Clinical Trials & Studies

About Our Clinical Trials & Studies

Members from each of our divisions are leading research projects. Explore current studies below.

Multiple Sclerosis

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Multiple Sclerosis

Adam Carpenter, MD

  • BEAT-MS (2020-2024)
  • A Phase III, multicentre, randomized, parallel-group, double-blinded, placenbo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ocrelizumab in adults with Primary Progressive MS (2011-2023)
  • A Multicenter, Single-Arm, Open-Label, Extension, Rollover Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Ocrelizumab in patients with MS (2022-2028)

William Schmalstieg, MD

  • DELIVER-MS: Determining the Effectiveness of early Intensive Versus Escalation approaches for the treatment of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (2018-2026)

Headache

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Headache

Abby Metzler, MD

  • TRIUMPH: Preventative Treatment of Migraine: Outcomes for Patients in Real-World Healthcare Systems (2020-2026)

Sleep

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Sleep

Michael Howell, MD, FAAN, FAASM

  • NAPS2: North American Prodromal Synucleinopathy Consortium Stage 2 (2021-2023)

Education

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Education

Jessica Goldstein, MD

  • Promoting lifelong learning through development and implementation of a neurology digital education scholars program (2023-2024)

Kristine Domingo, DO

  • Movement Disorders Fellowship Program support (2021-2023)

Neuromuscular Medicine (Adult & Pediatric)

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Neuromuscular Medicine (Adult & Pediatric)

Jeffrey A. Allen, MD

  • INCbase Registry (2021-2024)
  • ARDA+: A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Multicenter Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability, Efficacy, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Immunogenicity of 2 Dose Regimens of ARGX-117 in Adults With Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (2021-2025)
  • A Phase 2, multicenter, open-label, non-randomized, proof-of-concept study evaluating the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of BIVV020 in adults with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) (2022-2027)
  • ADHERE: A Phase 2 Trial to Investigate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Efgartigimod PH20 SC in Adult Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) (2021-2025)
  • ADHERE+: Open-label Extension of the ARGX-113-1802 Trial to Investigate the Long-term Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Subcutaneously Administered Efgartigimod with rHuPH20 in Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) (2022-2027)

Atsushi Asakura, MD

  • Targeting Vascular Endothelium for Muscular Dystrophy Therapy (2021-2024)
  • Systemic delivery of muscle stem cell for muscle disease therapy (2022-2024)

Peter B. Kang, MD, FAAN, FAAP

  • Foundations for a Phase 1 clinical trial of cell-based therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (2022-2024)
  • Surveillance of muscular dystrophy in the Southeastern United States (2021-2023)
  • Natural History Study of Cockayne Syndrome (2022-2023)
  • GRASP: Defining Clinical Endpoints in LGMD Subtype 2E, 2D, 2F and 2C (2021-2023)

Peter Karachunski, MD

Georgios Manousakis, MD

  • MINT: A Randomized, Double-blind, Multicenter, Placebo-controlled Phase 3 Study with Open-label Period to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Inebilizumab in Adults with Myasthenia Gravis (2021-2024)
  • Givinostat Extension (2020-2026)

Christina Pacak, MD

  • Mechanisms and Treatment of Cardiac and Skeletal Muscular Dysfunction in Barth Syndrome (2021-2024)

David Walk, MD

  • Clinic-based Multicenter ALS Natural History Data Collection (2022-2026)
  • Healey ALS Platform Trial (2020-2025)
  • PLEO-CMT-FU: International, multi-center, double blind 9-month follow-up extension study assessing the long term safety and tolerability of PXT3003 in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease type 1A (2021-2027)

Pediatric Neurology

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Pediatric Neurology

Sonya Wang, MD

  • NEOLEV3: A Phase IIb Dose Escalation Study of Levetiracetam in the Treatment of Neonatal Seizures of Mild to Moderate Severity (2022-2026)
  • Effects of Music-Based Intervention (MBI) on Neurodevelopment and Pain Response in Preterm Infants (2019-2023)
  • Lacosamide to Treat Neonatal Seizures (2022-2023)

Research Lab

Epilepsy

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Epilepsy

Thomas R. Henry, MD

  • Investigation of Long Term Multichannel Intracranial EEG with Computational Intelligence for the Identification of Seizure Onset Zone in Epilepsy (2019-2024)

Sima Patel, MD

  • Use of Lacosamide (LCS) in Elderly Patients with Epilepsy (2021-2023)

Research Lab

Memory

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Memory

Karen H. Ashe, MD

  • Caspase-2 Probe Compounds (2019-2023)
  • Role of Tau Cleavage and Phosphorylation in Tauopathy (2018-2023)
  • Curing Alzheimer's Disease: A Proposal for the Lucas Brothers Foundation (2017-2023)
  • Repairing synapses in neurodegenerative disorders by inhibiting caspase-2 (2022-2023)
  • Repairing neurotransmission in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders by targeting caspase-2 (2022-2024)

William G. Mantyh, MD

  • Dementia prevalence, APOE, and blood-based biomarkers of AD in Native American communities (2022-2027)

Movement Disorders

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Movement Disorders

Scott Cooper, MD, PhD

  • INTREPID: Implantable Neurostimulator for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease (2013-2023)
  • Targeted Pathway Activation for Postural Instability & Gait Disorder in Parkinson's Disease (2022-2027)
  • DBS Telehealth Survey (2022-2023)

Luke A. Johnson, PhD

  • The effects of parkinsonism and deep brain stimulation on basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuitry during sleep-wake behavior (2019-2024)

Colum MacKinnon, PhD

  • Neuroplasticity and the expression of parkinsonian motor signs in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (2022-2025)
  • Subthalamic Nucleus Plasticity in the Parkinsonian State (2019-2024)
  • SPARX3: Study in Parkinson Disease of Exercise Phase 3 Clinical Trial (2019-2023)
  • Continuous Wearable Monitor for the Detection and Release of Freezing of Gait (2021-2023)

Paul Tuite, MD

  • Web-based Automated Imaging Differentiation of Parkinsonism (wAID-P) (2021-2023)
  • A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of 36 Weeks of Treatment with NLY01 in Early-stage Parkinson’s Disease (2020-2024)

Jerrold L. Vitek, MD, PhD

  • Circuit-based deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease (2016-2023)
  • Basal Ganglia Cortical Coupling and Connectivity Changes in PD and DBS (2019-2024)
  • Neurophysiological Mechanisms Underlying Parkinsonian Motor Signs (2021-2023)
  • Neuronal Activity in MC and SMA during STN and GPi DBS in the Parkinsonian Monkey (2022-2025)

Jing Wang, MD

  • Optimizing coordinated reset deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease (2020-2025)
  • Preclinical Testing Of Novel DBS Protocol For Long-Lasting Therapeutic Effects (2019-2023)

Stroke & Neurocritical Care

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Stroke & Neurocritical Care

Muhammad Affan, MBBS

  • MASTERS-2: MultiStem Administration for Stroke Treatment and Enhancement Recovery Study (2020-2025)

Oladi Bentho, MD, MS

  • SATURN: Statins use in ICH patients (2019-2026)
  • ASPIRE: Anticoagulation in ICH Survivors for Stroke Prevention & Recovery (2019-2024)

Andrew W. Grande, MD, FAHA, FAANS

  • CREST-2/CREST-H: Carotid Revascularization and Medical Management for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Trial (Hemodynamics) (2015-2025/2022-2023)
  • C2LOE: Long-Term Observational Extension of Participants in the CREST-2 Randomized Clinical Trial (2022-2023)

Praveen Hariharan, MBBS

  • RHAPSODY-2: A multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, Phase 3 study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 3K3A-APC (2022-2028)

Haitham Hussein, MD, MSc, FAAN, FAHA

  • CAPTIVA: Comparison of Anticoagulation and Antiplatetlet Therapies for Intracranial Vascular Atherostenosis (2021-2026)

Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, MBBS, PhD, MS

  • DISCOVERY: Determinants of Incident Stroke Cognitive Outcomes and Vascular Effects on Recovery (2019-2025)
  • Sleep SMART: Sleep for Stroke Management and Recovery Trial (2018-2024)

Margy McCullough-Hicks, MD

  • PRECISE: Perfusion imaging to identify posterior circulation candidates for thrombectomy (2021-2023)

Benjamin R. Miller, MD

  • ARCADIA: Atrial Cardiopathy and Antithrombotic Drugs in Prevention after Cryptogenic Stroke  (2017-2023)
  • ARCADIA CSI: ARCADIA - Cognition and Silent Infarcts (2019-2024)

Christopher Streib, MD, MS

  • TIMELESS: A Phase III, prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of Tenecteplace in imaging-eligible, late-window patients to assess the efficacy and safety of Tenecteplase (2019-2024)
  • FASTEST: Recombinant Factor VIIa for Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke Administered at Earliest Time trial (2020-2025)
  • Neuro-AFib (2020-2023)
  • Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Multicenter, Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy & Safety of IV BIIB093 (Gilbenclamide) for Severe Cerebral Edema Following Large Hemispheric Infarction (2018-2023)