Clinical trials: Mitral Valve Incompetence
Mood
The Effects of Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES) on Brain Function, Brain Chemistry and Mood
Document whether the Fischer Wallace Cranial Stimulator produces any measurable changes in brain activity.
- Trial name
- CES (NCT01860677)
- Testing
- Fisher Wallace Cranial Stimulator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Non-invasive Neuromodulation in Healthy Subjects
Mechanisms of Non-Invasive Neuromodulation Interventions: Influence on Human Neurochemistry and Functional Connectivity
The aim of this project is to increase our understanding of how two different protocols of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), inhibitory (1 Hz) and excitatory (5 Hz), applied over the primary motor cortex of the…
- Trial name
- NCT02677740
- Testing
- Inhibitory rTMS (1 Hz), Excitatory rTMS (5 Hz)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Gulf War Syndrome
Assessing Neuroinflammation in GWI Using MRS
The primary aim of this study is to determine if Gulf War Illness (GWI) likely involves neuroinflammation. The investigators hypothesize that GWI involves neuroinflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT04638998
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging, Blood draw
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Liver Diseases
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) Validation Study in Individuals With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
The purpose of this study is to see how effective the investigators' optimized magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) sequence in quantifying hepatic triglyceride content (HTGC) to enhance MRS as a diagnostic tool in non-alcohol…
- Trial name
- NAFLD (NCT00940537)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Heart Transplantation
Quantification of Intramyocardial Lipid by Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Accumulation of triglycerides in heart tissue has been associated with changes in left ventricular function which can lead to heart failure.
- Trial name
- MRS (NCT00469911)
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Ex vivo heart biopsy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Mitral Valve Insufficiency, Atrial Fibrillation
Left Atrial Distensibility to Predict Left Ventricular Filling Pressure and Prognosis in Patients With Severe Mitral Regurgitation
A large left atrial (LA) volume, which represents chronic diastolic dysfunction, is associated with a poor outcome, regardless of systolic function.
- Conditions
- Mitral Valve Insufficiency, Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Failure
- Trial name
- NCT01172184
- Testing
- Cardiac catheterization
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 111 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.
Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency
Investigation of Brain Nitrogen in Partial Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTCD) Using 1 H MRS, DTI, and fMRI
The purpose of this study is to use various types of MRI and cognitive testing to evaluate changes in the brain and cognitive function that occur in subjects with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) relative to healthy…
- Trial name
- NCT01569568
- Testing
- MRI scanning, Cognitive testing
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Andrea Gropman
Physical Disability
Understanding Disparities in Healthcare and Primary Care Provider Quality
The project proposes to fill gaps in the understanding of disparities in healthcare and primary care provider (PCP) quality from the perspectives of adult Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities compared to those without…
- Trial name
- NCT02626910
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Behavioral and Neural Response to Memantine in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder
This study is a 12-week, randomized-controlled trial of memantine hydrochloride (Namenda) for the treatment of social impairment in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Trial name
- NCT01972074
- Testing
- Memantine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Alzheimer's Disease
Effects of Memantine on Magnetic Resonance (MR) Spectroscopy in Subjects at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
Recent data show that marked cell damage precedes the clinical manifestation of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Hence, targeting populations at risk with pharmacological interventions is a possible strategy to lessen the burden of the…
- Trial name
- NCT00933608
- Testing
- memantine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Healthy
Functional Effects of Botox on the Brain Using MRS and fMRI
The injection of BOTOX into peripheral muscles has been shown to have therapeutic effects in a growing number of indications including disorders involving skeletal muscle (e.g., strabismus, blepharospasm, cervical dystonia…
- Trial name
- NCT03373162
- Testing
- onabotulinumtoxinA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Brain Hypoxia
Metabolic Changes in the Activated Human Visual Cortex During Mild Hypoxia
The primary objective of this research is to measure changes in neurochemical concentrations during stimulation of the primary visual cortex, in both conditions of normoxia (normal oxygen availability) and induced mild hypoxia…
- Trial name
- NCT02482571
- Testing
- Mild Hypoxia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease
Minocycline in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease
Cognitively normal individuals, patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer's Disease (AD) will undergo clinical screening, neuropsychological tests, blood and urine analyses, quantitative magnetic resonance…
- Trial name
- NCT01463384
- Testing
- Minocycline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Huntington Medical Research Institutes
Myocardial Lipid
Myocardial Lipid and Creatine of Heart Failure on MRS
The objective of this 3-year project is to develop myocardial MRS, in particular lipid (triglyceride) and creatine resonances, as imaging biomarkers for patients with heart failure (HF).
- Trial name
- NCT02378402
- Testing
- Proton (1H-) magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Mitral Regurgitation
Molecular Mechanisms of Volume Overload-Aim 1(SCCOR in Cardiac Dysfunction and Disease)
The investigators hypothesize that beta-1 receptor blockade (ß1-RB) attenuates extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation and progressive adverse Left Ventricular (LV) remodeling and failure in the volume overload of mitral…
- Trial name
- P1A1 (NCT01052428)
- Testing
- metoprolol succinate (Toprol XL)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Methamphetamine Dependence
Citicoline Treatment of Methamphetamine Dependence
The purpose of the study is to determine if citicoline (a nutritional supplement) is effective in helping people reduce their dependence on methamphetamine.
- Trial name
- NCT00950352
- Testing
- Citicoline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Perry Renshaw