Ultralow Dose PET Imaging of 18F-Florbetapir, 18F-Flutemetamol

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-120
SponsorAkiva Mintz

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate an investigational ultralow dose Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging technique for Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, other forms of dementia detection and monitoring. The main question it aims to answer is:

Can the investigators optimize the timing, scan duration, and image reconstruction to reduce the radiation dose 10-100 fold of the current clinical standard? Participants will be injected with a radioactive tracer called Fluorine-18 (18F)-Florbetapir or 18F-Flutemetamol and be imaged on a new type of high-sensitivity PET scanner for up to 3 hours

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • 18F-Florbetapir or 18F-Flutemetamol

    Drug

    Participants will be injected with 18F-Florbetapir or 18F-Flutemetamol and imaged for up to 3 hours on a PET scanner

Treatment groups

200 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: ultralow dose imaging groupOther 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)

Measurement of signal-to-noise ratio for image quality assessment across different scan durations, reconstruction techniques, and artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced image reconstructions. Unit of Measure: SNR (unitless, numeric ratio)

Time frame
Evaluated annually (once per year), based on pooled images acquired during the preceding 12-month period.
2

Contrast-to-Noise Ratio (CNR)

Measurement of contrast-to-noise ratio for image quality assessment across different scan durations, reconstruction techniques, and AI-enhanced image reconstructions. Unit of Measure: CNR (unitless, numeric ratio)

Time frame
Evaluated annually (once per year), based on pooled images acquired during the preceding 12-month period.
3

Coefficient of Variation (COV)

Measurement of the coefficient of variation in selected regions for evaluating image consistency across different scan durations, reconstruction techniques, and AI-enhanced image reconstructions. Unit of Measure: Percentage (%)

Time frame
Evaluated annually (once per year), based on pooled images acquired during the preceding 12-month period.
4

Spatial Resolution (Full Width at Half Maximum - FWHM)

Assessment of spatial resolution using full width at half maximum (FWHM) across different scan durations, reconstruction techniques, and AI-enhanced image reconstructions. Unit of Measure: Millimeters (mm)

Time frame
Evaluated annually (once per year), based on pooled images acquired during the preceding 12-month period.

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Akiva Mintz

Lead sponsor

Nuclear Imaging Institute

Sponsor institution