Could a radioactive tracer reveal hidden brain inflammation in Alzheimer's?
NCT ID NCT06129838
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new radioactive tracer called [11C]-CS1P1 to see if it can detect inflammation in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. Researchers will compare brain scans from 80 older adults—some healthy and some with memory problems—to see if the tracer lights up more in Alzheimer's patients. The goal is to better understand how inflammation relates to Alzheimer's and potentially improve diagnosis.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- [11C]-CS1P1 (a radioactive tracer for PET scans)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a new way to see brain inflammation in Alzheimer's, helping doctors diagnose and track the disease more accurately.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early imaging study with only 80 participants, so it may not confirm whether the tracer reliably distinguishes Alzheimer's from normal aging. The tracer is investigational and not yet approved for routine use.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2023
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
All participants will be recruited from the community through the Volunteer for Health (VFH) Research Participant Registry at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM), a research recruitment service offered by the Center for Clinical Studies Recruitment Enhancement Core at WUSM and through referrals from the Knight ADRC, MDC, and affiliated studies of memory and aging at Washington University, including affiliated Knight ADRC Research Imaging Program studies, referrals from physicians at Washington University and BJC Healthcare. The cohort will include healthy normal control participants and ADRD participants (n=80).
- Ages
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50 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: * Male or female, any race; * Age ≥ 50 years; * Capable of providing written informed consent OR having a legally authorized representative (LAR) to provide informed consent for volunteering to undergo research procedure; * Additional inclusion for ADRD group: clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or early dementia due to ADRD, OR biomarker diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, with or without symptoms. Exclusion Criteria: * Hypersensitivity to \[11C\]-CS1P1 or any of its excipients; * Contraindications to PET, CT, or MRI (e.g. certain incompatible electronic medical devices, inability to lie still for extended periods) that make it potentially unsafe for the individual to participate; * Severe claustrophobia; * Women who are currently pregnant or breast-feeding; * Currently undergoing radiation therapy; * Any condition that, in the opinion of the Sponsor-Investigator or designee could increase risk to the participant, limit the participant's ability to tolerate the research procedures or interfere with collection of the data (e.g., renal or liver failure, advanced cancer); * Participants who in the last 6 months experienced any of the following cardiovascular conditions or findings in the screening electrocardiogram (ECG): clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias including high grade heart block (type 2 or greater), unstable angina, or decompensated heart failure requiring hospitalization or Class III/IV heart failure; * Moderate to Severe anemia with Hemoglobin \< than 9.9 in both males and females. * Current or recent (within 12 months prior to screening) participation in research studies involving radioactive agents such that the total research-related radiation dose to the participant in any given year would exceed the limits set forth in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 Section 361.1. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?FR=361.1
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Washington University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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