The goal of this study is to assess \[18F\]MNI-777 PET imaging as a tool to detect tau pathology in the brain of individuals who carry a clinical diagnosis of a tauopathy, including: Alzheimer's Disease (AD),Parkinson's disease (PD) Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and Frontal Temporal Dementia (FTD) and age- and gender-matched healthy subjects.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
16
All enrolled subjects will undergo an \[18F\]MNI-777 PET imaging visit. For individuals with AD or CTE, \[18F\]florbetapir imaging may also be performed to serve as a means of correlating disease severity by evaluating the relationship of β-amyloid uptake (measured by \[18F\]florbetapir imaging) and tau protein uptake (measured by \[18F\]MNI-777 PET imaging). For individuals with Parkinsonian symptoms, \[123I\]β-CIT SPECT imaging may be performed to evaluate for a reduction in dopamine transporter uptake.
Molecular NeuroImaging, LLC
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Brain uptake of [18F]T807 ([18F]MNI-777)
To quantitatively assess the brain uptake of \[18F\]MNI-777 (\[18F\]T807), an imaging biomarker for tau pathology in brain, using positron emission tomography (PET) in individuals with clinically diagnosed tauopathies including: Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and frontal temporal dementia/Pick's disease (FTD) and healthy controls (HC).
Time frame: 2 years
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