View clinical trials related to Alzheimer's Disease.
Filter by:For many, Alzheimer's disease is the number one medical issue facing our aging society. It is a late onset neurodegenerative disease, frequently under diagnosed, that impairs memory and cognitive performance. There are no known treatments that can either prevent or reverse its progression. Consequently, there still remains a need to evaluate treatments which can better stabilize the symptoms of this disease. These symptoms frequently include decreased functional capacity and negative psychological attributes (e,g, depression, anxiety) in association with the memory and cognition deficits. This current study is being done to assess an investigational compound that has been designed to not only improved the cognitive status of affected patients but to also better manage all symptoms. Hence, the ultimate goal is to provide patients with an improved quality of life by slowing the progression of this neurodegenerative disease
This is a 6-month pilot randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of carvedilol, with the primary objective being to determine whether carvedilol treatment is associated with improvement in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) as compared to placebo treatment. Secondary objectives are to monitor changes in cerebrospinal fluid amyloid levels and whether this dose will be safe and well-tolerated in AD patients. Clinical assessments will be performed at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months, while cerebrospinal fluid and blood samples will be obtained at baseline and 6 months.
Amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are the 2 well-known etiopathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Beside these 2 lesions, inflammation response is described in the brain of patients with AD. The main objective of our study is to analyse the correlation between the value of plasma cytokines (interleukin 1, 6, TNFα and chemochine Rantes) and the rapidity of the cognitive decline in AD over a 2-year follow-up. Secondary objectives include: - the predictive value of the cytokines on the cognitive decline after 6 months and one year of follow-up., of the patients include 150 patients with AD (MMSE: 16-25) - correlation between plasma cytokines levels and expression of the protein kinase PKR (involved in death cell) in blood mononuclear cells.
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the cognitive changes after administration of tideglusib versus placebo at two oral doses and two treatment regimes for 26 weeks in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. After the 26 week core treatment period, the patients may continue in the study under blinded conditions for an optional extension period up to a maximum of 39 additional weeks (total study duration up to 65 weeks), until the last patient in the study has completed the 26 week of treatment.
The purpose of the study is to assess the safety, tolerability and blood concentration of AZD3839 following oral administration of single doses in healthy men and women of non-childbearing potential
This is a Phase II, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of MABT5102A in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's Disease.
The purpose of this clinical research study is to determine if a specific genetic allele is involved with the development of agitation in patients with late-onset Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The study will compare the results of genetic testing between two groups: individuals with late-onset AD who show signs of agitation and individuals with late-onset AD who do not show signs of agitation.
This is a study to evaluate the feasibility and tolerability of low-rate continuous Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) sampling and to estimate the number of participants who exhibit severe baseline instability of CSF amyloid beta isoform Aß40 concentrations in healthy participants.
Rationale: improving the early detection of AD at prodromal pre-dementia stages has become a major matter of concern. There is now an important body of literature stating that early isolated cognitive deficits (Mild Cognitive Impairment-MCI-) predict the risk of developing AD. Several biomarkers are now available : specific and sensitive neuropsychological assessments, morphometric evaluation of hippocampal volume and white matter changes by MRI, cerebrospinal fluid or plasma dosage of Ab fragments and tau proteins, assessment of brain glucose hypometabolism in temporo-parietal regions with PET [F18]FDG. However, PET imaging using labelled compounds specifically binding to APs has been suggested to improve the diagnostic reliability and to potentially help in shortening the delay until formal clinical diagnosis of AD. F18 AV45 is a new radiotracer which kinetics characteristics allows 10 to 15 minutes acquisition 50 to 60 minutes post injection. Objectives: The primary objective of the study is to compare F18 AV45 cortical uptake in AD, MCI patients and Healthy Controls. Secondary objectives will be to compare cortical uptake of F18 AV45 in MCI subject who will have convert toward dementia versus those who will not, at two year follow-up period, to compare level of 18F-AV45 cortical uptake with neuropsychological testing, PET FDG hypometabolism, ApoE genotype. Method: Prospective multicentric study. 65 patients expected to enter the study. Primary outcome measure: Standard Uptake Volume ratios.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether ORM-12741 is safe and effective in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.