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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.

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This study tests a new, non-invasive brain stimulation device called Sphere V3.0 to help improve movement problems in people with Parkinson's disease. The device delivers gentle electrical signals to the scalp using small electrodes placed on the head.

📍 Johns Hopkins · Baltimore, MD · Get directions →

This clinical trial will test whether AGB101 (low-dose levetiracetam, 220 mg, extended release tablet) can improve symptoms of psychosis in Parkinson's disease. Participants will be asked to complete up to 5 in-person study visits over approximately 20 weeks.

📍 Research Site · Surprise, AZ · +17 more US sites · Get directions →

International, Multicenter and Double-Blind study. The purpose is to measure the effect of baxdrostat in combination with dapagliflozin compared with baxdrostat/placebo on albuminuria, as well as safety, in participants with chronic kidney disease and high blood pressure.

📍 Banner Sun Health Research Institute · Sun City, AZ · +39 more US sites · Get directions →

The goal of this Phase 2 clinical trial is to investigate the efficacy and safety of NEU-411 in men and women aged 40-80 years with early Parkinson's Disease (PD) who have predicted elevations in the activity of the "leucine-rich repeat kinase 2" ("LRRK2" for short) pathway based on their genetic profile. A DNA test will be used to identify the "LRRK2-driven" population with predicted elevation in the LRRK2 pathway.

📍 University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · +26 more US sites · Get directions →

This study will examine the long-term safety of buntanetap in participants with PD. This will be a 36-month open-label safety study.

📍 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.

📍 UT Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · Get directions →

This study will investigate the utility of a polypill-based strategy for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and high risk of heart failure (HF), as assessed via the WATCH-DM risk score. Polypill therapy will consist of empagliflozin 12.5 mg, losartan 25, 50 or 100 mg, and finerenone 10 mg daily.

📍 Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders and XingImaging, LLC · New Haven, CT · Get directions →

This is a single-center, open-label clinical study designed to evaluate the imaging characteristics and safety of \[¹⁸F\]MODAG-009 in participants with Parkinson's disease (PD), Multiple system atrophy (MSA), and Healthy controls (HC). Approximately 13 participants will be enrolled in this study.

📍 Invicro (dba Perceptive) · New Haven, CT · +1 more US site · Get directions →

This clinical study is being conducted to learn more about a new imaging drug called \[18F\]MK-0947, which is designed to help doctors see changes in the brain related to Parkinson's disease (PD). PD is a condition that affects movement, balance, and thinking.

📍 Yale University · New Haven, CT · Get directions →

The goal of this observational study is to identify targetable neural substrates of depression in Parkinson's Disease for the first time in people with Parkinson's between the ages of 40 and 80, who are experiencing symptoms of depression.

📍 Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO · Aurora, CO · +4 more US sites · Get directions →

The investigators will study whether the drug tadalafil improves shortness of breath in 126 Veterans with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and high blood pressure in the lungs. The investigators will also assess whether tadalafil improves quality of life, home daily physical activity, exercise endurance, the frequency of acute flares of COPD, blood pressure in the lungs, and lung function.

📍 San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco, CA · Get directions →

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a devastating illness that has a growing impact on Veterans. One of the most disabling symptoms is depression, which is common in PD and linked to poor quality of life and higher risk of suicide.

📍 Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders · New Haven, CT · +1 more US site · Get directions →

The study is a longitudinal, multi-center study to assess progression of \[18F\] AV-133 imaging in Prodromal PD participants. Participants will be followed for up to 24 months.

📍 University of California, San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · Get directions →

The purpose of this study is to understand whether people with Parkinson's Disease and depression have improvement in their symptoms after psilocybin therapy.

📍 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · Hershey, PA · Get directions →

Obesity is a global health concern that is associated with high blood pressure and an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this study is to find out if the investigational drug angiotensin-(1-7) can improve cardiovascular health in people with obesity and high blood pressure.

📍 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · Get directions →

The purpose of this study is to determine if intensive lowering of systolic blood pressure (SBP), using FDA approved medications (antihypertensive), reduces Alzheimer's Disease pathology (i.e., excessive brain amyloid and tau protein deposition) in older adults at high risk for memory decline or dementia.

📍 Mayo Clinic · Phoenix, AZ · +33 more US sites · Get directions →

The objective of this randomized, surgically controlled, double-blinded, Phase 2 study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of AAV2-GDNF delivered to the putamen in subjects with moderate Parkinson's Disease.

📍 Quest Research Institute · Farmington Hills, MI · Get directions →

A phase 2a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multiple dose study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, of HBI-002, an oral low-dose carbon monoxide (CO) liquid drug product, administered daily over 14 days in subjects with Parkinson's disease (PD).

📍 UAB · Birmingham, AL · Get directions →

The overall goal of this protocol is to investigate \[18F\]DPA-714 binding in prodromal and early manifest Parkinson's Disease (PD) and to determine the baseline and change from baseline in \[18F\]DPA-714 binding in PD participants during a 24-month interval. Primary Objectives * To compare \[18F\]DPA-714 binding in prodromal and manifest PD and healthy volunteers.

📍 University of Vermont Medical Center · Burlington, VT · Get directions →

Constipation is a common and debilitating non-motor symptom of Parkinson disease (PD) that often precedes the onset of classic motor symptoms by decades. There is no standardized algorithm for managing constipation in this patient population, nor are there dedicated treatments.

📍 Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · +1 more US site · Get directions →

Airway protective disorders are a prevalent and progressive consequence of Parkinson's Disease (PD), and often result in aspiration pneumonia which is the leading cause of death in PD. Despite this, a large number of patients with PD do not access specialized services to address these critical deficits.

📍 University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine · Philadelphia, PA · Get directions →

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether semaglutide, an FDA-approved treatment for diabetes and obesity, is feasible and tolerable in patients with advanced lung disease. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: 1.

📍 Cornell University Weill Medical College · New York, NY · Get directions →

This is a phase 1/2 clinical study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of NouvNeu001 in patients with advanced Parkinson's Disease.

📍 Houston Methodist Neurological Institute · Houston, TX · Get directions →

This is a Phase 2 study evaluating the positron-emitting radiopharmaceutical 18F-mFBG as an imaging agent for quantification of the effect of neurodegenerative diseases on myocardial sympathetic innervation. Effectiveness of 18F-mFBG imaging of the heart will be judged in terms of the quantitative difference between results for subjects with Lewy body and non-Lewy body neurologic disease as compared to historical data for healthy control subjects.

📍 Cedar Valley Digestive Health Center · Waterloo, IA · Get directions →

Investigation of tenapanor as a potential treatment for synucleinopathy-associated constipation

📍 Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders / XingImaging, LLC · New Haven, CT · Get directions →

The study aims to evaluate the burden of tau pathology in people with Sporadic and LRRK2 PD via in vivo imaging using the tau tracer, \[18F\]PI-2620, and a high resolution PET camera, NeuroEXPLORER.

📍 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · Little Rock, AR · +24 more US sites · Get directions →

This is a Phase 2 study in people with Parkinson's disease who experience motor fluctuations while taking levodopa. The study will evaluate how effective two different doses of the study drug AP-472 are when added to levodopa treatment, compared with a placebo.

📍 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · Aurora, CO · Get directions →

The risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is significantly elevated in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Notably, women with CKD commonly experience menstrual disturbances induced by CKD, which may contribute to impaired vascular function and elevated CVD risk.

📍 Equilibrium Physical Therapy · Ventura, CA · Get directions →

In this pilot study the research will explore whether exercises and the outcome measures would be acceptable to conduct a more detailed research study. This 8 week pilot study will utilize a comprehensive exercise program that includes non-contact boxing along with computerized games for individuals with Parkinson Disease.

📍 Teachers College, Columbia University · New York, NY · Get directions →

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether noise-augmented feedback using automatic speech recognition improves intelligibility and social participation in individuals with Parkinson's disease. The main questions the investigators will address are: Does noise-augmented feedback lead to increased intelligibility, as measured by transcription accuracy scores?

📍 Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL · Chicago, IL · +1 more US site · Get directions →

The purpose of this study is to examine safety, feasibility, and the behavioral and brain effects of a non-invasive treatment, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), for Veterans with Parkinson's disease or atypical parkinsonism and mild impairments in their thinking. The hypothesis is that rTMS can improve thinking for people with Parkinson's disease or atypical parkinsonism who are experiencing mild problems with their thinking ability.

📍 Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · Get directions →

Dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, is a common symptom of many neurological diseases but its treatment is not well established or easily accessible. To start addressing this gap, the researchers developed and validated a cost-effective wearable surface electromyography (sEMG) biofeedback sensor technology (i-Phagia), optimized to record muscle activity from the head/neck and provide biofeedback to patients and adherence data to clinicians during swallow therapy.

📍 University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · Get directions →

This trial aims to test whether one year of Varenicline, when compared to placebo, can reduce fall risk and show improvement in the ability to multitask while walking. Participants that are eligible after screening for the study will be randomized to receive Varenicline or placebo.

📍 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.

📍 University of Kentucky Medical Center · Lexington, KY · +1 more US site · Get directions →

The Goal of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and clinical responses following implantation of DSP-1083. Study enrolls both male and female patients in 2 cohorts.

📍 University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · Get directions →

Sixty patients will be enrolled in this study who are treated for Parkinson's disease (PD) with bilateral deep brain stimulation of subthalamic nucleus (STN) or globus pallidus (GP), who have a pre- operative 7 Tesla MRI including diffusion tensor imaging for tractography and a postoperative head CT for electrode localization, and in whom at least 3 months have passed since activation of their neurostimulators, for stabilization of clinical stimulator settings. Using their MRI and CT, the investigators will construct patient-specific models of electrical current spread to neuroanatomical tar- gets surrounding the electrode.

📍 UAB Advanced Imaging Facility · Birmingham, AL · Get directions →

The primary objective of this substudy is to measure the concentration and the regional brain distribution of activated brain microglia/macrophages using the PET ligand \[18F\]DPA-714 in participants enrolled in the UAB Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Parkinson's Disease (Clinical Research Core) and Longitudinal \[18F\]DPA-714 Imaging in a Parkinson Disease Cohort studies. The PET tracer \[18F\]DPA-714 binds to the 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO, also known as the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor) in the mitochondria of activated microglia/macrophages and provides a non-invasive measure of neuroinflammation.

📍 University of Kansas Medical Center · Kansas City, KS · Get directions →

The main purpose of research is to examine and understanding the development of hypertension in obese adults with insulin resistance. Findings from our studies will identify unique mechanisms that can be targeted to limit increases in vascular dysfunction and reduce the excessively high prevalence of hypertension and risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).

📍 Duke University Medical Center · Durham, NC · Get directions →

The main goal of this study is to develop a noninvasive signature for pulmonary vascular remodeling in Group 3 PH patients, using hyperpolarized 129Xe magnetic resonance imaging (129Xe MRI). Such a signature may identify Group 3 PH responders to PAH-specific therapies.

📍 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · Get directions →

The purpose of this study is to understand how the nervous system communicates to blood vessels to increase blood pressure during stress. The study will also investigate how hypertension and obesity influence the nervous system and vascular function.

📍 University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · Get directions →

Obese individuals have a higher prevalence of nocturnal hypertension and non-dipping blood pressure (BP). These conditions are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) events and death.

📍 Institute for Neuroimmune Medicine · Davie, FL · +2 more US sites · Get directions →

This study will be evaluating the safety and efficacy of insulin and glutathione in subjects with Parkinson's Disease compared to placebo.

📍 Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · Get directions →

We will study obese hypertensive subjects in a randomized, crossover study to determine if two weeks sympathetic blockade improves endogenous glucose production. Subjects will be studied on 3 different occasions after two weeks of receiving either placebo, amlodipine (vasodilator arm) or moxonidine (study arm).

📍 Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre · Vancouver, British Columbia · Get directions →

This study evaluates the use of an oral multi-strain probiotic in the treatment of depression in individuals with Parkinson's Disease. Participants will be randomized to either a 12-week multi-strain probiotic treatment or placebo intervention.

📍 Site-049 · Birmingham, AL · +14 more US sites · Get directions →

A study to determine if BHV-8000 is efficacious, safe and tolerable in adults diagnosed with early Parkinson's disease.