Clinical trials: Progressive Aphasia
Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)
Long Term Effect of Brain Stimulation in PPA
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effect of non-invasive brain stimulation techniques in the progression of primary progressive aphasia for 6 months.
- Trial name
- RECONNECT-PLUS (NCT07158216)
- Testing
- TMS, tDCS
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital San Carlos, Madrid
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Alzheimer Disease
Florbetaben PET Imaging in PPA
The purpose of this research is to better understand how dementia affects activity in different parts of the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT04720001
- Testing
- Florbetaben F18, PET
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset, Atypical Alzheimer's Disease
Effects of Electrical Stimulation on Verbal Learning in Typical and Atypical Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading neurodegenerative disease of aging characterized by multiple cognitive impairments. Given the recent failures of disease-modifying drugs, the current focus is on preventing or mitigating…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset, Atypical Alzheimer's Disease, Logopenic Progressive Aphasia
- Trial name
- NCT04122001
- Testing
- Active, in-person HD-tDCS or active remote tDCS, Word List Learning Intervention (WordLLI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Primary Progressive Aphasia, PPA
Rehabilitating and Decelerating Language Loss in Primary Progressive Aphasia With tDCS Plus Language Therapy
People with Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) are is a debilitating disorder characterized by the gradual loss of language functioning, even though cognitive functioning is relatively well preserved until the advanced stages of…
- Trial name
- NCT03728582
- Testing
- Active tDCS plus Speech-Language Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)
Targeted Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Language and Speech in Patients With Primary Progressive Aphasia
This is a monocenter randomized controlled clinical trial with cross-over arm - assessor blinded. The aims is investigating the effects of the speech language therapy (SLT) alone vs SLT + non-invasive brain stimulation (STIM)…
- Trial name
- NCT06921265
- Testing
- Training with Speech Language Therapy, Standard rTMS, Targeted rTMS
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Semantic Rehabilitation for Patients With Primary Progressive Semantic Aphasia
This project aims to measure the effect of a semantic rehabilitation protocol for patients with primary progressive semantic aphasia and using the SCED methodology.
- Trial name
- SCED-APPvs (NCT04957537)
- Testing
- semantic therapy and semantic re-education
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Frontotemporal Dementia, Caregiver Burden
STELLA-FTD: Examination of a Behavior Change Intervention for FTD Family Care Partners
The purpose of this nationwide study is to test STELLA-FTD (Support via Telehealth: Living and Learning with Advancing Alzheimer's Disease)-FTD, an intervention to specifically address the needs of family Care Partners of persons…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia, Caregiver Burden, Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), Corticobasal Syndrome
- Trial name
- STELLA-FTD (NCT06613204)
- Testing
- STELLA-FTD Control, STELLA-FTD Test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 640 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Alzheimer's Disease, Posterior Cortical Atrophy
Influence of Age on Amyloid Load in Alzheimer's Disease and in Atypical Focal Cortical Alzheimer's Disease
The first objective is to asses influence of age on amyloid load measured by PET imaging using Pittsburgh B compound (PiB) radio-tracer, in Alzheimer's disease(AD).
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Logopenic Progressive Aphasia
- Trial name
- BIOMAGE (NCT01095744)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
PPA, Primary Progressive Aphasia
PiB PET Scanning in Speech and Language Based Dementias
The study is designed to determine whether there are clinical features that can be used as biomarkers to predict whether underlying Alzheimer's pathology is the cause of a speech and language based dementia.
- Conditions
- PPA, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Aphasia, Non-fluent Aphasia
- Trial name
- NCT01623284
- Testing
- C-11 PiB, F-18 FDG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 168 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Frontotemporal Degeneration(FTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)
UPenn Observational Research Repository on Neurodegenerative Disease
The aim of this study is to create a repository of both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, including cognitive, linguistic, imaging and biofluid biological specimens, for neurodegenerative disease research and treatment.
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Degeneration(FTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA), Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (fFTLD), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS)
- Trial name
- UNICORN (NCT04715399)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Aphasia, Acquired, Language Disorders
Enhancing Language Function in Aphasia
Aphasia is an acquired impairment of language, that commonly results from damage to language areas in the brain (typically the left side of the brain).
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Acquired, Language Disorders, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Stroke, Cerebrovascular
- Trial name
- NCT05443633
- Testing
- individualized speech-language training, standard language intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Nonfluent Aphasia, Progressive, Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia
tDCS and Speech Therapy for Motor Speech Disorders Caused by FTLD Syndromes: a Feasibility Study
The investigators will test the feasibility of using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and speech therapy to treat participants with motor speech disorders caused by Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Pathology…
- Conditions
- Nonfluent Aphasia, Progressive, Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia, Primary Progressive Non Fluent Aphasia, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
- Trial name
- NCT04883229
- Testing
- Halo Neuroscience Neurostimulator
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia
Assessment of Hyperphosphorylated Tau PET Binding in Primary Progressive Aphasia and Frontotemporal Dementia
This study is designed to learn more about overall tau burden in the brain of patients with Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) and Frontotemporal Dementia.
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant
- Trial name
- SLD3 (NCT02736695)
- Testing
- F-18 AV 1451
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Language in Primary Progressive Aphasia
The purpose of this study is to further define the neurological and linguistic deterioration in primary progressive aphasia.
- Trial name
- NCT00537004
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Aphasia, Primary Progressive, Anomia
Rehabilitation and Prophylaxis of Anomia in Primary Progressive Aphasia
The goal of this study is to remediate word-finding problems in patients who have Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) or Alzheimer's Disease and to delay the further progression of word-finding impairment.
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Primary Progressive, Anomia, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02675270
- Testing
- Phonological, Orthographic, Semantic
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD), Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS)
4-Repeat Tauopathy Neuroimaging Initiative - Cycle 2
The goal of this study is to identify the most reliable methods of analysis for tracking CBD, PSP, and o/vPSP over time. The results from this study may be used in the future to calculate statistical power for clinical drug…
- Conditions
- Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD), Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS), Cortical-basal Ganglionic Degeneration (CBGD), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)
- Trial name
- 4RTNI-2 (NCT02966145)
- Testing
- Observational Study
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 293 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD), ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
Biofluid Research on Age-Related or Inherited Neurodegeneration
The aim of this study is to contribute to and continue to sustain a repository of blood samples, nucleic acid (DNA and/or RNA) samples, family history information, and other demographic information from individuals with…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD), ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (fFTLD)
- Trial name
- BRAIN (NCT07798700)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Repetitive Transcranical Magnetic Stimulation
rTMS Treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative disease in which language function is gradually and progressively impaired.
- Trial name
- NCT04431401
- Testing
- Magstim rTMS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Apraxia of Speech, Non-fluent Aphasia
The Neurobiology of Two Distinct Types of Progressive Apraxia of Speech
The purpose of this study is to identify and distinguish two different types of Progressive Apraxia of Speech through clinical imaging and testing.
- Conditions
- Apraxia of Speech, Non-fluent Aphasia, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia
- Trial name
- SLD4T (NCT03313011)
- Testing
- Testing protocol for the study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Frontotemporal Dementia, FTD
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)
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).
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia, FTD, FTD-GRN, Dementia, Frontotemporal
- Trial name
- ASPIRE-FTD (NCT06064890)
- Testing
- Intrathalamic AAV.PGRN administration, Intrathalamic AVB-101
- Where
- 19 sites in United States, Belgium and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- AviadoBio Ltd