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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 10 August 2021
Main ID:  NCT04144257
Date of registration: 28/10/2019
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Public title: Role of Microglial Activation and Norepinephrine Transporter Abnormalities in Pathogenesis of MS-related Fatigue
Scientific title: Role of Microglial Activation and Norepinephrine Transporter Abnormalities in Pathogenesis of MS-related Fatigue
Date of first enrolment: March 12, 2020
Target sample size: 12
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT04144257
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Diagnostic. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Tarun Singhal, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Brigham and Women's Hospital
Name:     Steven Vaquerano
Address: 
Telephone: 617-264-3044
Email: svaquerano2@bwh.harvard.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:     Tarun Singhal, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 617-264-3043
Email: tsinghal@bwh.harvard.edu
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Subjects meeting the definition for RRMS or SPMS by International Panel (2017
McDonald) Criteria.

- We will recruit patients with RRMS, recently diagnosed in the last 2 years. There will
be no disease modifying therapy restrictions for RRMS or SPMS patients.

- Male and female subjects age 18 to 60 years.

- Patients able to withhold medication that may interfere with C-11[MRB] radiotracer
uptake for 24 hours before the scan.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Relapse/Corticosteroid treatment in the past 4 weeks to avoid transient effects on
imaging

- Individuals with a known alternate neurologic disorder, previous head injury, or
substance abuse.

- Individuals with bipolar disease and schizophrenia

- Concurrent medical conditions that contraindicate study procedures.

- Women who are pregnant or nursing. Also, any woman who is seeking to become pregnant
or suspects she is pregnant will be excluded from enrollment.

- Claustrophobia

- Non-MRI compatible implanted devices

- Low affinity binders



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Multiple Sclerosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: [F-18]PBR06
Drug: [C-11]Methylreboxetine
Primary Outcome(s)
Standardized Uptake Value (SUV)/Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) [Time Frame: Baseline]
Secondary Outcome(s)
MRI global/regional volumetrics [Time Frame: Baseline]
Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) [Time Frame: Baseline]
Binding Potential (BPnd) [Time Frame: Baseline]
Tissue Volume of distribution (Vt)/Distribution Volume Ratios (DVR) [Time Frame: Baseline]
MRI grey matter lesional load/brain atrophy [Time Frame: Baseline]
Secondary ID(s)
2019P002356
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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