The city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, currently has 3 active clinical trials seeking participants for Dementia research studies.
Reducing African American's Alzheimer's Risk Through Exercise-Mild Cognitive Impairment (RAATE-MCI)
Recruiting
The RAATE-MCI proposal is designed to determine the effects of physical activity on risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease in older African American adults. The study will compare a physical activity program to an active control group. RAATE-MCI is a 52-week randomized controlled trial. 144 African American adults aged 60 and older will be recruited.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
60 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/12/2025
Locations: Pennington Biomedical Research, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Conditions: Dementia of Alzheimer Type
Life's End Benefits of CannaBidiol and TetrahYdrocannabinol
Recruiting
This is a multicenter randomized double-blind placebo-controlled Phase 2 study of an oral combination of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) compared to placebo over 12 weeks. This study is designed to test the hypothesis that treatment with an oral combination of THC/CBD will reduce agitation hospice care-eligible patients with agitation and dementia as measured by the Cohen Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) when compared to placebo at 2 weeks. This study will enroll approximat... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
40 years and above
Trial Updated:
02/28/2025
Locations: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Conditions: Agitation, Dementia
Reducing African Americans' Alzheimer's Disease Risk Through Exercise (RAATE)"
Recruiting
The RAATE proposal is designed to determine the effects of physical activity on risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease in older African American adults. The study will compare a physical activity program to an active control group. There are three main objectives of the protocol: 1) to determine if a physical activity intervention tailored to older African American adults is effective in modifying cognitive function associated with Alzheimer's Disease, 2) to determine if a physical activity interv... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
60 years and above
Trial Updated:
11/20/2024
Locations: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Conditions: Dementia, Alzheimer Type