PET brain scan with [18F]Fluorbetazine to detect amyloid plaques in memory problems
Tests a PET brain scan agent for amyloid plaques in adults with memory problems.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- HTA Co., Ltd.
- Where
- Beijing, ChinaSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- A Clinical Study Evaluating the Diagnostic Performance and Safety of PET for the Deposition of Aβ Plaques in the Brain of Participants With Normal Cognitive Function, MCI and AD Using [18F]Fluorbetazine Injection
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 3
- People taking part
- 400 people, planned
- Started
- 20 Jun 2025
- Expected to end
- 31 Dec 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- [18F]Fluorbetazine injection
- Record updated
- 14 August 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults aged 40 or older with normal thinking, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer's disease. It tests a brain PET scan with [18F]Fluorbetazine to detect amyloid plaques.
- Age
- 40 years or older
- Sex
- Men and women
- Disease stage
- Normal cognitive function, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer's disease (AD)
- Earlier treatment
- People with MCI or AD cannot have had anti-amyloid therapy such as lecanemab or anti-amyloid vaccines. No radiopharmaceutical imaging or treatment within at least 5 half-lives before screening.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Known allergy to [18F]Fluorbetazine injection or its excipients
- Metal implants not compatible with MRI, or claustrophobia
- Memory problems caused by something other than Alzheimer's disease
- Positive HIV antibody or Treponema pallidum antibody test
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- 1 1. Men or women aged ≥ 40 years (including the threshold age). 2. Men or women with fertility must use effective contraceptive measures during the study period. Effective contraceptive measures include sterilization, intrauterine hormone devices, condoms, birth control pills, abstinence, or vasectomy
- Meet the diagnostic criteria for normal cognitive function, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), or Alzheimer's disease (AD)
- Participants voluntarily join the study, can cooperate with the experimental observations, and sign a written informed consent form. For participants with AD dementia, the informed consent form must be signed together with their legal guardian. If the participant is unable to sign the informed consent form due to limited cognitive ability or other reasons, the participant's signature space may be left blank, with the reason documented. The guardian should sign in the designated space for explanation
Who cannot take part
- Presence of previously implanted metal devices that are incompatible with MRI examinations, including pacemakers, defibrillators, insulin pumps, cochlear implants, intraocular metal implants, nerve stimulators, or CNS aneurysm clips; or suffering from claustrophobia or intolerance to imaging procedures for other reasons
- Received radiopharmaceutical imaging or treatment within at least 5 half-lives prior to screening
- Pregnant or lactating women with positive pregnancy test results during the screening period (including premenopausal women who have not undergone surgical sterilization and women within one year after menopause)
- Participated in any clinical trials within 4 weeks prior to enrollment and used investigational drugs; or those who plan to participate in any clinical trials during the study period
- Any evidence suggesting the possibility of AD from previous MRI, CT, or other biomarker studies; MCI and AD Dementia Participants
- Received anti-Aβ targeted therapy drugs, such as lecanemab monoclonal antibody, or treated or prophylactic anti-Aβ vaccines
- Previously or currently diagnosed with dementia other than AD, including but not limited to Parkinson's disease dementia, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia, mixed dementia, etc
- Known allergy to [18F]Fluorbetazine injection or its excipients
- Cognitive impairment caused by reasons other than Alzheimer's disease (AD)
- Cranial MRI scan shows one or more of the following results:; More than 2 infarctions with a diameter greater than 2 cm in any part of the brain; Infarctions of any diameter in key areas such as the thalamus, hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, hippocampal gyrus, gyrus, cortex, or other subcortical gray matter nuclei; Fazekas Scale grading of white matter lesions > 2; Presence of brain tumors, intracranial infections, or cerebral hemorrhage, and deemed unsuitable for participation in this study by the researchers
- Current clinically significant psychiatric illnesses, such as severe depression or schizophrenia, based on medical history, and the researchers have assessed that the imaging process cannot be completed. Researchers should carefully consider whether participants with dementia and behavioral disorders who may require psychiatric medication can complete the imaging process
- Suffering from other serious and/or poorly controlled and/or unstable diseases, and deemed unsuitable for participation in this study by the researcher
- Positive test results for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies or Treponema pallidum antibodies
- History of alcohol or drug abuse
- Suffering from neurodegenerative diseases other than AD, including but not limited to Parkinson's disease, Pick's disease, frontotemporal degeneration (FTLD), Huntington's disease, Down syndrome, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, normal pressure hydrocephalus, or progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)
- Other situations deemed unsuitable for participating in this clinical trial by the researchers; Participants with Normal Cognitive Function
Where in China
- Peking Union Medical College HospitalBeijing, ChinaContact: Haimei Wang, MasterTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
A multicenter phase III clinical study evaluating the diagnostic performance and safety of PET for the deposition of Aβ plaques in the brain of participants with normal cognitive function, MCI and AD using [18F]Fluorbetazine injection.
The group in the trial
- using [18F]Fluorbetazine injection.Treatment being tested
Treatment: [18F]Fluorbetazine injection
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- A Multicenter Phase III Clinical Study Evaluating the Diagnostic Performance and Safety of PET for the Deposition of Aβ Plaques in the Brain of Participants With Normal Cognitive Function, MCI and AD Using [18F]Fluorbetazine Injection
- Plain-language title
- PET brain scan with [18F]Fluorbetazine to detect amyloid plaques in memory problemsGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 13 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 14 August 2026