Status:

COMPLETED

Prospective Monocentric Study of Taste in Patients With Minor or Major Cognitive Disorders Such as Alzheimer's, Through the Analysis of Gustatory Evoked Potentials.

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

Conditions:

Cognitive Disorders

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Approximately 24 million people worldwide suffer from dementia, with Alzheimer's disease being the most common cause. Alzheimer's disease typically progresses in three stages: presymptomatic, prodroma...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • A person who has given oral consent.
  • For patients with early stage Alzheimer's disease, both the primary caregiver and the patient will need to give oral consent.
  • ADULT
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) \< 30 kg/m².
  • Patients meeting the diagnostic criteria for early-stage Alzheimer's disease: imaging (cerebral MRI), neuropsychobiological criteria (consultation with neuropsychological assessment, CSF biomarkers) and CDR (Clinical Dementia Rating Scale) rated at 1 or 1.5 - for the "subjects with early-stage Alzheimer's disease" group
  • Patients meeting the diagnostic criteria for minor cognitive impairment: imaging (brain MRI) and neuropsychological assessment with a CDR scale of 0.5 - for the group "subjects with minor cognitive impairment".
  • Absence of cognitive problems and normal neurological assessment - for the healthy group.
  • Fasting at least 2 hours before PEG measurement

Exclusion

  • \- A person who is not affiliated to or not a beneficiary of a social security system.
  • Person subject to a measure of legal protection (curatorship, guardianship)
  • Person subject to a judicial safeguard measure
  • Pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding woman
  • Adult unable to express consent or perform cognitive testing.
  • Minor
  • No Caregiver for Mild Alzheimer's Disease Patients
  • Active smoker
  • Diabetes (type 1 or type 2)
  • Taking a treatment that interferes with taste
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2
  • MMS Score \<20
  • Cerebral MRI finding another cause of neurocognitive disorder (except for Fazekas 1 vascular lesions accepted).
  • Known COVID-19 infection

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 3 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 17 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

45 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04860414

Start Date

March 3 2021

End Date

June 17 2021

Last Update

December 15 2022

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Chu Dijon Bourgogne

Dijon, France, 21000