New brain scan sheds light on Parkinson's and aging
NCT ID NCT07569120
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study uses advanced PET/MRI scanning to examine the noradrenaline system in the brains of 165 healthy adults and people with Parkinson's disease. Participants receive a radioactive tracer that binds to specific receptors, allowing researchers to see how this system changes with age and disease. The goal is to link these brain changes to thinking, memory, and movement abilities.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- [11C]ORM-13070 (a radioactive tracer for PET scans)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could reveal how the noradrenaline system changes with age and in Parkinson's, potentially guiding future treatments for cognitive and motor symptoms.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational imaging study, not a treatment trial. It is early-stage and may not directly lead to new therapies. Results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 165 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2029
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.
- Ages
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20 to 80 years
- 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 for the healthy controls: * Age between 20 years and 80 years * Weight between 40kg and 100kg * Without neurologic or psychiatric history * Without head trauma history including loss of consciousness superior to 30 minutes. * With highly effective contraception for women of childbearing age * Affiliated to a social security or similar scheme * Not subject to any legal protection measures * Participant must have signed an informed consent document Inclusion Criteria for the patients with Parkinson's disease: * Age between 40 years and 80 years * Weight between 40kg and 100kg * With an idiopathic Parkinson's disease (Dopa-sensitive) * Without head trauma history including loss of consciousness superior to 30 minutes. * Without associated neurological pathology * With highly effective contraception for women of childbearing age * Affiliated to a social security or similar scheme * Not subject to any legal protection measures * Participant must have signed an informed consent document Exclusion Criteria for all participants : * Subject receiving (or having received in the last month) somatic medication with cerebral or psychological effects (e.g., antihistamines), see list in Appendix1 * Subjects with a current or past dependence on alcohol or any other addictive substance according to DSM-IV-TR criteria, with the exception of nicotine and caffeine; - * Subjects already participating in another biomedical research project or who have participated in a study using ionizing radiation within the past year; * Pregnant woman parturient or breastfeeding * MRI contraindications (: people using pacemaker or insulin pumps, with implanted or embedded metal objects in the head or body, claustrophobic, with neurosensory stimulators or implantable defibrillators, with cochlear implants, with ferromagnetic foreign bodies in the eye or brain close to nerve structures, agitation of the subject (uncooperative or agitated subjects), ventriculoperitoneal neurosurgical shunt valves, dental appliances) * Subject with a contraindication to PET scans at the ORM: hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients (sodium chloride) * Subjects who are unable to understand or complete the study (language barrier, obvious lack of motivation, etc.) as judged by the investigator. * Subjects who do not agree to be informed in the event of an incidental finding of an abnormality on MRI or during neuropsychological assessment. * Persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision. * Persons receiving psychiatric care. * Persons admitted to a health or social care facility for purposes other than research.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer - Service de Neurologie
RECRUITINGBron, 69500, France