Clinical Studies

What is this study about? Investigators at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (HIHG) want to understand the genetics of Lewy body dementia. Researchers hope to reduce the […]

What is this study about? Lewy body dementia, including Parkinson’s disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies, can occur differently for women and men, although we are not sure why. […]

What is this study about? The Connect2Caregivers Research Study, an NIH funded research study, is being done to develop a unique matching process for caregivers of persons living with dementia, […]

What is this study about? VOCALE LBD+ is an 8-week online support program for caregivers of people with Lewy Body Dementia. The program takes place on a private online discussion […]

The Syn-D Study is a research study that aims to distinguish dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) from Alzheimer’s disease in people at the early stages. This study may help advance […]

What is this study about? People with neurodegenerative parkinsonism, including Lewy body dementia as well as Parkinson’s disease, multiple system atrophy (MSA), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and corticobasal syndrome (CBS), […]

What is this study about? DLB is characterized by progressive dementia, and fluctuating problems with memory and attention. Sleep disturbances, hallucinations, as well as tremors and problems with movement (called […]

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a progressive disorder affecting thinking, movement, behavior and sleep. Because currently there are no FDA-approved treatments for DLB, developing safe and effective treatments is […]

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 […]

Visual hallucinations are a common symptom of Lewy body dementias (LBD). But little is known about why hallucinations are so vivid in LBD compared to psychiatric disorders, or why they […]