Clinical Trials

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Electronic-health Application To Measure Outcomes REmotely Clinical Trial

Conditions:   Neurodegenerative Disease;   Weight Loss;   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis;   Parkinson's Disease;   Huntington's Disease;   Cachexia
Interventions:   Behavioral: In-Person Nutritional Counseling by a Registered Dietitian;   Behavioral: Nutritional counseling using an e-Health Application
Sponsors:   Massachusetts General Hospital;   ALS Association
Recruiting - verified March 2016

MRI Biomarkers in ALS

Conditions:   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis;   ALS;   Motor Neuron Diseases
Intervention:   Other: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Sponsors:   University of Alberta;   University of Calgary;   Western University, Canada;   McGill University;   University of Toronto
Recruiting - verified May 2016

Advancing Research and Treatment for Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (ARTFL)

Conditions:   FTLD;   Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP);   Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD);   Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD);   PPA Syndrome;   Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD);   Semantic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia (svPPA);   Nonfluent Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia (nfvPPA);   FTD With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (FTD/ALS);   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS);   Oligosymptomatic PSP (oPSP);   Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS)
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Assessing the Impact of Contraceptives on Bone Health Using 41Ca

Condition:   Other Disorders of Bone Development and Growth
Interventions:   Drug: Combined Oral Contraceptive (COC);   Drug: Contraceptive Vaginal Ring (CVR)
Sponsors:   Penn State University;   Purdue University
Recruiting - verified March 2016

Effects of Oral vs. Non-oral Contraceptives on the GH/IGF-1 Axis

Condition:   Bone; Disorder, Development and Growth
Interventions:   Drug: Combined Oral Contraceptive;   Drug: Transdermal Contraceptive;   Drug: Contraceptive Vaginal Ring
Sponsors:   Penn State University;   Massachusetts General Hospital;   Purdue University
Recruiting - verified March 2016

Phenotype, Genotype & Biomarkers in ALS and Related Disorders

Conditions:   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis;   Frontotemporal Dementia;   Primary Lateral Sclerosis;   Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia;   Progressive Muscular Atrophy;   Multisystem Proteinopathy
Intervention:  
Sponsors:   University of Miami;   National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS);   National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS);   St. Jude Children's Research Hospital;   ALS Association
Recruiting - verified November 2016

sCD163 in ALS Patients

Condition:   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Intervention:   Procedure: lumbar puncture for spinal fluid and blood sample
Sponsor:   University of Aarhus
Completed - verified December 2014

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