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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of progressive cognitive decline in the United States. AD is characterized by severe impairments in learning, memory and other cognitive abilities that significantly interfere with daily functioning. The neuropathologic hallmarks of AD consist of neuritic plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and selective neuronal cell loss. Amyloid plaques, which contain Abeta protein, are believed to play an integral role in the development of AD. Elevated levels of Abeta in the brain are also correlated with cognitive decline.
Alzheimer's (AD) develops insidiously, making it difficult to identify early, yet treatment is most effective when begun during the early stages of the disease. Thus, it has become important for researchers to identify markers of early AD. This project will examine the relationship between four potential markers that may indicate the early development of AD:
This project will recruit 25 subjects from an ongoing community-based study of memory and practice effects in cognitively normal, community-dwelling individuals who are age 65 and over (NIA #5K23AG028417-05). Each subject will undergo positron emission tomography (PET) with both 18F-Flutemetamol and FDG.
The overall objective of this companion project is to study the biodistribution and binding of 18F-Flutemetamol in these subjects using PET imaging, which will provide biological evidence to support the overall hypothesis that failure to benefit from practice on a learning paradigm is an early marker of AD.
The overall objective of this companion study project is to study the biodistribution and binding of 18F-Flutemetamol using PET imaging in community-dwelling functionally intact elderly subjects. Understanding the biodistribution and binding of this radiopharmaceutical in normal patients with various levels of potential for cognitive decline will help determine its appropriate role as a disease biomarker and aid in the interpretation of images produced with this agent. Comparison with FDG-PET is essential to correlate metabolic changes and for anatomic co-registration of 18F-PIB images necessary for group analysis.
We will use 18F-Flutemetamol and FDG-PET to compare subjects with low and high practice effects with the following aims and hypotheses:
Specific Aim 1: Examine the relationship between practice effects and amyloid burden in a community sample.
Specific Aim 2: Determine whether FDG-PET or 18F-Flutemetamol better distinguish individuals with high and low practice effects.
Hypothesis 1: Practice effects will be negatively correlated with amyloid deposition, so that higher levels of practice effects (i.e., better repeat testing) will be associated with lower levels of brain amyloid deposition and lower levels of practice effects (i.e., poorer repeat testing) will be associated with greater levels of brain amyloid and these two groups are more clearly distinguishable with 18F-PIB than FDG-PET.
Hypothesis 2: Patients with increased amyloid deposition shown with 18F-PIB will have an FDG-PET scan with more pronounced temporal and parietal hypometabolism as noted on visual review of images and on statistical image analysis.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Flute | Experimental | Flutemetamol PET scan. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| 18F-Flutemetamol | Drug | All subjects will undergo a PET scan with 18F-PIB, within six months of also undergoing an FDG-PET scan (PET scans will occur on separate days). For the 18F-PIB PET scan: Approximately 185 MBq (5 mCi) of 18F-PIB will be injected intravenously and PET data collected for each subject. The FDG-PET scan will follow the same procedures as routine scans obtained in a clinical setting (approximately 370 MBq of 18F-FDG will be injected intravenously and PET data collected for each subject). FDG-PET data will be used to correlate metabolic changes and for anatomic co-registration of 18F-PIB images. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Amyloid Deposition Obtained on a 18F-flutemetamol Brain Scan. | Standardized Uptake Value Ratio on flutemetamol scan will be the imaging marker of Alzheimer's disease pathology. | Imaging occurred during a single session with each subject. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Participant Z-score | This z-scores is based on a test of visual learning and memory, which was administered to subjects twice across one week. The amount of change that individuals show across one week is the baseline measure assessed with this variable. We focused on the amount of change observed on the Delayed Recall trial of this test between baseline and one week (i.e., practice effect). The practice effect score on this test is represented as a z-score (M = 0, SD = 1), with higher scores indicating more improvement across one week, which is better result than lower scores. |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Kevin Duff, Ph.D. | University of Utah | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Utah Center for Alzheimer's Care, Imaging and Research | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84108 | United States |
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| FG000 | Flute and pe | Participants receive a flutemetamol PET scan and two cognitive testing sessions across one week |
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| BG000 | Flute and pe | Participants receive a flutemetamol PET scan and two cognitive testing sessions across one week |
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| Primary | Amyloid Deposition Obtained on a 18F-flutemetamol Brain Scan. | Standardized Uptake Value Ratio on flutemetamol scan will be the imaging marker of Alzheimer's disease pathology. | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | ratio of flutemetamol absorbed | Imaging occurred during a single session with each subject. |
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| ID | Title | Description | Deaths (Affected) | Deaths (At Risk) | Serious Events (Affected) | Serious Events (At Risk) | Other Events (Affected) | Other Events (At Risk) |
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| EG000 | Flute and pe | Participants receive a flutemetamol PET scan and two cognitive testing sessions across one week |
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| Title | Organization | Phone | Extension | |
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| Dr. Kevin Duff | University of Utah | 8015859983 | 801 | kevin.duff@hsc.utah.edu |
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| D000544 | Alzheimer Disease |
| D060825 | Cognitive Dysfunction |
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| D003704 | Dementia |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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| C581552 | flutemetamol |
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| Secondary | Change in Participant Z-score | This z-scores is based on a test of visual learning and memory, which was administered to subjects twice across one week. The amount of change that individuals show across one week is the baseline measure assessed with this variable. We focused on the amount of change observed on the Delayed Recall trial of this test between baseline and one week (i.e., practice effect). The practice effect score on this test is represented as a z-score (M = 0, SD = 1), with higher scores indicating more improvement across one week, which is better result than lower scores. | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | z-score | baseline, one week |
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| Tauopathies |
| D019636 | Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| D019965 | Neurocognitive Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D003072 | Cognition Disorders |