Clinical trials: Neuroprotection
Premature Birth, Brain Injury
Melatonin As A Novel Neuroprotectant In Preterm Infants- Dosage Study
Preterm babies are at risk of brain injury. Melatonin, a naturally occurring hormone, may reduce this risk. The unborn baby receives melatonin from the mother but following premature delivery there maybe a period of prolonged…
- Trial name
- MIND (NCT00649961)
- Testing
- Melatonin injection
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Parkinson Disease
N-Acetylcysteine for Neuroprotection in Parkinson's Disease
The overall objective of this developmental/exploratory study is to use noninvasive proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS) to assess (a) whether brain levels of the antioxidant glutathione (GSH) are decreased in vivo, as…
- Trial name
- NAC for PD (NCT01470027)
- Testing
- N-acetylcysteine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Down Syndrome, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Nicotine Treatment of Cognitive Decline in Down Syndrome
This study will ascertain whether nicotine is safe and tolerable in DS patients, help with dose-ranging of nicotine in DS, look for evidence of enhancements in cognitive functioning, and establish evidence for biological and…
- Trial name
- NCT01778946
- Testing
- Low Dose Nicotine (7mg), Moderate Dose Nicotine (14mg)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive
Lipoic Acid for Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
The purpose of the study is to determine if lipoic acid can protect the brain and slow disability in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
- Trial name
- NCT01188811
- Testing
- lipoic acid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy
Neuroprotective Effects of Hypothermia Combined With Inhaled Xenon Following Perinatal Asphyxia
This is a randomised controlled trial in newborn infants with perinatal asphyxial encephalopathy assessing whether a combination of hypothermia and inhaled xenon preserve cerebral metabolism and structure.
- Trial name
- TOBYXe (NCT00934700)
- Testing
- Xenon gas
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 92 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Stroke, Rhabdomyolysis
Neuroprotection With Statin Therapy for Acute Recovery Trial Phase 2
This trial will be a phase 2 randomized safety study in which ischemic stroke patients will be randomly assigned within 24 hours of symptom onset to placebo or standard dose lovastatin versus short-term high-dose lovastatin 640…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Rhabdomyolysis, Jaundice
- Trial name
- NeuSTART2 (NCT01976936)
- Testing
- Low Dose Lovastatin, High Dose Lovastatin
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 162 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Stroke, Acute, Ischemic Stroke
Maimonides Minocycline in Stroke Study
The goal of this study is to determine if oral Minocycline's proposed neuroprotective effects further improve the clinical outcomes, including mortality, of acute stroke patients beyond the current standard stroke care in a large…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Acute, Ischemic Stroke, Hemorrhagic Stroke, Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT06107725
- Testing
- Minocycline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Maimonides Medical Center
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
Carotid Artery Stenosis, Strokes
Statin Neuroprotection and Carotid Endarterectomy: Safety, Feasibility and Outcomes
The investigators hypothesize that pre-operative statin use is neuroprotective at maximal doses. The goals are to determine the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of maximizing statin doses for two weeks (12-18 days) prior to CEA…
- Trial name
- STANCE (NCT02850081)
- Testing
- Statin, Atorvastatin
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Carotid Artery Diseases
Silk Road Medical First in Man Study - Neuroprotection During Carotid Stenting and Angioplasty
Cerebral embolization during carotid artery stenting (CAS) can often precipitate severe adverse neurological effects. Most major clinical studies of CAS have used distal filters for cerebral protection and have compared the…
- Trial name
- PROOF (NCT01264419)
- Testing
- Silk Road Embolic Protection System
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Silk Road Medical
Acute Ischemic Stroke
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation as a Neuroprotection in Acute Stroke Before and After Thrombectomy
This proposal is a prospective, single-center, dose-escalation safety, tolerability, feasibility and potential efficacy study of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in acute stroke patients with substantial salvageable…
- Trial name
- TESSERACT-BA (NCT04061577)
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Neurocognitive, Neuroprotective
Darbepoetin Trial to Improve Red Cell Mass and Neuroprotection in Preterm Infants
Study Hypothesis: Preterm infants administered weekly Darbe during the neonatal period will have improved neurocognitive outcome at 22-26 months compared to placebo
- Conditions
- Neurocognitive, Neuroprotective, Neonatal, Neurodevelopmental Impairment
- Trial name
- Darbe (NCT03169881)
- Testing
- Darbepoetin
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 650 people
- Sponsor
- NICHD Neonatal Research Network
Prematurity
Brain Imaging and Developmental Follow up of Infants Treated With Erythropoietin
Approximately 60,000 premature infants are born each year who weigh less than 1,500 grams,many of whom sustain brain damage because of their prematurity.
- Trial name
- BRITE (NCT01207778)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Carotid Artery Diseases, Carotid Atherosclerosis
The ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System (ENROUTE Transcarotid NPS) DW-MRI Evaluation
The goal of this evaluation is to document the incidence of post procedure DW-MRI lesions (relative to baseline) in patients treated with the transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) procedure.
- Conditions
- Carotid Artery Diseases, Carotid Atherosclerosis, Carotid Stenosis, Carotid Artery Plaque
- Trial name
- DW-MRI-US (NCT03982420)
- Testing
- Transcarotid Revascularization (TCAR)
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, Spain
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Silk Road Medical
Ischemic Stroke, Acute
MEXIDOL® in the Rehabilitation Treatment of Patients With Acute Cerebral Failure
The use of metabolic modulators creates prospects for increasing the efficiency of the rehabilitation treatment of patients with acute cerebral failure
- Trial name
- NCT06221826
- Testing
- Mexidol
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Pharmasoft
Bipolar Disorder
Effect of Oxcarbazepine on Serum Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in Bipolar Disorder
The present study has been designed to evaluate the change in serum BDNF level with oxcarbazepine monotherapy in bipolar disorder and to explore the possibility of its neuroprotective effect.
- Trial name
- NCT02456896
- Testing
- Oxcarbazepine
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar
Acute Ischemic Stroke
Feasibility Study of the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke Using the NOVIS Transcarotid Neuroprotection System
Study Objective is to establish the feasibility and safety of the NOVIS Transcarotid Neuroprotection System when used for the transcarotid intervention of patients that have a failed transfemoral endovascular therapy in the case…
- Trial name
- NITE1 (NCT04881162)
- Testing
- NOVIS Transcarotid Neuroprotection System (NPS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Silk Road Medical
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
The Effects of Tiopronin on 3-Aminopropanal Level & Neurologic Outcome After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
The purpose of this phase II study is to further assess the safety of tiopronin in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage(aSAH) patients in order to obtain preliminary data on the efficacy of tiopronin versus placebo in reducing…
- Trial name
- NCT01095731
- Testing
- Tiopronin
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- E. Sander Connolly
Extreme Prematurity
Preterm Erythropoietin Neuroprotection Trial (PENUT Trial)
Recombinant human erythropoietin (Epo) is a promising novel neuroprotective agent. Epo decreases neuronal programmed cell death resulting from brain injury; it has anti-inflammatory effects, increases neurogenesis, and protects…
- Trial name
- PENUT (NCT01378273)
- Testing
- Epo, Control
- Where
- 19 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 941 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Post-Op Complication
Delayed Rewarming for Neuroprotection in Infants Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery
This is an unblinded, single center, randomized study of infants with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, randomized to either the delayed rewarming intervention or to the standard of care (strict…
- Trial name
- NCT03036072
- Testing
- Strict normothermia, Delayed Rewarming
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Alexa Craig