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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON32861
NL-OMON32861CompletedNot Applicable

The influence of depression and neuroinflammation on the progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia: PET imaging of amyloid deposition and microglia activation - Neurobiology of mild cognitive impairment

niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen0 sites48 target enrollmentStarted: TBDLast updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Enrollment
48

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Observational

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 to 99 (—)

Inclusion Criteria

  • Informed consent
  • Aged between 50-80 years
  • Assigned by physician as competent to participate in the study
  • Inclusion groups:
  • o Fulfilling the criteria for healthy volunteers
  • o Fulfilling the criteria for late onset depression
  • o Fulfilling the criteria for MCI
  • o Fulfilling the criteria for both late onset depression and MCI

Exclusion Criteria

  • History of major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and previous unipolar depression
  • History of head trauma
  • Ischemic cerebrovascular disease, determined by MRI
  • Major medical illnesses such as coronary heart disease, diabetes and cancer
  • Chronic inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, psoriasis, etc.
  • Use of anti-inflammatory medication such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and corticosteroids during a week before PET scan
  • The use benzodiazepines a week before the PET scan
  • The use of statins, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, warfarin and digoxin
  • History of substance abuse such as alcohol and nicotine (smoking) within the last 6 months
  • Presence of dementia
  • Any patients with MRI contradictions such as metal implantations and pacemakers
  • Malnutrition (vitamin deficiency) or obesity (BMI > 30)

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