Biomarkers

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Orientation

Method of Measurement (Pre-analytical Tools)
Imaging
Biomarker Measured
Unknown
Use
Pharmacodynamic/response
Stage of Development
Clinical trials
Active vs Completed Trials
Active
Aim/Results

Establish orientation as core disturbance in AD by collecting, coregistering, and analyzing Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and , functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI, fMRI) data from AD-spectrum patients.

Target Population/ Population Being Studied

Patients with Amnestic MCI or AD and healthy controls

Length of Current Trial
1 day?
Number of Trial Participants

30

Estimated Trial Completion
February 2020
What is Required from Patients

injection of radioactive tracers, mild discomfort, entering an fMRI machine (can induce claustrophobia), in clinic visit

What is Required from the Health System

PET technician, fMRI technician, fMRI machine, PET scanner, dyes

Sponsor

Assuta Medical Center; Hadassah Medical Organization

“Orientation in AD Patients: PET-MR Study.” ClinicalTrials.gov. Accessed October 9, 2019. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03030365?term=biomarker&recrs=abdf&cond=Alzheimer+Disease&draw=11&rank=92