Clinical trials: sponsored by IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Duchenne / Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)
Social Cognition in Dystrophinopathies and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
The primary aim of this observational study is to investigate specific aspects of social cognition in dystrophinopathies. Body awareness, interpersonal distance and emotional processing will be measured in a sample of patients…
- Conditions
- Duchenne / Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), Social Cognition
- Trial name
- NCT06874166
- Testing
- Electroencephalography (EEG), Social Cognition Tasks
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Neurodevelopmental Disorder (Diagnosis)
Expanding NGS Data with Optical Genome Mapping (OGM)
Over 50% of pediatric neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders lack a molecular diagnosis after standard DNA sequencing and molecular karyotyping.
- Trial name
- OGM (NCT06851377)
- Testing
- Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) and Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS), Trascriptome analysis
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Cerebral Palsy, Healthy Volunteers
Assessment of Navigation Abilities in Children With Cerebral Palsy and Their Peers
Spatial navigation skills are very important in everyday activities and quality of life but spatial navigation abilities are not part of the standard process of assessment and rehabilitation of patients.
- Trial name
- NCT06320106
- Testing
- Virtual Reality baseline assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Posterior Fossa Tumor
Intensive Physiotherapy in Children Affected by Posterior Fossa Tumors
The objective of the current study is to describe the effectiveness of conventional and intensive physiotherapeutic intervention in improving gross motor skills (i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT06832384
- Testing
- intensive physiotherapy
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Irritability
AP Metabolism Transcriptomics
It is known from the literature that treatment with antipsychotic drugs (AP) induces, even before changes in blood chemistry parameters, changes in gene transcription that are evident at the level of peripheral blood mononuclear…
- Trial name
- NCT06814314
- Testing
- Transcriptomic investigation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Language Development, Language Development Disorders
Efficacy of an Early Rhythmic Intervention in Infancy
The present project develops from a wide research line aiming at identifying very early electrophysiological risk markers for neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Conditions
- Language Development, Language Development Disorders, Infant Development, Intervention
- Trial name
- NCT04755309
- Testing
- Rhythmic intervention, Passive auditory stimulation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Development, Infant, Development, Language
Early Neurophysiological Markers of Language Impairments
The present project aims at identifying very early electrophysiological risk markers for language impairments. The long-term goals of the study include the characterization of learning developmental trajectories in children at…
- Conditions
- Development, Infant, Development, Language, Developmental Language Disorder, Learning Disabilities
- Trial name
- NCT05767242
- Testing
- Electrophysiological recording, Behavioral assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Flexibility, Resistance, Aerobic, Movement Execution Training in Adults With Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) is a diverse group of genetic neurological conditions causing progressive weakness and spasticity in the lower limbs, severely reducing balance and gait capabilities.
- Trial name
- FRAME (NCT06742697)
- Testing
- Flexibility, Resistance, Aerobic, Movement Execution training
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Acquired Brain Injury, Disorder of Consciousness
Improving the Diagnostic Accuracy of Children with DoC (IDeAl DesiRE)
The present study aims to investigate the clinical evolution of children with severe ABI and DoC both by using the traditional behavioral scales, namely the CRS-R, CRS-P and CNCS, and by trying to establish whether it is possible…
- Trial name
- IDeAl DesiRE (NCT06635291)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 113 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Acquired Brain Injury, Development, Child
COgnitive REhabilitation in Pediatric Patients with ABI, from Vegetative State to Functional Recovery
Acquired brain injuries (ABI) represent one of the most important cause of disability and mortality during the pediatric age, also in the western Countries.
- Trial name
- COREABI (NCT04499092)
- Testing
- Personalized Neuropsychological treatment (CORE-ABI), Sequential Neuropsychological treatment (SET-ABI)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Friedreich Ataxia
Safety and Efficacy of Etravirine in Friedreich Ataxia Patients
A drug repositioning effort provided evidence supporting the possible use of Etravirine, a drug approved for the treatment of HIV infections in patients starting from 2 years of age, as a treatment for FA.
- Trial name
- FAEST1 (NCT04273165)
- Testing
- Etravirine Tablets
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Pain Perception
Quantitative Sensory Testing to Study Pain Perception in Autism
This study aims at assess sensory perception, and pain perception, in neurodivergent children and adolescent in the autism spectrum.
- Trial name
- PPiA (NCT06659731)
- Testing
- Quantitative Sensory testing (QST), EEG
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Spinal Cord Injuries
Muscle and Bone Changes After 6 Months of FES Cycling
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effectiveness of FES cycling in terms of changes morpho-functional characteristics of the leg muscles, training performance and bone trophism in 5 subjects with Spinal Cord Injury…
- Trial name
- FES-Bike (NCT06321172)
- Testing
- FES Bike
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Coordination and Balance Disturbances
Virtual Reality for Pediatric Motor Rehabilitation.
Balance and coordination disorders limit the achievement of autonomy in movement and activities of daily living in pediatric population.
- Trial name
- NCT06449495
- Testing
- NIRVANA
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Neurological Diseases or Conditions
Implementation of a Pilot Telerehabilitation Network in Pediatric Patients With Complex Neurodisabilities MedeaNeuroTelerehab-Net (MENTE.NET Study)
This pilot study aims at networking the experience gained in neurorehabilitation of developmental neurodisabilities from the 3 poles of IRCCS Medea (Brindisi, Bosisio Parini, and Conegliano) to assess the feasibility of…
- Trial name
- NCT06450717
- Testing
- Khymeia VRRS
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Neuroinflammation, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Imaging - Clinical Evaluation of Altered Nervous System Drainage
The current study aims to evaluate the aspects of perfusion, fluid diffusivity in the interstitium and the T1 and T2 signal of the PVS and WMH.
- Trial name
- I-CLEANED (NCT06432023)
- Testing
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Myotonic Dystrophy 1
Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Congenital and Juvenile Form: From Diagnosis to Rehabilitation [MDCJ-NeuBeRe]
The rationale of the study is to collect structured data in the neuropsychological, clinical neuroradiologic and neurorehabilitation fields in children/young people affected by congenital and juvenile myotonic dystrophy.
- Trial name
- MDCJ-NeuBeRe (NCT06378216)
- Testing
- neurocognitive evaluations
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Muscular Dystrophies, Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
Rehabilitation in Muscular Dystrophies From the Hospital Facility to the Home: Pilot Project [RIMUDI]
Until twenty years ago physical exercise in muscular dystrophies was considered harmful to the muscle cells, inducing an acceleration of cell necrosis.
- Conditions
- Muscular Dystrophies, Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Facio-Scapulo-Humeral Dystrophy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy
- Trial name
- RIMUDI (NCT06378203)
- Testing
- tele-rehabilitation system with virtual reality Home Kit - Virtual Reality Rehabilitation System (VRRS KHYMEIA)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Angelman Syndrome
Study of the Prevalence of Autistic Traits in Angelman Syndrome
The goal of this observational cross-sectional study is to establish the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in children and adolescents with Angelman syndrome.
- Trial name
- NCT06337383
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Cerebral Palsy
Non Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Cerebral Palsy (BOOSTTVNS)
The present study aims to assess, through a randomized controlled trial (RCT), the efficacy of transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) in enhancing the functional changes due to an intensive motor training in children and…
- Trial name
- (BOOSTTVNS) (NCT06372028)
- Testing
- transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea