The city of Memphis, Tennessee, currently has 2 active clinical trials seeking participants for Dementia research studies.
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:
01/17/2024
Locations: VA Medical Center Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
Conditions: Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Dementia, Cardiovascular Diseases
Trial of Parkinson's And Zoledronic Acid
Recruiting
This home-based study is a randomized (1:1) placebo-controlled trial of a single infusion of zoledronic acid-5 mg (ZA) for the prevention of fractures in men and women aged 60 years and older with Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism with at least 2 years of follow-up. A total of 3500 participants will be enrolled and randomized in the United States. Participants, follow-up outcome assessors, and study investigators will be blinded to assigned study treatment. This trial is funded by the Nationa... Read More
Gender:
All
Ages:
60 years and above
Trial Updated:
07/24/2023
Locations: Veracity Neuroscience LLC, Memphis, Tennessee
Conditions: Parkinson Disease, Osteoporosis, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism, Atypical Parkinsonism, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Multiple System Atrophy, Vascular Parkinsonism, Dementia With Lewy Bodies