Clinical trials: Neuroinflammation, open to volunteers
Sclerosis, Multiple, Neurocognitive Impairment, Mild
The DANCEREX Proof-of-Concept Study for Chronic Neurological Disorders
The goal of this clinical trial is to test a new digital therapeutic solution which combines a holistic, multidimensional rehabilitation program based on dance and music with an innovative motivational system (DANCEREX-DTx) in…
- Conditions
- Sclerosis, Multiple, Neurocognitive Impairment, Mild, Neurocognitive Dysfunction
- Trial name
- DANCEREX-DTx (NCT06112639)
- Testing
- DANCEREX-DTx, Multidimensional dance-based program, Educational Program
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 192 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ETS
Autoimmune Encephalitis (AE)
Is [18F]-DPA-714 PET a Good Marker of Neuroinflammation in Autoimmune Encephalitis?
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of [18F]-DPA-714 PET imaging in detecting neuroimmune activity in patients with autoimmune encephalitis (AE).
- Trial name
- EAI-714 (NCT07488117)
- Testing
- TEP with radioligand EAI 714
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Concussion (Diagnosis), Concussion Post Syndrome
Female Concussion Head Cooling
This research is being done to examine the benefits of a 28 day head cooling intervention on cognition, inflammation of the brain, sleep quality, menstrual symptom interaction, and mood in acutely concussed females.
- Conditions
- Concussion (Diagnosis), Concussion Post Syndrome, Concussion, Mild
- Trial name
- NCT07303933
- Testing
- Brain Cooling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, Cognitive Impairment, Mild
[11C]PS13 PET Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Heart failure reduces the amount of blood the heart pumps, which can lead to memory and thinking problems in many patients. One possible reason is that heart failure triggers brain inflammation, a process in which certain brain…
- Conditions
- Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Neuroinflammation, Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (VCID)
- Trial name
- NEURO-HF (NCT07856043)
- Testing
- [11C]PS13: [carbon-11]PS13; COX-1 PET radioligand, Sacubitril-Valsartan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University
Traumatic Brain Injury
Long-term Recovery and Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis Disruption After Traumatic Brain Injury
The OVERCOME-TBI project aims to collect multimodal data approximately 1-4 and 11-14 years after an earlier well-documented traumatic brain injury (TBI) and examine factors that influence disease progression in order to gain new…
- Trial name
- OVERCOME-TBI (NCT06927063)
- Testing
- blood-based protein biomarker assessments, blood-based metabolomic/lipidomic biomarker assessments, Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (brain)
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Central Nervous System Diseases
TSPO-PET/MRI in Surveillance of Neuroinflammation in the Central Nervous System
Central Nervous System (CNS) inflammation is an immune response activated in the brain and spinal cord by microglial cells and astrocytes, commonly occurring under conditions such as central nervous system ischemia, autoimmunity…
- Trial name
- NCT06467773
- Testing
- Radiation: PET-MRI with [18F]-DPA-714
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tongji Hospital
Somatic Symptom Disorder (DSM-V)
Effect of Venlafaxine Versus Dosulepin in Pain Predominant Somatic Symptom Disorder
Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is marked by persistent physical complaints, often involving pain, alongside excessive thoughts or behaviors related to health, which substantially disrupt daily functioning.
- Trial name
- NCT06803485
- Testing
- Venlafaxine, Dosulepin
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar
Chroinc Pain, PET
Targeted Translocator Protein PET Imaging Evaluate Neuroinflammation of the Chronic Pain Patients
Chronic pain is a major public health issue, which seriously affects patients' quality of life. Neuroinflammation is an important mechanism resulting in chronic pain.
- Conditions
- Chroinc Pain, PET, Microglial Activation
- Trial name
- NCT06701734
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weibing Miao, PhD
Postoperative Delirium (POD), Abdominal Neoplasms
Perioperative Biomarkers and Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults Undergoing Abdominal Cancer Surgery
This prospective observational cohort study aims to investigate the relationship between perioperative endogenous melatonin levels and postoperative delirium in patients aged 65 years or older undergoing elective abdominal cancer…
- Trial name
- NCT07859488
- Testing
- Perioperative Biomarker Assessment, Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Fatma Cigdem Ozakin
Endometriosis, Endometriosis and Dysmenorrhea
Brain and Blood Vessel Health Following Endometriosis Treatment in People With Endometriosis
This research study wants to understand how medications used to treatment symptoms of endometriosis impact brain health in patients with endometriosis.
- Conditions
- Endometriosis, Endometriosis and Dysmenorrhea, Endometriosis (Diagnosis)
- Trial name
- BLOOM (NCT07799246)
- Testing
- Investigate how norethindrone acetate, a commonly used medication used to treat symptoms of endometriosis, impact biomarkers of brain health, Investigate how Orlissa, a commonly used medication used to treat symptoms of endometriosis, impact biomarkers of brain health, Investigate how Oriahnn, a commonly used medication used to treat symptoms of endometriosis, impact biomarkers of brain health
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
Carotid Artery Disease, Carotid Artery Stenoses
Perioperative Argon Inhalation to Improve Neurocognitive Recovery After Carotid Surgery
Currently, over 400,000 reconstructive surgeries on carotid arteries are performed annually worldwide, including carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid stenting.
- Trial name
- NCT07200180
- Testing
- Аrgon-oxygen breathing mixture, Nitrogen-oxygen breathing mixture
- Where
- 2 sites in Russia
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Negovsky Reanimatology Research Institute
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Charcot Disease
Therapeutic Approach of Repeated Transient Blood-brain Barrier Opening in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
This is proof-of-concept, single-arm, single-center study to assess the safety and explore the efficacy of repeated US transient disruptions of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
- Trial name
- Son-ALS (NCT07571486)
- Testing
- SonoCloud-4 (SC4) device
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - Relapsing-remitting
Brain Imaging and Immune Changes During Remibrutinib Treatment in Multiple Sclerosis.
REDEFINE-MS is a research study for people with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) who are participating in the RESHAPE-MS trial.
- Trial name
- REDIFINE MS (NCT07758270)
- Testing
- Remibrutinib, Ocrelizumab (US)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Observation of Inhalation of CXMCI-01 Essential Oil on Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment
Memory declined and cognitive impairment are common complaints in neurology clinics. Before diagnosing as dementia, individuals will undergo a transition period, including mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
- Trial name
- CXMCI-01-MCI (NCT06902181)
- Testing
- Experimental Group - 100% CXMCI-01 Essential Oil
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Parkinson Disease
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Neuroinflammation in Parkinson's Disease-TSPO- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Substudy
The primary objective of this substudy is to measure the concentration and the regional brain distribution of activated brain microglia/macrophages using the PET ligand [18F]DPA-714 in participants enrolled in the UAB Innate and…
- Trial name
- NCT03457493
- Testing
- DPA-714-PET/MRI, 5-year Follow-up DPA-714-PET/MRI, DPA-714 Metabolite Analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 205 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Migraine in Adults
The Effect of Static Magnetic Fields on Neuroinflammation in Migraine
We are conducting this research in individuals with migraines to find out if a daily magnet helmet application could alter migraine-related brain inflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT07584382
- Testing
- Static magnetic helmet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Marco Loggia
Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Alzheimer Dementia (AD)
Targeting Neuroinflammation as a Contributing Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Dementia and Related Dementias
This study is being done to research the usefulness of PET/CT imaging for measuring brain inflammation and its relation to Alzheimer's Disease Dementia and related dementias.
- Trial name
- NCT04786223
- Testing
- C-11 ER-176, Blood Test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Val Lowe
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Tofacitinib in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease, of which motor-neuron's degeneration may be associated with neuroinflammation.
- Trial name
- TALENT (NCT06689982)
- Testing
- Tofacitinib tablets
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Multiple Sclerosis
Study of Neuroinflammation in Multiple Sclerosis by PET-MRI Imaging Using the Radiotracer ([18F]-DPA-714) : a Multicentre Cohort Study (INFLANET)
The Service Hospitalier Frédéric-Joliot (SHFJ) and Paris Brain Institute (ICM) groups have identified [18F]-DPA-714 as a promising second-generation TSPO tracer, a macromolecule overexpressed in neuroinflammatory conditions, for…
- Trial name
- INFLANET (NCT06280742)
- Testing
- PET-MRI with [18F]-DPA-714
- Where
- 7 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Overweight and/or Obesity, Perimenopausal Women
Effects of a 6-months Fiber- and Polyphenol-rich Diet on Brain Inflammatory Processes in Perimenopausal Women Living With Overweight or Obesity
People living with obesity have a higher risk of late-life cognitive decline and developing dementia. In women, the risk of cognitive decline may further raise during the menopausal transition, a period of substantial hormonal…
- Trial name
- INFLAME (NCT07501377)
- Testing
- Polybiotic dietary intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences