Clinical trials: Other Conditions of Brain
Adult Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor, Adult Malignant Meningioma
Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Treating Patients With Brain Tumors
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of stereotactic radiosurgery in treating patients who have brain tumors.
- Conditions
- Adult Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor, Adult Malignant Meningioma, Adult Medulloblastoma, Adult Noninfiltrating Astrocytoma
- Trial name
- NCT00019578
- Testing
- Sterotactic radiosurgery
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Cognitively Healthy People, Alzheimer Disease
Brain Effects of Gamma Frequency Sensory Stimulation (40Hz Light, Sound and Other Devices)
Despite the huge healthcare and economic impact of AD, there is still no disease modifying therapeutics available. In fact, the available therapeutics show low efficacy at best in the treatment of cognitive impairment in…
- Trial name
- GENUS (NCT07496918)
- Testing
- GENUS, Tactile GENUS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Acute Ischemic Stroke, Haemorrhagic Stroke
Translational Immunodiagnostics in Stroke (TrImS)
In adult patients presenting to emergency departments within 24 hours of symptom onset with suspected acute stroke, we aim: 1. to identify early brain- and pathology-specific circulating, whole blood, plasma and serum panorOmic…
- Conditions
- Acute Ischemic Stroke, Haemorrhagic Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attacks, Cardioembolic Stroke
- Trial name
- TrImS (NCT05300997)
- Testing
- Biomarker blood draw and saliva collection
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 650 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Cancer, All Types, Cancer of Liver
The PIONEER Initiative: Precision Insights On N-of-1 Ex Vivo Effectiveness Research Based on Individual Tumor Ownership (Precision Oncology)
The PIONEER Initiative stands for Precision Insights On N-of-1 Ex vivo Effectiveness Research. The PIONEER Initiative is designed to provide access to functional precision medicine to any cancer patient with any tumor at any…
- Conditions
- Cancer, All Types, Cancer of Liver, Cancer of Stomach, Cancer of Head and Neck
- Trial name
- PIONEER (NCT03896958)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- SpeciCare
Idiopathic Parkinson Disease
Clinical Outcome Assessment of Parkinson's Disease Patients Treated With XADAGO (Safinamide)
This is a Phase IV, prospective, observational, post-marketing study designed to obtain additional data on the effect of XADAGO on motor and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's Disease patients newly prescribed XADAGO.
- Trial name
- PRO-Go (NCT03944785)
- Testing
- XADAGO (safinamide)
- Where
- 30 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 164 people
- Sponsor
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Schizophrenia
A Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of ML-007C-MA for the Treatment of Inpatient Adults With Schizophrenia
ML-007C-MA-211 is a Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of orally administered ML-007C-MA in inpatient adult participants aged 18 to 64 years with…
- Trial name
- NCT07038876
- Testing
- ML-007C-MA BID, ML-007C-MA QD
- Where
- 24 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 307 people
- Sponsor
- MapLight Therapeutics
Schizophrenia
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for "Voices"
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on treatment refractory auditory hallucinations of patients with schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- NCT00004980
- Testing
- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Schizophrenia, Parkinson's Disease
PET Scanning in Parkinson s Disease
This is an in vivo positron emission tomography (PET) study of regional cerebral dopamine and blood flow in normal volunteers, persons with Parkinson s disease (both familial and sporadic), and those with schizophrenia spectrum…
- Trial name
- NCT00024622
- Testing
- O-15 Water, 18F-Fluoro-L-dopa
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 502 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Obesity, Ketogenic Dieting
Impact of a Ketogenic Diet on Metabolic and Psychiatric Health in Patients With Bipolar or Schizophrenia Illness
To initiate a low-carbohydrate, high-fat (LCHF) or ketogenic dietary (KD) intervention among a cohort of outpatients with either schizophrenia or bipolar illness who also have metabolic abnormalities, overweight/obesity, and/or…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Ketogenic Dieting, Metabolic Syndrome, Bipolar Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03935854
- Testing
- LCHF, Ketogenic Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Dementia, Depression
Geriatric Psychiatry and Pharmacovigilance
The purpose of this observational multicenter-study is to investigate safety of psychopharmacological treatment and rates of adverse drug reactions in gerontopsychiatric inpatients.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Depression, Schizophrenia, Psychosomatic Disorders
- Trial name
- GAP (NCT01858857)
- Where
- 5 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- Hannover Medical School
Psychiatric Adults Patients
Screening of Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C in a Psychiatric Population
Niemann-Pick disease, Type C is a rare genetic disorder characterized by a failing in intracellular cholesterol transport, inducing an accumulation of sphingolipids in the brain.
- Trial name
- NPCPsy (NCT02841358)
- Testing
- Blood sampling, Biopsy
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Parkinson's Disease
Psychiatric and Cognitive Manifestations of Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is often thought of as affecting movement only. In fact, most patients also experience psychiatric and cognitive symptoms, sometimes from the disease itself, and sometimes as a side-effect of PD…
- Trial name
- NCT00360633
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Brain Injuries, Traumatic, Brain Injuries, Acute
Critical Hyperacute Assessment Research On Neurobiomarker Kinetics in Acute Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other conditions that reduce blood flow to the brain - such as cardiac arrest (CA) - are life-threatening medical emergencies.
- Conditions
- Brain Injuries, Traumatic, Brain Injuries, Acute, Hypoxia, Brain, Cardiac Arrest (CA)
- Trial name
- CHARON (NCT07782216)
- Where
- 4 sites in Hungary
- Volunteers
- 477 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pecs
Other Conditions of Brain
Roflumilast and TMS Motor Plasticity
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) uses a magnetic field to non-invasively induce electrical function within the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT06457191
- Testing
- Roflumilast, Intermittent theta-burst stimulation transcranial magnetic stimulation, Continuous theta-burst stimulation transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Schizophrenia, Alzheimer Disease
Study of Systemic and Ocular Safety and Pharmacokinetics of BI 409306 in Patients With Schizophrenia, Alzheimer's Disease, and Healthy Volunteers
Single site, parallel-group, double-blind trial of low or high dose of BI 409306 to evaluate the ocular and systemic safety and pharmacokinetics during 14 day treatment period in patients with schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease…
- Trial name
- NCT02392468
- Testing
- BI 409306 25 mg, BI 409306 50 mg
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke
Examining the Long-Term Risks of Oophorectomy
At the time of hysterectomy for benign disease, the overall health benefits of preserving ovarian function in a large population of women have not been established.
- Conditions
- Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00655447
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32,175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Parker, William H., M.D.
Alzheimer&Amp;#39;s Disease, Other Dementias
Remote tDCS and Chair Yoga for Chronic Knee Pain in Alzheimer's Patients
This study aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a home-based, remotely supervised intervention combining transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and online chair yoga (OCY) to manage…
- Trial name
- NCT07303998
- Testing
- Active tDCS paired with active online chair yoga
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Genotype, Allelic Frequencies of Genetic Markers
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Neuropsychiatric Patients and Healthy Volunteers
The purpose of this study is to use brain imaging technology to compare differences in brain structure, chemistry, and functioning in individuals with brain and mental disorders compared to healthy volunteers.
- Conditions
- Genotype, Allelic Frequencies of Genetic Markers, Brain Mapping, Brain Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00001284
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,802 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Dementia-related Psychosis
Relapse Prevention Study of Pimavanserin in Dementia-related Psychosis
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of pimavanserin compared to placebo in preventing relapse of psychotic symptoms in subjects with dementia-related psychosis who responded to 12 weeks of open label…
- Trial name
- NCT03325556
- Testing
- Pimavanserin 34 mg, Pimavanserin 20 mg
- Where
- 83 sites in United States, Bulgaria and 11 more
- Volunteers
- 392 people
- Sponsor
- ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Diabetes, Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease
Evaluate the Correlation of NIRS, ABI, Exercise, baPWV and Albuminuria With Peripheral Artery Occlusion Disease (PAD) and Other Atherosclerosis Outcomes
By utilizing Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), the local blood flow, tissue oxygenation (StO2), and recovery time of ischemic leg; can be determined.
- Trial name
- NCT03378024
- Testing
- oscillometric (Omron Colin co)
- Volunteers
- 650 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital