Active clinical trials for "Dementia"

Muscle relaxation has been reported to be effective in alleviating anxiety and agitation symptoms in patients with dementia, but no studies have examined the effects of muscle relaxation therapy on cognitive function changes. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to compare and validate the improvement of cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment and early alzheimer's dementia aged 50 to 85 years after performing muscle relaxation machine massage regularly.

The number of people living with dementia is increasing as the population ages. The UK government has initiated a "Dementia strategy" to respond to this increase, and has set four main goals; 1) to identify those with dementia as early as possible, 2) to prolong their independence, 3) to reduce the need for hospital and nursing home admissions, and 4) to delay the time until death. So far lots of research has looked at what factors might cause or increase the risk of dementia, but less is known about how dementia affects people over time once they have dementia. One of the quickest and efficient ways to identify the actual course of dementia may be to use existing medical records from primary care. Primary care medical records are those kept by the patient's GP. Having the ability to look at the course of dementia over time in these records will help identify people who have a different course (for example a faster and more severe course) and also identify the factors that alter that course. This information would be useful to clinicians and indicate potential targets for treatment in the future to alter the course of someone's disease. To assess whether this is possible, around 1000 patients with dementia who have recently been seen by a dementia service (where patients with a diagnosis of dementia are seen normally every year) will be contacted. Consent to link their primary care medical records (medical records kept by their GP) to their dementia service medical records will be sought. The target for recruitment is 400 patients who will provide consent. Then the assessment of how well the potential markers of disease progression identified from primary care medical records relate to actual changes in disease course from their dementia service medical records can be determined.

Investigators are doing this research study to find out if methylphenidate (MPH) can help people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or mild dementia likely due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and related disorders (ADRD). The study drug MPH is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but MPH is not approved by the FDA to treat Mild Cognitive Impairment or mild dementia related to Alzheimer's Disease. However, other studies have been done in which MPH has been given to people with neurodegenerative dementias and results have shown some improvement in these people's mood and cognition. Investigators would like to see if MPH will help mood and cognition. This study will take place completely virtually (with the option to come in for the first visit to meet the study team). All study visits will occur over a secure videoconferencing platform. All study materials will be shipped directly to the home of each participant.

This project develops an innovative screening system and prediction model to detect preclinical symptoms of cognitive impairment and predict the potential development of mild cognitive impairments and dementia in older adults. The earliest possible detection of preclinical symptoms is prerequisite to improve the efficacy of subsequent preventative non-pharmacological, life-style and exercise related, personalized treatment interventions.

The aim of this project is to study the safety and efficacy of anthocyanins in improving key dementia-related mechanisms and cognitive functioning in older people at risk for dementia. Secondary analyses will include a variety of biological measures, including biochemistry, imaging and cardiovascular measures.

The intervention being studied is an advance care planning intervention. The trial has two arms: usual care and information arm.

This study aims to evaluate impacts of an emotion recognition rehabilitation program, named Training of Affect Recognition, on social cognition abilities in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In addition, we hypothesis that the effect of this rehabilitation will also evolve gaze strategies, behavioral disorders, and the caregiver's burden.

The purpose of this study is to pilot test a telehealth Advance Care Planning (ACP) intervention among those with either mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or unrecognized dementia. Our goal is to pilot-test and evaluate a pragmatic Telehealth ACP intervention among patients with either the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or unrecognized dementia.

The goal of this study is to adapt existing Savvy Caregiving Program (SCP) for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) caregivers of person living with dementia (PLWD). After watching the SCP Remote Learning videos, participants will attend a focus group to discuss how the program could be changed to meet the specific needs of LGBT caregivers of PLWD.

This is a prospective, open-label, observational study of the efficacy and safety of ECT for BPSD. There is no control or comparison group. Subjects will be compared on outcome measures pre- and post-ECT (and/or with a repeated measures design). Target sample size is 30 subjects over three years