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Administrative data

NCT number NCT01453127
Other study ID # 11-001999
Secondary ID
Status Enrolling by invitation
Phase Phase 4
First received
Last updated
Start date October 2011
Est. completion date December 2025

Study information

Verified date March 2024
Source Mayo Clinic
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators propose using DaTscan in patients with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and other neurodegenerative syndromes and disorders, to test several hypotheses - some confirmatory, and some novel. Such use will provide new data on the potential clinical and research utility of DaTscan in neurodegenerative diseases. The findings on DaTscan will be correlated with clinical diagnoses and other multimodal imaging studies (e.g., MRI, MRS, FDG-PET, and amyloid-PET) to enhance our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases.


Description:

Lewy body disease (LBD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases and second only to Alzheimer's disease in terms of prevalence, disability, and societal/financial burden. The phenotypic variability of LBD is striking, as it can manifest as the well-known disorder of Parkinson's disease without (PD) and with dementia (PDD), as well as DLB, MCI, REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), pure autonomic failure (PAF), and other syndromes. One biomarker which is both highly sensitive and specific for evolving LBD in the setting of dementia is DaTscan [Ioflupane (123I)] imaging, in which loss of functional dopaminergic neuron terminals in the striatum as assessed by DaTscan reflects underlying LBD in those with dementia and particularly dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). DaTscan is the one of the first radiopharmaceutical agents available to detect DaT distribution within the brain. DaTscan imaging involves injection of the Ioflupane radioligand followed by imaging using a standard single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scanner. DaTscan provides visualization of the dopamine transporter (DaT) distribution within the striata (i.e., striatal uptake, or striatal signal) by SPECT imaging in patients presenting with symptoms or signs suggestive of dopaminergic neurodegeneration. Most DaTscan studies published to date have been conducted in centers outside of the US. DaTscan has not been studied in the syndrome of MCI, and minimally in corticobasal degeneration (CBD). Very little normative data exists in the aged population either. The FDA-approved indication is to assist in the evaluation of adult patients with suspected Parkinsonian syndromes (PS). In these patients, DaTscan may be used to help differentiate essential tremor from tremor due to Parkinsonian syndromes (such as idiopathic Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy). DaTscan will be used as an adjunct to other diagnostic evaluations. Identifying dopaminergic dysfunction is also important in other settings such as those with cognitive impairment with or without parkinsonism, and in subjects with REM sleep behavior disorder. The findings on DaTscan in subjects with these various disorders will be correlated with clinical diagnoses and other multimodal imaging studies (e.g., MRI, MRS, FDG-PET, and amyloid-PET) to enhance our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases. A subset of subjects will undergo a 2nd DaTscan at least 1 year after the initial scan was performed to determine if changes over time provide any prognostic information.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Enrolling by invitation
Enrollment 500
Est. completion date December 2025
Est. primary completion date December 2025
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 40 Years to 90 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Diagnosis of one of the syndromes of interest using established criteria - Age 40-90 inclusive - MMSE score above 10 - No active medical disorder that could preclude participation - Stable medication regimen over previous four weeks - Absence of certain medications that could significantly impact the DaTscan findings - For those with dementia, caregiver that is with the patient at least 4 hours/day for at least 5 days per week - For those with dementia, or severe parkinsonism, patient and caregiver willing and able to participate in all study-related procedures - Patient is capable of giving informed consent, or if appropriate, has caregiver capable of giving consent on the subject's behalf. Exclusion Criteria: - Does not fulfill criteria for any of the desired diagnoses - Age <40 or >90 - Women with intact uterus and not post-menopausal unless pregnancy test performed at screening is negative - Women who are pregnant or are breast-feeding an infant - MMSE score <10 - Active medical disorder that could preclude participation in this protocol - Hypersensitivity to the radioligand, cocaine, or iodine (including seafood allergy) - Myocardial infarction or cerebral infarct over preceding year, stable or unstable angina, known symptomatic coronary artery disease - Renal or liver disease viewed by the physician to be too severe to warrant DaTscan infusion/imaging - History of significant alcohol or drug abuse - Any other medical disorder considered by the study physicians as inappropriate for this protocol - Patient or caregiver unwilling or unable to participate in all study-related procedures - Caregiver is not with a patient with dementia or severe parkinsonism at least 4 hours/day for at least 5 days/week - Patient or caregiver unwilling or unable to provide informed consent

Study Design


Intervention

Drug:
I-123 Ioflupane solution injection prior to SPECT scan (DaTscan)
I-123 Ioflupane solution for injection into a living test subject. The iodine introduced during manufacture is a radioactive isotope, I-123, and it is the properties of this isotope that makes the solution visible to a gamma camera on SPECT imaging. I-123 has a half-life of approximately 13 hours and a gamma photon energy of 159 keV making it an good radionuclide for medical imaging. DaTscan is administered by intravenous cannula. The scan is carried out 3-6 hours post injection.
Device:
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan
Single-photon emission computed tomography(SPECT)is a nuclear medicine tomographic imaging technique using gamma rays. It is very similar to conventional nuclear medicine planar imaging using a gamma camera. However, it is able to provide true 3D information. This information is typically presented as cross-sectional slices through the patient, but can be freely reformatted or manipulated as required.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Mayo Clinic

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (7)

Arnaldi D, Chincarini A, Hu MT, Sonka K, Boeve B, Miyamoto T, Puligheddu M, De Cock VC, Terzaghi M, Plazzi G, Tachibana N, Morbelli S, Rolinski M, Dusek P, Lowe V, Miyamoto M, Figorilli M, Verbizier D, Bossert I, Antelmi E, Meli R, Barber TR, Trnka J, Miy — View Citation

Arnaldi D, Mattioli P, Raffa S, Pardini M, Massa F, Iranzo A, Perissinotti A, Ninerola-Baizan A, Gaig C, Serradell M, Munoz-Lopetegi A, Maya G, Liguori C, Fernandes M, Placidi F, Chiaravalloti A, Sonka K, Dusek P, Zogala D, Trnka J, Boeve BF, Miyagawa T, Lowe VJ, Miyamoto T, Miyamoto M, Puligheddu M, Figorilli M, Serra A, Hu MT, Klein JC, Bes F, Kunz D, Cochen De Cock V, de Verbizier D, Plazzi G, Antelmi E, Terzaghi M, Bossert I, Kulcsarova K, Martino A, Giuliani A, Pagani M, Nobili F, Morbelli S; International REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Study Group. Presynaptic Dopaminergic Imaging Characterizes Patients with REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Due to Synucleinopathy. Ann Neurol. 2024 Mar 11. doi: 10.1002/ana.26902. Online ahead of print. — View Citation

Chen Q, Lowe VJ, Boeve BF, Przybelski SA, Miyagawa T, Senjem ML, Jack CR Jr, Lesnick TG, Kremers WK, Fields JA, Min HK, Schwarz CG, Gunter JL, Graff-Radford J, Savica R, Knopman DS, Jones D, Ferman TJ, Graff-Radford NR, Petersen RC, Kantarci K. beta-Amylo — View Citation

Diaz-Galvan P, Miyagawa T, Przybelski SA, Lesnick TG, Senjem ML, Jack CR Jr, Forsberg LK, Min HK, St Louis EK, Savica R, Fields JA, Benarroch EE, Lowe V, Petersen RC, Boeve BF, Kantarci K. Brain glucose metabolism and nigrostriatal degeneration in isolate — View Citation

Jung Y, Jordan LG 3rd, Lowe VJ, Kantarci K, Parisi JE, Dickson DW, Murray ME, Reichard RR, Ferman TJ, Jones DT, Graff-Radford J, Savica R, Machulda MM, Fields JA, Allen LA, Drubach DA, St Louis EK, Silber MH, Jack CR Jr, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Boeve BF. — View Citation

Maltais DD, Jordan LG, Min HK, Miyagawa T, Przybelski SA, Lesnick TG, Reichard RR, Dickson DW, Murray ME, Kantarci K, Boeve BF, Lowe VJ. Confirmation of 123I-FP-CIT SPECT Quantification Methods in Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Other Neurodegenerative Diso — View Citation

Miyagawa T, Przybelski SA, Maltais D, Min HK, Jordan L, Lesnick TG, Chen Q, Graff-Radford J, Jones D, Savica R, Knopman D, Petersen R, Kremers WK, Forsberg LK, Fields JA, Ferman TJ, Allen L, Parisi J, Reichard RR, Murray M, Dickson D, Boeve BF, Kantarci K — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Correlate the DaTscan findings with clinical diagnosis The primary endpoint is to correlate the DaTscan findings with clinical diagnosis Participants will be followed to 1-3 days after scan.
Secondary Safety of DaTscan imaging The primary safety/tolerability endpoint relates to side effects associated with DaTscan imaging Participants will be followed for 1-3 days after scan.
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