A multimodal longitudinal study in early stage psychosis patients and individuals at high risk for psychosis. Healthy controls are included for baseline comparisons. The aim is to investigate disease mechanisms of psychotic disorders, specifically focusing on the synaptic pruning hypothesis.
This is a single-site observational study examining synaptic density using positron emission tomography (PET) and the radioligand \[18F\]SynVest-1 binding to the synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A. In addition to PET, the study includes clinical assessment, cognitive testing, multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures, neurophysiological measures, lumbar punction for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analyses, blood sampling, heart rate variability measures. Early stage psychosis patients and clinical high-risk individuals are subject to repeat assessment after 1 year (including PET), and at 3 and 5 years.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
120
Observational study where participants are followed over time
Uppsala University Hospital
Uppsala, Sweden
RECRUITINGSynaptic density in early stage psychosis (EPP) patients and individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR-P) compared to healthy controls (HC).
Group comparisons of \[18F\]SynVesT-1 binding to the synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A (SV2A) at baseline between EPP, CHR-P and HC.
Time frame: 1 timepoint (baseline)
Changes in synaptic density in EPP and CHR-P between baseline and after 1 year.
Comparison of regional \[18F\]SynVesT-1 binding to SV2A between baseline and follow-up in EPP and CHR-P.
Time frame: 1 year
Measures of cognitive function, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalogram (EEG) in relation to SV2A in EPP, CHR-P and HC.
Analyses of group differences and correlational analyses between cognitive performance as measured using Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia battery (MATRICS), MRI measures of connectivity and metabolite levels, and EEG measures of cortical excitability to \[18F\]SynVesT-1 binding to SV2A will be performed in EPP, CHR-P and HC.
Time frame: 1 timepoint (baseline)
Measures of cognitive function, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalogram (EEG) in relation to changes in SV2A in EPP and CHR-P.
Analyses of group differences and correlational analyses between cognitive performance as measured using MATRICS, MRI measures of connectivity and metabolite levels, and EEG measures of cortical excitability to longitudinal differences in \[18F\]SynVesT-1 binding to SV2A will be performed in EPP and CHR-P.
Time frame: 1 year
Candidate disease markers in cerebrospinal fluid in relation to SV2A in EPP, CHR-P and HC.
Analyses of group differences and correlational analyses between candidate disease markers in CSF to \[18F\]SynVesT-1 binding to SV2A will be performed in EPP, CHR-P and HC.
Time frame: 1 timepoint (baseline)
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Candidate disease markers in cerebrospinal fluid in relation to changes in SV2A in EPP and CHR-P.
Analyses of group differences and correlational analyses between candidate disease markers in CSF to changes in \[18F\]SynVesT-1 binding to longitudinal differences in \[18F\]SynVesT-1 binding to SV2A will be performed in EPP and CHR-P.
Time frame: 1 year