Clinical trials: Motor Neuron Disorder
Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia
Proteinopathies Expression in Skin of Neurodegenerative Disorders
The goal of this observational study is to compare the aggregation pattern of proteinopathies (alpha-synuclein, amyloid-beta, phosphorylated tau and transactive response DNA -binding protein 43 [TDP43]) in skin biopsies of…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, Parkinson Disease, Atypical Parkinsonism
- Trial name
- NCT06528964
- Testing
- Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Longitudinal Study of Innate Lymphoid Cells in Peripheral Blood in ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive muscle weakness and eventual death.
- Trial name
- NCT03090932
- Testing
- Blood draw
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3
Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Motor Deficits in People With Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Upper Limb
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has shown remarkable efficacy in restoring motor function in people with spinal cord injury by recruiting afferent input to enhance the responsiveness of spared neural circuits to residual cortical…
- Conditions
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type II, Spinal Muscular Atrophy 4
- Trial name
- NCT06300996
- Testing
- Spinal Cord Stimulator (Octopolar Medtronic Vectris Leads)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marco Capogrosso
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
An International Federated Model for Wearable-derived Remote Longitudinal Motor Monitoring in Young Children With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Compared With Healthy Controls: Active-NBS Study (UK)
Active-NBS is a study to evaluate the muscle development of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) who are diagnosed at birth. Medicines have become available in the last decade, and many patients are treated very early.
- Trial name
- Active-NBS UK (NCT07543003)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Stroke, Able Bodied
Stimulation-Based Modulation of Spinal and Cortical Sensory Pathways
The goal of this study is to assess cervical (neck) reflexes by intra-operatively stimulating the neck nerve roots to evoke motor responses through their connections to spinal motoneurons.
- Trial name
- NCT07401186
- Testing
- Bipolar Neural Stimulation Electrode
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peter C. Gerszten, MD
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Genetics of Familial and Sporadic ALS
We are collecting blood samples, clinical and family information from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) patients and their families to identify causes of ALS and ALS/dementia.
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, ALS With Frontotemporal Dementia (ALS/FTD), Lou Gehrig's Disease
- Trial name
- ALS (NCT00821132)
- Testing
- Genetic study of ALS families
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13,521 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Public AttitudesTowards SMA and DMD Awareness, Newborn and Carrier Screening and Physiotherapy Practices
The addition of SMA and DMD muscle diseases to newborn screening and premarital carrier screening has been controversial. In this study, researchers aim to measure the awareness level of SMA and DMD muscle diseases of individuals…
- Conditions
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Healthy Individuals
- Trial name
- NCT05110885
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bahçeşehir University
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Neurodegenerative Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and the Innate Immune System
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is an aggressive, deadly disease. ALS leads to destruction of the neural pathways which control the conscious movements of the muscles.
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Neurodegenerative Disease, Motor Neuron Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02869048
- Where
- 8 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 375 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Neonatal Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Screening
Parents or legal guardian of neonates who signed agreement will receive SMA screening test if their neonates are affected with SMA.
- Trial name
- SMA (NCT03217578)
- Testing
- SMA Newborn Screening
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 250,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
IBM, Inclusion Body Myositis
Imaging Assessment of Swallowing and Speech Muscles in Inclusion Body Myositis
This study will evaluate whether neuromuscular ultrasound and MRI can be used as imaging markers of bulbar involvement and swallowing dysfunction in individuals with inclusion body myositis (IBM).
- Conditions
- IBM, Inclusion Body Myositis, Myopathy, Myositis
- Trial name
- NCT07823101
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Involvement of Lymphocyte Type B in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
The involvement of Lymphocyte type B in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients will be compared to lymphocyte in healthy subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT00846560
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Alzheimer Dementia (AD), ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Ultra-High Resolution PET in Aging, Neurodegeneration and Psychotic Disorders
The goal of this study is to use ultra-high-resolution (UHR) PET imaging to better understand how the brain and spinal cord change in healthy aging and in neurological and psychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD)…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Dementia (AD), ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinson s Disease, REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (iRBD)
- Trial name
- NCT07509125
- Testing
- UHR PET/CT scan of the brain with ¹⁸F-FDG, UHR PET/CT scan of the brain with ¹⁸F-PE2I, UHR PET/CT scan of the brain with ¹⁸F-SynVesT-1
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Osteoporosis, Excitability
Effects Of Unilateral Vibration On Contralateral Forearm Muscle Activity
This study hypothesize that radius subjecting to mechanical loading may affect excitability of alpha motor neuron innervating muscle, based on its bone mineral density or bone mineral content.
- Trial name
- BMRR3 (NCT01097122)
- Testing
- Forearm vibration
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital
Spinal Cord Injuries, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Effects of Remote Ischemic Conditioning on Hand Use in Individuals With SCI and ALS
Rehabilitation interventions such as physical training and neural stimulation after spinal cord injury (SCI) have been shown to increase neural plasticity.
- Trial name
- NCT03851302
- Testing
- Active Remote Ischemic Conditioning, Isometric hand exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bronx VA Medical Center
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Motor-Point Stimulation for Conditioning the Diaphragm of Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
The overall goal of this research is to delay the respiratory decline of patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) thereby increasing their lifespan by conditioning the diaphragm with laparoscopically placed electrodes.
- Trial name
- NCT00420719
- Testing
- Intramuscular diaphragm electrodes
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, France
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Synapse Biomedical
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Longitudinal Evaluation of Short-Chain Fatty Acid Profiles During the Natural Disease Course and a Mediterranean Diet Intervention in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients
This observational study explored the connection between the gut microbiota and the brain in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), specifically the modulation of short-chain fatty acids during disease progression and…
- Trial name
- IMPACT-ALS (NCT07178067)
- Testing
- Mediterranean diet
- Where
- Romania
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Targu Mures
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Brain Excitability and Connectivity in Sensory-motor Pathways in ALS
The main objective is to determine the origin of somatosensory alteration in patients with ALS and to evaluate its impact on brain activity by coupling different imaging modalities and indirect electrophysiology.
- Trial name
- SOM_ALS (NCT03694132)
- Testing
- functional MRI, structural MRI, EEG/MEG
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
A First in Human Study of ORT247 in Healthy Volunteers
This is a single center, double-blinded, randomized, placebo controlled single ascending dose clinical study, with the primary purpose of evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and immunohistochemistry of…
- Trial name
- NCT06769620
- Testing
- ORT247
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Orthogonal Neuroscience Inc.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Biospecimen Biorepository for the Study of ALS, ALS-FTD and Similar Neurodegenerative Disorders
The purpose of this study is to collect CSF and blood samples that can be used in future research studies to identify potential biomarkers in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collected in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)…
- Trial name
- NCT05116943
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Geometrical Facial Deformation According to Posture in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
The measurement of the facial deformation according to the body posture will be conducted by 3D scanning for each posture after marking the landmarks on the face.
- Trial name
- NCT04798183
- Testing
- 3-dimensional scan
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital