The city of Jackson, Mississippi, currently has 2 active clinical trials seeking participants for Dementia research studies.
Determinants of Incident Stroke Cognitive Outcomes and Vascular Effects on RecoverY
Recruiting
The overall goal of the DISCOVERY study is to better understand what factors contribute to changes in cognitive (i.e., thinking and memory) abilities in patients who experienced a stroke. The purpose of the study is to help doctors identify patients at risk for dementia (decline in memory, thinking and other mental abilities that significantly affects daily functioning) after their stroke so that future treatments may be developed to improve outcomes in stroke patients. For this study, a "stroke... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
11/25/2024
Locations: University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Conditions: Ischemic Stroke, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Dementia, Vascular, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Vascular Cognitive Impairment
Pragmatic Evaluation of Events And Benefits of Lipid-lowering in Older Adults
Recruiting
PREVENTABLE is a multi-center, randomized, parallel group, placebo-controlled superiority study. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to atorvastatin 40 mg or placebo. This large study conducted in community-dwelling older adults without cardiovascular disease (CVD) or dementia will demonstrate the benefit of statins for reducing the primary composite of death, dementia, and persistent disability and secondary composites including mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and cardiovascular events.
Gender:
All
Ages:
75 years and above
Trial Updated:
06/14/2024
Locations: University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi +1 locations
Conditions: Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Dementia, Cardiovascular Diseases