MIMA Pilot Study: MIcrostructure of the Medial Temporal Lobe in Early Alzheimer's Disease

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Diagnostic test
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD) may or may not develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia. Yet identifying patients at risk is crucial: delaying the onset of the disease by 5 years could reduce prevalence by 50%. To achieve this, we need affordable biomarkers combined with clinically meaningful assessment tools. Current approaches (cognition, imaging or Tau and Amyloid peptide assays) lack precision or specificity (e.g., age-related memory deficits) and involve invasive and costly procedures, sometimes inaccessible in France (e.g., the AT(N) framework). Recently, quantitative diffusion MRI (dMRI) has identified in-vivo gray matter microstructural changes linked to hyperphosphorylated Tau protein, which are of great diagnostic value. Still, we ignore whether and how these changes are responsible for early memory impairment in AD. The MIMA-P project will combine multi-compartment models of the high-resolution diffusion signal with a cognitive assessment of memory based on recent models of medial temporal lobe function to assess the relevance of a new affordable, rapid and non-invasive early marker of the disease.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 50
Maximum Age: 80
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• aged between 50 and 80

• native French speaking

• right-handed

• with a level of education equal to or higher than the Certificat d'Etudes Primaires (primary school leaving certificate)

• free of any medical or psychiatric condition likely to interfere with cognition, other than a diagnosis of SCD / MCI

• affiliated with a social security scheme

• having received oral and written information abou the protocol and having signed a consent form to participate in this research

• patients with 'subjective cognitive decline-plus' (hereafter 'SCD', criteria of Jessen et al., 2014) or patients with mild neurocognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (hereafter 'MCI', criteria of Albert et al., 2011)

Locations
Other Locations
France
CHU Rennes
RECRUITING
Rennes
Contact Information
Primary
Pierre-Yves JONIN, PhD
pierreyves.jonin@chu-rennes.fr
299284321
Backup
Isabelle LEROYER
isabelle.leroyer@chu-rennes.fr
299289747
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-07-02
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-03
Participants
Target number of participants: 50
Treatments
Experimental: SCD+
Patients with subjective cognitive decline-plus due to Alzheimer's disease (or DCS in french)
Experimental: MCI
Patients with mild neurocognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (or TCL in french)
Sponsors
Leads: Rennes University Hospital

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