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- Dementia / Alzheimer'sParkinson's disease
Phase 2 Trial of Tributyrin in People With Parkinson's Disease and Cognitive Impairments
Testing whether a tributyrin supplement helps memory, thinking, and balance in adults with Parkinson
📍 Domino's Farms · Ann Arbor, MI · Get directions →
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if taking a tributyrin supplement works to improve memory and thinking and walking and balance in adults with Parkinson disease Parkinson disease dementia. It will also learn about the safety of tributyrin supplementation.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
A Study to Evaluate ALN-5288 in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease
Testing the safety and how a drug works in people with Alzheimer’s
📍 Clinical Trial Site · Montreal, · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to: * Evaluate the safety and tolerability of intrathecal (IT) ALN-5288 in patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) * Evaluate the pharmacodynamic (PD) and pharmacokinetic (PK) effects of ALN-5288 after dose administration
- Dementia / Alzheimer'sParkinson's disease
PET Imaging Evaluation of [11C]SY08
Testing a PET scan tracer to detect alpha-synuclein protein clumps in dementia and Parkinson’s
📍 MGH · Charlestown, MA · Get directions →
The overall goal of the proposed research is to evaluate the use of \[11C\]SY08 as a PET radiotracer for aggregated alpha synuclein (αS) in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD), Multiple system atrophy (MSA), Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) and healthy controls. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of \[11C\]SY08 as a PET radiotracer for αS fibrils in individuals with PD, MSA, DLB and healthy controls.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Rifaximin SSD in Dementia Trial
Testing a new form of rifaximin to change gut microbes in people with dementia
📍 Richmond VA Medical Center · Richmond, VA · Get directions →
Using a new formulation of rifaximin, a non-absorbable antibiotic, to test if it can affect microbes in the gut of patients with dementia favorably.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effect of AVB-101, a Gene Therapy Product, in Subjects With a Genetic Sub-type of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD-GRN)
Testing a gene therapy in people with a genetic form of frontotemporal dementia
📍 The Ohio State University (OSU) Wexner Medical Center · Columbus, OH · +2 more US sites · Get directions →
The goal of this clinical study is to learn about an investigational gene therapy product called AVB-101, which is designed to treat a disease called Frontotemporal Dementia with Progranulin Mutations (FTD-GRN). FTD-GRN is an early-onset form of dementia, a progressive brain disorder that affects behavior, language and movement.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
SV2A & TSPO PET Imaging Measures to Reveal Mechanisms of HIV Neuropathogenesis During Antiretroviral Therapy
Using brain scans to study how HIV affects the brain during treatment
📍 Yale School of Medicne, Neuro ID Research Program · New Haven, CT · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to longitudinally characterize and evaluate changes in synaptic density in the brain using novel positron-emission tomography (PET) scans; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and clinical laboratory markers associated with HIV-related injury in the central nervous system. This study will test hypotheses relating to the presence and mechanisms of aberrant brain structure at the synaptic level in living humans with virologically controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Exploration of an Online Education Program to Support Caregivers' Knowledge Transfer
Testing an online program to help dementia caregivers share what they learn
📍 Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · +1 more US site · Get directions →
The overarching goal of this work is to determine methods that improve caregiver education about the behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) of dementia. The specific goal of this project is to extend our prior work to evaluate the impact of our educational intervention on caregivers' ability to transfer knowledge about the management of ADRD to real-world applied examples.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Ferritin and Iron Burden in SAH sIRB
Testing how iron and ferritin levels relate to brain injury after ruptured aneurysms with dementia
📍 Univesity of Iowa Hospital and Clinics · Iowa City, IA · +1 more US site · Get directions →
Ruptured cerebral aneurysms lead to subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH),that has a high morbidity and mortality rate, the severity of which is predicted by the "Hunt-Hess grade" (HHG). SAH leads to iron (Fe) and hemoglobin (Hb) accumulation in the brain, which is toxic for neurons.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
A Trial Evaluating the Effect of NIO752 on Tau Synthesis Measured by a Process Known as SILK
Testing a medicine in people with dementia to lower brain tau protein
📍 Washington University in St. Louis · St Louis, MO · Get directions →
This study will assess if drug (NIO752) reduces production of a protein, tau, by the brain. Normally tau maintains the internal skeleton of nerve cells.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Clinical Study of SNK01 in Participants With Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
Testing a treatment called SNK01 in people with moderate Alzheimer’s disease
📍 Behavioral Research Specialists, LLC · Glendale, CA · +6 more US sites · Get directions →
The goal of this clinical trial is to test SNK01 in participants with moderate Alzheimer's Disease. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Dementia / Alzheimer'sMultiple sclerosis (MS)
Exploring the Utility of [18F]3F4AP for Demyelination Imaging
Testing how an imaging tracer works in people with memory loss and multiple sclerosis
📍 Yale University PET Center · New Haven, CT · Get directions →
The overall objective is to obtain an assessment of the pharmacokinetics of \[18F\]3F4AP in healthy volunteers and subjects with demyelinating diseases such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and Spinal radiculopathy (SR).
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Study of ARO-MAPT-SC in Healthy Participants and Participants With Early Alzheimer's Disease
Testing how a new medicine works in healthy adults and early Alzheimer’s disease
📍 Research Site 3 · East York, Ontario · Get directions →
Study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and pharmacodynamics of ARO-MAPT-SC compared to placebo in adult healthy volunteers and in participants with early Alzheimer's disease (AD), defined as mild cognitive impairment due to AD and mild AD dementia.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
TREAD: Time Restricted Eating Intervention for Alzheimer's Disease
Testing time-limited eating to see if it improves sleep and brain changes in early Alzheimer’s or
📍 Shiley Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Center · San Diego, CA · Get directions →
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if restricting the time of eating to allow for prolonged fasting at night may reduce sleep disturbances, cognitive decay, and pathology in patients diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or early to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD). It will also learn about the feasibility of practicing 14 h of nightly fasting in this group of older adults.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
A Study to Assess the Effects of ACI-24.060 in Alzheimer's Disease and in Down Syndrome (ABATE Study)
Testing the safety and effects of ACI-24.060 in Alzheimer’s and Down syndrome
📍 Barrow Neurological Institute · Phoenix, AZ · +12 more US sites · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability, immunogenicity and pharmacodynamic effects of ACI-24.060 in subjects with prodromal Alzheimer's disease and in non-demented adults with Down syndrome.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Nicotinic Acid for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Testing how well extended-release niacin reaches spinal fluid in dementia
📍 IU Health Neuroscience Center · Indianapolis, IN · Get directions →
Increased dietary intake of niacin is correlated with reduced risk of Alzheimer's Disease and age-associated cognitive decline. The goal of this study is to collect data on the penetration of commercially available, FDA approved, extended-release niacin into the spinal fluid.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
A First-In-Human Study of LY3954068 in Participants With Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease
Testing whether a new drug is safe in people with early Alzheimer’s
📍 K2 Medical Research, LLC · Maitland, FL · +5 more US sites · Get directions →
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of LY3954068 in participants with early symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The study will also investigate how much LY3954068 gets into the bloodstream and will test the effects of LY3954068 on markers of AD.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Deep Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) of the Precuneus for Alzheimer Disease (AD)
Testing deep rTMS on a brain area for people with probable Alzheimer dementia to see if it is safe
📍 UCLA TMS Clinical and Research Service · Los Angeles, CA · Get directions →
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if using deep repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) targeting the precuneus is feasible, tolerable, and potentially efficacious for memory in Probable Alzheimer's Dementia. Previous work studying rTMS in Alzheimer's is mixed, but recent work studying rTMS of the precuneus is encouraging for both its short-term and long-term effects.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
A Study to Assess the Safety and Effects of ABBV-1758 Following Subcutaneous or Intravenous Injections in Participants With Alzheimer's Disease
Testing the safety and effects of ABBV-1758 in people with Alzheimer’s disease given as injections
📍 Irvine Center for Clinical Research /ID# 277752 · Irvine, CA · +10 more US sites · Get directions →
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, irreversible neurological disorder and is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly population. Clinical symptoms of the disease may begin with occasional forgetfulness such as misplacement of items, forgetting important dates or events, and may progress to noticeable memory loss, increased confusion and agitation, and eventually, loss of independence and non-responsiveness.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Door-Through-Door Companion Rideshare Technology for Individuals With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD)
Testing a rideshare with a trained driver to help people with dementia get to medical visits
📍 Onward Health HQ · San Leandro, CA · Get directions →
The goal of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to assess the impact of D2D rideshare services with a trained companion driver on the rate of medical appointments for older adults and individuals with AD/ADRD. Participants will be assigned either door-through-door (D2D) rideshare or curb-to-curb (C2C) rideshare services.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Educational Support Group Program for Bilingual and Spanish-speaking Carepartners and People With Progressive Aphasia
Testing an education and support group for people with progressive aphasia and their caregivers
📍 University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · Get directions →
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. The current study utilizes pre-, post-treatment, and follow-up assessments to measure effects of a psychoeducational support group and an implementation/communication skills training phase on measures of psychosocial function, communicative effectiveness and speech/language function.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease
Testing whether rTMS affects memory and brain function in dementia
📍 Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · Get directions →
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 (aMCI). This study will use a form of non-invasive brain stimulation called repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS).
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
AV-1980R (Tau Vaccine) in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease (TAURUS-1980)
Testing a vaccine for early Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers for safety
📍 Comprehensive Center for Brain Health · Boca Raton, FL · +2 more US sites · Get directions →
This is a Phase 1, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple dose-escalating trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immune response of AV-1980R, an investigational vaccine targeting tau protein, in participants with preclinical Alzheimer's disease. Up to 48 cognitively unimpaired adults aged 65-80 with biomarker evidence of early Alzheimer's disease will be enrolled into three ascending dose cohorts.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
A Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of RO7812653 in Participants With Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease (eAD)
Testing the safety and how a medicine affects the body in early Alzheimer’s
📍 Montreal Neurological Institute Clinical Research Unit · Montreal, Quebec · Get directions →
This study aims to evaluate the safety, tolerability, immunogenicity, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics following administration of RO7812653 in participants with eAD.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
PET Imaging of Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) in Volunteers With Alzheimer Disease (AD) or Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Testing brain scans that measure PDE4 in people with dementia
📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →
Background: About 5 million adults in the United States have age-related brain disorders. These include Alzheimer disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and other dementias.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Interleukine-2 (IL-2) Plus Semaglutide in Alzheimer's Disease
Testing a treatment with IL-2 and semaglutide in people with Alzheimer's
📍 Houston Methodist Research Institute · Houston, TX · Get directions →
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia. Despite major research efforts, effective treatments that slow or stop disease progression remain limited.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Low-Dose Radiotherapy for Alzheimer's Disease
Testing low-dose whole-brain radiation safety in people with Alzheimer’s or dementia
📍 Renaissance Institute of Precision Oncology & Radiosurgery · Winter Park, FL · Get directions →
To evaluate the safety and tolerability of low-dose whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) delivered as an induction course of 0.3 Gy × 10 fractions (3.0 Gy total) followed by 12 months of monthly maintenance LDRT (0.3 Gy × 10 fractions; 3.0 Gy total) in patients with Alzheimer's disease or dementia with inflammatory components
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
UAB Alzheimer's Disease Center Core Cohort - Tau Imaging Substudy
Studying brain tau in people with dementia using a PET scan
📍 UAB · Birmingham, AL · Get directions →
The primary objective of this study is to measure the concentration and the regional brain distribution of pathologic tau deposition using the PET tracer AV-1451 in participants in the UAB-ADC cohort. The amount and distribution of AV-1451 in the brain will be correlated to demographic, clinical, genetic, and biospecimen data acquired through the separate ongoing UAB-ADC study.
- Dementia / Alzheimer'sParkinson's disease
[18F]F-DOPA Imaging in Patients With Autonomic Failure
Testing [18F]F-DOPA brain scans in people with autonomic failure
📍 Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · Get directions →
Alpha-synucleinopathies refer to age-related neurodegenerative and dementing disorders, characterized by the accumulation of alpha-synuclein in neurons and/or glia. The anatomical location of alpha-synuclein inclusions (Lewy Bodies) and the pattern of progressive neuronal death (e.g.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
A Study of LY4006895 in Healthy Participants With Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
Testing the safety and side effects of a medicine in early Alzheimer’s
📍 Collaborative Neuroscience Network - CNS · Los Alamitos, CA · +10 more US sites · Get directions →
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of the study drug known as LY4006895. Part A will administer a single-ascending dose in healthy participants or Part B will administer multiple-ascending doses in participants with early symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
A Trial to Test Intermittent Deep Brain Stimulation of Nucleus Basalis of Meynert to Treat Alzheimers.
Testing an implanted brain stimulation procedure to treat dementia from Alzheimer’s
📍 Wellstar MCG Hospital, Neurology Memory Clinic · Augusta, GA · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to test a new procedure to treat Alzheimer's disease. The procedure is called intermittent Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the nucleus basalis of Meynert.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of ALN-APP in Patients With EOAD
Testing the safety and side effects of a medicine given into the spinal fluid for early-onset
📍 Clinical Trial Site · La Jolla, CA · +1 more US site · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacodynamics (PD) and pharmacokinetics (PK) of a single dose and multiple doses of ALN-APP administered by intrathecal (IT) injection in adult patients with early-onset Alzheimer's Disease (EOAD). Maximum treatment duration for Part A: single dose.
- Dementia / Alzheimer'sParkinson's diseaseMultiple sclerosis (MS)
Safety, PK and Biodistribution of 18F-OP-801 in Patients With ALS, AD, MS, PD and Healthy Volunteers
Testing safety of a PET imaging tracer in people with ALS, AD, MS, PD
📍 UCSF · San Francisco, CA · +2 more US sites · Get directions →
This is a Phase 1/2 study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of 18F-OP-801 in subjects with ALS, AD, MS, PD and age-matched HVs. 18F-OP-801 is intended as a biomarker for PET imaging of activated microglia and macrophages in regions of neuroinflammation.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Innate Immunity Stimulation Via TLR9 in Early AD
Testing a treatment that boosts the body’s immune response in early Alzheimer’s
📍 NYU Langone Health · New York, NY · Get directions →
This single-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled study will recruit in total 39 participants with either Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (MCI) or Mild Alzheimer's disease dementia (mild AD). There will be 3 Dose levels.
- Dementia / Alzheimer'sMultiple sclerosis (MS)
PET Brain Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Diseases
Testing PET brain scans to measure immune cell activity in dementia
📍 Brigham MS Center, 60 Fenwood Road · Boston, MA · Get directions →
The specific aims of the study are: Primary: To determine the presence and regional distribution of microglial activation, as assessed by Fluorine-18 (18F) labeled "Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor 06" (PBR06) -PET, in subjects with active Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS), Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (SPMS), and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) as compared to healthy controls Secondary: 1. To assess the relationship between microglial activation and clinical variables including disease severity and comorbidities (such as pain, fatigue and/or depression), as well as clinical MRI findings (such as lesions and atrophy) 2.
- DepressionDementia / Alzheimer's
Psilocybin for Depression in People With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Early Alzheimer's Disease
Testing psilocybin to treat depression in people with early Alzheimer’s or mild cognitive decline
📍 Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research · Baltimore, MD · Get directions →
This open-label pilot study examines whether the hallucinogenic drug, psilocybin, given under supportive conditions, is safe and effective for depression in people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or early Alzheimer's Disease (AD). This study will also assess whether psilocybin may improve quality of life in those individuals.
- Dementia / Alzheimer'sParkinson's disease
PET Imaging of Cyclooxygenases in Neurodegenerative Brain Disease
Testing brain scans to see inflammation enzymes in dementia and Parkinson’s
📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →
Background: About 5 million adults in the U.S. have Alzheimer s disease or another adult-onset neurodegenerative disorder.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Repurposing Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors for Treatment of AD
Testing whether a daily emtricitabine pill affects Alzheimer’s dementia
📍 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · +1 more US site · Get directions →
This is a randomized, double-blind clinical trial of a daily oral dose of 200 mg emtricitabine vs. placebo in 35 participants with biomarker-confirmed MCI or mild to moderate dementia due to Alzheimer's disease.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Glutathione, Brain Metabolism and Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease
Testing glutathione on brain fuel use and inflammation in dementia
📍 Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · Get directions →
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with significant, progressive cognitive decline. Key defects in mitochondrial fuel metabolism insulin resistance, inflammation and decreased brain glucose uptake are linked to AD.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
A Clinical Trial of AAV2-BDNF Gene Therapy in Early Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment
Testing a gene therapy that makes BDNF in the brain for early Alzheimer’s
📍 University of California - San Diego · La Jolla, CA · +1 more US site · Get directions →
This is a first-in-human clinical trial to test whether a protein administered into the brain continuously by gene therapy, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), will slow or prevent cell loss in the brains of people affected by Alzheimer's disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment. The protein may also activate cells in the brain that have not yet deteriorated.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Assess Fibrin in Brains With AD/ADRD
Measuring brain fibrin in people with dementia using PET scans
📍 Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · Get directions →
The goal of this project is to quantify brain fibrin content using 64Cu-FBP8-PET in the brains of subjects ranging from cognitively normal to clinically diagnosed with ADRD to evaluate potential regional differences.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
First-in-Human Evaluation of an Astrocytic Glutamate Transporter (EAAT2) PET Tracer in Dementia
Testing a brain scan tracer to check safety and diagnose dementia
📍 China Basin, UCSF · San Francisco, CA · Get directions →
This is a first in human study that will assess the safety and diagnostic performance of \[18F\]RP-115 (fluorine-18 labeled RP115), a positron emission tomography (PET) agent. This agent has the potential to identify the early changes that occur in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Safety and Target Engagement of Centella Asiatica in Cognitive Impairment
Testing whether a Centella asiatica drink helps target brain changes safely in people with dementia
📍 Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, OR · Get directions →
This clinical trial is focused on determining whether biological signatures of target engagement by a Centella asiatica water extract product administered orally for 6 weeks can be measured in comparison to placebo. This study will also assess the safety and tolerability of the Centella asiatica water extract product.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's
Autologous Activated Adipose-derived Stem Cells (RB-ADSC) Injected Directly Into the Brain for Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
Testing whether injecting a participant’s own stem cells into the brain is safe for mild to moderate
📍 Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · Newport Beach, CA · Get directions →
This is a research study to evaluate the safety of an investigational autologous cell product obtained from participant's own adipose tissue as a possible treatment for Alzheimer disease.