The study aims to evaluate the burden of tau pathology in people with Sporadic and LRRK2 PD via in vivo imaging using the tau tracer, \[18F\]PI-2620, and a high resolution PET camera, NeuroEXPLORER.
The purpose of this study to compare how well \[18F\] PI-2620, a PET radiotracer targeting Tau protein, bind to brain regions in people with Parkinson's disease (PD), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Syndrome, and healthy volunteers. The study is planned to be conducted over a period of two years. The study aims to assess the tau burden in PD compared to diseased and healthy controls with PET imaging using \[18F\]PI-2620 and utilizing the new NX PET camera. The study will include subjects already enrolled in the PPMI study to enable efficient enrollment. The study will utilize clinical and imaging assessments obtained during the PPMI study visit to reduce the subject burden and enable longitudinal PPMI study data used in the study analysis. In the first year, half of the cohort will be recruited including 10 sporadic PD, 10 LRKK2 PD, 5 PSP/CBS, and 5 Healthy controls. The first-year cohorts, may be scanned on both the NX and the conventional PET camera to allow for comparison of tau deposits visualization between the two camera systems. During the second year, remaining cohorts will be recruited to acquire the \[18F\]PI-2620 image using the NX PET camera. In order to investigate the temporal change in tau pathology in PD, participants recruited in the first year will be followed up at 12 months with repeat imaging with NX.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
All participants will undergo PET imaging using the \[18F\]PI-2620 tau-binding tracer.
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders / XingImaging, LLC
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
RECRUITINGComparison of tau binding between study cohort using Standardized Uptake Value ratio ( SUVr)
Determination of \[18F\]PI-2620 binding in brain regions in all participants with NX acquired images to compare tau binding between study cohorts.
Time frame: Once during single PET imaging
Comparison of Tau imaging to clinical profile
To compare \[18F\]PI-2620 binding with clinical assessments including motor and cognitive rating scale.
Time frame: Once during single PET imaging
Comparison of Tau imaging to biomarker profile
To compare \[18F\]PI-2620 binding with CSF Synuclein Seed Amplification status. To compare \[18F\]PI-2620 binding with plasma phosphoTau217.
Time frame: Once during single PET imaging
Compare Tau binding between Standard and high-resolution PET camera in all participants using SUVr.
To compare the tau binding in all participants between the NX and conventional PET scanner (Siemens Biograph mCT).
Time frame: Once during single PET imaging
Compare longitudinal change
To compare longitudinal change in \[18F\]PI-2620 binding over a period of 12 months across all cohorts.
Time frame: 12 months
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