Status:
COMPLETED
Measuring Brain Amyloid Plaque Load in Older Adults Using BAY 94-9172
Lead Sponsor:
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Collaborating Sponsors:
Bayer
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Conditions:
Late Onset Alzheimer Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The overall goal of this project is to establish and validate biomarkers associated with the risk and progression of late onset Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment and cognitive decline. Th...
Detailed Description
This project is a sub-study of the Washington Heights-Inwood Community Aging Project, which is a multidisciplinary, epidemiological study of Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Current Washington Heights-Inwood Community Aging Project (WHICAP) participant Age 65 or older Residing in the community of Washington-Heights/Inwood/Hamilton Heights
- Is able to provide informed consent, understand the information provided on the purpose and conduct of the trial and exhibits adequate visual, auditory and communication capabilities to enable compliance with study procedures. This includes performing the psychometric testing and being able to lie down flat in the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner
- Possesses a general health that permits adequate compliance with all study procedures.
- Informed consent has been signed and dated (with time) by the subject and/or the subject's caregiver (for probable Alzheimer's Disease (AD) patients)
Exclusion
- Has any contraindication to PET, such as claustrophobia, or inability to lie flat for half an hour as determined by the onsite radiologist performing the scan
- Current, past, or anticipated exposure to radiation, which may include being badged for radiation exposure in the workplace or participation in nuclear medicine procedures, including research protocols in the last year
- Significant active physical illness particularly those that may affect the brain including blood dyscrasias, lymphomas, hypersplenism, endocrinopathies, renal failure or chronic obstructive lung disease, autonomic neuropathies, peripheral vascular disease, low hemoglobin and malignancy
- Scheduled for surgery and/or another invasive procedure within the time period of up to 24 hours following scan
- Allergic to the tracer or any of its constituents and/or has a history of severe allergic reactions to drugs or allergens (e.g. patients with allergic asthma)
- Critically ill and/or medically unstable and whose clinical course within the observation period is unpredictable, e.g. participants with 14 days of myocardial infarction or stroke, unstable participants with previous surgery (within 7 days), participants with advanced heart insufficiency (New York Heart Association (NYHA) stage IV), or participants with acute renal failure.
- Has received any contrast material (X-ray, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)), or radiopharmaceuticals within 48 hours prior to the application of the Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) or for whom application of such a substance is planned for 24 hours following IMP administration
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 22 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
161 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01222351
Start Date
December 1 2010
End Date
October 22 2014
Last Update
May 6 2024
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Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York, United States, 10032