Clinical trials: Neuron Degeneration
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Exploratory Clinical Study and Validation of Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease
This is a 24-month, monocentric, exploratory and observational clinical study aimed at developing and validating a blood-based diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease (AD).
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Cognitive Decline
- Trial name
- ADKIT (NCT07294586)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Amoneta Diagnostics SAS
Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders
Integrating Metabolism, Connectivity, and Mesoscale Imaging at Ultra-high Field to Decipher Mechanisms of Resilience and Neurodegeneration in Neurological Diseases and Healthy Aging
The MESO7 study is a prospective observational research project designed to investigate the mechanisms of resilience and neurodegeneration in neurological diseases and healthy aging.
- Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders, Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease (MOGAD), Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- MESO7 (NCT07202494)
- Testing
- Imaging Techniques (MRI 3T & 7T, Functional, Structural, and Metabolic Imaging)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Biomarkers, Risk Assessment, Imaging, and Neurodegeneration in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (BRAIN-CSVD)
The BRAIN-CSVD study is a single-center prospective cohort study focusing on cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD).Patients enrolled in this research will undergo assessments for vascular risk factors, cognitive and other…
- Trial name
- BRAIN-CSVD (NCT07093515)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zhejiang Hospital
Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Degeneration Nerves
Visualising Cerebral and Peripheral Cholinergic Nerves in Patients With Dementia Lewy Bodies.
Lewy Body Dementia (DLB) is the second most common type of neurodegenerative dementia and characterized by loss of cholinergic neurons in the cerebrum and possibly also internal organs.
- Conditions
- Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Degeneration Nerves, Positron-Emission Tomography, Acetylcholine
- Trial name
- NCT04291144
- Testing
- PET-CT using FEOBV, MRI-scan, Cognitive assessment
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
PET with [18F]Flumazenil As an Index of Neurodegeneration in MS
Beyond white matter pathology, grey matter damage is considered as a key player in disability onset and progression in Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
- Trial name
- FLUMA-SEP-T (NCT03825601)
- Testing
- PET with [11C]Flumazenil
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Study to Understand Novel Biomarkers in Researching Dementia
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationships between amyloid, tau, and neurodegeneration biomarkers in the blood and the presence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology, clinical cognitive decline, and diagnosis.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia
- Trial name
- SUNBIRD (NCT06547099)
- Testing
- Clinical tau PET, Clinical amyloid test, Research blood collection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Primary Progressive Aphasia, MCI
tDCS Intervention in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects first and foremost language abilities. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is slowly progressive decline in a single domain of cognition (e.g.
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, MCI, FTD
- Trial name
- NCT02606422
- Testing
- Active HD-tDCS plus Speech-Language Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Multiple Sclerosis
BrainAgeMS - a Comparative Study of Brain Aging in Healthy and Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
The purpose of this study is to investigate new quantitative MRI-sequences for assessment of age-specific data for the prediction of brain aging.
- Trial name
- BrainAgeMS (NCT06221631)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Normal Healthy Adults
Imaging Biomarkers of Neuroplasticity and Neurodegeneration in the Living Human Brain
Following our recently completed whole body dosimetry study for [18F] TRACK in 6 healthy control subjects, the objective of this project is to evaluate brain uptake, regional distribution and in vivo pharmacokinetics for [18F]…
- Trial name
- F18TRACK (NCT05427656)
- Testing
- [18F] TRACK, Measurement of Arterial Input Function
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thiel, Alexander, M.D.
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Prodromal Markers in Recurrent Dream Enactment Behaviors Without REM Sleep Without Atonia
REM sleep behavior disorder is a novel and distinct parasomnia characterized by recurrent dream enactment behaviors (DEBs) and REM sleep without atonia (RSWA) during polysomnographic assessment, with a male predominance and…
- Trial name
- NCT05353881
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Retinal Imaging in Neurodegenerative Disease
This study aims to develop and evaluate biomarkers using non-invasive optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography (OCTA) as well as ultra-widefield (UWF) fundus photography to assess the structure and function of the…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis
- Trial name
- NCT03233646
- Testing
- Retinal and Choroidal Imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Cognitive Dysfunction, Alzheimer Disease
ALA-enriched Nutrition for Prevention of Cognitive Decline in APOE4 Older Adults
This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial will evaluate the effects of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) supplementation on cognitive function, blood-brain barrier integrity, and brain vascular health in older adults…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Dysfunction, Alzheimer Disease, Blood-Brain Barrier, Apolipoprotein E, Deficiency or Defect of
- Trial name
- NCT07392723
- Testing
- Alpha-Linolenic Acid (2.6 g/day)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michal Schnaider Beeri, Ph.D.
Parkinson's Disease (PD), Parkinson's Disease
Open-label Study to Evaluate Brain α-Synuclein Deposition Using PET and [18F]MK-0947 in Parkinson's Disease
This clinical study is being conducted to learn more about a new imaging drug called [18F]MK-0947, which is designed to help doctors see changes in the brain related to Parkinson's disease (PD).
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease (PD), Parkinson's Disease, Parkinson's Disease (Disorder)
- Trial name
- NCT07348250
- Testing
- [18F]MK-0947
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Invicro
Familial Frontotemporal Dementia
Longitudinal Evaluation of Familial Frontotemporal Dementia Subjects
This study is being done to learn more about normal thinking and behavior, mild thinking and behavior problems, Frontotemporal Dementia and other forms of dementia in families in which one or more relatives have a mutation…
- Trial name
- LEFFTDS (NCT02372773)
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 398 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease
The Assessment of the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Patients With Alzheimer Disease or Parkinson Disease With Cognitive Impairment by Using Diffusion MRI
The hypothesis is that the differential extent of microstructural damages in the affected brain regions can be specific to the disease of interest and could reflect the clinical severity.
- Trial name
- NCT04434898
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 212 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Neurodegenerative Disease, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)
Tracking and Predicting How Brain Damage Spreads in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) spectrum syndromes, are characterized by the accumulation of insoluble protein aggregates in the central nervous system.
- Conditions
- Neurodegenerative Disease, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy(PSP)
- Trial name
- NCT07567664
- Testing
- 3 Tesla MRI without contrast medium, Blood sample for genetic analysis, Cerebrospinal fluid sampling (CSF)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 645 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Hypertension
Hypertension, Brain Clearance, and Markers of Neurodegeneration
The purpose of this research study is to measure cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) clearance in subjects with and without high blood pressure.
- Trial name
- NCT05785871
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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
Non-arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Citicoline in Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
The investigators tested the hypothesis whether the treatment with Citicoline in oral solution (OS-Citicoline) would increase or stabilize visual acuity, retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) function and neural conduction along the…
- Trial name
- NCT03758118
- Testing
- Citicoline
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione G.B. Bietti, IRCCS
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Multiple Sclerosis Relapse
Evaluation of Relapse Presence in Multiple Sclerosis
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the demonstrability of increased inflammation and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in relapse period compared to MS patients in remission by cross-sectional analysis of…
- Trial name
- NCT05218317
- Testing
- in-vivo Corneal Confocal Microscopy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University