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NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Contribution of Pathological Alpha-synuclein as a Diagnostic Biomarker for Dementia With Lewy Bodies

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Conditions:

Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB)

Alzheimer's Disease (AD)

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are the two main age-related neurodegenerative cognitive disorders. Differential diagnosis between these conditions is challenging, both at the ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • \- Patient, male or female, age equal or over 50 with signs suggestive of one of the following conditions: Lewy body disease (LBD) according to the criteria of McKeith et al. 2017 and 2020, + positive DAT-scan at inclusion applying, if necessary, usual biomarkers such as polysomnography and MIBG scintigraphy. Patients with non-significant (0 or 1 out of 3) Alzheimer's disease LCS biomarkers (P-Tau, Tau, and Abeta42/40) or Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers (0 or 1 out of 3) will be considered as true MCL following lumbar puncture as part of the protocol.
  • Alzheimer's disease (AD) according to the criteria of Dubois et al. 2014, or
  • MCL + AD disease according to the criteria of McKeith et al. 2017 and 2020 + a positive DAT-scan at inclusion and Dubois et al. 2014, or
  • Fronto-temporal diseases (FTD) in the broad sense: taupathy or tardopathy: fronto-temporal lobar dementia (FTLD) according to the criteria of Rascovsky et al., 2011, or cortico-basal degeneration (CBD) according to the criteria of Amstrong et al., 2013, or supranuclear palsy according to the criteria of Höglinger et al., 2017, or age-related predominantly limbic TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE).
  • Psychiatric disorders such as depression, bipolarity, schizophrenia according to DSM 5 criteria.
  • Patient accompanied by a caregiver or a person likely to provide information about him/her (interview, telephone contact) in case the investigator deems the patient unable to provide this information alone.
  • Patient able to understand the aims and risks of the research and to give dated, signed informed consent (or consent given by the trusted support person/guardian, or in the presence of the curator if the patient is under guardianship or curatorship).
  • Patient affiliated to a social health insurance protection.
  • Patient presenting at syndromic level :
  • either mild cognitive impairment (according to Petersen criteria) or mild, moderate or severe dementia (MMSE 30 to 5 included)

Exclusion

  • Patient with other neurological disease including, but not limited to, the following conditions: cerebral tumor, cerebrovascular accident with cognitive impairment, multisystem atrophy, etc, as judged by the investigator.
  • Patient with a contraindication to lumbar puncture.
  • Patient with a contraindication to cerebral MRI (patients included in Strasbourg only).
  • Any reason making it impossible to follow up the patient during the study period (planned move, etc.).
  • Patient under Legal safeguard ("sauvegarde de justice")- Impossibility of giving the patient informed information (patient in emergency or life-threatening situation).
  • Patients under guardianship or curatorship may be included in the study; in fact, in severe to moderately severe patients (MMS\<15), such a measure is often in place.
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Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2026

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2032

Estimated Enrollment :

286 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07166744

Start Date

January 1 2026

End Date

January 1 2032

Last Update

September 10 2025

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