Active clinical trials for "Cerebellar Ataxia"

Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is a rare progressive neurological disorder affecting approximately 1/30, 000 individuals. No treatment is presently available to counteract the neurodegeneration of this extremely severe disease. Pioglitazone, a well known PPAR gamma (peroxysome proliferators-activated receptor gamma) ligand induces the expression of many enzymes involved in the mitochondrial metabolism, including the superoxide dismutases. This agent may be therapeutic by counteracting the disabled recruitment of antioxidant enzymes in FA patients. This potential neuroprotective agent crosses the brain blood barrier in human. Primary objective: To explore the effects of Pioglitazone on neurological function in FA patients. We expect neurological benefits taking into account the natural course of the disease. Population: Subjects for this study will be limited to patients not older than 25 years Methodology: Prospective, randomized double-blind trial of Pioglitazone versus placebo in FA patients. Patients will be treated two years and will undergo clinical exams and testing during three days each six months at the clinical investigation centre.

This study is meant to assess the effectiveness of idebenone on neurological outcome measures in patients with Friedreich's Ataxia over a 6 months period.

The purpose of this trial is to study the efficacy, safety and tolerability of idebenone in 12 months of treatment in children and adults with Friedreich's Ataxia. This is a randomised placebo-controlled double-blind trial conducted in Europe. Efficacy outcomes include measures of neurological impairment and function, and measures of the heart.

Friedreich ataxia, an autosomal recessive condition, ascribed to frataxin gene expansion, has been shown to result from an iron- induced injury to the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Buffering free radicals with short-chain quinones (Idebenone) protects the patients against cardiomyopathy but not CNS involvement. Removing CNS iron should limit the impact of the neurological symptoms of the disease.

This research study is testing body-worn sensors to measure movement during simple tests of coordination, in order to evaluate the progression and severity of ataxia.

This research is being done to find out if Baclofen, a medicine that is often used for the treatment of abnormal stiffness, might also be useful to treat some of the neurologic problems caused by ataxia telangiectasia (A-T). The investigators also want to find out if there are better ways to measure the problems of ataxia and abnormal eye movement for future studies of medication in ataxia telangiectasia.

Cerebellar ataxias of late onset are of undetermined etiology in many cases. A new cause of late-onset cerebellar ataxia was discovered in January 2023 corresponding to an expansion of GAA triplets in intron 1 of the FGF14 gene. However, this cerebellar ataxia is still poorly known and requires further investigations to know its clinical phenotype and its evolution in order to propose a diagnosis and a genetic counseling adapted to patients and families. The objective of our study will be to describe the clinical and genotypic phenotype of patients with GAA-FGF14

Investigators expect there will be improvement in walking speed and steadiness after taking Dalfampridine, thereby improving activities of daily living and enhancing social and occupational functions for patients with spinocerebellar ataxia.

This is a pilot/feasibility study designed to investigate the feasibility of treating children with Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) and cancer with regimens nearly as intense as non-A-T patients with cancer would receive.

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics (PK) of single and multiple rising doses of TAK-831 in healthy participants.