Clinical trials: Focal Brain Lesion
Motor Skill Acquisition in Healthy Older Adults
Training in Combination With Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
The goal of this study is to investigate the impact of non-invasive brain stimulation on motor skill acquisition in healthy individuals.
- Trial name
- TrainStim (NCT07059533)
- Testing
- Verum
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Friedhelm Hummel
Focal Lesions, Focal Brain Lesion
Attention and Visual Perception
The NIMH is conducting studies aimed at gaining a better understanding of the areas of the brain that are involved in different types of mental processes.
- Trial name
- NCT00111293
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Stroke Syndrome, Stroke Hemorrhagic
Assessing Accuracy of Clinical Diagnosis and Lesion Location in Acute Neurological Deficits - How Good Are Neurologists?
The emergency setting for acute neurological conditions, such as stroke, is peculiar due to time pressure and limited resources for further diagnostics.
- Conditions
- Stroke Syndrome, Stroke Hemorrhagic, Stroke, Acute, Strokes Thrombotic
- Trial name
- HOGAN (NCT03009656)
- Testing
- No study specific interventions
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Focal Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Spatial Scene Recognition Memory in Epilepsy Surgery
This study investigates the anatomical and physiological basis of spatial scene recognition memory in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and temporal lobe lesions.
- Conditions
- Focal Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Medically Refractory Epilepsy, Memory Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT07580183
- Testing
- Virtual Tour Recognition Memory Task, Intracranial EEG Recording with Research Electrodes (Aim III only), MRI Neuroimaging and Neuropsychological Assessment (Aim I)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 620 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease
Validation and Standardization of a Battery Evaluation of the Socio-emotional Functions in Various Neurological Pathologies
The role of disorders of socio-emotional processes in cerebral diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, frontal temporal dementia, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, traumatic brain injury, stroke, focal lesions, has been…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, Frontal Dementia, Huntington Disease
- Trial name
- GREFEXII (NCT03052712)
- Testing
- social cognition
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Epilepsy, Focal Cortical Dysplasia
Use of a Tonometer to Identify Epileptogenic Lesions During Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
Refractory epilepsy, meaning epilepsy that no longer responds to medication, is a common neurosurgical indication in children. In such cases, surgery is the treatment of choice.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Focal Cortical Dysplasia, Tuberous Sclerosis, Hemimegalencephaly
- Trial name
- NCT04344626
- Testing
- Intra-operative brain tonometry
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Canada
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Intracranial Arterial Aneurysm
Analysis Of Intracranial Artery Lesions Using 2-D/3D Phase Contrast MR
Using phase contrast MR Angiography with NOVA® Software, this study intends to identify,evaluate and map intracranial aneurysm development as well as develope a predicator for future morphological changes of aneurysms and…
- Trial name
- NCT00710281
- Testing
- Additional scan time on standard MR angiography
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Lahey Clinic
Posterior Fossa Hemorrhage, Lung Cancer
Pilot Study of Model Based Iterative Reconstruction Using 64-Slice
This study is being performed to confirm that the new technique, Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction (MBIR) with reduced radiation dose can deliver equivalent image quality for CT scans compared to current techniques (Filtered…
- Conditions
- Posterior Fossa Hemorrhage, Lung Cancer, Flank Pain, Urolithiasis
- Trial name
- MBIR (NCT01431378)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GE Healthcare
Drug Resistant Epilepsy, Epilepsy
MRgFUS for Childhood Epilepsy
The goal of this observational study is to learn if magnetic resonance imaging guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) can treat brain lesions causing epilepsy in children with drug resistant epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT07497178
- Testing
- Ablation
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
HIV Infections, Lymphoma, AIDS-Related
Evaluation of Brain Lesions in HIV-infected Patients for Diagnosis of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
This study will evaluate the usefulness of two tests in quickly distinguishing whether a patient with HIV infection and focal brain lesions (an injury in a specific area of the brain) has a rare type of cancer called primary…
- Trial name
- NCT00226304
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Epilepsy
Pilot Study to Evaluate MR-guided Laser Ablation of Focal Lesions in Patients With Medically Refractory Partial Epilepsy
To investigate whether MR-guided laser induced thermal therapy in patients diagnosed with focal lesional epilepsy using the Visualase Thermal Therapy System is both a feasible and safe minimally invasive technique for control of…
- Trial name
- NCT01703143
- Testing
- Laser ablation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Focal Brain Lesion, Focal Lesions
Top-Down Attentional Control of Visual-Processing
Background: Previous studies have shown that people with certain types of brain damage may have particular problems paying attention and processing things that they see.
- Conditions
- Focal Brain Lesion, Focal Lesions, fMRI
- Trial name
- NCT01087281
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Tremor
The Effect of Lesion Characteristics in MRgFUS on Tremor in Essential Tremor and Parkinson's Disease
The study will investigate Essential Tremor and Parkinson's Disease patients who underwent Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS).
- Trial name
- MRgFUS (NCT03300193)
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Brain Tumor
MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Feasibility Study for Brain Tumors
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of MRI-guided focused ultrasound thermal ablation of brain tumors performed through intact human skull using the ExAblate transcranial system.
- Trial name
- NCT00147056
- Testing
- ExAblate transcranial system
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
High Frequency Imaging in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), caused by amyloid beta depositions in the walls of small cerebral vessels, is remarkably common in the elderly.
- Trial name
- HIFI-CAA (NCT06128824)
- Testing
- MR Imaging
- Where
- 3 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Martin Dichgans
Epilepsy
Evaluation of Functional MRI and DTI (Imaging Techniques) in Children With Epilepsy and Focal Brain Lesions
This study is being done to look at the relationship between brain structure and brain function in patients with epilepsy or focal brain lesions (abnormal areas) that require surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT00229840
- Testing
- Functional MRI, Diffusion Tensor Imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Brain Injury, Chronic
Investigating the Role of the Premotor Cortex in Higher Cognitive Functions
This project aims at understanding better the role of the frontal lobe of the brain in our capacity to perceive visual information consciously, and also, in our capacity to perceive others' actions.
- Trial name
- NCT00842413
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Neurological Disorders, Neuroscience
Advanced Space-time Resolved Techniques for Functional Neuroimaging at 7 Tesla MRI
In recent years, the in vivo study of the central nervous system has undergone significant advancement through the implementation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based neuroimaging techniques.
- Conditions
- Neurological Disorders, Neuroscience, Epilepsy, Brain Injuries, Focal
- Trial name
- AURORA (NCT07865546)
- Testing
- Functional neuroimaging
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imago 7 Fondazione di Ricerca onlus
Focal Epilepsy
Arterial Spin Labeling MRI Focal Abnormalities in Refractory Epilepsy
This study will evaluate a type of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) sequence called arterial spin labeling (ASL). The investigators hope that ASL can better localize areas of the brain (lesions) that cause epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT01772654
- Testing
- Arterial Spin Labeled (ASL) MRI sequence
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorder, Mental Disorder
Test of A Model of Representational Knowledge Stored in the Human Prefrontal Cortex
This study will examine the underlying mental processes that determine how people understand social behavior, remember information, and think.
- Conditions
- Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorder, Mental Disorder, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT00024908
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 949 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)