Tourette disorder (TD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by motor and vocal tics. It is often associated with multiple psychiatric comorbidities involving a high degree of impulsivity such as obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD), and intermittent explosive disorders (IED). Although a substantial body of clinical studies have emphasized the role of the dopamine system in motor symptoms, little is known about how the serotonergic (5-HT) system modulate both cognitive and affective abilities in TD. Several lines of evidence suggest that different 5-HT receptor subtypes may constitute a crucial factor in the development and maintenance of different symptoms. Because abnormal 5-HT2A receptor bindings have been reported in patients with TD and aripiprazole (drug of first choice) is a 5-HT2A antagonist, we hypothesize that 5-HT2A receptors may play an important role in regulating psychiatric symptoms in TD such as those characterized by impulsive behaviors. To investigate the involvement of 5-HT2A receptors in TD, we propose to perform a multimodal imaging study with 20 adult patients (ON and OFF treatment). Neuroimaging data will be collected with a hybrid system that simultaneously combines the positron emission tomography (PET) and the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). A highly selective PET radiotracer (\[18F\]-altanserin) will map 5-HT2A receptor bindings in the whole brain, while fMRI will provide detail information regarding the altered brain activities.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
25
A highly selective 5-HT2A receptor ligand (\[18F\]-altanserin) will be injected to patients before each PET scan. The IV injection in the arm (via a catheter) will be performed in continue during a period of 2 hours in the imaging centre (CERMEP) before the acquisition. The dose will be 2,6 MBq/kg +/- 10 % depending the prescription of the nuclear medicine. Patients will be evaluated twice, one time free of neuroleptic treatment and a second time during stable chronic treatment by neuroleptic.
Service de neurologie C Hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer/GHE Hospices Civils de Lyon
Bron, France
RECRUITINGCentre de Référence Syndrome Gilles de la Tourette Département de Neurologie Pôle des Maladies du Système Nerveux Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière
Paris, France
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCorrelation coefficients between receptor-specific imaging data (PET) and scores of impulsivity measured by the Barratt scale (BIS11).
Correlation coefficients between changes in the binding potential (BPND) of \[18F\]-altanserin measured voxel-by-voxel in the whole brain and the evolution of scores BIS11 in TD patients.
Time frame: As the analysis requires a complex imaging processing, this outcome measure will be assessed in the year following the acquisition.
Correlation coefficients between receptor-specific imaging data (PET) and other clinical/behavioral scores.
Correlation coefficients between changes in the binding potential (BPND) of \[18F\]-altanserin measured voxel-by-voxel in the whole brain and the evolution of other clinical scores and task performance of TD patients.
Time frame: As the analysis requires a complex imaging processing, this outcome measure will be assessed in the year following the acquisition.
Correlation coefficients between functional imaging data (fMRI) and scores of impulsivity measured by the Barratt scale (BIS11).
Correlation coefficients between changes in the BOLD signal measured voxel-by-voxel in the whole brain and the evolution of scores BIS11 in TD patients.
Time frame: As the analysis requires a complex imaging processing, this outcome measure will be assessed in the year following the acquisition.
Correlation coefficients between functional imaging data (fMRI) and other clinical/behavioral scores.
Correlation coefficients between changes in the BOLD signal measured voxel-by-voxel in the whole brain and the evolution of other clinical scores and task performance of TD patients.
Time frame: As the analysis requires a complex imaging processing, this outcome measure will be assessed in the year following the acquisition.
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