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RecruitingNCT06629207NUK-RBDUpdated Nov 8, 2024

Artificial Intelligence in Molecular Imaging: Predicting Parkinson's Risk in REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

An interventional study of PET/CT with 18-FDG and SPECT : 123 I-FP-CIT (DATSCAN) in Parkinson Disease, REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Dementia, Lewy Body, sponsored by Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern. Recruiting at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-08.

Sponsored by Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Oct 2024; still recruiting 2 years later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The study aims to systematically document the course of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and investigate possible clinical and imaging biomarkers for disease progression and conversion risk to Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy (MSA). The study will use artificial intelligence to analyze imaging and develop a reliable method to predict and stratify patients approaching conversion to overt a-synucleinopathy. Participants will be clinically evaluated and 2 imaging procedures will be done.

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Conditions studied

  • Parkinson Disease
  • REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
  • Dementia, Lewy Body

Keywords

  • Parkinson Disease
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
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In context

Parkinson Disease

4,487 studies on the registry are indexed under Parkinson Disease; 1,082 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 40 across 3,294 interventional studies indexed under Parkinson Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern is the lead sponsor of 724 studies on the registry; 177 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Confirmed clinical iRBD diagnosis by movement disorder specialists according to the International Classification of Sleep Disorders
  2. Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Known diagnosis of PD or other neurodegenerative disorder
  2. Unequivocal signs of parkinsonism on examination
  3. Narcolepsy or other known causes of RBD
  4. Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea
  5. Abnormal neurological or MRI examination
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
20 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    NUK-RB Study

    Device: PET/CT with 18-FDG · Device: SPECT : 123 I-FP-CIT (DATSCAN) · Device: MRI

Interventions

  • DevicePET/CT with 18-FDG

    FDG-PET scans will be acquired in a Siemens Biograph Vision Quadra PET/CT (Siemens, Germany) at 30-minute post-injection of approximately 80 MBq 18F-FDG. The duration of the acquisition is 20 minutes. The PET images will be reconstructed with the vendor's time of flight (TOF) point-spread-function (PSF) algorithm, following corrections for randoms, scatter, and decay. Attenuation correction will be performed first using low-dose CT.

  • DeviceSPECT : 123 I-FP-CIT (DATSCAN)

    DaT-Scans will be acquired in a GE Discovery NM/CT 670 Pro™. After injection of approximately 110 MBq 123I-FP-CIT, images will be acquired within 4 h post-injection. The duration of the acquisition is 35 minutes.

  • DeviceMRI

    MRI examination to exclude structural brain anomalies.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Assessment of Deep Learning Model Accuracy in Predicting Neurodegenerative Conversion in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) through Early Biomarker Detection

    The investigators aim to evaluate the predictive accuracy of a deep learning model in identifying patients with iRBD who will progress to a neurodegenerative disorder. The primary outcome will assess the model's sensitivity in detecting early imaging biomarkers linked to disease progression, with the goal of enabling earlier intervention and improving long-term outcomes.

    Time frame: From enrollment to end of follow-up period, expected to be 48 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Comparison of the Estimated versus Observed Annual Conversion Risk of Isolated Rapid Eye Movement Behavior Disorder (iRBD) to Neurodegenerative Disorders

    The investigators aim to compare the estimated annual conversion risk of 6.3% in patients with iRBD to Parkinson's disease or another overt alpha-synucleinopathy with the conversion rates observed in the study.

    Time frame: From enrollment to end of follow-up period, expected to be 48 months

  2. Evaluation of Deep Learning Model Accuracy in Predicting Conversion of Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (iRBD) to Parkinson's Disease

    The investigators aim to evaluate the accuracy, receiver operating characteristic curves and area under the curve, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the applied deep learning method, predicting the conversion risk from iRBD to Parkinson's disease or another overt alpha-synucleinopathy.

    Time frame: From enrollment to end of follow-up period, expected to be 48 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Inselspital, University Clinic for Nuclear Medicine
    Bern, 3010, Switzerland
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 8, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06629207
Lead sponsor
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 8, 2024
Start date
Oct 7, 2024
Primary completion
Aug 1, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 1, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 8, 2024

Study contacts

Axel Rominger, Prof. Dr. med.
Contact
axel.rominger@insel.ch
+41 316322610
Franziska Strunz, PhD
Contact
studies.nuk@insel.ch
+41 316643022
Kuanggyu Shi, Prof. Dr. ing.
principal investigator · University Bern, Inselspital, Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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