Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Dopamine Receptors Using the Tracer [11C]NNC-112

Summary

This study will investigate the use of \[11C\]NNC-112 in positron emission tomography (PET) scanning. PET is a technique that uses radioactive isotopes called tracers to provide images of the brain. Injected into the body, the isotopes lose their "radioactive strength" over time, sending out rays that can be picked up and "seen" by special detectors connected to a computer. The computer then makes a picture of the brain. This study will examine the distribution in the body of a new tracer called \[11C\]NNC-112. Healthy normal volunteers between 18 and 70 years of age may be eligible for this study. Candidates are screened with a physical examination and blood and urine tests, including a urine drug screen. Women up to age 55 also have a pregnancy test. Participants have a PET scan using the \[11C\]NNC-112 tracer. For this procedure, a catheter (small plastic tube) is placed into a vein in the subject's arm for injecting the tracer. Then, the subject lies on the scanner bed. After a preliminary "transmission scan," the tracer is injected, and PET scans are taken from the head to the upper thigh over a period of about 2 hours to show the distribution of radioactivity in the body. Blood pressure, breathing rate, and heart rate are checked before and after injection of the tracer, and blood and urine samples are collected after the PET scan.

Timeline

Start

2004-07

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-03

Publications

• Background Abi-Dargham A, Martinez D, Mawlawi O, Simpson N, Hwang DR, Slifstein M, Anjilvel S, Pidcock J, Guo NN, Lombardo I, Mann JJ, Van Heertum R, Foged C, Halldin C, Laruelle M. Measurement of striatal and extrastriatal dopamine D1 receptor binding potential with [11C]NNC 112 in humans: validation and reproducibility. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2000 Feb;20(2):225-43. doi: 10.1097/00004647-200002000-00003.
• Background Abi-Dargham A, Mawlawi O, Lombardo I, Gil R, Martinez D, Huang Y, Hwang DR, Keilp J, Kochan L, Van Heertum R, Gorman JM, Laruelle M. Prefrontal dopamine D1 receptors and working memory in schizophrenia. J Neurosci. 2002 May 1;22(9):3708-19. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-09-03708.2002.
• Background Andersen PH, Gronvald FC, Hohlweg R, Hansen LB, Guddal E, Braestrup C, Nielsen EB. NNC-112, NNC-687 and NNC-756, new selective and highly potent dopamine D1 receptor antagonists. Eur J Pharmacol. 1992 Aug 14;219(1):45-52. doi: 10.1016/0014-2999(92)90578-r.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.