This study is designed to assess the imaging characteristics of Flortaucipir (18F-AV-1451) in subjects who participated in the Biomarkers of Cognitive Decline Among Normal Individuals (BIOCARD) study at Johns Hopkins University.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
23
370 megabecquerel (MBq)(10 millicurie \[mCi\]) single dose
positron emission tomography (PET) scan of the brain
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Qualitative Evaluation of Scan Results
Subject scans were visually evaluated by an expert reader into three groups. Advanced Alzheimer's disease (AD) scan pattern = In either hemisphere, increased neocortical activity in the parietal/precuneus region(s), or frontal region(s) with increased uptake in the posterolateral temporal (PLT), parietal, or occipital region(s). Moderate AD scan pattern = In either hemisphere, increased neocortical activity limited to the PLT or occipital region(s). Not AD scan pattern = No increased neocortical activity, or increased neocortical activity isolated to the mesial temporal, anterolateral temporal, and/or frontal regions.
Time frame: Baseline scan
Quantitative Evaluation of Scan Results
Standard Uptake Value Ratio (SUVr) by amyloid status using a weighted cortical average. For SUVr, a value of 1 or lower signifies no flortaucipir activity above background, values greater than 1 signify increasing flortaucipir activity in the brain.
Time frame: 75 minutes post dose administration
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