Tau PET Imaging in African Americans
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The researchers are trying to gather information and learn more about imaging tests in racially different people who are cognitively normal or have dementia.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Phase 2 |
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Normal control Cognitively normal volunteers |
Combination Product: Tau PET scan
Patient will receive a dose of flutaucipir and be scanned appropriately
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Experimental: Mild Cogntive impairment Person with cognitive impairment that meet Peterson Criteria |
Combination Product: Tau PET scan
Patient will receive a dose of flutaucipir and be scanned appropriately
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Experimental: Demented Patient's that meet dementia criteria |
Combination Product: Tau PET scan
Patient will receive a dose of flutaucipir and be scanned appropriately
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Tau positive scans [5 years]
Percentage of each of the three groups with tau positive scans
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Male or female African Americans 30 years of age or older
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Subjects who have completed or are scheduled to undergo the neurological evaluation procedures described below.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Subjects unable to lie down without moving for 20 minutes.
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Women who are pregnant or cannot stop breast feeding for 24 hours.
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Claustrophobic patients unable to tolerate the scans.
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Subjects with a prolonged QT interval (as demonstrated by ECG test) cannot participate in the Tau-PET scans.
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Standard safety exclusionary criteria for MRI such as metallic foreign bodies, pacemaker, etc, since the quantitative PET data analysis is based on anatomic criteria that are established uniquely for each subject by registration to his/her MRI.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Mayo Clinic in Florida | Jacksonville | Florida | United States | 32224 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Mayo Clinic
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Neill R Graff-Radford, Mayo Clinic
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Additional Information:
Publications
None provided.- 17-008710
- 5P50AG016574-20