Clinical trials: Severe Dementia
Alzheimer Disease
A Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Aricept in Patients With Severe Alzheimer's Disease Who Are Living in Skilled Nursing Homes
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Aricept in nursing home patients with severe Alzheimer's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00630851
- Testing
- Donepezil (Aricept)
- Where
- 53 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 249 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Depressive Disorder
Escitalopram and Depression in Elderly Alzheimer's Patients
To investigate the effect of Escitalopram in a large and diverse of dementia patients suffering from depression.
- Trial name
- NCT00488670
- Testing
- Escitalopram
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset, Stroke
Explore the Sharing Model Intervene to Improve the Knowledge, Attitudes, Service Intentions and Service Start-up Effects of the Eight Major Non-cancer Disease End-stage Caregivers on Well-being and Palliative Care
Since September 1st, 2009, Taiwan has begun to pay attention to the care of patients with organ failure, dementia and the elderly, and brought eight of non-cancer terminal patients into health insurance subsidies to implement the…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset, Stroke, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- NCT05407272
- Testing
- Health Education Manual, manual
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wen-Shiou Pan
Alzheimer Disease
Bryostatin Treatment of Moderately Severe Alzheimer's Disease
To evaluate the safety, tolerability, and long-term efficacy of bryostatin 1 (hereafter referred to as bryostatin) for the treatment of moderately severe Alzheimer's disease (AD).
- Trial name
- NCT04538066
- Testing
- Bryostatin 1
- Where
- 19 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 122 people
- Sponsor
- Neurotrope Bioscience, Inc.
Dementia, Postoperative Delirium (POD)
Prediction and Prevention of Postoperative Mortality and Morbidity
This study will contribute to creating a prospective and automated preoperative risk assessment algorithm for predicting 30-day mortality, major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE), and postoperative neurocognitive…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Postoperative Delirium (POD), Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorder, Major Adverse Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Events
- Trial name
- NCT06042413
- Testing
- Personalized CPC Prehabilitation, Cognitive Training, Meditation
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Sepsis, Respiratory Failure
Study of Sedative Medications in Patients With Severe Infection and Respiratory Failure
Patients with infections in their blood often become very sick. These patients are usually put in an intensive care unit for careful observation and treatment.
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Respiratory Failure, Agitation
- Trial name
- PRO-DEFENSE (NCT02203019)
- Testing
- Propofol, Dexmedetomidine, Fentanyl
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Major Depression, Dementia
Neurocognitive Outcomes of Depression in the Elderly
Late-life depression (LLD) and cognitive impairment (CI) are significant public health problems among older adults, and their co-occurrence markedly increases disease burden and dementia risk.
- Trial name
- NCODE (NCT00570583)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 795 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Dementia, Dementia, Vascular
Palliative Care for Persons With Late-stage Alzheimer's and Related Dementias and Their Caregivers
Millions of Americans have late-stage Alzheimer's and related dementias (ADRD), causing suffering due to loss of awareness of self and family, progressive dependency, physical and neuropsychiatric symptoms, and physical…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Dementia, Vascular, Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Dementia Frontal
- Trial name
- ADRD-PC (NCT04948866)
- Testing
- ADRD-PC Program
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 884 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Safety and Efficacy of Divalproex and Quetiapine in Elderly Alzheimer's Dementia Patients
The primary aim is to determine whether Divalproex ER or one of the atypical antipsychotics is more effective improving dementia related behavioral symptoms in patients with dementia, and evaluate the impact of such improvements…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Behavioral Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT00375557
- Testing
- Divalproex ER, Quetiapine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
Alzheimer's Disease
Effects of Rivastigmine Patch on Activities of Daily Living and Cognition in Patients With Severe Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type (ACTION) (Study Protocol CENA713DUS44, NCT00948766) and a 24 Week Open-label Extension to Study CENA713DUS44
The core study assessed the efficacy of a higher dose of rivastigmine 13.3 mg/24 h transdermally (15 cm^2 patch) compared to a lower dose of the rivastigmine 4.6 mg/24 h transdermally (5 cm^2 patch) in patients with Severe…
- Trial name
- ACTION (NCT00948766)
- Testing
- Rivastigmine 4.6 mg/24 h (5 cm^2), Rivastigmine 9.5 mg/24 h (10 cm^2), Rivastigmine 13.3 mg/24 h (15 cm^2)
- Where
- 95 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 716 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis
Patient Engagement, Behavioral Symptoms
How to Bathe a Person With Dementia? A Bathing Intervention Based on Basale Stimulation® for People With Moderate to Severe Dementia
Brief summary Resisted behaviours that occur during showering of People with Dementia (PwD) cause greater discomfort for caregivers and may occur as a result of embarrassment and shame that the person with dementia may be…
- Trial name
- NCT05353049
- Testing
- Bathing technique based on Basale Stimulation
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Salamanca
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
CONSTELLATIONS Living Lab: Improving the Care Transitions of Older Adults Living with Neurocognitive Disorders
The prevalence of major neurocognitive disorders (MNCDs), particularly Alzheimer's disease, among older adults is increasing. These individuals and their caregivers often face challenges due to inefficient and poorly coordinated…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Neurocognitive Decline
- Trial name
- NCT06608589
- Testing
- CoMPAS+ MNCDs Program - Quality improvement program targeting the care transitions of patients living with a major neurocognitive disorder and their caregivers
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 700 people
- Sponsor
- Laval University
Dementia, Mood
Bright Light Therapy in Older Adults With Moderate to Very Severe Dementia
INTRODUCTION: Bright light therapy (BLT) has demonstrated positive effects on sleep, mood, and behavioral problems in older adults with dementia. However, there is little research in people with advanced stages of dementia.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Mood, Behavior
- Trial name
- BLT-Dementia (NCT04949984)
- Testing
- Bright light therapy
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Universidade da Coruña
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Disability
Propranolol for Challenging Behaviors in Autism
Severe challenging behaviors such as aggression and self-injury can cause significant morbidity and decrease the quality of life for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Disability, Aggression, Self-Injurious Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04047355
- Testing
- Propranolol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Alpha-Thalassemia, Beta-Thalassemia
FLOWER: Following Longitudinal Outcomes With Epidemiology for Rare Diseases
FLOWER is a completely virtual, nationwide, real-world observational study to collect, annotate, standardize, and report clinical data for rare diseases.
- Conditions
- Alpha-Thalassemia, Beta-Thalassemia, Amyloidosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Trial name
- NCT06539169
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- xCures
Depression, Dementia
RCT of Brain Longitudinal Biomarker Study (OPT-Neuro RCT)
The purpose of this study is to assess which antidepressants work the best in older adults who have treatment-resistant depression (TRD), and to test whether treatment-resistant late life depression is associated with declines in…
- Conditions
- Depression, Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Treatment Resistant Depression
- Trial name
- ONR (NCT05531591)
- Testing
- Aripiprazole Augmentation, Bupropion Augmentation, Switch to bupropion
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 87 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Alzheimer's Disease
An Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Memantine in Agitated Patients With Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease
About 65% of patients with severe Alzheimer's Disease (AD) will have symptoms of agitation. There are drawbacks associated with the currently available therapeutic interventions for agitation associated with Alzheimer's Disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00097916
- Testing
- memantine HCl
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Forest Laboratories
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Faith-Based Toolbox for African Americans With Dementia
The purpose of this study is to create and test faith-based activities that might be useful for African American adults with moderate and severe dementia and their caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT04325204
- Testing
- Faith-based Home Activity Toolbox (Faith-HAT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Dementia, Cognitive Impairment
Caring for Persons With Dementia and Their Caregivers in the Community
The study consists of two phases - i) a comprehensive assessment of biopsychosocial needs among cognitively impaired persons and their family caregivers residing in the Whampoa residential estate in Singapore ; ii) a…
- Trial name
- NCT04479033
- Testing
- Multidisciplinary collaborative model of community care management
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Alzheimer's Disease
Rivastigmine Monotherapy and Combination Therapy With Memantine in Patients With Moderately Severe Alzheimer's Disease Who Failed to Benefit From Previous Cholinesterase Inhibitor Treatment
This is a prospective, multicenter, open-label study. Following screening and baseline assessments, eligible patients will be switched to rivastigmine and will enter the 16 week run-in rivastigmine treatment phase.
- Trial name
- NCT00234637
- Testing
- Rivastigmine, memantine
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 204 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis