Dementia study probes link between Self-Awareness and reading emotions
NCT ID NCT07531732
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how well people with frontotemporal dementia or Alzheimer's disease can recognize emotions in others and how aware they are of their own performance. Researchers will ask 34 participants (ages 50-80) to complete computer tasks and confidence ratings. The goal is to better understand the connection between self-awareness and social skills in these conditions, not to test any treatment.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 34 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Adult patients diagnosed with behavioral variant frontotemporal lobar degeneration (bvFTD) or Alzheimer's disease (AD) at a mild to moderate stage.
- Ages
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50 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of possible or probable behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia according to the Rascovsky 2011 criteria (DLFTvc group) OR * Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease according to the Jack 2018 criteria, including biomarkers (MA group) * Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) ≥ 20 * Age: 50-80 years * Sufficient reading and writing proficiency in French to enable completion of the study procedures, in the investigator's opinion Exclusion Criteria: * Moderate to severe language disorders: Confrontation naming (DO 40 scale) ≤ 32 * Inability to perform computerized tasks according to the investigator's opinion * Other neurological disorders (including epilepsy, Lewy body disease, vascular dementia) * Psychiatric comorbidities (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, current major depressive episode) * Uncorrected visual impairment
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cognitive Neurology Center, Lariboisière-Fernand Widal Hospital Group, APHP
RECRUITINGParis, 75010, France
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