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NCT Number: NCT07764679

A Clinical Study Evaluating the Diagnostic Performance and Safety of PET for the Deposition of Aβ Plaques in the Brain of Participants With Normal Cognitive Function, MCI and AD Using [18F]Fluorbetazine Injection

A multicenter phase III clinical study evaluating the diagnostic performance and safety of PET for the deposition of Aβ plaques in the brain of participants with normal cognitive function, MCI and AD using [18F]Fluorbetazine injection.

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Key information

Age range

40 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 102413, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Haimei Wang, Master

CONTACT

[email protected]

15601003334

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

1 1. Men or women aged ≥ 40 years (including the threshold age). 2. Men or women with fertility must use effective contraceptive measures during the study period. Effective contraceptive measures include sterilization, intrauterine hormone devices, condoms, birth control pills, abstinence, or vasectomy.

  • Meet the diagnostic criteria for normal cognitive function, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), or Alzheimer's disease (AD).
  • Participants voluntarily join the study, can cooperate with the experimental observations, and sign a written informed consent form. For participants with AD dementia, the informed consent form must be signed together with their legal guardian. If the participant is unable to sign the informed consent form due to limited cognitive ability or other reasons, the participant's signature space may be left blank, with the reason documented. The guardian should sign in the designated space for explanation.

Exclusion criteria

  • Known allergy to [18F]Fluorbetazine injection or its excipients.
  • Presence of previously implanted metal devices that are incompatible with MRI examinations, including pacemakers, defibrillators, insulin pumps, cochlear implants, intraocular metal implants, nerve stimulators, or CNS aneurysm clips; or suffering from claustrophobia or intolerance to imaging procedures for other reasons.
  • Cognitive impairment caused by reasons other than Alzheimer's disease (AD).
  • Cranial MRI scan shows one or more of the following results:
  • More than 2 infarctions with a diameter greater than 2 cm in any part of the brain;
  • Infarctions of any diameter in key areas such as the thalamus, hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, hippocampal gyrus, gyrus, cortex, or other subcortical gray matter nuclei;
  • Fazekas Scale grading of white matter lesions > 2;
  • Presence of brain tumors, intracranial infections, or cerebral hemorrhage, and deemed unsuitable for participation in this study by the researchers.
  • Current clinically significant psychiatric illnesses, such as severe depression or schizophrenia, based on medical history, and the researchers have assessed that the imaging process cannot be completed. Researchers should carefully consider whether participants with dementia and behavioral disorders who may require psychiatric medication can complete the imaging process.
  • Received radiopharmaceutical imaging or treatment within at least 5 half-lives prior to screening.
  • Suffering from other serious and/or poorly controlled and/or unstable diseases, and deemed unsuitable for participation in this study by the researcher.
  • Positive test results for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies or Treponema pallidum antibodies.
  • History of alcohol or drug abuse.
  • Pregnant or lactating women with positive pregnancy test results during the screening period (including premenopausal women who have not undergone surgical sterilization and women within one year after menopause).
  • Participated in any clinical trials within 4 weeks prior to enrollment and used investigational drugs; or those who plan to participate in any clinical trials during the study period.
  • Other situations deemed unsuitable for participating in this clinical trial by the researchers.

Participants with Normal Cognitive Function

  • Any evidence suggesting the possibility of AD from previous MRI, CT, or other biomarker studies.

MCI and AD Dementia Participants

  • Received anti-Aβ targeted therapy drugs, such as lecanemab monoclonal antibody, or treated or prophylactic anti-Aβ vaccines.
  • Suffering from neurodegenerative diseases other than AD, including but not limited to Parkinson's disease, Pick's disease, frontotemporal degeneration (FTLD), Huntington's disease, Down syndrome, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, normal pressure hydrocephalus, or progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).
  • Previously or currently diagnosed with dementia other than AD, including but not limited to Parkinson's disease dementia, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia, mixed dementia, etc.

Treatment and study plan

[18F]Fluorbetazine injection

Drug

normal cognitive function, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) caused by Alzheimer's disease (AD) using [18F]Fluorbetazine injection.

Primary outcomes

  1. The sensitivity and specificity of PET imaging visual interpretation results compared to true standards after a single intravenous injection of [18F]Fluorbetazine injection in participants with AD induced MCI, AD dementia and normal cognitive.

    Time frame: 1 year

    The sensitivity and specificity of PET imaging visual interpretation results compared to true standards after a single intravenous injection of [18F]Fluorbetazine injection in participants with AD induced MCI, AD dementia and normal cognitive.

Secondary outcomes

  1. 1 Calculate and compare the standard uptake value ratio (SUVR) of cortical target areas (lateral temporal lobe, frontal lobe, posterior cingulate gyrus/anterior cingulate cortex, and parietal lobe) relative to the cerebellum between AD derived MCI/AD dem

    Time frame: 1year

    1 Calculate and compare the standard uptake value ratio (SUVR) of cortical target areas (lateral temporal lobe, frontal lobe, posterior cingulate gyrus/anterior cingulate cortex, and parietal lobe) relative to the cerebellum between AD derived MCI/AD dementia participants and cognitively normal participants, and determine the diagnostic performance of SUVR;

  2. 2 Using Kappa coefficient to compare the consistency of visual analysis of PET imaging among independent readers, within readers, and overall

    Time frame: 1year

    2 Using Kappa coefficient to compare the consistency of visual analysis of PET imaging among independent readers, within readers, and overall

  3. 3 Calculate the cerebral gray matter to white matter SUV ratio (GWR) on PET images of AD derived MCI/AD dementia participants and cognitively normal participants, and evaluate image features.

    Time frame: 1year

    3 Calculate the cerebral gray matter to white matter SUV ratio (GWR) on PET images of AD derived MCI/AD dementia participants and cognitively normal participants, and evaluate image features.

Other outcomes

  1. The safety assessment is based on serious adverse events, adverse events

    Time frame: From the first day of application to one week after administration

    Serious adverse events and adverse events during the research period;

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Xiaomin Xu, Master

CONTACT

[email protected]

010-69357316

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

HTA Co., Ltd.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Multicenter Phase III Clinical Study Evaluating the Diagnostic Performance and Safety of PET for the Deposition of Aβ Plaques in the Brain of Participants With Normal Cognitive Function, MCI and AD Using [18F]Fluorbetazine Injection

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2028
First posted
Aug 14, 2026
Registry last updated
Aug 14, 2026

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