Clinical trials: Neuron Disease, Motor
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Primary Lateral Sclerosis
Digital Smartwatch Measurements as Potential Biomarkers for Remote Disease Tracking in ALS
This observational study will use new smartwatch technology to continuously and remotely monitor the health of ALS patients and healthy controls over time. This information will be used to develop digital biomarkers for ALS.
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Muscular Atrophy, Progressive, Frontotemporal Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT05830214
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Motor Neuron Disease
Brain Function in Primary Lateral Sclerosis
This study will examine whether the motor cortex (the part of the brain that controls movement) works properly in patients with primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), a disorder in which voluntary movements are very slow.
- Trial name
- NCT00071435
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, GI Cancer
Trial of Ascertaining Individual Preferences for Loved One's Role in End-of-Life
Specific Aims and Hypotheses: Aim 1: To test the effect of the "Trial of Ascertaining Individual preferences for Loved Ones' Role in End-of-life Decisions" (TAILORED) Intervention on family decision-making self-efficacy at 8…
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, GI Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT01160367
- Testing
- TAILORED Patient Family Decision Making, standard of care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 431 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Phenotype, Genotype and Biomarkers 2
The purpose of this study is to learn more about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other related neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), hereditary spastic…
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Progressive Muscular Atrophy
- Trial name
- PGB2 (NCT04875416)
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, South Africa
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer Disease
Study of the Role of G72 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Biomarker Discovery and Mechanism Investigation
G72 gene is located on the common linkage locus in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and it encodes D-amino acid oxidase activator (DAOA).
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson's Disease
- Trial name
- NCT01378026
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Study of SPG302 in Healthy Volunteers and ALS Participants
The first-in-human Phase 1 study described herein will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of SPG302 in healthy volunteers and ALS participants
- Trial name
- NCT05882695
- Testing
- SPG302
- Where
- 4 sites in Australia
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spinogenix
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Pseudobulbar Affect
Structural and Functional Networks in ALS: An Insight Into Pseudobulbar Affect
The investigators aim to elucidate characteristics of structural and functional brain connectivity in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and pseudobulbar affect (PBA) using diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) and…
- Trial name
- NCT06396260
- Testing
- Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging (DKI), Resting State Magnetoencephalography
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University Hospital
Demyelinating Disease, Healthy
Magnetic Stimulation of the Human Nervous System
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive technique to gather information about brain function. It is very useful when studying the areas of the brain related to motor activity (motor cortex, corticospinal tract…
- Conditions
- Demyelinating Disease, Healthy, Lysosomal Storage Disease, Motor Neuron Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00001780
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinson Disease
A Systematic Investigation of Phonetic Complexity Effects on Articulatory Motor Performance in Progressive Dysarthria
The goal is to improve the fundamental knowledge about articulatory motor performance in people with Lou Gehrig's disease (also known as ALS) and Parkinson's disease (PD), in order to develop more sensitive assessments for…
- Trial name
- NCT03613038
- Testing
- Phonetic complexity effects on speech motor performance
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Evaluating Verbal Communication in Structured Interactions: Theoretical and Clinical Implications
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effect of communicative interaction on verbal communication in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and age-matched speakers.
- Trial name
- NCT06266403
- Testing
- Structured Communicative Interaction, Clear Speech, Unstructured communicative interaction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Neuromuscular Disorders
Study of Feasibility to Reliably Measure Functional Abilities' Changes in Nonambulant Neuromuscular Patients Without Trial Site Visiting
Clinical trials organization in several neuromuscular disorders (NMD) has some specific issues. Nonambulant status and difficulties with transportation are among them.
- Trial name
- NCT02235090
- Testing
- Direct current stimulation of cervical spinal cord
- Where
- Ukraine
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charitable Foundation Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy
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
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson Disease (PD)
Safety, PK and Biodistribution of 18F-OP-801 in Patients With ALS, AD, MS, PD and Healthy Volunteers
This is a Phase 1/2 study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of 18F-OP-801 in subjects with ALS, AD, MS, PD and age-matched HVs.
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson Disease (PD), Alzheimer Disease (AD), Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Trial name
- NCT05395624
- Testing
- 18F-OP-801
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ashvattha Therapeutics, Inc.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Expression Profile Study of Macrophages From Patients Affected by ALS or Other Related Motor Impairments
The aim of this project is to analyze the macrophage transcriptome and protein markers of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patients compared to controls (non-affected individuals, patients with other motor impairments) and…
- Trial name
- Mac2ALS (NCT04816227)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
[18F]ACI-19626 PET in TDP-43 Proteinopathies
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether we can reliably and safely measure the accumulation of pathological protein TDP-43 [involved in rare forms of dementia such as frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and in amyotrophic…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), TDP-43 Proteinopathies, Suspected Limbic Predominant Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE)
- Trial name
- NCT06891716
- Testing
- [18F]ACI-19626
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AC Immune SA
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type II
Spinal Cord Gray Matter Imaging in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
This study aims to measure the spinal cord gray matter in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type II and III in comparison with age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HC) using rAMIRA (radially sampled averaged…
- Trial name
- NCT06137612
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Dementia, Motor Neuron Disease
Digital App for Speech & Health Monitoring
Many people living with neurodegenerative conditions like dementia, motor neuron disease (MND), multiple sclerosis (MS), and Parkinson's disease (PD), suffer from speech problems.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Motor Neuron Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson Disease
- Trial name
- NCT06450418
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
The Swedish BioFINDER 2 Study
The Swedish BioFINDER 2 study is a new study that will launch in 2017 and extends the previous cohorts of BioFINDER 1 study (www.biofinder.se). BioFINDER 1 is used e.g.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, Lewy Body Disease
- Trial name
- BioFINDER2 (NCT03174938)
- Testing
- Flutemetamol F18 Injection, [18F]-RO6958948, Elecsys (Roche) Abeta42, Ttau and Ptau
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 2,950 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Skane University Hospital
Muscular Dystrophy, Peripheral Neuropathy
Investigational Use of Neuromuscular Ultrasound
Background: Current techniques used to measure the health and function of a person s nerves and muscles are generally effective, but they do have limits.
- Conditions
- Muscular Dystrophy, Peripheral Neuropathy, Motor Neuron Disorder, Normal Physiology
- Trial name
- NCT05237973
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Muscular Diseases, Spinal Muscular Atrophy
New Imaging Biomarkers for Muscular Diseases - Multispectral Optoacoustic Imaging in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
This study aims to refine the capability of MSOT to characterise muscle tissue and to determine non-invasive, quantitative biomarkers for the disease assessment in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) using Multispectral…
- Trial name
- MSOT_SMA (NCT04115475)
- Testing
- Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography (MSOT)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School