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Alzheimer Disease, Early OnsetEEGNCT05989087

The Resting-state EEG Gamma Oscillations in Alzheimer's Disease

An observational study of Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset, run by Görsev Yener, MD, PhD at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The literature suggests a strong association between amyloid accumulation and gamma alterations, emerging gamma activity as a biomarker candidate for Alzheimer's pathology. The present study aims to investigate resting-state gamma activity changes in Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-proven early-onset Alzheimer's disease… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages Up to 65 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset
What is being tested?
CSF
How many people
51 participants
Where
1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
Study dates
7 Nov 2012to 5 Apr 2019
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Up to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: The present study included a retrospective investigation of EEG and MRI data. The total sample for the study consisted of 24 early-onset Alzheimer's disease patients and 24 healthy controls.

Who may be able to join

  • For all participants: Age < 65
  • For EOAD patients: Meeting National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association diagnostic criteria.
  • For healthy controls: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) >25 Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL) = 8

Who cannot join

  • For EOAD patients: MMSE > 24 Geriatric depression scale (GDS) > 14 Having treatment with antipsychotics and comorbidities that may affect cognitive abilities.
  • For healthy controls: Having neurological and/or cognitive abnormalities Having a history of neurological, psychiatric, or systemic disorders, and alcohol/drug abuse. GDS > 14
  • For all participants: Having neurological (other than AD) or any other serious disease (cancer, systemic disease)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
  • İzmir University of Economics

    Izmir

Other trials in Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Official title: The Underestimated Utility of Resting-state Gamma Oscillations: Both Increase and Decrease of Gamma Discriminates Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Patients From Healthy Individuals

The literature suggests a strong association between amyloid accumulation and gamma alterations, emerging gamma activity as a biomarker candidate for Alzheimer's pathology. The present study aims to investigate resting-state gamma activity changes in Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-proven early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD) patients with a holistic approach that employs structural and functional brain neuroimaging techniques, and neuropsychological aspects.

Read the detailed description

This cross-sectional study included 24 drug-naive CSF-proven EOAD patients and age-, sex, and education-matched healthy controls. All participants underwent a detailed neuropsychological evaluation, resting-state electroencephalography (EEG) recording, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Gamma power and coherence were measured in total gamma (30-48 Hz), gamma-1 (30-35 Hz), gamma-2 (35-40 Hz), and gamma-3 (40-48 Hz) frequency bands. Gray matter volumes were extracted for 54 regions of interest (ROIs) and compared between groups. Discriminant analysis was performed to determine the classification accuracy of gamma activity for EOAD. Finally, correlations between CSF, neuropsychological tests, EEG, and MRI measures were explored.

Being tested
CSF
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, Gamma activity, Resting-state EEG, Discriminative power, MRI
Medical subject headings
Alzheimer Disease

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • CSFDiagnostic test

    Also called MRI, Neuropsychological tests

    Early-onset Alzheimer's disease patients underwent routine laboratory tests to obtain CSF samples. Also, all participants underwent structural MRI examinations and neuropsychological tests.

Study groups in NCT05989087
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Early-onset Alzheimer's diseasePatients were recruited from the outpatient memory clinics of the Department of Neurology, Dokuz Eylül University Hospital. The patient group was diagnosed by an expert neurologist, according to the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease
Receives: Diagnostic Test: CSF
Healthy controlsAge-and gender-matched healthy volunteers were recruited via advertisements and word-of-mouth.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. EEG

    The resting state EEG recordings were acquired using Easy-Cap comprising 30 Ag/AgCl electrodes placed according to the international 10-20 system. Coherence and maximum peak power of the total gamma (30-48 Hz) and sub-gamma bands [gamma-1 (30-35 Hz), gamma-2 (35-40 Hz), and gamma-3 (40-48 Hz)] were measured for each participant.

    Measured: Day 2

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Correlation Analysis

    Correlations between CSF, neuropsychological tests (NPT), EEG, and MRI measures were investigated.

    Measured: 3 months

  2. Discriminant Analysis

    The discriminative power of gamma measures (power and coherence) was investigated with discriminant analysis (DA).

    Measured: 3 months

  3. MRI

    Participants underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging on a Philips Achieva 1.5 Tesla scanner. The gray matter volumes were obtained from the 3D-T1 weighted Turbo field echo (TFE) sequence (TR: 9ms, Time to Echo (TE): 4ms, Field-of-view (FOV): 240mm, matrix: 256, slice thickness: 1mm, numbers of signal averages (NSA): 1). The images were segmented into gray matter, white matter, and CSF with the default parameters of the CAT12 segmentation function. Only the gray matter calculations were compared between groups.

    Measured: Day 1

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted14 Aug 2023
  2. Study start7 Nov 2012
  3. Primary completion2 Jan 2016
  4. Study completion5 Apr 2019

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
51 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05989087
Sponsor's protocol ID
DokuzEU EEG
Acronym
EEG
Status last verified
Aug 2023
First submitted
25 Jul 2023
Last updated
22 Aug 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the contact person, upon reasonable request.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset, run by Görsev Yener, MD, PhD at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Aug 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

EEG (time frame: Day 2). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Aug 2023.

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