Clinical trials: Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)
Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Neoplasm
PET Scan of Brain Metabolism in Relation to Age and Disease
The main source of energy for the brain comes from a combination of oxygen and glucose (sugar). For brain cells to function normally they must receive a constant supply of these nutrients.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Neoplasm, Niemann Pick Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00001972
- Testing
- 15 O Water
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Corticobasal Syndrome, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Diagnosing Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
To establish diagnostic tools to make an accurate clinical and pathological diagnosis of patients with clinical FTLD syndromes
- Conditions
- Corticobasal Syndrome, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia, Semantic Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT02964637
- Testing
- Observational Study
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Frontotemporal Degeneration(FTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)
UPenn Observational Research Repository on Neurodegenerative Disease
The aim of this study is to create a repository of both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, including cognitive, linguistic, imaging and biofluid biological specimens, for neurodegenerative disease research and treatment.
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Degeneration(FTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA), Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (fFTLD), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS)
- Trial name
- UNICORN (NCT04715399)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 2
The purpose of this study is to build upon the information obtained in the original Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI1) and ADNI-GO (Grand Opportunity; a study funded through an NIH grant under the American…
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Significant Memory Concern (SMC), Early Mild Cognitive Impairment (EMCI)
- Trial name
- ADNI2 (NCT01231971)
- Testing
- Florbetapir, Flortaucipir
- Where
- 58 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Alzheimer's Disease
Innovative Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD): Preventative and Personalized
Tau pathology and tangles have been associated with cognitive dysfunction causing neurodegeneration. AD, the most abundant tauopathy is characterized by amyloid plaques and tau tangles.
- Trial name
- NCT01403519
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Lysosomal Storage Disorders
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Lysosomal Storage Diseases
The lysosome is a specialized part of the cell that functions to degrade metabolic wastes in the cell. Defects in the functioning of the lysosome result in accumulation and subsequent storage of such metabolic wastes.
- Trial name
- NCT02000310
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- O & O Alpan LLC
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Educational Support Group Program for Bilingual and Spanish-speaking Carepartners and People With Progressive Aphasia
The current study aims to examine the benefits of an education/support group program for individuals with progressive aphasia (caused by various etiologies, diagnoses) and their carepartners.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Aphasia
- Trial name
- NCT06511752
- Testing
- Psychosocial educational, support group and implementation of strategies
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant, Alzheimer Disease
ECOCAPTURE for the Assessment of Apathy Under Real-life Conditions
ECOCAPTURE@HOME is a study which is currently being developed with the objective to capture the behavioral signature of apathy in everyday life context through remote monitoring of participants' behavior for about one month.
- Trial name
- @HOME (NCT04865172)
- Testing
- Remote collection of passive and active data for 28 consecutive days
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Alzheimer's Disease, Healthy Adult Participants
Ultra-high-performance Positron Emission Tomography (PET) of Synaptic Density, Reactive Astrogliosis and Tau in Alzheimer's Disease
AIM: to investigate the relationship between synaptic density, tau and reactive astrogliosis in Alzheimer's disease (AD) versus healthy controls and centenarians.
- Trial name
- NCT07906054
- Testing
- 18F-SMBT-1 PET, 18F-SynVesT-1 PET, 18F-MK-6240 PET
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Alzheimer Disease, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD)
The Role of Advanced Electroencephalographic Data as Marker of Pathology and Prognosis in Primary Dementias
The study aims to use advanced brainwave recordings of electroencephalogram (EEG) to understand early signs of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in people with mild memory problems, known as amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Mild Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
- Trial name
- NCT06826157
- Testing
- Electroencephalogram, 3 Tesla MRI, Apolipoprotein E genetic test
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
Cognitive, Behavioral, and Functional Change in Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)
The objectives of the study are to; (1) estimate the change in disease -related cognitive decline over 1 year on a battery of cognitive tests administered to participants with early-stage symptomatic Behavioral Variant…
- Trial name
- FORWARD (NCT03088956)
- Testing
- Assessments
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Biogen
Cognition Disorders
18F-AV-1451 PET Imaging in Participants Enrolled in the LEARN Study
Approximately 50 participants enrolled in the LEARN study (NCT02488720) will be enrolled in the LEARN-Tau study. The study designed to evaluate the imaging characteristics of 18F-AV-1451 in participants enrolled in the LEARN…
- Trial name
- LEARN-Tau (NCT02850146)
- Testing
- 18F-AV-1451
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Longitudinal Cognitive Assessment by BoCA
The Boston Cognitive Assessment (BoCA) is a self-administered online test intended for longitudinal cognitive monitoring. BoCA uses random not-repeating tasks to minimize learning effects.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Vascular Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia
- Trial name
- BoCA (NCT04114994)
- Testing
- Boston Cognitive Assessment (BoCA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alzheimer's Light LLC
Cognition, Affect (Mental Function)
ETASCAI Pilot Project
This pilot study aims to investigate the chronic effects of ETAS® on cognitive, affective and inflammatory outcomes in healthy adults aged 60-80 years with mild to moderate subjective cognitive complaints.
- Conditions
- Cognition, Affect (Mental Function), Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT06790849
- Testing
- Active 1 ETAS®, Active 2 ETAS®
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Reading
Alzheimer Disease, Alzheimer Dementia
Multimodal Ocular Imaging in Neurodegeneration
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are two of the most common types of age-related neurodegenerative disorders.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Alzheimer Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT03699644
- Testing
- Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Frontotemporal Dementia, Caregiver Burden
STELLA-FTD: Examination of a Behavior Change Intervention for FTD Family Care Partners
The purpose of this nationwide study is to test STELLA-FTD (Support via Telehealth: Living and Learning with Advancing Alzheimer's Disease)-FTD, an intervention to specifically address the needs of family Care Partners of persons…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia, Caregiver Burden, Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), Corticobasal Syndrome
- Trial name
- STELLA-FTD (NCT06613204)
- Testing
- STELLA-FTD Control, STELLA-FTD Test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 640 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University