A Phase 2 interventional study of [18F]PI-2620 in Parkinson's Disease, sponsored by Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 45 Years to 85 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-10.
Sponsored by Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research · Phase 2, Interventional, and Diagnostic
The study aims to evaluate the burden of tau pathology in people with Sporadic and LRRK2 PD via in vivo imaging using the tau tracer, [18F]PI-2620, and a high resolution PET camera, NeuroEXPLORER.
The purpose of this study to compare how well [18F] PI-2620, a PET radiotracer targeting Tau protein, bind to brain regions in people with Parkinson's disease (PD), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Syndrome, and healthy volunteers.
The study is planned to be conducted over a period of two years. The study aims to assess the tau burden in PD compared to diseased and healthy controls with PET imaging using [18F]PI-2620 and utilizing the new NX PET camera. The study will include subjects already enrolled in the PPMI study to enable efficient enrollment. The study will utilize clinical and imaging assessments obtained during the PPMI study visit to reduce the subject burden and enable longitudinal PPMI study data used in the study analysis.
In the first year, half of the cohort will be recruited including 10 sporadic PD, 10 LRKK2 PD, 5 PSP/CBS, and 5 Healthy controls. The first-year cohorts, may be scanned on both the NX and the conventional PET camera to allow for comparison of tau deposits visualization between the two camera systems.
During the second year, remaining cohorts will be recruited to acquire the [18F]PI-2620 image using the NX PET camera. In order to investigate the temporal change in tau pathology in PD, participants recruited in the first year will be followed up at 12 months with repeat imaging with NX.
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General inclusion criteria include the following:
i. Non-childbearing potential is defined as a female that must be either (no menses for at least 12 months prior to PET scan) or surgically sterile (bilateral tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy).
ii. Highly effective method of birth control is defined as practicing at least one of the following: A birth control method that results in a less than 1% per year failure rate when used consistently and correctly, such as oral contraceptives for at least 3 months prior to injection, an intrauterine device (IUD) for at least 2 months prior to injection, or barrier methods, e.g., diaphragm or combination condom and spermicide. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, post-ovulation methods) is not acceptable.
b. Females of childbearing potential must not be pregnant, breastfeeding or lactating, or planning pregnancy during the duration of the study.
c. Non PPMI participant females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test at Screening and all females of childbearing potential must have negative urine pregnancy test prior to [18F]PI-2620 injection on day of Baseline PET scan.
d. Non PPMI participant females of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test prior to Screening Visit DaTscan injection.
Healthy Controls:
a) Enrolled in the PPMI study as a healthy subject.
Disease specific inclusion criteria:
a) Parkinson's disease
a. Enrolled in the PPMI study as a sporadic PD or LRRK2 PD participant. b. Known CSF alpha synuclein seeding amplification assay status. c. Known Plasma phosphorylated Tau217 status. b) Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP):
c) Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS):
Exclusion Criteria:
For those receiving Screening DaTscan:
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Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
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Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
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Postmenopausal
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
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Clinically significant
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Sporadic and LRRK2
Drug: [18F]PI-2620
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS)
Drug: [18F]PI-2620
Healthy participants
Drug: [18F]PI-2620
All participants will undergo PET imaging using the \[18F\]PI-2620 tau-binding tracer.
Comparison of tau binding between study cohort using Standardized Uptake Value ratio ( SUVr)
Determination of \[18F\]PI-2620 binding in brain regions in all participants with NX acquired images to compare tau binding between study cohorts.
Time frame: Once during single PET imaging
Comparison of Tau imaging to clinical profile
To compare \[18F\]PI-2620 binding with clinical assessments including motor and cognitive rating scale.
Time frame: Once during single PET imaging
Comparison of Tau imaging to biomarker profile
To compare \[18F\]PI-2620 binding with CSF Synuclein Seed Amplification status. To compare \[18F\]PI-2620 binding with plasma phosphoTau217.
Time frame: Once during single PET imaging
Compare Tau binding between Standard and high-resolution PET camera in all participants using SUVr.
To compare the tau binding in all participants between the NX and conventional PET scanner (Siemens Biograph mCT).
Time frame: Once during single PET imaging
Compare longitudinal change
To compare longitudinal change in \[18F\]PI-2620 binding over a period of 12 months across all cohorts.
Time frame: 12 months
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