Clinical trials: Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
Treatment Study of Frontotemporal Dementia
Objectives. The proposed clinical study has two goals: First, to assess the efficacy of a central nervous system stimulant and an atypical antipsychotic in treating the behavioral symptoms of FTD and second, to further…
- Trial name
- NCT00088751
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency, Niemann-Pick Disease
Safety Study of rhASM Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Adults With Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency (Niemann-Pick Disease)
The purpose of this study is to determine the safe range of single doses of rhASM administered to adults with ASM deficiency.
- Trial name
- NCT00410566
- Testing
- rhASM
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Genzyme, a Sanofi Company
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Effects of tDCS on Apraxia of Speech in Non-Fluent Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects first and foremost language abilities. There are three different variants of PPA, each a relatively distinct speech and language profile.
- Trial name
- NCT04486586
- Testing
- Active tDCS plus Speech-Language Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Tauopathies, Neurodegenerative Diseases
Tau PET/CT in Various Tau-Related Disease Patients
To evaluate the potential usefulness of 18F-S16/T807 positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for the diagnosis of primary and metastatic lesions in various Tau-related disease patients.
- Conditions
- Tauopathies, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegeneration
- Trial name
- NCT06690983
- Testing
- 18F-S16/T807
- Where
- 3 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tianjin Medical University
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD)
Human CNS Tau Kinetics in Tauopathies
The goal of this study is to characterize tau kinetics and tau aggregation in the human CNS and to test the hypothesis that tau kinetics are altered (i.e.
- Conditions
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD), Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD MAPT Mutation)
- Trial name
- TANGLES (NCT03545126)
- Testing
- 13C6 Leucine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
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
Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment, Neuroinflammation
The Influence of [18F]PMPBB3 and [18F]THK5351 PET Distribution Patterns on Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment
Background and objects： Neuroinflammation is an active process detectable in the earliest stages of the neurodegeneration pathway.
- Trial name
- NCT04318626
- Testing
- PMPBB3, THK5351
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Mild Alzheimer's Disease
Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of IONIS-MAPTRx in Patients With Mild Alzheimer's Disease
The purpose of this study was to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of IONIS-MAPTRx in patients with Mild Alzheimer's Disease.
- Trial name
- NCT03186989
- Testing
- IONIS MAPTRx
- Where
- 13 sites in Canada, Finland and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease Using Event Related Potentials
This study evaluates the use of an EEG device using Event Related Potentials to help diagnose Alzheimer's Disease in the outpatient clinical setting.
- Trial name
- NCT02957227
- Testing
- No intervention is part of this study but patients use an EEG device during observational data collection.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 170 people
- Sponsor
- VA Boston Healthcare System
Adaptation
Living With Frontotemporal Dementia
Background: Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the second most common cause of early-onset dementia. Alzheimer s disease is the most common.
- Trial name
- NCT01738386
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorder, Mental Disorder
Test of A Model of Representational Knowledge Stored in the Human Prefrontal Cortex
This study will examine the underlying mental processes that determine how people understand social behavior, remember information, and think.
- Conditions
- Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorder, Mental Disorder, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT00024908
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 949 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)