Clinical trials: Persons With Psychiatric Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
FMRI Study of Brain Response Before and After Lithium Treatment in People With Bipolar Disorder
This study will assess the effects of bipolar disorder on brain activity and will determine if medication changes the brain activity in people with bipolar disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT00596622
- Testing
- Lithium
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Older Adults (65 Years and Older)
Improv Music Therapy for Older Adults
Older adults and their care partners will participate in music therapy sessions for approximately 8 weeks. Before and after the 8 week study period, participants will fill out questionnaires about their mood, stress levels, and…
- Trial name
- NCT07419022
- Testing
- Clinical Improvisation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease (AD)
Impact of Musical Therapeutic Intervention on Depression in Dementia Patients and Caregiver Burden
This single-site interventional study evaluated the effects of receptive live music therapy on depression in patients with dementia and caregiver burden at the AMAVIDA Memory Care Unit in Fort Myers, Florida.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease (AD), Depression Chronic, Caregiver Burden of People With Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT07069530
- Testing
- Receptive Music Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida SouthWestern State College
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Reducing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: Hospital Caregivers (Aim 2)
Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) account for 3.2 million hospital admissions per year and have over three times more hospitalizations than those without cognitive impairment, yet hospital caregivers…
- Trial name
- NCT04179721
- Testing
- PES-4-BPSD Model, The attention control condition
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Alzheimer Disease
Environmental Design for Behavioral Regulation in People With Dementia
Individuals with dementia present with changes in behaviors throughout the continuum of cognitive decline. Environmental features may be influential in behavioral regulation.
- Trial name
- NCT04555616
- Testing
- Standard Environmental Design, Individual Environmental Design
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elizabeth K Rhodus
Head Injury Trauma, Cognition Disorder
Assessment and Rehabilitation of Social Cognition in People With Traumatic Brain Injury
Patients who have suffered moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) frequently develop behavioural changes, which can have deleterious consequences on interpersonal relationships, social, family and professional…
- Trial name
- CogniSo-TC (NCT04562844)
- Testing
- sociale cognition
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre d'Investigation Clinique et Technologique 805
Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities
Healthy Lifestyles for People With Intellectual Disabilities
Relatively few health promotion and disease prevention programs have included or targeted people with disabilities, and even fewer have focused on individuals with intellectual disabilities.
- Conditions
- Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities
- Trial name
- HLID (NCT00597948)
- Testing
- Healthy Lifestyles Curriculum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Dementia
A Mobile Phone-based Intervention on Dementia Patients' Caregivers in Vietnam
Background: The growing number of older people with dementia increases demand on informal caregivers who lack information and skills, leading to a high psychological burden in care provision.
- Trial name
- NCT04958707
- Testing
- Information including knowledge and skills related to dementia patient care, Usual care
- Where
- 2 sites in Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
Schizophrenia
Tryptophan MRI in People With Schizophrenia and Healthy Controls
Kynurenic acid (KYNA) is a naturally occurring chemical in the brain. Studies with rodents indicate that levels of KYNA can impact levels of the neurotransmitters glutamate and dopamine.
- Trial name
- NCT02067975
- Testing
- Tryptophan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Dementia, Staff Attitude
Speeko for Elderspeak: A Self-Monitoring App to Improve Nursing Home Communication
This study will test feasibility and preliminary effects of an automated and performance-based feedback app (Speeko for Elderspeak) that detects and reports the use of diminutives (terms of endearment such as honey, dearie, and…
- Trial name
- NCT04064164
- Testing
- Speeko for Elderspeak
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Dementia, Mild
Identify the Benefits CAREGIVERSPRO-MMD Platform Use Based on the Information and Communications Technology, Dedicated to the Support and Assistance of Dyads Living With Neurocognitive Diseases and Their Primary Caregivers
Our main goal is to test a web platform accessible by computers, smartphones and tablets, addressed specifically to caregivers and people with mild cognitive deterioration or mild to moderate dementia providing added value…
- Trial name
- CAREGIVERSPRO (NCT03536975)
- Testing
- Platform
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Rouen
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease
Specialized Food Plan Based on Individual Physiological Comprehensive Body Assessments Accompanied With Cellular Repair Therapy to Decrease Inflammation Cognitively Impaired Patients
Diet plays a large role in inflammation, oxidative stress and cognition; however, every person's body type, resting metabolic rate, BMI, and inflammation levels vary.
- Trial name
- NCT03630419
- Testing
- Mito-Food Plan, Cellular Repair Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Perseverance Research Center, LLC
Alzheimer Disease (AD), Occupational Therapy
Understanding the Lived Experience and Bereavement of Caregivers of People With Alzheimer's Disease
The main objective of this study is to explore the lived experience of caregivers and family members of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD), from the beginning of caregiving through the bereavement process following the…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease (AD), Occupational Therapy, Family Caregivers
- Trial name
- ALCARE (NCT07251738)
- Testing
- Assessment of occupational balance, role performance, caregiving burden, and quality of life among carers or family members of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD).
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Schizophrenia
The Genetic Basis of Inherited Neurologic Deficits in People With Schizophrenia
This is a study of the genetic basis of brain dysfunction in people with schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- NCT00247637
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,025 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Prediabetic State
Diabetes Screening & Prevention for People With Learning (Intellectual) Disabilities:STOP Diabetes Study
People with learning (intellectual) disabilities have more health problems than the rest of the population; they are less likely to access help and have lifestyles that may increase their risk of getting diabetes (for example…
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Prediabetic State, Intellectual Disability
- Trial name
- NCT02513277
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 930 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leicester
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Caregiver Study Dr. Phillips
This study will examine whether a performing arts class will improve the well-being of primary unpaid caregivers of people with dementia
- Trial name
- NCT03653871
- Testing
- Performing Arts Instruction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AdventHealth
Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder
Galantamine for Cognition in People With Schizophrenia
This study is a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the nicotinic receptor agonist, galantamine, for the improvement of memory and attention in people with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT00320736
- Testing
- galantamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Suffolk Mental Health Association
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Disordered Eating
Parent Intervention to Prevent Disordered Eating in Children With Type 1 Diabetes
A recent Diabetes UK Position Statement identified several key gaps in the evidence base that might improve mental wellbeing for people with diabetes; one of which was supporting people with diabetes and eating disorders.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Disordered Eating, Children, Only, Eating Disorders
- Trial name
- PRIORITY (NCT04741568)
- Testing
- Parental psychoeducational Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Surrey
Alzheimer's Dementia, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Related to Neurodegenerative Disease
Feasibility of Wearables in Dementia Care in Rural Taiwan
Taiwan is becoming a super-aged society, and more older adults are living with Alzheimer's disease. Many people with Alzheimer's experience behavioral and psychological symptoms, such as agitation, sleep problems, or mood…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Dementia, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Related to Neurodegenerative Disease, Wearable Devices, Caregiver Burden of People With Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT07249918
- Testing
- Re-Timer (light therapy glasses)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Standardized Lycium Chinense Fruit Extract Enhances Attention and Cognitive Function in Healthy Young People
Lycium chinense fruit (LCF) is widely distributed in East Asia that has been used traditionally for anti-aging purposes. This study was performed to examine the effects of LCF on attention and cognitive function in healthy young…
- Trial name
- NCT03439111
- Testing
- Standardized Lycium chinense Fruit Extract (LCF) capsules
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Biomix