Clinical trials: Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
Irritability
Study Brain Mechanisms of Frustration With Magnetoencephalography in Healthy Volunteers
Background: Irritability can be defined as an unusually strong response to frustration; these responses may include severe temper outbursts and a constant grumpy mood.
- Trial name
- NCT06484088
- Testing
- Frustration task
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Obesity, Overweight
Mobile Attention Retraining in Overweight Female Adolescents
Background: People are constantly exposed to unhealthy foods. Some studies of adults show that training attention away from unhealthy foods might reduce overeating.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Binge Eating, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT02977403
- Testing
- Attention Bias Retraining
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Healthy Volunteers
Spatial and Dynamic Characterization of Brain Activity for Language and Posture (Verticality) During Normal Aging. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Study (MEG-AGING)
Depending on the point of view, different definitions of aging have been proposed. Thus, at the biological level, aging corresponds to a natural physiological process that leads to the progressive degeneration of cells and the…
- Trial name
- MEG-AGING (NCT04036162)
- Testing
- Cognitive tasks
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Change in Sustained Attention, Awareness
Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Attention and Conscience
The tight relationship between attention and conscious perception makes them difficult to study in isolation and has led many scientists to closely link these two processes.
- Conditions
- Change in Sustained Attention, Awareness, Reaction Time
- Trial name
- NCT01592175
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Normal Physiology
Characterization of an Optically Pumped Magnetometer (OPM) Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Array
Background: Brain activity produces magnetic fields. These fields can be measured outside the head. Existing technology, called MEG, measures these fields. Researchers are testing a new type of magnetic field sensor called OPM.
- Trial name
- NCT04950309
- Testing
- SQUID MEG, OPM MEG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Alzheimer's Disease
Improved Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease Using the Synchronous Neural Interaction™ Test
This study is designed to test the hypothesis that the Synchronous Neural Interaction™ Test is useful for diagnosing Probable Alzheimer's Disease according to standard criteria.
- Trial name
- NCT00666445
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Orasi Medical, Inc.
Healthy
Optically Pumped 4He Magnetometers Performances Compared With Medical Reference Methods (ECG and MEG)
Optically Pumped 4He Magnetometers operability for cerebral and cardiac magnetic fields measurement.
- Trial name
- MINIMAG (NCT02389257)
- Testing
- MINIMAG / MEG, MINIMAG / ECG
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Cognition
Study to Test the Usefulness of Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Imaging of Cognition in Children and Adolescents
The primary objective of this protocol is to test the feasibility and utility of obtaining magnetoencephalography (MEG) recordings in healthy children and also in children who have a psychiatric or developmental disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT00924300
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Alzheimer's Disease
Improved Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease Using Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
The current study is intended to enrich and extend the database of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and healthy control (HC) MEG scans and will include patients meeting DSM-IV-TR criteria for dementia of Alzheimer's type, and age- and…
- Trial name
- NCT00973518
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Orasi Medical, Inc.
Fibromyalgia
Brain Rhythms in Fibromyalgia: A Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Study
The long-term purpose of the investigator's research is to understand the pathophysiological basis of chronic pain. This will help provide a framework for the development of effective treatments.
- Trial name
- FMP (NCT02159300)
- Testing
- experience brain activity recording
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Chronic Pain
Imaging Non-brain Electromagnetic Activity in Healthy Adults Using MEG
The primary purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the Magnetoencephalography (MEG) instrument to record electrical activity from parts of the body other than the brain.
- Trial name
- BODMEG (NCT03232723)
- Testing
- Whole-cortex MEG System (with optional EEG)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Schizophrenia Disorders, Psychosis
Magnetoencephalography in Psychosis Program
This research involves the examination of speech, thinking patterns and symptoms and recordings from brain's activity in patients with schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- MEGPSY (NCT06978881)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Inattention, Cognitive Training
RECOGNeyes Gaze-Control Training
RECOGNeyes is a computer game developed by members of the research team to improve attention in people who find it hard to "keep their eyes on the task".
- Conditions
- Inattention, Cognitive Training, Cognitive Control, Oculomotor Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT06691646
- Testing
- Gaze-control training game
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Healthy Volunteers
Study of Somatosensory Responses During Millimeter Waves Application
The brain activity induced by a sensory stimulus and measured by magnetoencephalography will be compared before and after exposure to millimeter waves.
- Trial name
- RESOM (NCT04801550)
- Testing
- Millimeter waves local exposure
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Pseudobulbar Affect
Structural and Functional Networks in ALS: An Insight Into Pseudobulbar Affect
The investigators aim to elucidate characteristics of structural and functional brain connectivity in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and pseudobulbar affect (PBA) using diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) and…
- Trial name
- NCT06396260
- Testing
- Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging (DKI), Resting State Magnetoencephalography
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University Hospital
Healthy
Acute Effect of Three Neuroactive Drugs Measured by Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Electroencephalography (EEG) and the Synchronous Neural Interaction Test
This placebo-controlled crossover study is intended to measure the effect of three, common neuroactive medications on brain activity measured by magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG).
- Trial name
- NCT00972985
- Testing
- modafinil, methylphenidate, lorazepam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Orasi Medical, Inc.
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussion, Mild
Neural Injury in Adolescents With Concussion
This study utilizes multimodal brain imaging to obtain quantitative biomarkers of brain injury and to improve understanding of the biological basis of brain pathology in adolescents with concussion.
- Conditions
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussion, Mild, Acute Brain Injury
- Trial name
- NCT03011983
- Testing
- MEG, MRI, Neuropsychology assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Transcranial Electrical Stimulation for mTBI
mTBI is a leading cause of sustained physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral deficits in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans and the general public.
- Trial name
- TESmTBI (NCT03244475)
- Testing
- TES
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Non-Helium Magnetoencephalography in Autism Spectrum Disorder
The goal of this observational study is to learn how brain activity in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) differs from typical developing children using magnetoencephalography (MEG).
- Trial name
- NCT07064967
- Testing
- Magnetoencephalography
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center
Epilepsy
Evaluation of Optical Pumping Magnetometer Sensors for MagnetoEncephaloGraphy Imaging
This research is a feasibility study on a new generation of brain magnetic activity sensor which should allow the development of this modality, until now limited by its cost to a few large university centers.
- Trial name
- OPM (NCT04694313)
- Testing
- OPM
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille