NCT06932809

Brief Summary

The current protocol is to determine the biodistribution, metabolism, excretion and brain uptake of 18F-JSS20-183A. The goal of this radiotracer is to quantify 4Repeat Tau (4Rtau) protein that is abnormally deposited in the brain of people with a class of neurodegenerative diseases called tauopathies, such as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS), syndromes of genetic Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (genetic FTLD) as well as participants with Parkinson disease (PD), Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and healthy controls. This multicenter project funded by an NIH U19 grant, is centered at U Pennsylvania (Penn, Grant PI: Robert Mach) in collaboration with U Pittsburgh (Pitt), Yale U, U of California at San Francisco (UCSF) and Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL). The University of Pennsylvania will act as the sIRB for this multi-center human subjects project and participants will be recruited from all sites.

Trial Health

77
On Track

Trial Health Score

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

Enrollment
90

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for early_phase_1

Timeline
48mo left

Started May 2025

Longer than P75 for early_phase_1

Geographic Reach
1 country

2 active sites

Status
recruiting

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

Click on a node to explore related trials.

Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress20%
May 2025Apr 2030

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

April 10, 2025

Completed
7 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

April 17, 2025

Completed
22 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

May 9, 2025

Completed
4.9 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

April 1, 2030

Expected
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

April 1, 2030

Last Updated

December 23, 2025

Status Verified

December 1, 2025

Enrollment Period

4.9 years

First QC Date

April 10, 2025

Last Update Submit

December 19, 2025

Conditions

Keywords

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)Brain MRIParkinsons Disease (PD)Alzheimers Disease (AD)Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS)Genetic Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (Genetic FTLD)

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

  • Organ Biodistribution or Dosimetry

    Determine biodistribution of the radioactive investigational drug, 18F-JSS20-183A and calculate human dosimetry. A second IV or an arterial line may be placed in the arm contralateral to the side of injection for blood metabolite analysis and/or radioactive counts at various times during the scanning session. Biodistribution, metabolism, excretion and pilot brain uptake data will be collected and human dosimetry will be calculated.

    4 weeks

  • PET Uptake of Tracer

    Determine whether there is selective uptake of 18F-JSS20-183A in people with taupathies compared to healthy volunteers and non-tau depositing neurodegenerative disease.

    4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Adverse Events

    4 weeks

Study Arms (1)

18F-JSS20-183A PET

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will undergo 18F-JSS20-183A PET scan, they may also have a brain MRI and Amyloid PET scan as well as neurological assessments.

Drug: 18F-JSS20-183A PETDiagnostic Test: Brain MRIDiagnostic Test: Amyloid PETBehavioral: Neurological Assessments

Interventions

2 hour Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan using new radiotracer 18F-JSS20-183A.

18F-JSS20-183A PET
Brain MRIDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

MRI scan of the brain.

18F-JSS20-183A PET
Amyloid PETDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

PET scan with Florbetaben F18 or 11C-PiB.

18F-JSS20-183A PET

Neurological assessments, including a video interview.

18F-JSS20-183A PET

Eligibility Criteria

Age40 Years - 85 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Patients in all cohorts will be male or female adults from 40 to 85 years of age.
  • Participants must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and be willing to provide written informed consent and participate in this study in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines prior to study-specific procedures or Participants who are deemed unable to provide informed consent must have a designated study partner present for consent and to accompany them to study visits.
  • Investigators will ask disease cohort participants to agree to brain donation, but this choice is not mandatory for participation in this study.

You may not qualify if:

  • Females who are pregnant or breast feeding will be excluded, a urine pregnancy test will be performed in women of child-bearing potential prior to injection of 18F-JSS20-183A 11C-PiB or 18F-Florbetaben
  • Forms of parkinsonism other than PSP-RS, and PD as defined above
  • History of significant or ongoing alcohol abuse or substance abuse or dependence based on medical record review or self-reported
  • Contraindications or inability to tolerate imaging, arterial line or IV placement or blood draw procedures in the opinion of an investigator or treating physician
  • Contraindication to MRI, such as non-compatible implanted medical device
  • Any current medical condition, illness, or disorder as assessed by medical record review and/or self-reported that is considered by a physician or investigator to be a condition that could compromise participant safety or successful participation in the study

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (2)

University of California

San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

RECRUITING

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

TauopathiesParkinson DiseaseAlzheimer DiseaseSupranuclear Palsy, ProgressiveCorticobasal Degeneration

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurodegenerative DiseasesNervous System DiseasesParkinsonian DisordersBasal Ganglia DiseasesBrain DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesMovement DisordersSynucleinopathiesDementiaNeurocognitive DisordersMental DisordersOphthalmoplegiaOcular Motility DisordersCranial Nerve DiseasesParalysisNeurologic ManifestationsEye DiseasesSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
early phase 1
Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Intervention Model
SINGLE GROUP
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

April 10, 2025

First Posted

April 17, 2025

Study Start

May 9, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

April 1, 2030

Study Completion (Estimated)

April 1, 2030

Last Updated

December 23, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

Early safety assessments including whole body dosimetry studies at Penn; coordinate patient selection criteria, centrally collect and serve all imaging and demographic data, coordinate tracer kinetic methods development and validation for human imaging, and coordinate all data to efficiently enable GO-NOGO decisions for candidate radiotracers. As a final check on diagnosis and specificity of candidate radiotracers, Investigators will request all patient participants to permit postmortem brain donation for autoradiography of relevant radiotracers on fresh frozen brain tissues. Additionally, this Core will interact with multiple ongoing studies with cohorts studying PD, MSA, PSP and FTD. Finally, a robust data sharing plan facilitates collaboration and use of support documents and imaging data.

Shared Documents
STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR
Time Frame
Data shared as participants are enrolled and then final clinical report after study is completed.
Access Criteria
Dosimetry data. Dosimetry data for all compounds advanced to first-in-human trials will be provided on the website link for the Clinical Core. Since it is the intent of this U19 Center to provide information to the PET community on probes that have been validated in clinical research studies, these data will be provided once the CCOC has confirmed that a probe has met the validation criteria. This will include the results of dosimetry studies (organ, whole body, and EDE data) and, as requested, the organ radioactivity uptake, clearance curves and the dosimetry images in DICOM format. Imaging and Clinical Data. Links from the CCOC website will connect to XNAT and MARS to provide all de-identified clinical data, imaging data and related files including arterial blood sampling measurements. These data will be distributed upon request, as noted in the above policies for Data Sharing.

Locations