New PET tracer could help doctors see inflammation in the body
NCT ID NCT07625345
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 11 times
Summary
This study tests a new radioactive tracer called [11C]ZTP-1 to see if it can measure a protein called PDE4B in the brain and body. PDE4B helps control inflammation and brain signals. Forty healthy adults will get the tracer and have PET/CT scans. The goal is to see if this tracer can be used in future studies to monitor diseases or treatment effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 11C-ZTP-1 (a radioactive tracer injected intravenously for PET imaging)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this tracer could help doctors measure PDE4B levels in the body, potentially improving how they monitor diseases or treatment responses.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 1 study with only 40 healthy participants. It is designed to test the tracer's safety and imaging ability, not to treat any disease. The tracer may not work as expected in future studies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
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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18 to 101 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: To be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet the following criteria: * Aged 18 years or older. * Must have undergone a screening assessment under protocol 01M-0254, "The Evaluation of Patients with Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Healthy Participants or protocol 17M0181 Recruitment and Characterization of Healthy Research Volunteers for NIMH Intramural Studies." * Be healthy based on medical history, physical examination, and laboratory testing. * Able to provide informed consent. * Willingness to complete all study procedures including MRI tests. * Have had their radial artery pulse checked for the presence of adequate ulnar collateral flow and the absence of any metal or foreign objects in both wrists. * Agree to adhere to the lifestyle considerations EXCLUSION CRITERIA: An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: * Clinically significant abnormalities on EKG or laboratory testing. This includes CBC and acute care panel (Na, K, Cl, CO2, creatinine, glucose, urea nitrogen). * History of neurologic illness or injury with the potential to affect study data interpretation. * History of seizures, other than in childhood and related to fever. * Recent exposure to radiation (i.e., PET from other research) that, when combined with this study, would be above the allowable limits. * Inability to lie flat on camera bed for at least two hours, including claustrophobia and weight greater than the maximum for the scanner (500 lbs). * HIV infection. * Pregnancy or breastfeeding. * Must not have substance use disorder or alcohol use disorder. * Unable to travel to the NIH. * Unable to have an MRI scan (e.g., because of pacemakers or other implanted electrical devices, brain stimulators, dental implants, aneurysm clips (metal clips on the wall of a large artery), metallic prostheses (including metal pins and rods, heart valves, and cochlear implants), permanent eyeliner, implanted delivery pumps, shrapnel fragments, or metal fragments in the eye. * Known hypersensitivity to phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE-4) inhibitors (e.g. apremilast, roflumilast, nerandomilast, crisborole). * Taking CYP3A4 inhibitors (e.g. grapefruit juice, clarithromycin, erythromycin, ritonavir); CYP3A4 inducers (e.g. phenobarbital St. John's Wort, rifampicin) or oral contraceptives containing gestodene and ethinyl estradiol. EXCLUSION OF CHILDREN: Inclusion of children is not appropriate, because this protocol has more than minimal risk from radiation exposure without the possibility of direct benefit. EXCLUSION OF PREGNANT OR BREASTFEEDING WOMEN: Pregnant women will be excluded because this protocol involves exposure to ionizing radiation. Lactating women will be excluded because radioisotopes may be excreted in milk. We will perform a pregnancy test at screening and prior to all procedures to ensure participants are not pregnant. The test must be negative in order to continue on the study. In addition to completing a negative urine pregnancy test, on the day of PET scanning prior to PET scan procedures, participants of childbearing potential will undergo a clinical pregnancy screening interview with a licensed independent practitioner to confirm lack of pregnancy. EXCLUSION OF PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE HIV POSITIVE: Persons with HIV infection are excluded because HIV infection itself may change cAMP signaling.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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