Clinical trials: Multiple System Atrophy
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Advanced Multi-omics and -System Approaches to Identify Novel Biomarkers for SMA
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an inherited neuromuscular disorder caused by mutations in the SMN1 gene, leading to motor neuron degeneration and progressive muscle atrophy.
- Trial name
- MOSAiC-SMA (NCT07883655)
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Healthy Volunteer, Rheumatoid Arthritis
Phenomics in Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases
The family of inflammatory/autoimmune systemic diseases (IAD) form a continuum from pure inflammatory diseases to pure autoimmune diseases, encompassing a large panel of inflammatory diseases with some autoimmune components, and…
- Conditions
- Healthy Volunteer, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus/Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Trial name
- TRANSIMMUNOM (NCT02466217)
- Testing
- 1: AID groups, 2: Control groups
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 537 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Multiple System Atrophy
High-Altitude Neurodegeneration Cohort (HANC) Study
Chronic physiological hypoxia has been implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple system atrophy (MSA), a fatal neurodegenerative disorder of unknown etiology.
- Trial name
- HANC (NCT07657520)
- Testing
- No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- West China Hospital
Multiple System Atrophy, Parkinson's Disease
Prospective Multicenter Registry Study of Multiple System Atrophy in China
Multiple system atrophy is a rare, rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by variable combinations of parkinsonism, cerebellar ataxia, and autonomic dysfunction.
- Conditions
- Multiple System Atrophy, Parkinson's Disease, Atypical Parkinsonism
- Trial name
- MSA Registry S (NCT07644013)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 214 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University First Hospital
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Dementia With Lewy Bodies
In-Home Care for Patients With PSP and Related Disorders
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and related disorders (PRD) are debilitating, costly, and understudied conditions. Improving access to comprehensive, specialized, in-home patient care offers the potential to minimize the downward…
- Conditions
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Multiple System Atrophy, Corticobasal Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT03552484
- Testing
- Home Visit Program, Usual Care/Online Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Sarcopenia
Multicomponent Intervention for Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia
The SPRINTT study will evaluate the efficacy of a multicomponent intervention programme (physical activity, nutritional counselling/dietary intervention, and information and communications technology intervention) compared with a…
- Trial name
- SPRINTT (NCT02582138)
- Testing
- Multicomponent intervention (MCI), Healthy Aging Lifestyle Education (HALE)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Brainstem Stroke
Optimizing BCI-FIT: Brain Computer Interface - Functional Implementation Toolkit
This project adds to non-invasive BCIs for communication for adults with severe speech and physical impairments due to neurodegenerative diseases.
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Brainstem Stroke, Muscular Dystrophies, Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism
- Trial name
- BCI-FIT (NCT04468919)
- Testing
- BCI-FIT multi-modal access, BCI-FIT adaptive signal modeling, BCI-FIT active querying
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Multiple Sclerosis
Does Long-Term Natalizumab (NTZ) Therapy Normalize Brain Atrophy Rates and Quality of Life (QOL) in Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS)?
Primary Aims: To determine how effective long term Natalizumab (NTZ) therapy is in slowing the progression of whole brain atrophy.
- Trial name
- NCT02588053
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Eye Diseases Hereditary, Retinal Disease
Inherited Retinal Degenerative Disease Registry
The My Retina Tracker® Registry is sponsored by the Foundation Fighting Blindness and is for people affected by one of the rare inherited retinal degenerative diseases studied by the Foundation.
- Conditions
- Eye Diseases Hereditary, Retinal Disease, Achromatopsia, Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
- Trial name
- MRTR (NCT02435940)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Foundation Fighting Blindness
Muscle Loss, Obesity
Long-term Intervention Effects of a Personalized, Home-based Exercise Program and Nutritional Advice, Along With the Inclusion of a Pre-workout Multi-ingredient Supplement on the Body Composition, Functional Capacity and Quality of Life of Middle-aged and Older Adults (40-70 Years)
The purpose of this study is to analyse the potential benefits of ingesting a commercially available pre-workout multi-ingredient supplement providing ~90 Kcal.
- Conditions
- Muscle Loss, Obesity, Obesity, Abdominal, Weight Loss
- Trial name
- NCT04630977
- Testing
- Multi-ingredient Pre-workout supplement, Progressive Resistance Training, Nutritional Patterns Guideline
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Greenwich
Parkinson's Disease, Multiple System Atrophy
Increased Gut Permeability to Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in Parkinson's Disease
The gut may be a portal of entry for agents that cause or contribute to the causes of Parkinson's disease (PD). The investigators are studying changes in the normal population of gut flora and in intestinal permeability and their…
- Trial name
- NCT01155492
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Sarcopenia, Dietary Exposure
The Effect of a Multi-intervention Program and Protein Food Sources on Preventing and Mitigating Sarcopenia
Sarcopenia is characterized by loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength with advancing age. It is linked to an increased risk of falls, disability, length of hospitalization, poor quality of life, and burden of health care.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia, Dietary Exposure, Nutrition, Healthy, Bone Health
- Trial name
- NCT06173271
- Testing
- multi-intervention program and protein foods supplementation
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Parkinson's Disease, Parkinsonism
VisMemoPD Protocol: an Observational Pilot Study on Spatial and Topographical Memory in Patients With Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism
VISMEMO-PD is an observational pilot study aimed at investigating visuospatial memory in reaching space and topographical memory in navigational space in patients with Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism.
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease, Parkinsonism, Multiple System Atrophy, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
- Trial name
- VISMEMO-PD (NCT07827963)
- Testing
- Multimodal visuospatial and topographical memory assessment
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele Roma
Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy
Enhance Wellness for Individuals With Long-Term Physical Disabilities
This project is an adaptation trial, testing the efficacy of an evidence-based community wellness program, Enhance Wellness (http://www.projectenhance.org/enhancewellness.aspx), in a sample of middle and older-aged adults living…
- Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Post-polio Syndrome, Spinal Cord Injury
- Trial name
- NCT02815878
- Testing
- Enhance Wellness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
The Swedish BioFINDER 2 Study
The Swedish BioFINDER 2 study is a new study that will launch in 2017 and extends the previous cohorts of BioFINDER 1 study (www.biofinder.se). BioFINDER 1 is used e.g.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, Lewy Body Disease
- Trial name
- BioFINDER2 (NCT03174938)
- Testing
- Flutemetamol F18 Injection, [18F]-RO6958948, Elecsys (Roche) Abeta42, Ttau and Ptau
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 2,950 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Skane University Hospital
Sarcopenia, Osteoarthritis
The Presence Of Sarcopenia In Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common joint disorders worldwide . The knee is the most common symptomatic joint in osteoarthritis.
- Trial name
- NCT04828200
- Testing
- Musculoskeletal ultrasound, Dual-X-ray absorptiometry, Isokinetic dynamometer
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital
Parkinson Disease, Multiple System Atrophy
Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers in Parkinson Disease
The overall goal of PROBE is to evaluate the feasibility and potential utility of three markers (alpha-synuclein, transcriptomic profiles and olfactory function) to determine the risk or prognosis of PD.
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Multiple System Atrophy, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
- Trial name
- PROBE (NCT00653783)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Parkinson Study Group
Multiple System Atrophy - Cerebellar Subtype (MSA-C), Multiple System Atrophy - Parkinsonian Subtype (MSA-P)
TSPO PET in the Evaluation of Neuroinflammation in Patients with Multiple System Atrophy
The aim of this study was to apply PET/MR techniques targeting TSPO to explore the temporal and spatial alterations characterizing neuroinflammation in MSA patients, and to assess its value as a biomarker for diagnostic typing…
- Trial name
- NCT06890390
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Min Zhao,MD
Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Fat and Sugar Metabolism During Exercise in Patients With Metabolic Myopathy
This study aims to characterize the pathophysiological mechanisms of 21 different metabolic myopathies. The study will focus on exercise capacity and the metabolic derangement during exercise.
- Conditions
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Long-Chain 3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT02635269
- Testing
- Sugar
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Alpha-Synucleinopathy, Parkinson's Disease
Study to Evaluate a Potential PET Radioligand for Imaging Alpha-synuclein Deposits in the Brain
The overall goal of this protocol is to evaluate [18F]MNI-1216 (also known as [18F]ACI-12589) as an α-synuclein targeted radiopharmaceutical in 3 parts as follows: Part 1: first in human (FiH) imaging Optional Part 2: expansion…
- Conditions
- Alpha-Synucleinopathy, Parkinson's Disease, Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Multisystem Atrophy
- Trial name
- NCT06445465
- Testing
- [18F]MNI-1216
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Invicro