NCT01554202

Brief Summary

According to estimations, Alzheimer's disease affects approximately 860,000 people aged of more than 65 years in France. This disease is characterized by disorders of cognitive functions, including memory, associated with structural and functional modifications of the brain. These changes are evolving within the pathology progression and can be evaluated with neuropsychological tests (to assess capabilities such as language, orientation, etc.) and also with brain imaging (e.g. MRI). Alzheimer's disease is still poorly understood, nevertheless currently available treatments can slow its development if the disease is diagnosed early enough. Thus, the objective is to identify markers for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, to better describe the evolution of this disease. The three main objectives of this project are

  • to identify, compare and combine predictive markers of Alzheimer's disease
  • to make a significant contribution to the understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease
  • to study the ability of different neuroimaging techniques to follow the evolution of this pathology.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
295

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

5 active sites

Status
unknown

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

January 1, 2008

Completed
4.2 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

March 13, 2012

Completed
1 day until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

March 14, 2012

Completed
9.7 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 1, 2021

Completed
Last Updated

March 6, 2013

Status Verified

March 1, 2013

Enrollment Period

13.9 years

First QC Date

March 13, 2012

Last Update Submit

March 5, 2013

Conditions

Keywords

Alzheimer's diseaseMCIgeneticAV45-PET

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

  • Rate of volume change of whole brain, hippocampus and other structural MRI measures

    3 years

  • Rate of Decline as measured by: Cognitive Tests, Activities of Daily Living, and CDR Sum of Boxes

    3 years

  • Rates of change on each specified biochemical biomarker

    3 years

  • Rates of change of glucose metabolism (FDG-PET)

    3 years

  • Extent of amyloid deposition as measured by 18F-AV45

    3 years

  • Group differences for each imaging and biomarker measurement

    3 years

  • APOE genotype

    3 years

Study Arms (9)

Young controls

EXPERIMENTAL

Assessment of memory, circulating tPA dosage, ApoE4, brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations.

Behavioral: assessment of memoryBiological: circulating tPA dosageGenetic: ApoE4Other: Brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations

Middle age controls

EXPERIMENTAL

Assessment of memory, circulating tPA dosage, ApoE4, brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations.

Behavioral: assessment of memoryBiological: circulating tPA dosageGenetic: ApoE4Other: Brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations

Elderly controls

EXPERIMENTAL

Assessment of memory, circulating tPA dosage, ApoE4, brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations.

Behavioral: assessment of memoryBiological: circulating tPA dosageGenetic: ApoE4Other: Brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations

Autosomal dominant forms of early-onset Alzheimer disease

EXPERIMENTAL

Assessment of memory, circulating tPA dosage, ApoE4, brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations.

Behavioral: assessment of memoryBiological: circulating tPA dosageGenetic: ApoE4Other: Brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations

Subjectif Cognitive Impariment patients

EXPERIMENTAL

Assessment of memory, circulating tPA dosage, ApoE4, brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations.

Behavioral: assessment of memoryBiological: circulating tPA dosageGenetic: ApoE4Other: Brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations

Mild Cognitive Impairment patients

EXPERIMENTAL

Assessment of memory, circulating tPA dosage, ApoE4, brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations.

Behavioral: assessment of memoryBiological: circulating tPA dosageGenetic: ApoE4Other: Brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations

Alzheimer Disease patients

EXPERIMENTAL

Assessment of memory, circulating tPA dosage, ApoE4, brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations.

Behavioral: assessment of memoryBiological: circulating tPA dosageGenetic: ApoE4Other: Brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations

Non degenerative amnsesic syndrome

EXPERIMENTAL

Assessment of memory, circulating tPA dosage, ApoE4, brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations.

Behavioral: assessment of memoryBiological: circulating tPA dosageGenetic: ApoE4Other: Brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations

Frontotemporal lobe dementia

EXPERIMENTAL

Assessment of memory, circulating tPA dosage, ApoE4, brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations.

Behavioral: assessment of memoryBiological: circulating tPA dosageGenetic: ApoE4Other: Brain imaging examination MRI and PET examinations

Interventions

Alzheimer Disease patientsAutosomal dominant forms of early-onset Alzheimer diseaseElderly controlsFrontotemporal lobe dementiaMiddle age controlsMild Cognitive Impairment patientsNon degenerative amnsesic syndromeSubjectif Cognitive Impariment patientsYoung controls
Alzheimer Disease patientsAutosomal dominant forms of early-onset Alzheimer diseaseElderly controlsFrontotemporal lobe dementiaMiddle age controlsMild Cognitive Impairment patientsNon degenerative amnsesic syndromeSubjectif Cognitive Impariment patientsYoung controls
ApoE4GENETIC
Alzheimer Disease patientsAutosomal dominant forms of early-onset Alzheimer diseaseElderly controlsFrontotemporal lobe dementiaMiddle age controlsMild Cognitive Impairment patientsNon degenerative amnsesic syndromeSubjectif Cognitive Impariment patientsYoung controls
Alzheimer Disease patientsAutosomal dominant forms of early-onset Alzheimer diseaseElderly controlsFrontotemporal lobe dementiaMiddle age controlsMild Cognitive Impairment patientsNon degenerative amnsesic syndromeSubjectif Cognitive Impariment patientsYoung controls

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Education level \> 7 years
  • Native language: French
  • Healthy young controls: between 18 and 40 years old; normal performances compared to the age and the educational level for all tests of the diagnostic battery (± 1.5 SD).
  • Healthy Middle-aged controls: between 40 and 60 years old; without memory complaints, normal performances compared to the age and the educational level for all tests of the diagnostic battery (± 1.5 SD).
  • Healthy Elderly controls: over 60 years old, living at home, without memory complaints, normal performances compared to the age and the educational level for all tests of the diagnostic battery (± 1.5 SD).
  • MCI patients: over 60 years old, presenting the current criteria for amnestic MCI including: i) memory complaint, ii) deficits of the episodic memory (lower performance of at least 1.5 SD from the norm for age and cultural level for one or more scores of episodic memory and iii) normal performances compared to the age and the educational level of all other cognitive functions as memory, including tests to assess cognitive abilities.
  • Alzheimer's patients: presenting the standard criteria of NINCDS-ADRDA probable Alzheimer's disease, including abnormal global cognitive function and deficits in at least two cognitive domains identified by the diagnostic battery and a mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (MMSE ≥ 15).

You may not qualify if:

  • The sudden onset of cognitive impairments (as opposed to their slow and gradual installation in Alzheimer's disease)
  • A chronic neurological, psychiatric, endocrine, hepatic or infectious complaint
  • A history of major disease (an uncontrolled diabetes, a lung, heart, metabolic, hematologic, endocrine disease or a severe cancer);
  • A medication that may interfere with memory or metabolic measures
  • A alcohol or drugs abuse
  • claustrophobia, metallic object in the body
  • A predominantly left-hand (score below 50% in Edinburgh Inventory).
  • Protected adults, and persons not affiliated with a social security system will not participate in this study.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (5)

University Hospital Côte de Nacre

Caen, 14033, France

Location

University Hospital Roger Salengro

Lille, 59037, France

Location

University Hospital Pontchaillou

Rennes, 35033, France

Location

University Hospital Rouen

Rouen, 76031, France

Location

University Hospital Tours

Tours, 37044, France

Location

Related Publications (4)

  • Chetelat G. [Neuroimaging Alzheimer's disease: early diagnosis, monitoring, and mechanism understanding]. Med Sci (Paris). 2011 Feb;27(2):193-8. doi: 10.1051/medsci/2011272193. Epub 2011 Mar 8. French.

    PMID: 21382329BACKGROUND
  • Mevel K, Grassiot B, Chetelat G, Defer G, Desgranges B, Eustache F. [The default mode network: cognitive role and pathological disturbances]. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2010 Nov;166(11):859-72. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2010.01.008. Epub 2010 Mar 11. French.

    PMID: 20226489BACKGROUND
  • La Joie R, Fouquet M, Mezenge F, Landeau B, Villain N, Mevel K, Pelerin A, Eustache F, Desgranges B, Chetelat G. Differential effect of age on hippocampal subfields assessed using a new high-resolution 3T MR sequence. Neuroimage. 2010 Nov 1;53(2):506-14. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.06.024. Epub 2010 Jun 16.

  • Villain N, Landeau B, Groussard M, Mevel K, Fouquet M, Dayan J, Eustache F, Desgranges B, Chetelat G. A simple way to improve anatomical mapping of functional brain imaging. J Neuroimaging. 2010 Oct;20(4):324-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00470.x.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alzheimer Disease

Interventions

Apolipoprotein E4

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

DementiaBrain DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesNervous System DiseasesTauopathiesNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeurocognitive DisordersMental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Apolipoproteins EApolipoproteinsLipoproteinsLipidsApoproteinsProteinsAmino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins

Study Officials

  • Vincent de La Sayette, MD

    University Hospital, Caen

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
NON RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

March 13, 2012

First Posted

March 14, 2012

Study Start

January 1, 2008

Primary Completion

December 1, 2021

Last Updated

March 6, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-03

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