Clinical trials: Neurodegenerative Disease, Hereditary
Parkinson's Disease
The Parkinson's Genetic Research Study
The Parkinson's Genetic Research Study (PaGeR), headed by Dr. Cyrus Zabetian, is searching for genes that increase the risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD) and related disorders.
- Trial name
- PaGeR (NCT01558479)
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Neurofibromatosis Type 1
A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study of Lovastatin in Children With Neurofibromatosis Type 1
The specific aim of this study is to determine whether Lovastatin ™ significantly improves visual spatial learning and/or sustained attention in children with NF1.
- Trial name
- STARS (NCT00853580)
- Testing
- Lovastatin ™
- Where
- 12 sites in United States, Australia
- Volunteers
- 146 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Friedreich Ataxia, Cardiomyopathies
A Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of ATI-105 in Healthy Adults
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how ATI-105 administered to healthy participants at works in the body at different doses and with or without food.
- Conditions
- Friedreich Ataxia, Cardiomyopathies, Central Nervous System Diseases, Neuromuscular Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT07869654
- Testing
- ATI-105
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Adjuvia Therapeutics, Inc.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Brainstem Stroke
Optimizing BCI-FIT: Brain Computer Interface - Functional Implementation Toolkit
This project adds to non-invasive BCIs for communication for adults with severe speech and physical impairments due to neurodegenerative diseases.
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Brainstem Stroke, Muscular Dystrophies, Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism
- Trial name
- BCI-FIT (NCT04468919)
- Testing
- BCI-FIT multi-modal access, BCI-FIT adaptive signal modeling, BCI-FIT active querying
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Arthrogryposis Congenita Multiplex With Intestinal Atresia
Palliative Care Needs of Children With Rare Diseases and Their Families
The palliative care needs of family caregivers of children with rare diseases and their children are largely unmet, including the need for support to prepare for future medical decision making.
- Conditions
- Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Arthrogryposis Congenita Multiplex With Intestinal Atresia, Asparagine Synthetase Deficiency, CHARGE Syndrome
- Trial name
- FACE-Rare (NCT06938542)
- Testing
- Family Centered pediatric palliative care for family caregivers of children with rare diseases.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Muscular Dystrophies, Myopathies
Observational Study to Observe Variations of Gait Parameters in Patients With Neuromuscular Diseases
This study has the general objective of observing walking parameters during a clinical test to objectively estimate fatigue in patients with neuromuscular diseases.
- Conditions
- Muscular Dystrophies, Myopathies, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
- Trial name
- NCT06666816
- Testing
- inapplicable
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Covid19, Androgen Receptor Gene Overexpression
COVID-19 In-vitro Diagnostic Test and Androgen Receptor Gene Expression
This research study will evaluate the association of Androgen Receptor (AR) gene expression and COVID-19 disease severity and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT04530500
- Testing
- COVID-19 Androgen Sensitivity Test (CoVAST)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Alström Syndrome (ALMS)
Clinical Study of a Single Ciliopathy: Alström Syndrome
The aim of the study is to characterize the clinical manifestations of ALMS within the ciliopathies to prevent complications and determine preventive and therapeutic targets.
- Trial name
- NCT02890550
- Where
- 14 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
A Registered Cohort Study on Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
The aim of the study is to analyze the natural history data data from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and related disorders in China, to assess the clinical, genetic, epigenetic features of patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease…
- Trial name
- NCT04010188
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ning Wang, MD., PhD.
Huntington's Disease
HDClarity: a Multi-site Cerebrospinal Fluid Collection Initiative to Facilitate Therapeutic Development for Huntington's Disease
HDClarity will seek at least 2500 research participants at different stages of Huntington's disease (HD). The primary objective is to collect a high quality CSF sample for evaluation of biomarkers and pathways that will enable…
- Trial name
- HDClarity (NCT02855476)
- Where
- 40 sites in United States, Canada and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Neurofibromatosis 1, Social Skills
Pilot Randomized Control Trial of Telehealth Group for Improving Peer Relationships (PEERS) in NF1
This is a pilot randomized control trial of the UCLA PEERS protocol delivered via Telehealth with teens with neurofibromatosis type 1 whose parents report that they have difficulty making and keeping friends.
- Trial name
- NCT04860362
- Testing
- PEERS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Cardiovascular Diseases, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
AI-enabled Screening and Diagnosis of Cardiomyopathies Using Coronary CTA
The goal of this observational and diagnostic study is to develop and validate an artificial intelligence assisted approach for coronary computer tomography angiography-(CCTA)-based screening and diagnosis of cardiomyopathies in…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM), Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Trial name
- Atlantis (NCT06748261)
- Testing
- CCTAI model
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1)-Related Plexiform Neurofibromas (PNs), Healthy Participants
A Study to Evaluate Bioavailability and Food Effect of Selumetinib (AZD6244) in Healthy Male Participants
This study will evaluate bioavailability and food effect of selumetinib (AZD6244) in healthy male participants. A total of 24 healthy male participants will be included to ensure at least 20 evaluable participants.
- Trial name
- NCT03649165
- Testing
- Treatment A, Treatment B, Treatment C
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Huntington's Disease
Enroll -HD: A Prospective Registry Study in a Global Huntington's Disease Cohort
Enroll-HD is a longitudinal, observational, multinational study that integrates two former Huntington's disease (HD) registries-REGISTRY in Europe, and COHORT in North America and Australasia-while also expanding to include sites…
- Trial name
- NCT01574053
- Where
- 183 sites in United States, Argentina and 18 more
- Volunteers
- 35,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CHDI Foundation, Inc.
Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis
SNAP: Measurement of the Subjective Perception of the Symptom in Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis (HSP)
The Self-Notion and Perception (SNAP) questionnaire developed at IRCCS E.Medea by Eleonora Diella and Roberta Morganti, arises from the need to quantify the subjective perception of the patient suffering from HSP of the typical…
- Trial name
- NCT04256681
- Testing
- SNAP questionnaire
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Cardiac Amyloidosis
Analysis of Lumbar Spine Stenosis Specimens for Identification of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis
Primary objective: To identify older adults with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) early in the course of the illness, at a time when disease modifying therapies are most effective.
- Conditions
- Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Cardiac Amyloidosis, ATTR Amyloidosis Wild Type, ATTR Gene Mutation
- Trial name
- NCT06034405
- Testing
- Tc99-PYP or Tc99-HDMP Scan
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,663 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Huntington Disease, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Genetic Risk: Whether, When, and How to Tell Adolescents
This study is being conducted to learn more about family communication of genetic risk information. Semi-structured interviews lasting up to one hour will be conducted with three populations: parent/child pairs at risk for…
- Conditions
- Huntington Disease, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Hereditary Cancer, Hereditary Non-polyposis Colon Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03421327
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Pulp Inflammation
Analysis of the Influence of Desensitizing Treatments on the Pulp Inflammatory Response in Bleached Teeth
This randomized, controlled, blinded clinical trial evaluated the effectiveness of different desensitizing protocols in preventing pulp inflammation after bleaching treatment with 35% hydrogen peroxide (PH) (Whiteness PH 35%).
- Trial name
- NCT04548674
- Testing
- Whiteness HP 35%, Whiteness HP 35% + LASER, Whiteness HP 35% + CPP
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Para
Myopathy, Muscular Dystrophies
Muscle Health Measurements Using Electrical Impedance Myography
This study is being done to further develop a device, the mScan, to measure muscle health as compared to measurements of muscle health using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging).
- Conditions
- Myopathy, Muscular Dystrophies, Myositis, Myofibrillar Myopathy
- Trial name
- NCT07502989
- Testing
- Electrical Impedance Myography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Batten Disease
Collection of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Healthy Children
The purpose of this study is to obtain cerebrospinal fluid from healthy children already undergoing a lumbar puncture procedure at New York Presbyterian Hospital, to act as healthy controls when compared to children with late…
- Trial name
- NCT01698229
- Testing
- Group 1
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University