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Clinical Trials/NCT04548037
NCT04548037TerminatedNot Applicable

Assessment of Emotional Memory During Transient Global Amnesia

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes1 site in 1 country2 target enrollmentStarted: May 30, 2022Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Terminated
Sponsor
Enrollment
2
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Ability to judge the degree of activation and emotional value associated with images

Study Overview

Brief Summary

There are few studies on the role played by emotions in transient global amnesia (TGA), in particular with regard to their impact on the functioning of memory. The study investigators wish to better understand the link between episodic memory, emotional state and psychogenic factors during TGA. It would be interesting to see if the patients suffering from TGA triggered by a psychological shock process emotional information differently from those whose TGA was triggered by an "organic" shock (physical effort, trauma, etc.). Finally, amnesic stroke is a good model for better understanding the function of the hippocampus, in particular of the CA1 region, in episodic memory.

Study Design

Study Type
Observational
Observational Model
Case Control
Time Perspective
Prospective

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • Subject with no history of transient global amnesia or neurological or psychiatric pathology.
  • Patients with a transient global amnesia according to the criteria of Hodges and Warlow (1990) in the acute phase (i.e. within 24 hours after the onset of the stroke), accompanied by a trusted person
  • The patient must have given their free and informed consent and signed the consent form
  • The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan

Exclusion Criteria

  • The subject is participating in another study, or is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study
  • The subject refuses to sign the consent
  • It is impossible to give the subject informed information
  • The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship
  • The patient is pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Presence of a focal neurological pathology that may explain the symptoms, history of epilepsy or psychiatric disorders.
  • Hypersensitivity to iodinated contrast media.
  • Known allergy to 18-FDG.
  • Non-inclusion criteria concerning control subjects:
  • Presence of disorders on neurological assessment
  • Presence of cognitive disorders on the neuropsychological assessment (z-score <-1.65 on the RBANS or on the Stroop test).
  • Exclusion criteria for the target population:
  • Patients will be excluded after the 1st neuropsychological assessment if episodic memory tests show complete recovery from anterograde amnesia.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Ability to judge the degree of activation and emotional value associated with images

Time Frame: Day 0

Self Assessment Manikin (SAM)

Storage and retrieval capacities of information with a strong emotional valence in patients compared to healthy controls

Time Frame: Day 0

International Affective Picture System (IAPS): number of correctly memorized images of each type of emotional content (15 positive, 15 negative and 15 neutral).

Secondary Outcomes

  • Anxiety(Day 0)
  • Depression(Day 0)
  • Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status between patients and healthy control(Day 0)
  • Change in storage and retrieval capacities of information with a strong emotional valence in patients from baseline(Month 3)
  • Mood(Day 0)
  • Identification of hypometablic zones by PET compared to age- and sex-matched controls(Day 0)
  • Classification of event triggering transient global amnesia(Day 0)
  • C-score of the Groupe de REflexion pour l'Evaluation des Fonctions Exécutives (GREFEX) version of Stroop Test between patients and healthy control(Day 0)

Investigators

Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (1)

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