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Distinguishing Between Alzheimer's Disease, Lewy Body Dementia, and Parkinson's Disease

Recruiting
Conditions
Alzheimer's Disease
Lewy Body Dementia
Parkinson's Disease
Interventions
Radiation: DaTscan
Radiation: F18-AV-45
Radiation: FDG-PET
Genetic: APOE genotype
Procedure: Polysomnogram
Behavioral: Clinical Assessment
Registration Number
NCT03019757
Lead Sponsor
Douglas Scharre
Brief Summary

The study is designed to characterize the clinical, neuropsychological, polysomnographic, and neuroimaging findings among subjects with Alzheimer's disease, Lewy Body dementia, and Parkinsons' Disease.

Detailed Description

The study will use structural and functional MRIs, daTscans, fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET scans, Amyvid PET scans, polysomnographs, neuropsychological testing, cerebrospinal fluid in willing participants to distinguish between a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, Lewy Body dementia, and Parkinson's Disease. All subjects will have a clinical evaluation, physical examination including vital signs and orthostatic blood pressures and pulses, neurological examination including UPDRS evaluation, genetic blood sample collection, neuropsychological testing, polysomnogram, and neuroimaging. The study partner will also be interviewed for completion of all of the behavioral and functional measures.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
76
Inclusion Criteria
  • Subjects must meet the standard clinical criteria of the syndromes of interest
  • All subjects must have enough cognitive abilities to complete study procedures, which will be operationally defined as having a Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score greater or equal to 10.
  • Subjects must be on stable cognitive and psychoactive medication regimen for the preceding four weeks of enrollment.
  • Subjects must have a responsible study partner that either lives with them or is in regular contact with them at least 4 out of 7 days per week.
  • Subjects must have visual and auditory acuity adequate for testing.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Any other condition (other than the primary diagnosis), which in the opinion of the investigators might contribute to the syndrome of dementia or complicate its assessment.
  • active medical disorder that could preclude participation in this protocol
  • Women who are pregnant or are breast feeding
  • severe renal impairment as defined by glomerular filtration rate (GFR) less than 30 (may have increased radiation exposure with the DaTscan).
  • Subjects in whom English is not the 1st language
  • Subjects with educational level less than 12 years
  • Subjects who have ever participated in an experimental study with an amyloid targeting agent unless it can be documented that the subject received only placebo during the course of the trial.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Alzheimer's diseaseFDG-PETIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Lewy Body dementiaF18-AV-45Individuals with a clinical diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Parkinson's diseaseAPOE genotypeIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Parkinson's diseaseClinical AssessmentIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Lewy Body dementiaFDG-PETIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Lewy Body dementiaAPOE genotypeIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Alzheimer's diseaseAPOE genotypeIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Alzheimer's diseaseDaTscanIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Alzheimer's diseasePolysomnogramIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Alzheimer's diseaseClinical AssessmentIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Lewy Body dementiaDaTscanIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Lewy Body dementiaClinical AssessmentIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Parkinson's diseaseDaTscanIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Parkinson's diseaseF18-AV-45Individuals with a clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Parkinson's diseaseFDG-PETIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Parkinson's diseasePolysomnogramIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Alzheimer's diseaseF18-AV-45Individuals with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Lewy Body dementiaPolysomnogramIndividuals with a clinical diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia will undergo the interventions including DaTscan, F18-AV-45, FDG-PET, APOE genotype, Polysomnogram, and Clinical Assessment.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Brain MRIBaseline

Imaging including a resting state functional MRI, diffusion tensor imaging, and anatomic imaging

The Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Standardized ScaleBaseline

Functional measure

Mayo Fluctuations ScaleBaseline

Behavioral measure

Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire-10Baseline

Sleep measure

Berg Balance Scale (BBS)Baseline

Gait, Mobility, and Coordination Measure

Wechsler Memory Scale 3rd ed. (WAIS-3) Logical Memory 1 & 2Baseline

Neuropsychological measure of memory

Boston Naming TestBaseline

Neuropsychological measure of language

Wisconsin Card Sorting TaskBaseline

Neuropsychological measure of executive functioning

Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR)Baseline

Global cognitive and functional measure

Mayo Sleep Questionnaire-InformantBaseline

Sleep measure

Apolipoprotein E (APOE) Genotyping of a whole blood sampleBaseline

10 ml of whole blood will be drawn for APOE genotyping

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 4th edition (WAIS-4) Block DesignBaseline

Neuropsychological measure of visuospatial perception/ reasoning

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 4th edition (WAIS-4) Matrix ReasoningBaseline

Neuropsychological measure of executive functioning

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 4th edition (WAIS-4) Reliable Digits (embedded measure)Baseline

Neuropsychological measure of effort

Judgment of Line Orientation Standardized TestBaseline

Neuropsychological measure of visuospatial perception/ reasoning

Brief Visuospatial Memory Test (BVMT)Baseline

Neuropsychological measure of memory

California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT-2)Baseline

Neuropsychological measure of memory

Self Administered Gerocognitive Examination- A brief cognitive assessment instrument for mild cognitive impairment and early dementiaBaseline

Global neuropsychological measure

Beck Depression Inventory 2nd ed.Baseline

Behavioral measure

The Modified Somatic Perception QuestionnaireBaseline

Behavioral measure

The Epworth Sleepiness ScaleBaseline

Sleep measure

Florbetapir (F18-AV-45) positron emission tomography (amyloid PET)Baseline

Imaging to determine extent of amyloid deposition

Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with the radioligand [123I]FP-CITBaseline

Functional imaging of the dopamine transporter

Positron emission tomography with 2-(18F) fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG-PET)Baseline

Imaging to determine total and regional cerebral glucose metabolism

Wechsler Memory Scale 3rd ed. (WAIS-3) Spatial SpanBaseline

Neuropsychological measure of attention

Trail Making Test ABaseline

Neuropsychological measure of executive functioning/psychomotor processing speed

Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT)- Animal NamingBaseline

Neuropsychological measure of language/verbal fluency

California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT-2) Forced Choice (embedded measure)Baseline

Neuropsychological measure of effort

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)Baseline

Behavioral measure

Part III and IV of the Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS)Baseline

Gait, Mobility, and Coordination Measure

PolysomnogramBaseline

participants will have an overnight standard clinical polysomnogram with added limb leads assessing for presence of sleep apnea, periodic limb movements, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep characteristics

Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE-1)Baseline

Global neuropsychological measure

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 4th edition (WAIS-4) VocabularyBaseline

Neuropsychological measure of premorbid IQ estimate

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 4th edition (WAIS-4) Digit SpanBaseline

Neuropsychological measure of attention

Trail Making Test BBaseline

Neuropsychological measure of executive functioning

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Ohio State University

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

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