Status:

TERMINATED

Brain Study of Patients With Frontal Lobe Dementia and Parkinsonian Disorders

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Conditions:

Alzheimer's Disease

Dementia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The Cognitive Neuroscience Section of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke proposes to continue its cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of cerebral metabolism in frontal lo...

Detailed Description

Objective To continue the cross-sectional and longitudinal studies performed by the Cognitive Neuroscience Section of NINDS on the neuroanatomy, cerebral metabolism, neuropsychology, and genetics of ...

Eligibility Criteria

  • Subjects will be recruited from the NIH referral center, neurological and psychiatric clinics, from self or family referral in response to advertisements or from private physicians. Healthy volunteers will include subjects who are considered at-risk for the development of FTD or CBS and subjects who serve as normal controls matched for key characteristics with the patients.

INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR PATIENTS:

  • Diagnosis of possible / probable FTD or CBS
  • Caregiver willing and able to accept the responsibilities involved in the study

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

  • Pregnant women. Women of childbearing potential will be screened by history for the possibility of pregnancy and undergo a urine pregnancy test. These women will be excluded from the imaging portions of the protocol.
  • Behavioral symptoms that would preclude the gathering of data for the study
  • Other medical or social condition that would preclude participation in the opinion of the investigators

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 19 1981

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 17 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

597 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00001178

Start Date

January 19 1981

End Date

December 17 2012

Last Update

December 12 2019

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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike

Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892