Mayo clinic launches major brain disease tracking study
NCT ID NCT04680130
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to learn more about diseases that affect the brain, such as Parkinson's disease and different types of dementia. Researchers will follow 500 adults with symptoms of these conditions over time, using brain scans and genetic tests to see how the diseases progress. The goal is to better understand these disorders, not to test a new treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2020
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2050
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Symptoms of neurodegenerative disease
- Ages
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21 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * All participants will be over the age of 21 * Have symptoms suggestive of a neurodegenerative and/or related disorder Exclusion Criteria: * Participants will be excluded if they have any concurrent illnesses that could account for all of their symptoms, such as traumatic brain injury, encephalitis, strokes or developmental syndromes * Women that are pregnant or post-partum and breast-feeding will be excluded * Participants will be excluded if they have any of the following genetic conditions which can increase the chance of cancer: Cowden disease, Lynch syndrome, Hypogammaglobulinemia, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and Down's syndrome * Participants will be excluded if MRI is contraindicated (metal in head, cardiac pace maker, etc), if there is severe claustrophobia, if there are conditions that may confound brain imaging studies (e.g. structural abnormalities, including subdural hematoma, intracranial neoplasm or large cortical infarcts) * Participants will be excluded if they are medically unstable or are on medications that might affect brain structure or metabolism (e.g. chemotherapy)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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