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Neuroimaging in Healthy Aging and Senile Dementia (HASD_IND)

About this study

To identify factors that signal the transition from asymptomatic (preclinical) to symptomatic Alzheimer disease (AD).

Condition
Alzheimer Disease
Tested
[11C]-Pittsburgh Compound B ([11C]PiB), F 18 AV-1451 (Flortaucipir)
Sponsor
Tammie L. S. Benzinger, MD, PhD

Who can join

Age
18 years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Inclusion 8

  • Minimum age: 18 years
  • Study condition: Alzheimer Disease
  • Male or female, any race
  • Age \> 18 years
  • Participation in one of the ongoing projects affiliated with the Knight ADRC at Washington University and referred by the MAP staff and a Washington University physician.
  • Normal cognition or early-stage symptomatic AD
  • Willing and able to undergo study procedures.
  • Capacity to give informed consent and follow study procedures

Exclusion 9

  • Has any condition that, in the Investigator's opinion, could increase risk to the participant, limit the participant's ability to tolerate the research procedures, or interfere with the collection/analysis of the data (e.g., participants with severe chronic back pain might not be able to lie still during the scanning procedures);
  • Has hypersensitivity to either AV-1451 or PIB or any of its excipients;
  • Contraindications to PET, CT or MRI (e.g. electronic medical devices, inability to lie still for extended periods) that make it unsafe for the individual to participate;
  • Severe claustrophobia;
  • Currently pregnant or breast-feeding. Women must agree to avoid becoming pregnant and must agree to refrain from sexual activity or to use reliable contraceptive methods for 24 hours following administration of Flortaucipir injection;
  • Must not have participated in any clinical trial involving a study drug or device within the 30-days prior to study enrollment;
  • Must not participate in another drug or device study prior to the end of this study participation;
  • Current or recent (within 12 months prior to screening) participation in research studies involving radioactive agents such that the total research-related radiation dose to the participant in any given year would exceed the limits set forth in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 Section 361.1.
  • https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?FR=361.1

Where

1 site, 1 recruiting

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States

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Contact

Potential match only. Final eligibility is determined by the study team.