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18F-MK-6240 Tau PET and Brain Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease

Status: Enrolling

Investigator: Joseph Masdeu

Study Coordinator: Nilene Crisci

Phone: 713.441.3771

To clarify the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of AD, it is important to measure inflammation in brain of people with AD and its relationship with abnormal tau, as the disease progresses. So far, there is no in vivo data in humans verif ... Read more >

Glutathione and Alzheimer's Disease

Status: Enrolling

Investigator: Joseph Masdeu

Study Coordinator: Chimaoge Onyechi

Phone: 713.363.7729

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with significant, progressive cognitive decline. Key defects in mitochondrial fuel metabolism insulin resistance, inflammation and decreased brain glucose uptake are linked to AD. This trial will investigat ... Read more >

Houston Alzheimer Disease Study

Status: Enrolling

Investigator: Joseph Masdeu

Study Coordinator: Andrea Franco Pando

Phone: 713.441.1150

The purpose of this study is to clarify at the individual level what genes and changes in the body predispose people to Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. We will measure changes in brain imaging, body fluids, and memory or thinking abiliti ... Read more >

Memory Improvement Through Nicotine Dosing (MIND) Study (MIND)

Status: Enrolling

Investigator: Joseph Masdeu

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The purpose of the study is to see if daily transdermal nicotine is able to produce a significant cognitive, clinical and functional improvement in participants with MCI. Neuronal nicotinic receptors have long been known to play a critical role ... Read more >

New IDEAS: Imaging Dementia-Evidence for Amyloid Scanning Study

Status: Enrolling

Investigator: Joseph Masdeu

Study Coordinator: Chimaoge Onyechi

Phone: 713.363.7729

New IDEAS is an observational, open-label, longitudinal cohort study designed to address the requirements of the CED provisions of the NCD on beta-amyloid PET. Building on the initial Imaging Dementia-Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) study, ... Read more >

NMDA Receptor in Psychosis: Specific Auto-Antibodies

Status: Enrolling

Investigator: Joseph Masdeu

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Schizophrenic and bipolar psychoses are chronic and disabling brain disorders that affect people of all backgrounds. It is thought that in the brain of people with schizophrenic psychosis there is a decreased amount of a receptor known as the N- ... Read more >

Ocrelizumab for Psychosis by Autoimmunity (OPA)

Status: Enrolling

Investigator: Joseph Masdeu

Study Coordinator: Nilene Crisci

Phone: 713.441.3771

Some people who have what doctors currently call schizophrenia or bipolar disease may actually have a brain disease caused by auto-antibodies. Auto-antibodies are produced when the normal defense mechanism of the body goes wrong and begins to at ... Read more >

Role of Brain Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease

Status: Enrolling

Investigator: Joseph Masdeu

Study Coordinator: Nilene Crisci

Phone: 713.441.3771

The discovery of AD risk genes coding for proteins involved in inflammation has revived the interest in neuroinflammation (or brain inflammation) in the pathogenesis of AD. To understand the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of AD, it is ... Read more >