individual struggles to learn, concentrate, remember, or make decisions. This can be due to underlying neurological diseases (i.e.
- Trial name
- tDCS (NCT05524233)
- Testing
- Active Transcranial Direct Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Amnesia
Nitrous Oxide Induction Induces Amnesia in Pediatric Patients
The investigators are conducting a study to investigate the amnestic effects of 2 different concentrations of nitrous oxide in children before induction of anesthesia in a prospective double-blinded placebo controlled study.
- Trial name
- NCT02050152
- Testing
- Nitrous Oxide 0%, Nitrous oxide 33%, Nitrous oxide 66%
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia of Alzheimer Type
Stimulation to Improve Memory
This study will test the effects of different doses of a form of non-invasive brain stimulation for the treatment of individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia of the Alzheimer's Type (DAT).
- Trial name
- STIM (NCT03875326)
- Testing
- 1 mA HD-tDCS, 2 mA HD-tDCS, 3 mA HD-tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 233 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
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
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Rapamycin as a Means of Interference With Reconsolidation of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder-related Traumatic Memory
The purpose of the proposed study is to determine if pairing reactivation of a traumatic memory with a single administration of Rapamycin (e.g., Sirolimus) in men with combat-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder leads to a…
- Trial name
- NCT01449955
- Testing
- Rapamycin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Gulf War Veterans Illness, Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Scalp Application of LED Therapy to Improve Thinking and Memory in Veterans With Gulf War Illness
The purpose of this study is to learn if an experimental treatment can help thinking ability, and memory in Veterans with Gulf War Veterans Illnesses (GWVI).
- Conditions
- Gulf War Veterans Illness, Neurobehavioral Manifestations, Memory Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT01782378
- Testing
- Real LED Treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Schizophrenia
Efficacy of Cognitive Remediation in Patients With Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder Stabilized on Lurasidone
The investigators hypothesize that cognitive remediation will be superior to the active control group on the change from baseline to study end point of cognitive remediation phase on both co-primary outcome measures (standardized…
- Trial name
- NCT01173874
- Testing
- Cognitive Remediation
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Study of the Effects of Osmotic-Release Oral System (OROS) Methylphenidate (Concerta) on Attention and Memory
This study investigates whether OROS-methylphenidate improves performance on different aspects of attention and memory in children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
- Trial name
- CHOP (NCT00530257)
- Testing
- OROS-methylphenidate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Aging
Nutraceutical Effects on Long-Term Memory
Interventions to improve the cognitive health of older adults are of critical importance. In the current protocol, ithe investigators conducted a short-term (two months) randomized clinical trial to examine the influence of the…
- Trial name
- NCT01963767
- Testing
- NT-020
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 139 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
TCRαβ-depleted Progenitor Cell Graft With Additional Memory T-cell DLI, Plus Selected Use of Blinatumomab, in Naive T-cell Depleted Haploidentical Donor Hematopoietc Cell Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies
Patients less than or equal to 21 years old with high-risk hematologic malignancies who would likely benefit from allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).
- Conditions
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS), NK-Cell Leukemia
- Trial name
- NCT03849651
- Testing
- Cyclophosphamide, Fludarabine, Thiotepa
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Sedentary Lifestyle, Dementia, Mild
Smartphone App to Improve Physical Activity in Older Adults With MCI/Mild Dementia
The purpose of this study is to develop and test a physical activity-tracking smartphone app designed to facilitate physical activity in older adults with mild cognitive impairments or mild dementia.
- Conditions
- Sedentary Lifestyle, Dementia, Mild, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Memory and Thinking Problems
- Trial name
- NCT04950998
- Testing
- Moving Up - A
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Neurocognitive Disorder
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Mild Cognitive Impairment
The goal of this study is to test the efficacy of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) as a treatment for Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Neurocognitive Disorder, Cognitive Decline, Mental Deterioration
- Trial name
- NCT03331796
- Testing
- Active rTMS (Bilateral DLPFC), Active rTMS (Bilateral LPC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people
- Sponsor
- Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research
Down Syndrome, Intellectual Disability
Down Syndrome Memantine Follow-up Study
The purpose of this research study is to learn if the medication Memantine Hydrochloride (the study medication) can help adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome. Dr.
- Trial name
- NCT02304302
- Testing
- Memantine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Brazil
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Depression, Dementia
Antidepressant Medication Plus Donepezil for Treating Late-life Depression
This study will determine the effectiveness of combining escitalopram, venlafaxine, or duloxetine with donepezil, a medication used in Alzheimer's disease, in improving memory, concentration, attention, and problem solving…
- Trial name
- NCT00177671
- Testing
- Escitalopram, Donepezil, Venlafaxine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Amnesia, Pain
Memory Modulation by Pain During Anesthesia
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of pain on facilitating long-term auditory memory in the presence and absence of distinct intravenous anesthetics.
- Conditions
- Amnesia, Pain, Anesthesia
- Trial name
- MMA (NCT02515890)
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine, Midazolam, Peripheral nerve stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Hypertension
Walking Exercise on Memory, Subjective Cognitive Complaint, and Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor for Hypertension
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of 6-month aerobic walking program on memory, subjective cognitive complaints, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor for older hypertensive women.
- Trial name
- NCT04930263
- Testing
- Aerobic exercise, control group
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital