Clinical Trials Archives - Lewy Body Dementia Association

I-Care-Rural Pilot

The I-CARE-Rural pilot study is evaluating whether the Brain CareNotes app is usable, acceptable, and effective for rural caregivers of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and Related Dementias (ADRD). The […]

Caregiver Bootcamp

This study aims to create and test a prototype educational program for family and friends of people who have been recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias. The program […]

Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Treatment with Dementia Patients

Pulsed electromagnetic field devices have been FDA cleared to treat a range of conditions, and one small study in people with Alzheimer’s disease suggested that pulsed electromagnetic field therapy may […]

The Lead Study: Life-Planning in Early Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias

Advance care planning is the process that allows individuals to express their future healthcare values and preferences so that these wishes can be honored if they become incapacitated and unable […]

Sleep Enhancement for Older Adults Living with Memory Loss and their Care Partners – SLEEPMATE

Sleep disturbances are among the most common and burdensome symptoms experienced by individuals living with dementia and their care partners. Research indicates that over 60% of persons living with dementia […]

Deep Phenotypic Characterization of Prodromal Dementia with Lewy Bodies

What is this study about? This research study is designed to collect information that will help improve our understanding of risk factors and predictors of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). […]

Persons with Dementia and their Extended Family Caregivers: Service Use, Barriers and Needs [CareEx]

This research focuses on the experiences of extended family caregivers (i.e., grandchildren, siblings, nieces/nephews, step-kin) with home and community-based services to assist with the care of older relatives living with […]

Lewy Body Dementia Caregiver Study

Lewy body dementia (LBD; including both dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease dementia) is the second most common form of dementia caused by brain degeneration, accounting for 4% to […]

Personalized Tool for AD/ADRD Caregivers Addressing Financial Management and Legal Planning—Phase II (The FinLe Study)

For dementia care partners, legal and financial planning are common sources of distress, and few resources exist to assist them in these activities. What is this study about? The purpose […]

Neurodegeneration and Neuronal Fluctuations in Lewy Body Disease and Alzheimer Disease

What is this study about? This study is investigating structural changes in the brain and how these changes relate to clinical symptoms in individuals with cognitive impairment due to Lewy […]

Peer Mentoring Support and Caregiver Education (PERSEVERE)

What is this study about? This study is testing an educational program for family care partners of people with Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) or dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). What’s […]

Peripheral Biomarkers in Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Mild Cognitive Impairment with Lewy Bodies

What is this study about? This study will examine inflammation in people with Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) and Mild Cognitive Impairment with Lewy Bodies (MCI-LB) to examine the correlation […]

CAMELOT Comparing Antipsychotic Medications in Lewy body disease Over Time

What is this study about? This study compares the effectiveness of the two most prescribed medications for the treatment of hallucinations in Parkinson’s Disease and dementia with Lewy bodies: quetiapine […]

Skin and Tissue Biomarker Study – Cleveland, OH

What is this study about? The purpose of this study is to study whether skin or tissue samples can be used to can distinguish Lewy body dementias from other types of dementia, and from control […]

Biomarkers in LBD, a clinical study by the DLB Consortium (DLBC)

What is this study about? The purpose of this study is to collect clinical information, brain imaging scans, and biological samples from people that have dementia with Lewy bodies. This […]