DaTSCAN Imaging in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease

Summary

The investigators propose using DaTscan in patients with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and other neurodegenerative syndromes and disorders, to test several hypotheses - some confirmatory, and some novel. Such use will provide new data on the potential clinical and research utility of DaTscan in neurodegenerative diseases. The findings on DaTscan will be correlated with clinical diagnoses and other multimodal imaging studies (e.g., MRI, MRS, FDG-PET, and amyloid-PET) to enhance our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases.

Timeline

Start

2011-10

Primary completion

2026-12

Completion

2026-12

Publications

• Background Arnaldi D, Mattioli P, Raffa S, Pardini M, Massa F, Iranzo A, Perissinotti A, Ninerola-Baizan A, Gaig C, Serradell M, Munoz-Lopetegi A, Maya G, Liguori C, Fernandes M, Placidi F, Chiaravalloti A, Sonka K, Dusek P, Zogala D, Trnka J, Boeve BF, Miyagawa T, Lowe VJ, Miyamoto T, Miyamoto M, Puligheddu M, Figorilli M, Serra A, Hu MT, Klein JC, Bes F, Kunz D, Cochen De Cock V, de Verbizier D, Plazzi G, Antelmi E, Terzaghi M, Bossert I, Kulcsarova K, Martino A, Giuliani A, Pagani M, Nobili F, Morbelli S; International REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Study Group. Presynaptic Dopaminergic Imaging Characterizes Patients with REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Due to Synucleinopathy. Ann Neurol. 2024 Jun;95(6):1178-1192. doi: 10.1002/ana.26902. Epub 2024 Mar 11.
• Results Jung Y, Jordan LG 3rd, Lowe VJ, Kantarci K, Parisi JE, Dickson DW, Murray ME, Reichard RR, Ferman TJ, Jones DT, Graff-Radford J, Savica R, Machulda MM, Fields JA, Allen LA, Drubach DA, St Louis EK, Silber MH, Jack CR Jr, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Boeve BF. Clinicopathological and 123I-FP-CIT SPECT correlations in patients with dementia. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2018 Jan 24;5(3):376-381. doi: 10.1002/acn3.521. eCollection 2018 Mar.
• Results Chen Q, Lowe VJ, Boeve BF, Przybelski SA, Miyagawa T, Senjem ML, Jack CR Jr, Lesnick TG, Kremers WK, Fields JA, Min HK, Schwarz CG, Gunter JL, Graff-Radford J, Savica R, Knopman DS, Jones D, Ferman TJ, Graff-Radford NR, Petersen RC, Kantarci K. beta-Amyloid PET and 123I-FP-CIT SPECT in Mild Cognitive Impairment at Risk for Lewy Body Dementia. Neurology. 2021 Feb 22;96(8):e1180-e1189. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011454.
• Results Maltais DD, Jordan LG, Min HK, Miyagawa T, Przybelski SA, Lesnick TG, Reichard RR, Dickson DW, Murray ME, Kantarci K, Boeve BF, Lowe VJ. Confirmation of 123I-FP-CIT SPECT Quantification Methods in Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Other Neurodegenerative Disorders. J Nucl Med. 2020 Nov;61(11):1628-1635. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.119.239418. Epub 2020 Mar 20.
• Results Miyagawa T, Przybelski SA, Maltais D, Min HK, Jordan L, Lesnick TG, Chen Q, Graff-Radford J, Jones D, Savica R, Knopman D, Petersen R, Kremers WK, Forsberg LK, Fields JA, Ferman TJ, Allen L, Parisi J, Reichard RR, Murray M, Dickson D, Boeve BF, Kantarci K, Lowe VJ. The value of multimodal imaging with 123I-FP-CIT SPECT in differential diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease dementia. Neurobiol Aging. 2021 Mar;99:11-18. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.12.009. Epub 2020 Dec 15.
• Results Arnaldi D, Chincarini A, Hu MT, Sonka K, Boeve B, Miyamoto T, Puligheddu M, De Cock VC, Terzaghi M, Plazzi G, Tachibana N, Morbelli S, Rolinski M, Dusek P, Lowe V, Miyamoto M, Figorilli M, Verbizier D, Bossert I, Antelmi E, Meli R, Barber TR, Trnka J, Miyagawa T, Serra A, Pizza F, Bauckneht M, Bradley KM, Zogala D, McGowan DR, Jordan L, Manni R, Nobili F. Dopaminergic imaging and clinical predictors for phenoconversion of REM sleep behaviour disorder. Brain. 2021 Feb 12;144(1):278-287. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa365.
• Results Diaz-Galvan P, Miyagawa T, Przybelski SA, Lesnick TG, Senjem ML, Jack CR Jr, Forsberg LK, Min HK, St Louis EK, Savica R, Fields JA, Benarroch EE, Lowe V, Petersen RC, Boeve BF, Kantarci K. Brain glucose metabolism and nigrostriatal degeneration in isolated rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder. Brain Commun. 2023 Feb 2;5(1):fcad021. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad021. eCollection 2023.

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