TABLE 2.
Registered clinical trials on https://clinicaltrials.gov focused on microglia and Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
| NCT number | Title | Status | Conditions | Study type | Interventions | Phase | Study completion date |
| NCT04840979 | Discovery and Validation of Genetic Variants Affecting Microglial Activation in Alzheimer’s Disease | Recruiting | Alzheimer’s disease | Interventional | ∙ Drug: 11C-ER176 | 2 | December 2026 (estimated) |
| NCT04795466 | Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Various Anti-inflammatory Agents in Participants With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Mild Alzheimer’s Disease | Not yet recruiting | Mild cognitive impairment | Interventional | ∙ Biological: Canakinumab | 2 | July 3, 2023 (estimated) |
| Alzheimer’s disease | ∙ Other: Placebo | ||||||
| NCT03645226 | Gut Microbiota Across Early Stages of Synucleinopathy: From High-Risk Relatives, REM Sleep Behavior Disorder to Early Parkinson’s Disease | Recruiting | REM sleep behavior disorder | Observational | Diagnostic test: Colonoscopy | Not applicable | March 29, 2023 |
| NCT03702816 | The Relationship Between Neuropsychological Testing and MRI, PET and COBRE - Project 1: AIM 2 (GE-180) | Enrolling by invitation | Alzheimer’s disease | Interventional | 2 | May 31, 2022 (estimated) | |
| Parkinson’s disease | ∙ Drug: GE180 PET scan | ||||||
| Inflammation | |||||||
| NCT03457493 | TSPO-PET for Neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s Disease | Recruiting | Parkinson’s disease | Interventional | ∙ Drug: DPA-714-PET/MRI | 1–2 | March 2022 (estimated) |
| NCT04066244 | Study of Safety and of the Mechanism of BLZ945 in ALS Patients | Recruiting | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Interventional | ∙ Drug: BLZ945 | 2 | March 4, 2022 (estimated) |
| NCT04057807 | Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptors (PBR28) Brain PET Imaging With Lipopolysaccharide Challenge for the Study of Microglia Function in Alzheimer’s Disease | Recruiting | Alzheimer’s disease | Interventional | ∙ Drug: LPS | Early 1 | January 2022 (estimated) |
| NCT04559828 | Attenuation of Inflammatory Processes Associated With Alzheimer’s Disease After Consumption of Pomace Olive Oil (ORIVA2) | Recruiting | Alzheimer’s disease | Interventional | ∙ Other: Experimental meal | Not applicable | February 28, 2021 (estimated) |
| NCT02831283 | Imaging Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease | Enrolling by invitation | Alzheimer’s disease | Interventional | ∙ Drug: 11C-PBR28, 18F-Florbetaben | 2 | June 2021 (estimated) |
| ∙ Procedure: Lumbar puncture (optional) | |||||||
| NCT02714036 | A Biomarker Study to Evaluate MN-166 (Ibudilast) in Subjects With Amyotrophic Literal Sclerosis (ALS) | Completed | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Interventional | ∙ Drug: Ibudilast | 1 - 2 | June 30, 2020 (estimated) |
| NCT03412604 | Effect of Modulating Gamma Oscillations Using tACS | Completed | Alzheimer’s disease | Interventional | ∙ Device: Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) | Not applicable | September 15, 2019 |
| NCT03918616 | P2×7 Receptor, Inflammation and Neurodegenerative Diseases (NeuroInfiam) | Completed | Neurodegenerative diseases | Observational | ∙ Drug: Memantine, dopamine receptor-agonists | Not applicable | March 30, 2019 |
| NCT03548883 | Examining Neuroinflammation in AlzHeimer’s (ENHANCE) | Unknown | Alzheimer’s disease, early-onset | Observational | – | Not applicable | December 2018 (estimated) |