Active clinical trials for "Alzheimer Disease"

This is an investigator-initiated study comparing two types of FDA-approved anti-depressants, Escitalopram and Venlafaxine, to placebo, in order to determine if these medications have positive effects on cognition and memory in those who are between the ages of 50 to 89 years old, who are cognitively normal, and who have subjective memory concerns. Research has shown that those who are cognitively normal but report subjective cognitive impairment are more likely to progress to mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease in the future. Anti-depressants such as Escitalopram and Venlafaxine have been shown to stimulate production of neurons in memory-sensitive areas such as the hippocampus. Therefore, the investigator is researching whether these drugs would help cognition in those with subjective cognitive impairment, and would help to prevent cognitive decline and eventual Alzheimer's disease.

The purpose of this research study is to test whether nicotinamide, also known as vitamin B3 or niacinamide, taken in high doses, can reduce phosphorylation of tau (the protein that accumulates in neurofibrillary tangles) in people with Mild Cognitive Impairment or mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia.

The purpose of the BEAM study is to compare the effects of a low-carbohydrate diet and a lowfat diet for adults with mild memory loss and adults with pre-diabetes. The data collected will help determine changes in cognitive function, brain structure and function, and levels of certain proteins and hormones in body fluids.

A long-term follow-up study to obtain safety and efficacy data in subjects who completed phase 1/2a clinical trial of NEUROSTEM® (NCT02054208), comparing NEUROSTEM and placebo groups for up to 36 months after the initial administration in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease

This study will evaluate the safety and Efficacy of donepezil in treatment of AD patients in China.

To evaluate the safety of brexpiprazole 1 mg or 2 mg after a 14 week treatment regimen for agitation associated with dementia of the Alzheimer's type patients who completed in a double-blind trial, and to investigate the efficacy of brexpiprazole.

NMDA neurotransmission plays an important role in learning and memory. NMDA receptors (NMDAR) were found to decrease in the frontal lobe and hippocampus of Alzheimer's disease (AD). This study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled drug trial for testing the efficacy of NMDAR-enhancer. All subjects will be allocated randomly to 4 groups: (1) DAOI-A group; (2) DAOI-B group; (3) DAOI-C group; (4) placebo group. The study period is 24 weeks. The investigators hypothesize that DAOI may yield better efficacy than placebo for cognitive function in patients with AD.

Our aim has been determined to investigate the effect of physical exercise alone and in combination with cognitive exercise, on cognitive, physical function and quality of life in individuals with Alzheimer's Disease during the Covid-19 pandemic period.

Brain oscillations are ubiquitous in the human brain and have been implicated in cognitive and behavioral states defined in precisely tuned neural networks. In neurodegenerative disorders, neurodegeneration is accompanied by changes in oscillatory activity leading to the emerging concept of neurological and psychiatric disorders as "oscillopathies". Alzheimer's disease, which accounts for the vast majority of age-related dementias, is characterised by a prominent disruption of oscillations in the gamma frequency band. The restoration of gamma oscillations by neural entrainment in animal models of Alzheimer's disease have shown a remarkable decrease in the pathological burden of amyloid and tau via increased microglial activity, resulting in a significant increase of cognitive performances. Transcranial alternating current brain stimulation (tACS), is a neurophysiological method of non-invasive modulation of the excitability of the central nervous system that is having an increasingly numerous spectrum of potential therapeutic applications. Recent studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of this method in modulating the natural frequencies of cerebral oscillation, underlying multiple cognitive processes such as verbal memory, perception and working memory. On the basis of these premises, the treatment with gamma tACS is proposed in patients affected by Alzheimer's disease. In this randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, cross-over study, the investigators will evaluate the modulators of response on cognitive measure to a single stimulation with gamma tACS on the posterior parietal cortex in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer's disease.

The main purpose of this study is to assess the ability of a repeated high-frequency site-based computerized cognitive assessment to evaluate the potential treatment effects of donepezil (MK-0000) compared with placebo among participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The primary study hypothesis is that the average percentage of correct responses on one card learning (OCL) task will be ≥2 percentage points in participants receiving donepezil compared with participants receiving placebo.