Clinical trials: Progressive Aphasia
Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant
Nabilone for Agitation in Frontotemporal Dementia
The primary goal of this study is to test the hypothesis that oral nabilone treatment will reduce agitation compared with placebo in patients with Frontotemporal Dementia (both behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant, Primary Progressive Aphasia, bvFTD
- Trial name
- Nabilone-FTD (NCT05742698)
- Testing
- Nabilone
- Where
- 7 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Simon Ducharme, MD
Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset, Alzheimer Disease
Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Phenotypes: Neuropsychology and Neural Networks
This study attempts to identify two types of AD by using clinical and cognitive tasks and brain imaging. The subtypes of AD are separated into a "typical" group (memory loss) and a "variant" group (language, visuospatial, and…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset, Alzheimer Disease, Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset, Dementia, Alzheimer Type
- Trial name
- EOAD-Subtype (NCT03153371)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease
In this research study we want to learn more about the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on memory and brain-network function in cognitively unimpaired older adults and in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Logopenic Progressive Aphasia, Amnestic Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT06538311
- Testing
- Active rTMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Parkinson Disease, Parkinsonism
More Than a Movement Disorder: Applying Palliative Care to Parkinson's Disease
This is a two-center (University of Colorado, University of California San Francisco) community-based comparative effectiveness study of outpatient palliative care for Parkinson's disease (PD) and related disorders (progressive…
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Parkinsonism, Lewy Body Disease, Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive
- Trial name
- MTMD (NCT03076671)
- Testing
- Palliative Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 783 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
The Swedish BioFINDER 2 Study
The Swedish BioFINDER 2 study is a new study that will launch in 2017 and extends the previous cohorts of BioFINDER 1 study (www.biofinder.se). BioFINDER 1 is used e.g.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, Lewy Body Disease
- Trial name
- BioFINDER2 (NCT03174938)
- Testing
- Flutemetamol F18 Injection, [18F]-RO6958948, Elecsys (Roche) Abeta42, Ttau and Ptau
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 2,950 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Skane University Hospital
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Communication Bridge 3 Study
This study will use a randomized controlled trial design to evaluate the effect of two evidence-based treatments for adults with mild-moderate Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA).
- Trial name
- CB3 (NCT06191198)
- Testing
- Communication Bridge™, Evidence-Based Impairment Focused
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia
Better Living With Non-memory-led Dementia
This is a feasibility study on the effects of an online-based training and education programme for carers of people with posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and behavioural-variant frontotemporal…
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05525377
- Testing
- Better living with non-memory led dementia course
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Semantic Rehabilitation for Patients With Primary Progressive Semantic Aphasia
This project aims to measure the effect of a semantic rehabilitation protocol for patients with primary progressive semantic aphasia and using the SCED methodology.
- Trial name
- SCED-APPvs (NCT04957537)
- Testing
- semantic therapy and semantic re-education
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Atypical Alzheimer's Disease, Logopenic Progressive Aphasia (LPA)
Molecular and Structural Imaging in Alzheimer's Disease: A Longitudinal Study
This is a neuroimaging study designed to learn more about amyloid and tau burden in the brain of patients with typical and atypical Alzheimer's Disease and how burden may change over a one year period.
- Conditions
- Atypical Alzheimer's Disease, Logopenic Progressive Aphasia (LPA), Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA), Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02740634
- Testing
- F-18 AV 1451, C-11 PiB
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Apraxia of Speech
Treating Primary Progressive Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech Using Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
The purpose of the study is to test whether low level electric stimulation, called transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), on the part of the brain (i.e., pre-supplementary motor area and left inferior frontal gyrus)…
- Trial name
- NCT05368350
- Testing
- high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Aphasia, Primary Progressive Aphasia
CB3 Pilot (Communication Bridge: A Person-centered Internet-based Intervention for Individuals With Primary Progressive Aphasia)
This study will evaluate evidence-based treatments for adults with mild Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). The aim of the study is to help identify efficacious communication and quality of life interventions for those with PPA…
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Dementia, Communication
- Trial name
- CB3 Pilot (NCT05697380)
- Testing
- Communication Bridge™
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Performance of AclarusDx™, a Blood-Based Transcriptomic Test for AD, in US Patients Newly Referred to a Memory Center
The purpose of this study is to assess the performance of AclarusDx™, an investigational blood test detecting gene expression information, and intended to help physicians in making an Alzheimer's Disease diagnosis in patients…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Vascular Dementia, Fronto-temporal Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT01465360
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Exonhit
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Remotely Supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA)
The purpose of this study is to establish the feasibility of a program of remotely supervised transcranial direct current stimulation (RS-tDCS) paired with language skills practice for people living with the semantic or logopenic…
- Trial name
- NCT05615922
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Word-Naming Activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Alzheimer Disease, Primary Progressive Aphasia
Identification of Graphic Markers of Neurocognitive Disorders (MG)
The diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders such as early Alzheimer's disease (AD) or primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is particularly difficult and constantly evolving, often leading to diagnostic erraticity.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Neurocognitive Disorders
- Trial name
- MG (NCT05537688)
- Testing
- Identification of Graphic Markers
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre integre universitaire de sante et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Nonfluent Progressive Aphasia
Language Treatment for Progressive Aphasia
Progressive aphasia is characterized by a steady and progressive loss of language skills in the presence of relatively preserved memory, attention, and thinking.
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, Nonfluent Progressive Aphasia, Semantic Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT00957710
- Testing
- Errorless learning
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baycrest
Alzheimer's Disease, Posterior Cortical Atrophy
Influence of Age on Amyloid Load in Alzheimer's Disease and in Atypical Focal Cortical Alzheimer's Disease
The first objective is to asses influence of age on amyloid load measured by PET imaging using Pittsburgh B compound (PiB) radio-tracer, in Alzheimer's disease(AD).
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Logopenic Progressive Aphasia
- Trial name
- BIOMAGE (NCT01095744)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Primary Progressive Aphasia With Suspected Alzheimer's Disease
Tau PET Imaging in Atypical Dementias
The goal of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of mapping tau pathology in subjects with Primary Progressive Aphasia, using PET protocol with F-AV-1451 (trade name AV-1451) and to systematically document the extent and…
- Trial name
- NCT03283449
- Testing
- 18F-AV-1451, PET
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Nonfluent/Agrammatic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia
Nonfluent/agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia (nf/avPPA) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that begins with isolated language deficits. There is currently no cure or treatment for this disease.
- Trial name
- NCT03153540
- Testing
- Active iTBS
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Alzheimer Disease
Clinical Evaluation of Florbetapir in Primary Progressive Aphasia
The purpose of this research is to better understand how dementia affects activity in different parts of the brain.
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
- Trial name
- PPA (NCT04726527)
- Testing
- Florbetapir F 18, Positron Emission Tomography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Aphasia, Primary Progressive Aphasia
Circuitry Assessment and Reinforcement Training Effects on Recovery
This study investigates if electroencephalography (EEG) neurofeedback training is more beneficial than sham feedback training for the improvement of communication, anxiety, and sleep quality in individuals with aphasia.
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Stroke
- Trial name
- CARTER (NCT04290988)
- Testing
- EEG Neurofeedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University