Brain energy levels tracked in huntington disease study
NCT ID NCT01696708
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how brain energy changes in people with Huntington disease. Researchers used a special MRI technique to measure energy-related chemicals in the brain. The goal was to understand the disease better, not to test a treatment. About 50 adults with early-stage Huntington disease took part.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2012
- Finished
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Nov 2015
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * UHDRS \< 50 * Age \> 18 years * Ability to undergo MR scanning * Covered by french social security Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence of psychiatric disorder * Attendant neurological disorder * Contraindications to MRI (claustrophobia, metallic or material implants) * Severe head injury * Unable to understand the protocol * Pregnancy * Failure to give informed consent * Subjects with exclusion criteria required by french law (e.g. subjects who require a legally authorized representative to obtain consent) * Unwillingness to be informed in case of abnormal MRI
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brain and Spine Institute (ICM)
Paris, 75013, France
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