Status:

RECRUITING

Characterization of the Serotonin 2A Receptor Selective PET Tracer [18F]MH.MZ in Patients With Neurodegenerative Diseases

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Conditions:

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Parkinson Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

50-85 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

It is hypothesize that patients with clinically diagnosed neurodegenerative diseases will have significantly different receptor occupancy of 5HT2A receptors compared to a healthy age/sex-matched contr...

Detailed Description

It is hypothesized that improvement in psychosis symptoms in patients taking pimavanserin will be associated with increased baseline receptor density (Hypothesis 1A), and increased receptor occupancy ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient arm - clinical diagnosis of Parkinson disease, diffuse Lewy body disease, multiple systems atrophy, Huntington's Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, and other variants
  • Healthy arm - age and gender matched to patient arm
  • Psychosis (presence of hallucinations or delusions) starting after the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, occurring at least weekly for 4 weeks, severe enough to warrant treatment.
  • Study partner available for study visits

Exclusion

  • Prior stroke or other uncontrolled serious neurological or medical illness
  • Contra-indication or inability to tolerate MRI scan
  • Use of serotonergic medications in the last 6 weeks
  • Incapable of providing independent consent.
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • psychosis due to a metabolic, toxic, or primary psychiatric disease
  • Deemed unable to complete neurocognitive testing
  • For PD Participants: current or prior use of pimavanserin
  • Use of antipsychotics in the last 2 weeks

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 23 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

75 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05357612

Start Date

January 23 2023

End Date

August 1 2026

Last Update

August 12 2025

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37212