Clinical trials: Neuroinflammation
Low Back Pain, Back Pain With Radiation
Evaluating the Role of Neuroinflammation in Low Back Pain
In this research, the study team will use brain imaging to evaluate the presence of neuroinflammation in the brains and spinal cords of patients with low back pain.
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain, Back Pain With Radiation, Back Pain Without Radiation, Back Pain Lower Back Chronic
- Trial name
- IGNITE (NCT03106740)
- Testing
- Minocycline Hydrochloride 100mg Capsule, Magnetic Resonance-Positron Emission Tomography Imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Marco Loggia
Toxicity, Hydrocephalus
Isoflurane-induced Neuroinflammation in Children With Hydrocephalus
The investigators will quantify inflammatory biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum of children with hydrocephalus who are undergoing ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement under isoflurane anesthesia.
- Trial name
- NCT02512809
- Testing
- Isoflurane, Dexmedetomidine
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity (ADHD)
The Effect Of Methylphenıdate Treatment On Neuroınflammatıon Levels In Chıldren Wıth Attentıon Defıcıt Hyperactıvıty Dısorder
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of treatment of ADHD with methylphenidate on neuroinflammation by examining the levels of Interleukin-6 (IL-6), S100B, Claudin-5 in serum samples of patients who were diagnosed…
- Trial name
- NCT07041333
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Enes Faruk ALTUNKILIÇ
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
Depression, HIV
Neuroinflammation and Modulating Factors in Depression and HIV
Determine if depression, which persists after depression treatment at 26 weeks, is associated with increased innate inflammation in a prospective cohort of HIV-infected Ugandans receiving SSRIs in which group psychotherapy is…
- Trial name
- NCT04286282
- Testing
- Group Pyschotherapy, Depression Standard of Care, HIV Standard of Care
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 109 people
- 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
Fibromyalgia
The Innate Central Nervous System Immune Response to an Experimental Immune Challenge in People With Fibromyalgia
The major goal of this study is to determine if the innate immune response is dysregulated in people with fibromyalgia, compared to healthy controls.
- Trial name
- NCT04263454
- Testing
- Endotoxin, Escherichia Coli, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Multiple Sclerosis
PET Imaging of Cyclooxygenase in Multiple Sclerosis
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that has no cure. MRI is the main tool used in the study and treatment of people with MS.
- Trial name
- NCT05062083
- Testing
- 11C-MC1, 11C-PS13, Ketoprofen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Dementia
PET Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases Via a Novel Translocator Protein (TSPO) Radioligand
Background: Aging-related progressive neurological disorders include frontotemporal dementia, Lou Gehrig s disease, and Alzheimer s disease. Little is known about what causes these disorders. Brain inflammation may be involved.
- Trial name
- NCT03958630
- Testing
- 11C-ER176, 11C-PIB, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Acute Hepatitis C, HIV
To Assess Neuroinflammation and Neurocognitive Function in Patients With Acute Hepatitis C and Chronic HIV Co-Infection
This study plans to evaluate what happens to the brain in patients with HIV and early hepatitis C. The investigators will be comparing 3 groups of individuals: Group 1: Individuals with HIV infection and acute (early) hepatitis C…
- Conditions
- Acute Hepatitis C, HIV, HIV Infections
- Trial name
- NCT00959166
- Testing
- PET scan
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Obesity
Cognition and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brain Inflammation in Obesity
The rate of obesity in the United States is high and is a risk factor for concurrent cognitive impairment and, in late life, dementias such as Alzheimer's disease.
- Trial name
- NIFOB (NCT04116229)
- Testing
- Oral glucose tolerance test, Cognitive testing, Magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Metabolism - Cerebral Energy
The Efficient Brain Study
Cerebral energy metabolism declines with advanced aging, and is implicated in age-related cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and other forms of neurodegenerative disease (Parkinson's disease).
- Trial name
- NCT02771366
- Testing
- Fermented Papaya Preparation, Granulated Sugar
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Mild Cognitive Impairment
11C-Acetate PET/CT Imaging As a Biomarker of Amyloid-Induced Neuroinflammation
The proposed study aims to use 11C-acetate position emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to preliminarily test and validate methods for imaging astrocyte activation as an early indicator of neuroinflammation in…
- Trial name
- NCT02811744
- Testing
- 11C-acetate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Back Pain, Low
Investigation of Cannabidiol for Reduction of NeuroInflammation in Chronic Back Pain
In this research, the study team will use brain imaging to evaluate the presence of neuroinflammation in the brains and spinal cords of patients with low back pain, and whether CBD effects levels of neuroinflammation.
- Trial name
- CBD (NCT03891264)
- Testing
- Cannabidiol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Gulf War Illness
D-cycloserine: A Novel Treatment for Gulf War Illness (GWDCS)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of d-cycloserine (DCS) treatment for Gulf War Illness (GWI). Gulf War veterans with Gulf War Illness experience numerous chronic health symptoms, including cognition and…
- Trial name
- GWDCS (NCT02983734)
- Testing
- D-cycloserine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease
The Relationship Between Neuropsychological Testing and MRI, PET and COBRE - Project 1: AIM 2 (GE-180)
The complex pathological cascades leading to both Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) involve, at various points, inflammation.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT03702816
- Testing
- GE180 PET Scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aaron Ritter, MD
Healthy
[18F]SF12051 for Imaging the 18-kDa Translocator Protein (TSPO) in Brain and Whole Body of Healthy Subjects
Background: Inflammation in the brain plays a role in many diseases. Being able to measure inflammation in a person's brain might help to diagnose and treat these diseases.
- Trial name
- NCT05564429
- Testing
- 18F-SF12051
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Multiple Sclerosis
Effect of Ocrelizumab on Neuroinflammation in Multiple Sclerosis as Measured by 11C-PBR28 MR-PET Imaging of Microglia Activation
Using magnetic resonance-PET (MR-PET) imaging with [11C]PBR28, a second-generation 18kDa translocator protein (TSPO) radiotracer, we have previously demonstrated abnormally high TSPO expression, indicative of microglia…
- Trial name
- NCT04230174
- Testing
- 11C-PBR28
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital