Nigrosomal Iron Imaging in Parkinson's Disease
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 145
- 试验地点
- 3
- 主要终点
- Presence or absence of "swallow tail" on nigrosome MRI at 3T
研究概览
简要总结
Prospective observational study to compare sensitivity of 3T functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (3T fMRI) at diagnosing Parkinson's Disease (PD) against the benchmark DaTScan diagnostic test and clinical diagnosis at follow up.
详细描述
Idiopathic Parkinson's is characterized by loss of midbrain dopaminergic neurons preferentially affecting the nigrosomes of the pars compacta of the substantia nigra (SNpc). At the time of clinical diagnosis, an estimated 50-70% of the neurons of the SNpc are lost. Non-invasive imaging of cell loss in the nigrosomes containing the SNpc dopaminergic neurons would be clinically desirable for accurate diagnosis in clinically uncertain cases of parkinsonism, especially in the early stages of Parkinson's. Investigators recently discovered that high resolution susceptibility weighted MRI at 7T and 3T demonstrates iron related signal loss of the NS1 in Parkinson's. These studies proved the feasibility and potential of in vivo nigrosome MRI as new diagnostic tool for Parkinson's. Further support of and confidence in our novel diagnostic concept comes from similar observations by other research groups.
Project goals To establish whether nigrosome MRI is an alternative to DatScanTM in the diagnosis of early Parkinson's in patients with diagnostic uncertainty.
To establish whether nigrosomal iron predicts the severity of Parkinson's. As a secondary aim the investigators will study if nigrosomal iron load as determined by susceptometry correlates to disease severity (MDS-UPDRS).
TRIAL / STUDY OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSE
PURPOSE
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 90 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Presence or absence of "swallow tail" on nigrosome MRI at 3T
时间窗: 12 months
Does absence of "swallow tail" on nigrosome MRI at 3T correlate with final diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease 12 months after initial presentation of clinically uncertain diagnosis? Is this correlation as accurate as that of DatScan? Is nigrosome MRI at 3T at least 80% sensitive and 80% specific to predict the final clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease vs. other movement disorders in patients with indeterminate or atypical parkinsonian features? Is the "swallow tail" and accurate marker of early Parkinson's disease.
次要结局
未报告次要终点