Brain scans reveal Age's role in Alzheimer's plaque buildup
NCT ID NCT01095744
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study used special brain scans (PET imaging) to measure amyloid plaques in 60 people with Alzheimer's disease or related conditions like posterior cortical atrophy and logopenic progressive aphasia. The goal was to understand how age influences the amount of amyloid in the brain. Participants also had memory tests, MRI scans, and some had a spinal tap to measure proteins. The study is complete and aimed at gathering knowledge, not testing a treatment.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Mar 2009
- Finished
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May 2012
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
patients have to fulfil criteria for (1)AD with an amnesic syndrome of the media-temporal type, EOAD have lower frequency and (2) and for atypical Ad respecting episodic memory, inaugural language disorder or visual-spatial disorder
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * AD patients: clinical dementia rating between 0.5 and 2 free and cued recall test (Grober and Buschke) cued-recall \< 18/48 and total recall \< 40/48 * atypical AD : i visual-spatial disorder and respect of episodic memory progressive evolution, Balint syndrome ii progressive language disorder constituted of logopenic aphasia respect of episodic memory * controls: age over 30 MMSE over or equal to 27 normal neuropsychiatric state for age and education level Exclusion Criteria: * for every patients : psychiatric disorders age under18 absence of social security counter indication to MRI supposed or actual alcoholism or drug addiction pregnancy
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Pitie Salpêtrière Hospital
Paris, Île-de-France Region, 75651, France
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