Clinical trials: Young-onset Dementia
Frontotemporal Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
Young Onset Dementia - the Difficult Diagnosis and the Stressful Life for the Whole Family
People diagnosed with young onset dementia are today mostly assigned to the same healthcare services as people developing dementia at an older age.
- Trial name
- NCT02055092
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Norwegian Centre for Ageing and Health
Young Onset Dementia
Addressing Emotional Distress in Dyads of Persons With a Young Onset Dementia (YOD) and Their Care-partners
The purpose of the present investigation is to test the efficacy of a virtual, brief (6 sessions) dyadic (patient and care-partner together) intervention to prevent chronic emotional distress in dyads where one person is…
- Trial name
- NCT07018726
- Testing
- Resilient Together-YOD, Health Enhancement Program-YOD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 388 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Early Onset Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia
RHAPSODY-plus: Online Counseling for Family Caregivers of Patients With Young Onset Dementia
The RHAPSODY-plus project consists of two parts. In a first step carers of people with young onset dementia (YOD; onset before the age of 65) have the opportunity to use the RHAPSODY online program (Kurz et al., 2016) to inform…
- Trial name
- RHAPSODY-plus (NCT03923517)
- Testing
- RHAPSODY online program and MEET online sessions
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
Alzheimer's Disease, Vascular Dementia
A Noval Tau Tracer in Young Onset Dementia
Dementia is a clinical syndrome which characterized by progressive cognitive impairment, behavior disturbance and dysfunction of daily activity.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Vascular Dementia, Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT04248270
- Testing
- 18F-PM-PBB3
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Alzheimer Disease, FTD
Omics Sciences for the Identification of Pathogenetic Mechanisms and Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Diseases
The study aims to use 'omics' sciences, employing the most advanced technologies currently available, in order to identify pathogenic genomic variants, proteins and/or altered molecular pathways in neurodegenerative diseases and…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, FTD, Young-onset Dementia, MCI
- Trial name
- NeurOmics (NCT07235111)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people
- Sponsor
- Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
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
Early Onset Dementia, Young Onset Dementia
Anxiety, Stress and Sleep Problems in People With Early Onset Dementia
The aim of this study is to detect and assess needs of people with early onset dementia regarding anxiety, stress and sleep implement a 6 week intervention pilot study in wich weekly (hourly) sessions are implemented in day care…
- Conditions
- Early Onset Dementia, Young Onset Dementia, Stress, Distress, Emotional
- Trial name
- Young-D (NCT05555381)
- Testing
- young-D program
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Young-onset Dementia
YOD-RiSoCo: Social Cognition and Risk-taking Behaviour in Patients with Young-onset Dementia
The goal of this observational study is to learn about social cognition and risky behaviour in patients with young-onset dementia (YOD).
- Trial name
- YOD-RiSoCo (NCT06286293)
- Testing
- Neuropsychological assessment, driving simulator task
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Groningen
Alzheimer's Disease, Early Onset, Logopenic Progressive Aphasia
Tau Imaging in Young Onset Dementia
The central goal of this study is to determine and compare the similarities and differences in regional brain uptake of [18F]T807 in patients with typical Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA), and Logopenic…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Early Onset, Logopenic Progressive Aphasia, Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA)
- Trial name
- NCT02289118
- Testing
- [18F]-T807 imaging tracer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset
Theta-burst Stimulation on Cognitive Function in the Patients With Young-onset Alzheimer's Disease Dementia
Young-onset dementia (YOD) is a devastating condition, and it produces substantial psychosocial impacts on individual's functioning and family's care burden. Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia is the most common type in YOD.
- Trial name
- NCT04042532
- Testing
- Theta-burst stimulation (TBS)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Advanced Dementia Stages, Palliative Care
IssuEs in Palliative Care for People in Advanced and Terminal Stages of Young-onset and Late-Onset Dementia in GErmany
From a scientific view, palliative care issues in dementia are neglected in Germany. Neither in Germany nor internationally research has been conducted on palliative care issues in young onset dementia (YOD), although significant…
- Trial name
- EPYLOGE (NCT03364179)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
Dementia, Empowerment
Empowerment Intervention for Persons With Young Onset Dementia
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of an empowerment intervention for community-dwelling persons with young onset dementia and their informal caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT02937883
- Testing
- Empowerment intervention
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Degeneration
Study of Social Behavior and Emotion in Frontotemporal Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease and Controls
This study is designed to document the loss of sociomoral emotions (like empathy, guilt, and embarrassment) in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Degeneration, Alzheimer's Disease, Social Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT01147679
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles