The Aging Brain and Cognition: Contribution of Vascular Injury, Amyloid Plaque and Tau Protein to Cognitive Dysfunction After Stroke
Post-stroke Dementia, Vascular Mild Cognitive Impairment
About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Post-stroke Dementia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Inclusion criteria for stroke/TIA patients
- Males or females with age >= 50 years old
- Having cerebral stroke or transient ischemic attack
- Modified Rankin Scale < 4
- Ability to participate in cognitive and neuroimaging assessments
- Female subjects of childbearing potential must practice effective contraception during the study and be willing and able to continue contraception after the final study
- Provision of signed informed consent
Inclusion criteria for healthy elderly controls
- Males or females with age >= 50 years old
- Without history of cerebral stroke or transient ischemic attack
- Ability to participate in cognitive and neuroimaging assessments
- Female subjects of childbearing potential must practice effective contraception during the study and be willing and able to continue contraception after the final study
- Provision of signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
Exclusion criteria for all subjects
- Presence of dementia diagnosis before the index stroke or at the initial screening History of vascular MCI (VaMCI)
- The Chinese version of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) score >=104 [24] at the initial screening.
- Presence of large infarction or lobar encephalomalacia on brain CT or MRI.
- Severe language impairment precluding cognitive assessments, defined as a score of 3 points in the language score of the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale.
- Life expectancy less than 1 year.
- Clinically significant abnormal laboratory values.
- Clinically significant or unstable medical or psychiatric illness.
- Epilepsy history.
- Cognitive impairment resulting from trauma or brain damage.
- Substance abuse or alcoholism in the past 1 year
- General MRI, and / or PET exclusion criteria.
- Pregnant or becoming pregnant during the study (as documented by pregnancy testing at screening or at any date during the study according to the PI discretion) or current breast feeding.
- History of allergy to 18F-labelled radionucleic agents, [18F]AV-45 or [18F]THK-5351.
- Subjects having high risks for the study according to the PI discretion.
Sites / Locations
- Department of Neurology, Chang-Gung memorial Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Other
Other
THK-5351
AV-45
Name: [18F]THK5351,(S)-6-[(3-Fluoro-2-hydroxy)propoxy]-2-(2-Methylaminopyrid-5-yl)-quinoline Dosage form: intravenous injection Dose(s): 10mCi Dosing schedule: Visit 2 Mechanism of action (if known): high affinity radiotracer for the tau protein Pharmacological category:Radio pharmaceutical
Name: [18F]AV-45, (E)-4-(2-(6-(2-(2-(2-[18F]fluoroethoxy) ethoxy) ethoxy)pyridin-3-yl)vinyl)-N-methylbenzenamine Dosage form: intravenous injection Dose(s): 10mCi Dosing schedule: Visit 2 Mechanism of action (if known): high affinity radiotracer for the β- amyloid protein Pharmacological category:Radio pharmaceutical