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Clinical Trials/NCT04946916
NCT04946916
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Validation of Serum Neurofilament Light Chain as a Biomarker to Differentiate Cognitive Impairment From Neurodegenerative or Psychiatric Diseases

Hôpital le Vinatier2 sites in 1 country120 target enrollmentOctober 22, 2021

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Schizophrenia
Sponsor
Hôpital le Vinatier
Enrollment
120
Locations
2
Primary Endpoint
neurofilament light chain
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
9 months ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The validation of biomarkers allowing the discrimination of cognitive and behavioral disorders of psychiatric origin from those of neurodegenerative origin would facilitate diagnosis and improve patient management. Neurofilaments, which are markers of neuronal lysis, appear to be a promising biomarker. In a previous preliminary study, the investigators demonstrated significantly lower concentrations of neurofilaments in CSF of psychiatric patients compared to neurodegenerative diseases.

The main objective of this study is to validate the plasma assay of neurofilament light chain as a biomarker for the differential diagnosis of psychiatric or neurodegenerative cognitive impairment. Other biomarkers of interest (Tau, TDP-43, GFAP and UCH-L1) will also be analyzed.

A sub-part of this study will also focus on the retrospective analysis of the CSF/Plasma correlations of the different biomarkers mentioned above from tube bottom samples taken in routine care.

Detailed Description

One hundred twenty participants will be included in this study * 30 participants suffering from psychiatric disorders (bipolar disorder or schizophrenia) without cognitive impairment * 30 participants suffering from psychiatric disorders (bipolar disorder or schizophrenia) with cognitive impairment * 30 participants with a biological diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease * 30 participants with frontotemporal dementia according to Rascosky's criteria All the participants will perform cognitive, behavioral, and psychiatric evaluation and will be have blood sample taken.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
October 22, 2021
End Date
March 22, 2028
Last Updated
9 months ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Hôpital le Vinatier
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • haven given written consent
  • Participants with psychiatric conditions:
  • Schizophrenia (DSM-V criteria) with or without cognitive involution
  • Bipolar disorder (DSM-V criteria) with or without cognitive involution
  • Participants with neurodegenerative disease:
  • probable or definite FTD (Rascovsky criteria 2011)
  • Biological Alzheimer's disease with typical CSF (NIA-AA 2011)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Uninterviewable patient and/or missing history
  • History of recent or previous head trauma with loss of consciousness
  • History of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke
  • Chronic alcoholism / chronic drug use
  • Progressive somatic pathology / severe metabolic disorder / poorly controlled epilepsy
  • Age \< 45 years
  • Age \> 80 years
  • Electroconvulsive therapy for less than 6 months

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

neurofilament light chain

Time Frame: two months

serum neurofilament light chain concentration

Secondary Outcomes

  • neurofilament heavy chain (pNF-h)(two months)
  • Total tau(two months)
  • GFAP Glial fibrillary acidic protein(two months)

Study Sites (2)

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