Clinical trial NCT04057807
Conditions: Alzheimer Disease
Sponsor: Yale University
Start date: 2018-04-15; Completion date: 2022-07-27
Enrollment: 18 participants; Allocation: NA; Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP

Brief summary:
To examine the differences in the capacity to activate microglia in patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) compared to age-comparable cognitively normal subjects and younger healthy controls.

Detailed description:
The primary outcome is Microglia Activation Reserve Index (MARI) (calculated in the parietal region of interest (ROIs)) in AD patients compared to elderly controls. The researchers will recruit up to 20 participants. The investigators will use 7 AD and 7 comparably aged cognitively normal successfully scanned subjects to calculate the microglial activation reserve index. The expectations are significant differences between the two groups suggesting altered reactivity of the microglia in AD. The result would be an exciting one suggesting at least one mechanism by which some patients with significant amyloid load have progressive dementia while comparable others are either cognitively normal or have stable Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). It will also suggest avenues for intervention in amyloid positive MCIs to prevent progression to Alzheimer's dementia. The exploratory analysis will include:

1. Effects of aging on MARI: The researchers will evaluate the effects of aging on MARI. Comparisons will be made for MARI between cognitively normal elderly and the 8 healthy individuals to whom the investigators applied this protocol in an earlier study. The reactivity of microglia is reported to change with age and so the investigators expect MARI to change in the cognitively normal elderly. However, the expectation is that the differences between the young and elderly cognitively normal subjects to be small relative to the comparison of AD and elderly normal controls.
2. Effects of amyloid on MARI: The researchers will look at the relationship of regional and global amyloid load to MARI. The presence of a relationship suggests that one of the reasons for altered microglial reactivity might be interactions of microglia with pathologic amyloid.
3. Effects of MARI on cognition: The researchers will explore whether MARI would correlate with the measure of disease stage, with higher MARIs associated with worse neuropsychological score and more severe disease. The researchers will look for correlations between MARI and the individual neuropsychological scores. This would determine if disease severity is correlated with microglial activation reserve.

Arms: arm 1: The 20 enrolled subjects will have LPS (0.4 ng/kg) administered intravenously
Interventions: intervention 1: LPS
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: LPS (0.4 ng/kg)

Protocol documents:
Prot_SAP_000.pdf: 
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YALE UNIVERSITY
HUMAN INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE
Application to Involve Human Subjects in Biomedical Researchi
100 FR1 (2015-2)
SECTION I: ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Title of Research Project: PBR28 brain PET imaging with lipopolysaccharide challenge for the study of microglia
function in Alzheimer’s disease
Principal Investigator:
Adam Mecca, MD, PhD
Yale Academic Appointment:
Assistant professor
Department: Psychiatry
Campus Address: 800 Howard avenue, New Haven Connecticut 06510.
Campus Phone: 2037848100
Fax: 203-764-8111
Pager:
E-mail: melinda.becker@yale.edu
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The Principal Investigator (Project Director), upon consideration of the individual’s role and
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design, conduct, or reporting of the research.
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Yes
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Do you or does anyone on the research team who is determined by you to be responsible for the
design, conduct or reporting of this research have any patent (sole right to make, use or sell an
invention) or copyright (exclusive rights to an original work) interests related to this research
protocol?
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University’s Conflict of Interest Office, all investigators and individuals deemed otherwise
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interests that are specific to this protocol.
SECTION II: GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Performing Organizations: Identify the hospital, in-patient or outpatient facility, school or
other agency that will serve as the location of the research. Choose all that apply:
a. Internal Location[s] of the Study:
Magnetic Resonance Research Center
Yale University PET Center
(MR-TAC)
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Specify Other Yale Location: Alzheimer’s disease research center.
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Haskins Laboratories
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Veterans Affairs Hospital, West Haven
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5. Is this study a clinical trial? Yes
No
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patient contact with patients on YNHH premises must have medical staff appointment and
appropriate clinical privileges at YNHH. If you are uncertain whether the study personnel meet
the criteria, please telephone the Physician Services Department at 203-688-2615. By signing
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has a medical staff appointment and appropriate clinical privileges at YNHH.
SECTION III: FUNDING, RESEARCH TEAM AND TRAINING
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SECTION IV:
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/FACULTY ADVISOR/ DEPARTMENT CHAIR AGREEMENT
As the principal investigator of this research project, I certify that:
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The information provided in this application is complete and accurate.
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I assume full responsibility for the protection of human subjects and the proper conduct of the
research.
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Subject safety will be of paramount concern, and every effort will be made to protect subjects’
rights and welfare.
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The research will be performed according to ethical principles and in compliance with all federal,
state and local laws, as well as institutional regulations and policies regarding the protection of
human subjects.
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All members of the research team will be kept apprised of research goals.
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study or any change and I will obtain continuing approval of this study prior to the expiration date
of any approval period.
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I will report to the HIC any serious injuries and/or other unanticipated problems involving risk to
participants.
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I am in compliance with the requirements set by the University and qualify to serve as the
principal investigator of this project or have acquired the appropriate approval from the
Dean’s Office or Office of the Provost, or the Human Subject Protection Administrator at
Yale-New Haven Hospital, or have a faculty advisor.
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I will identify a qualified successor should I cease my role as principal investigator and facilitate a
smooth transfer of investigator responsibilities.
Arash Salardini MD.
Oct 23 2016
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SECTION V: RESEARCH PLAN
1. Statement of Purpose: State the scientific aim(s) of the study, or the hypotheses to be tested.
We have developed a functional test of brain microglial response that involves administering LPS (0.4 ng/kg)
intravenously and measuring 11C-PBR28 binding (measured as volume of distribution or VT) at baseline and 180
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minutes post LPS. We define microglia activation reserve index (MARI) as the proportional increase in binding of
PBR28, 180 minutes after the administration of the LPS: MARI = [(VT(LPS)-VT(baseline))/ VT(baseline))] x 100.
In a previous study, we demonstrated the feasibility and robustness of this technique by applying this methodology to
8 healthy volunteers showing 30-60% increase in PBR28 binding after LPS administration (10). We predict increased
MARI in patients with early AD compared to cognitively normal aged matched individuals. Given that we also have
data from young healthy individuals from our earlier study, we can explore whether the microglia activation reserve
index is increased in microglia with aging (which we predict to be the case). We can gauge also whether the changes
in MARI in AD represent incremental increases compared to normal aging or that a significant dysregulation of innate
immunity occurs in AD. With this experiment we aim to:
Aim - Examine the differences in the capacity to activate microglia in patients with AD compared to
age-comparable cognitively normal subjects and younger healthy controls.
Hypothesis: In early AD the innate immune response becomes more reactive to PAMPs and DAMPs compared to
those with normal cognition.
Our primary outcome is MARI (calculated in the parietal ROIs) in AD patients compared to elderly controls. We will
use 7 AD and 7 comparably aged cognitively normal successfully scanned subjects to calculate the microglial
activation reserve index. We expect significant differences between the two groups suggesting increased reactivity of
the microglia in AD. The reverse would suggest a burn-out phenomenon which we expect to occur in a later stage of
the disease but not in our study cohort. This result would be an exciting one suggesting at least one mechanism by
which some patients with significant amyloid load have progressive dementia while comparable others are either
cognitively normal or have stable MCI. It will also suggest avenues for intervention in amyloid positive MCIs to
prevent progression to Alzheimer’s dementia. Our exploratory analysis will include:
a) Effects of aging on MARI: We will evaluate the effects of aging on MARI. Comparisons will be made for MARI
between cognitively normal elderly and the 8 healthy individual to whom we applied this protocol in an earlier study.
The reactivity of microglia is reported to increase with age (11) and so we expect MARI to increase in the cognitively
normal elderly. However, we expect the differences between the young and elderly cognitively normal subjects to be
small relative to the comparison of AD and elderly normal controls.
b) Effects of amyloid on MARI: We will look at the relationship of regional and global amyloid load to MARI. The
presence of a relationship suggests that one of the reasons for increased microglial reactivity might be interactions of
microglia with pathologic amyloid.
c) Effects of MARI on cognition: We will explore whether MARI would correlate with measure of disease stage, with
higher MARIs associated with worse neuropsychological score and more severe disease. We will look for correlations
between MARI and the individual neuropsychological scores. This would determine if disease severity is correlated
with microglial activation reserve.
2. Background: Describe the background information that led to the plan for this project.
Provide references to support the expectation of obtaining useful scientific data.
Microglia and its interactions with amyloid plaques play an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s
disease (AD), but current methodologies, including animal models, CSF proteomics, histopathology of necropsy tissue
and epidemiological approaches, have failed to elucidate the exact role of microglia in the progression of disease (1–
4). It is possible that microglia have differing roles in different stages of AD: they may be protective against amyloid
accumulation but cause disease progression in later disease. The discovery of translocator protein (TSPO), a
mitochondrial protein upregulated with microglial activation, and positron emission tomography (PET) ligands for
imaging TSPO present opportunities for better in vivo study of neuro-inflammation (5). Amongst these radio-ligands
11C-PBR28, a newer agent, appears to be superior to earlier ligands for the purposes of in vivo imaging of TSPO (6).
Using PBR28, a recent NIMH (7) study showed significantly greater microglial activation in early AD compared to
normal controls and those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Interestingly, MCI subjects did not differ
significantly from normal controls in terms of microglial activation. Given that amyloid status in MCI more closely
resembles AD than cognitively normal individuals (8), this finding cannot be accounted for by increases in amyloid
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load alone. More recently, a longitudinal study using 11C-(R)-PK11195 PET showed increases in neuro-inflammation
in spite of stable amyloid levels over the period of the study (9). The ideal next step would be to assess whether in
AD, microglia are more reactive to pathogen and danger associated molecular patterns (PAMPs and DAMPs), which
include constituents of both lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and amyloid plaques.
Neuro-inflammation is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease pathology as evidenced by CSF studies of inflammatory
cytokines, necropsy tissue histopathology and most convincingly by genetic studies (12). Microglia, as long lived cells
which replenish themselves by division, are vulnerable to the effects of aging and senescence. Even with normal
aging the phenotype of microglia appears to become more pro-inflammatory (i.e. reactive microglia). It also seems
that compared to young healthy individuals their reaction to immunogens is amplified and prolonged, either as a
compensatory mechanism for inefficiencies of aged microglia or due to a loss of regulatory control over these cells
(11). For this reason, inflammation was once thought to be an epiphenomenon and a result of over-sensitivity of aging
microglia to amyloid plaque constituents. But there is now strong evidence linking neuro-inflammation with
pathophysiology of sporadic Alzheimer's disease. In humans, genome wide association studies in patient with sporadic
AD show mutations in several genes involved with the innate immune system of the brain (13–27) namely TREM2,
CD33, CR1, ABCA7, SHIP1 and APOE.
Neuro-inflammation seen in AD consists of chronic microgliosis and to a lesser extent reactive astrogliosis (28,29).
Microglia can be activated either by cytokines (IFN-γ) or when it comes into contact with danger and pathogen
associated molecular patterns (PAMPs and DAMPs) (30) such as lipid constituents of the amyloid plaque (31) or
lipopolysaccharides (32). In AD the interaction between microglia and the amyloid deposits in the brain is thought to
initiate neuro-inflammation in the brain. This inflammatory response was initially thought to be damaging but contrary
evidence also exists. Anti-inflammatory strategies in several clinical trials, based on the assumption that neuro-
inflammation accelerated AD pathology, not only failed to slow the progression of disease, but in some cases may
have accelerated it (33–45). In fact, there is evidence that neuro-inflammation may be protective in certain
circumstances. TREM2 gene codes for a receptor that senses the presence of certain lipids within the amyloid plaques
and leads to activation of the microglia. It appears that pathogenic mutations in the TREM2 gene (for example R47H)
cause a loss of function in TREM2 receptor and that this loss of function leads to diminished protection by neuro-
inflammation (1). The problem is that currently little is known about the timing of neuro-inflammation in the course
of AD, its relationship to peripheral inflammation, and its exact role in AD pathogenesis. Physiologically microglia
appears to have contradictory roles in the progression of Alzheimer's disease: on the one hand it appears to
phagocytose amyloid (46) and form a barrier around the plaque which protects adjacent neurites from synaptic loss
(47); on the other it may accelerate disease progression especially in the later stages of the disease (12).
The study of neuro-inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease has been challenging, partly because the underlying
mechanisms are still incompletely understood but also because there is contradictory clinical evidence and a seeming
unreliability of mouse models where well designed experiments appear to demonstrate contradictory results. In one
study TREM2 knockout reduced pro-inflammatory polarization of microglia and accelerated AD pathology in the
5XFAD mouse models (1). Another group using the APPPS1 mouse model found the elimination of TREM2 positive
‘macrophages’ and resolution of AD pathology (2). Additionally, the deletion of genes responsible for inflammation
in mouse models of AD lead to accelerated progression of the disease suggesting a possible protective role for neuro-
inflammation (48–54). Similarly, blocking immunosuppressive cytokines such as TGF-β1, IL-4 and IL-10 improve
AD pathology in mouse models (55–61). Conversely, in a study carried out in very young wild type mice using the
viral mimic polyriboinosinic-polyribocytidilic acid to drive inflammation, there was development of A-beta plaques,
tau aggregation, microglia activation and reactive gliosis (62). Additionally, several studies demonstrate a link
between the presence systemic inflammation or increased activation of innate immunity, and accelerated AD
progression (63–71). There is also evidence for a detrimental role for local inflammation in that A-beta may bind to
CD36, TLR4, and TLR6 resulting in inflammation which may lead to intracellular accumulation of amyloid and
activation of inflammasomes (50,72,73).
In vivo physiological studies in humans have also been difficult to perform. Although the brain and peripheral
immune systems influence each other, the relationship is not a direct one and the central nervous system represents a
partially privileged site immunologically. This necessitates the measurement of biomarkers of inflammation in the
CSF. However even this method has yielded contradictory results suggesting a heterogeneous phenotypic picture or
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technical difficulty (3). Histopathological studies are similarly inconclusive because activation of microglia is not
always discernable from morphology of the microglia (4).
The transporter protein imaging therefore represents a major potential advancement in the study of neuro-
inflammation in AD. TSPO, previously known as the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR), is an 18 kDa protein
located in the outer mitochondrial membrane which is claimed (sometimes controversially) to sub serve a number of
physiological functions including steroidogenesis and regulation of the immune response.
For the study of
inflammation, the most significant property of the molecule is its up regulation during neuro-inflammation in
microglia and astroglia (in reactive astrogliosis) (29). Various PET ligands have been developed but until recently
these ligands appear to have suffered from a number of problems.
The first and most commonly used TSPO radio-ligand has been PK11195, however it suffers from a number of
important shortcomings: 1- It has poor pharmacokinetics and washes out too quickly (74). 2- It has relatively weak
binding to TSPO and is lipophilic so that signal to noise ratio is relatively poor (75). 3- There are technical difficulties
with calculating binding because metabolite-corrected arterial plasma input curve is impractical due to ligand binding
to plastic tubing and the simplified reference tissue model is complicated by a lack of such a reference region in
neurodegenerative diseases (76,77). There are 15 reported human studies of PK11195 in AD. These studies have
yielded inconsistent results: One study (78) showed increased inflammation in the cortex of AD patients, four studies
did not report a statistical difference between the case and control groups (79–82). Another four studies reported the
absence of statistical differences between the two groups (83–86). A further two showed equivocal results with one
showing a difference between controls and MCI and not AD (87) and the other showing no difference with region of
interest analysis but small areas of inflammation in the occipital lobe on voxel-wise statistical parametric mapping
(88). The remaining four smaller studies show widespread inflammation in the cortex and subcortex including
temporal (89–92), parietal (89,91,92), frontal (89–92), occipital (89,91) and cingulate (89,91) cortices as well as
cerebellum (89,91), amygdala (89,91), putamen (89) and pallidum (89).
Several second generation TSPO radio-ligands have been developed including DAA1106, vincopectine and
PBR28. These agents have much higher affinity for TSPO and better pharmacokinetics. However, some of these
ligands have yet to live up to their original promise. Two studies (93,94) with 11CDAA1106 showed widespread
uptake including in some parts of the brain such as the striatum and cerebellum which are not commonly thought to
be affected by disease. Part of the problem may have been the relative slow washout of DAA1106 compared to the
short half-life of C11, confounding accurate measurement of binding. 18FEEDAA1106, a higher binding related
compound, was used in another study and no increase in inflammation was reported. Similarly, a study using 11C-
vincopectine showed no effect (95).
For this study we choose PBR28. Amongst TSPO ligands PBR28 seems to have the most desirable characteristics for
inflammatory imaging in AD: It has very high affinity for TSPO and an excellent signal-to-noise ratio (96). The main
problem with this ligand, shared by all TSPO ligands except PK11195, is the variable specific binding of PBR28 due
to TSPO gene polymorphism (rs6971) (97,98). The method used for adjusting for this fact involves genotyping TSPO
(or using a competitive binding assay) and excluding low affinity binders. For the mixed (heterozygous for the
polymorphism) and high affinity binders compensatory changes can be made in calculating binding (6,99–101). Four
studies thus far have used PBR28 in Alzheimer’s disease but only one attempted to directly compare AD patients with
MCI and cognitively normal patients. This particular study was conducted at the molecular imaging branch of
National Institute of Mental Health7, which compared 19 AD, 10 MCI and 13 amyloid negative controls for TSPO
binding. Patients with AD showed increased binding especially in the temporal and parietal lobes. Additionally, there
were correlations between TSPO binding and neuropsychological as well as volumetric parameters. Another group
(102) performed a genome wide association study of longitudinal accumulation of amyloid independent of APOE
status. They found carriers of IL1RAP rs12053868 had faster progression and worse atrophy compared to non-
carriers. In a different cohort the same gene polymorphism was associated with lower cortical binding of 11C-PBR28
suggesting a protective role for inflammation. In yet another study (103), the same group showed a relationship
between PBR28 binding and PPAR1 polymorphism, and they inversely correlated PBR28 and cortical atrophy.
Innate immunity, mediated by microglia, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. As
discussed above, several genes implicated in microglial function are risk factors for late onset AD. TREM2 one of the
genes with the highest odds ratios for AD risk, codes for a membrane protein which is involved in the interaction of
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the microglia with constituents of the amyloid plaques. The NIMH study (7) of PBR28 binding in patients with AD,
MCI and normal cognition showed increased binding in the AD group compared to the other two groups. Equally as
important was the finding that there was no significant difference in the PBR28 binding of MCI patients compared to
normal controls. Most of amyloid deposition occurs before the onset of symptoms and the rate of amyloid increase
plateaus in MCI, so that patients in early AD on average have a relatively small increment in their amyloid deposition
compared to MCI (8). The difference in immune activation in AD and MCI may represent differing microglial
sensitivity to molecular patterns that activate them for example amyloid plaques. To test this hypothesis, we need to
know both the state of activation of microglia and the microglia capacity to activate (activation reserve) which we
have defined as reactivity of microglia to a given stimulus. Activation status of microglia depends on a variety of
factors including the presence of peripheral inflammation, age and the amount of amyloid present in the brain, whereas
microglial activation reserve is more likely influenced by genetics, senescence and regulation of microglia.
LPS activates the same immune mechanisms which are involved in the immunological responses to amyloid
deposition (104,105). We earlier showed the activation of microglia in the nervous system in response to peripheral
administration of LPS in non-human primates (106). We then went on to apply this to healthy human volunteers who
showed a robust response to LPS administration (10). The imaging protocol involves a baseline PBR28 scan which
will be compared to a post-LPS scan. Percentage change is likely to be the most meaningful measure
(MARI=[(VT(LPS)-VT(baseline))/ VT(baseline))] x %100). Our previous study in baboon showed the predominant
binding of TSPO immunoreactivity is to microglia and not to astroglia, the other kind of cell also capable of expressing
TSPO. Furthermore, the use of 0.1 mg/kg and 1 ng/kg of LPS in baboon and humans respectively showed similar
magnitude of change in the activation of microglia. This is important as much higher doses of LPS is likely to have
detrimental effects on the health of subjects and may be symptomatically more burdensome. For this experiment our
calculations will be made for the parietal region of interest as this was the area most activated by LPS administration
in our healthy controls and showed the greatest amount of baseline activation amongst AD subjects in the NIMH
study.
Preliminary Results and Demonstration of Plausibility
To calculate the test retest reliability, we obtained two PBR28 scans (107), on average 1.4 weeks apart, on 4 clinically
stable relapsing-remitting MS subjects (age 41 ± 7 years, two men/two women) and four healthy control (age 42 ± 8
years, 2 two men/two women), matched for translocator protein genotype for test. Mean test VT values (ml cm3) were
3.9 ± 1.4 in the whole brain gray matter (GM), 3.6 ± 1.2 in the whole brain white matter (WM) or normal-appearing
white matter (NAWM), and 3.3 ± 0.6 in MS WM lesions; mean retest VT values were 3.7 ± 1.0 in GM, 3.3 ± 0.9 in
WM/NAWM, and 3.3 ± 0.7 in MS lesions. Test-retest results showed a mean absolute TRV ranging from 7 to 9 %
across GM, WM/NAWM, and MS lesions. Another MS subject (age 41
years, male) with clinical and radiological activity was studied for lesion
detectability.
Dynamic
data
were
acquired over 120 min
after injection of 634 ±
101 MBq (11)C-PBR28.
Focal
(11)C-PBR28
uptake was detected in
two enhancing lesions of
the
active
MS
patient
(Figure-1).
We
thus
showed that PBR28 scanning has good test-retest reproducibility in
humans and can localize focal inflammation. To show its utility in
imaging more diffuse inflammation, we employed the primate
endotoxemia model (108). Six female baboons (Papio anubis) were
scanned before and at 1h and/or 4h and/or 22 h after intravenous
administration of E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 0.1mg/kg), which induces systemic inflammation (figure 2). LPS
administration increased [(11)C]PBR28 binding (F(3,6)=5.1, p=.043) with a 29 ± 16% increase at 1h (n=4) and a 62
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± 34% increase at 4h (n=3) post-LPS106. Significantly immunohistochemistry from one baboon showed
immunoreactivity exclusively in microglia and not in astrocytes.
Next we applied the same paradigm to healthy young volunteers using a reduced dose of LPS (1ng/kg). We recruited
eight (109) healthy non-smoking consented males (24.9±5.5 years old, 87.5±12.3 kg) and imaged them pre and post
LPS administration. Eight healthy male subjects each had two 120-min [(11)C]PBR28 PET scans in 1 d, before and
after an LPS challenge. LPS (1.0 ng/kg, i.v) was administered 180 min before the second [(11)C]PBR28 scan. LPS
administration significantly increased [(11)C]PBR28 binding 30-60%, demonstrating microglial activation throughout
the brain (Figure 3). This increase was accompanied by an increase in blood levels of inflammatory cytokines, vital
sign changes, and sickness symptoms, well-established consequences of LPS administration. To our knowledge, this
was the first demonstration in humans that a systemic LPS challenge induces robust increases in microglial activation
in the brain.
Figure 3A demonstrates the changes in mean PBR28 binding of 8
healthy subjects. There is heterogeneity in the increases in the absolute
values of the increases in binding Figure 3A- Average VT images with
the magnetic resonance image (MRI) shown for anatomical reference
(Top row). Significance level was *P < 0.01 (linear mixed models) of
the difference between baseline and post-LPS challenge scans. after
the administration of LPS in this young healthy cohort perhaps
reflecting variability in microglial reactivity reserve. It is also notable
in Figure 3B that regional microglial reactivity reserve indices vary
from the lowest in the thalamus to the highest in the parietal lobes.
This ties in well with the NIMH study showing the greatest difference
in
the
level
of
baseline
activation can be found by
comparing
parietal
lobes
between patients with Alzheimer’s disease and normal controls.
The magnitude of the post LPS signal prompted us to think of the human
endotoxemia paradigm as a physiological test of the innate immune system,
especially microglial activation in response to molecular pattern associated
with PAMPs and DAMPs (see significance). The microglia activation reserve
index would be defined by the proportional increase in the baseline level of
PBR28 binding in response to LPS.
3. Research Plan: Summarize the study design and research
procedures using non-technical language that can be readily understood by someone outside
the discipline. Be sure to distinguish between standard of care vs. research procedures
when applicable, and include any flowcharts of visits specifying their individual times
and lengths. Describe the setting in which the research will take place.
Aim- To examine the differences in the capacity to activate microglia in patients with AD compared to age-
comparable cognitively normal subjects and younger healthy controls.
Hypothesis: In early AD the innate immune response becomes more reactive to PAMPs and DAMPs compared to those
with normal cognition.
Rationale
Amyloid deposition plateaus before the onset of symptoms. As such MCI resembles AD more than cognitively normal
subjects in terms of amyloid status. Yet the NIMH study showed a significant difference in microglial activation in AD and
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not MCI or cognitively normal subjects. One possible explanation may be increased reactivity of microglia to ambient
amyloid in AD. If true, this may be the mechanism that drives disease progression after amyloid deposition has plateaued.
The use of PBR28 in patients with Alzheimer’s disease presents significant advantages over the previous modes of study of
neuroinflammation in vivo. Using this ligand, we aim to demonstrate dysregulation of the immune system in early AD
compared to normal aging.
Presently amyloid specific therapies are the only avenue sought for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The study has
the potential to revolutionize our approach to therapy.
Procedure
Screening and selection procedures:
Screen/Baseline visit to ADRU: Each subject will have an initial screening visit that will include:
Screening: Demographics, history, examination, GDS, EKG, Labs, MOCA, logical memory I/II, CDR and Informed consent.
Baseline: WAISIII – picture completion, digit symbol, symbol search, arithmetic, digit span, information, letter number
sequencing, RAVLT, Trails A/B, Boston naming, Stroop, FAS, Rey complex figure, ADCS-ADL, CAM and NPI. In certain
cases, this can take more than 4 hours and we may need to split the day into two where screening and baseline are administered
on separate days.
Possible pre-imaging visit to MRRC: Many of the patients who will enroll will already have clinical MRI. For those who do
not we will organize one for this research.
Imaging visit to PET center:
On the day of the scan there are two steps performed:
Step 1:
1. arterial line placement (there is no suitable reference region)
2. 1st scan – 120-min emission
Step2:
3. LPS injection 3 hours prior to 2nd scan, fasting for 8 h prior to this injection
4. 2nd scan – 120-min emission5. Optional blood draw during the PET center visit If the participant agrees, 10-20mls of
blood will be taken at 0,1,3 and 6 hours and banked at 300 George Street in Hafler Laboratory. These samples will only be
stored in Hafler laboratory; they will not be added to one of Dr. Hafler’s existing repositories. The samples will be used by
only the investigators on this project; they will not be made available to outside researchers.
In certain cases, the length of this day may not be tolerated by the subject on the day so that we divide the day into two
where Steps 1 and 2 are administered on separate days.
Note: White coat hypertension is a common phenomenon in the elderly population. During the visit to the PET center, the
unfamiliarity of the environment, the placement of the arterial line, and other cannulae can have an additive effect to the
white coat phenomenon. Subject’s will be asked to bring any prescribed hypertension medication to the scanning day. High
blood pressure does not predictably increase the risk during endotoxin administration as the latter often reduces blood
pressure. Furthmore, patients with unstable hypertension will be excluded from the protocol. However, in the interest of
patient safety and ethical consideration of ignoring a possibly significant clinical finding, Dr. Mecca will implement the
following protocol:
1) If blood pressure is raised (SBP > 180 or DBP > 100) and patient is symptomatic:
a) If the symptoms raise concerns of end organ damage (chest pain, SOB, focal neurological sign, thunderclap headache,
etc) the patient will be referred to the ED via ambulance.
b) If headache is the only symptom and the headache is more severe or different character than the patients habitual
headaches, then the experiment will be stopped. The patient’s primary care physician will be contacted or the patient will
be referred to urgent care.
2) If blood pressure is raised (SBP > 180 or DBP > 100) and patient is asymptomatic (except for regular headaches):
A) If the patient has their hypertension medication as instructed, if not otherwise indicated, the patient will be
given an extra dose of their prescribed hypertension medication. Their BP will be retaken before
administration of the endotoxin. If their BP is still >180/100 or if the patient is hypotensive, the
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administration of the endotoxin will be delayed or cancelled. If the BP is optimal, we will proceed with
endotoxin administration.
B)
If the patient is prescribed hypertension medication but did not bring it to the scanning day, Dr. Mecca will
order one dose of the prescribed medication unless there is a contraindication. The medication will be
ordered through EPIC, sent to the CVS at 800 Howard Avenue in New Haven, and picked up by the
patient’s scan day companion. The cost of the study medication will be covered by the study. Their BP will
be retaken before administration of the endotoxin. If their BP is still >180/100 or if the patient is
hypotensive, the administration of the endotoxin will be delayed or cancelled. If the BP is optimal, we will
proceed with endotoxin administration.
C)
If the patient is not prescribed hypertension medication, Dr. Meccawill order amlodipine through EPIC. The
medication will be sent to the pharmacy and picked up by the patient’s scan day companion. The
medication will be given in 2.5mg or 5mg doses at 30 minute intervals. If the patient permits, this
intervention will be communicated with their PCP. The medication will be provided at no cost to the
patient. Their BP will be retaken before administration of the endotoxin. If their BP is still >180/100 or if
the patient is hypotensive, the administration of the endotoxin will be delayed or cancelled. If the BP is
optimal, we will proceed with endotoxin administration.
If a subject becomes hypotensive after the administration of anti-hypertensive medication, Dr. Mecca will implement
the following protocol.
A) If the subject is asymptomatic, they will be monitored at the PET center until their blood pressure
returns to a normal level.
B)
If the subject has minor symptoms, such as slight nausea or dizziness, they will receive IV fluids to
increase their blood pressure. If this does not work, they will be referred to the emergency department
at Yale New Haven Hospital.
C)
If the subject has severe symptoms such as vomiting and fainting, they will be referred to the
emergency department at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Safety Visits:
-
48 hours after the administration of the endotoxin there will be a phone screening using CAM to check for delirium. If
there is ongoing delirium then the subject will be directed to immediately go to the emergency room for evaluations and
then a follow-up visit can be scheduled with the study doctor
-
One week visit: RAVLT, Trail A/B, digit symbol, CAM, ADCS-ADL, MMSE/MOCA, stroop. 1- 1.5 hrs.
Optional additional visit for CSF draw
In volunteers who agree to do so, one 20mls of CSF Sample 0-7days after LPS will be taken at Hospital research unit
(HRU) of Yale new haven hospital and and banked at 300 George Street in Hafler Laboratory. The samples will only be
stored in Hafler laboratory; they will not be added to one of Dr. Hafler’s existing repositories. The samples will be used
by only the investigators on this project; they will not be made available to outside researchers.
Optional additional visits to assess Cognitive Measures with Cog-state Ipad testing
We may obtain these measures at baseline during the week before LPS injection and the following one during the week
after LPS injection. These patients will be separately consented and we will not exclude anyone if they do not accept to
do these tasks.
1. Cogstate Battery (30 minutes) – This computerized test battery will assess memory and cognition. The tasks
may include:
a. International Shopping List Task – a computerized task to assess verbal learning and memory.
b. Groton Maze Learning Task – a computerized task to assess executive function and spatial problem solving.
c. Detection Task – a computerized task to assess psychomotor function and speed of processing.
d. Identification Task – a computerized task to assess visual attention and vigilance.
e. One Card Learning Task – a computerized task to assess visual learning and memory.
f. One Back/Two Back Tasks – computerized tasks to assess attention and working memory
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6 month Visits:
The patient will have MOCA, GDS, CDR, and other neuropsych similar to screening and baseline.
PET for amyloid.
Most participants will who enroll in this study will have previous biomarker evidence of AD from either a brain amyloid
PET scan or or CSF amyloid measurement. If needed, a PiB PET scan will be performed prior to 11C-PBR28 imaging. We
expect we will need do up to 10 PiB PET scans under this protocol.
Subjects in the MCI cohort who have a PiB-PET scan will learn their results. The following will be discussed with them:
“Amyloid” or “beta-amyloid” forms plaques in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists believe
that the buildup of amyloid in the brain may play a key role in the eventual development of Alzheimer’s disease-
related memory loss. It is expected that about 60-70% of people with symptoms of mild cognitive impairment will
have elevated brain amyloid. Research studies suggest that individuals with mild cognitive impairment who have
elevated brain amyloid are more likely to have cognitive decline caused by Alzheimer’s disease. In addition
individuals with mild cognitive impairment who have elevated brain amyloid are more likely to progress to
Alzheimer’s dementia during their lifetime than those who do not have elevated brain amyloid.
An experienced clinician will discuss the meaning of participants amyloid scan results with them by reviewing the
information above and addressing any questions or concerns that they have.
If an MCI has a negative PiB-PET scan, they will not have the 11C-PBR28 scans.
PiB PET scan results will not be disclosed to participants in the CN cohort They will have the 11C-PBR28 scans regardless
of their amyloid status.
TSPO gene polymorphism:
We will genotype the patient with regards to rs6971 polymorphism on the TSPO gene to exclude those who are homozygous
(low affinity binders). For this we will use 50 ng of genomic DNA, amplified with PCR reaction. Control plasmids encoding
for high affinity binders (C/C) and low affinity binding (T/T) will be used as controls. For the heterozygote i.e. mixed affinity
binders a 1:1 mixture of both will be used.
MRI:
A screening MRI of the brain will be obtained using a 3.0T magnet. The MRI will ensure that patients do not meet exclusion
criteria by showing evidence of infection, infarction, or other focal brain lesions. Subjects with multiple lacunes will be
excluded. The MRI scan will be used for PET image registration. 11C-PIB PET: A screening PET scan for amyloid positivity
will be obtained. Only those with a positive scan in the AD groups will be enrolled for the study.
Cognition:
See above.
PET Imaging of TSPO in AD
We will compare PBR28 binding site availability in brain regions of 7 living human subjects who have AD with that in 7
age-matched healthy controls by using the ligand 11C-PBR28 and PET. Dose of LPS (see below) will be administered
intravenously and the subject will be reimaged at 180 minutes after the injection. Considering possible failures in scans, a
total of 16 patients will be studied in 2 groups, cognitive normal AND amyloid negative versus clinical criteria for mild AD
and amyloid positive to reach our goal of 7 successfully scanned subject for each group. The detailed protocol may be found
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in our previous publication (109). We expect that 20-30% of cognitively normal participants who receive amyloid scans
under this protocol will be amyloid positive. Therefore, we will enroll up to 10 participants in the cognitively normal cohort
to attain the goal of 7 participants who are cognitively normal AND amyloid negative.
Primary Outcome:
The 16 enrolled subjects will have 11C-PBR28 using the bolus/infusion method. Measurements will be made at baseline and
180 minutes after the injection of LPS. We will measure Total Volume of Distribution (VT) for 12 brain regions defined by
MRI scan, as described (111). All primary outcomes will use the parietal ROI for calculations of both baseline activation and
microglial activation reserve. For our primary outcomes we will choose the microglia activation reserve index defined as
MARI = [(VT(LPS)-VT(baseline))/ VT(baseline))] ×100. In the NIMH study the greatest difference in the regional PBR28
binding between AD and cognitively normal subjects was found in the parietal lobe (7). We also found the greatest microglia
activation reserve index in the parietal lobe when we applied our paradigm to young healthy controls (109). Other ROIs will
be used in secondary analyses.
Statistical Considerations and Sample Size:
Several comparisons of 11C-PBR28 VT brain level and microglia activation reserve index in the parietal lobe will be made
using Student T-test to test for a difference between group means: young healthy group vs. elderly cognitively normal, as
well as AD vs. elderly cognitively normal.
Although this is intended as a pilot study we have performed some basic power analyses. For the comparison of baseline
activation in AD vs. aged matched cognitively normal subjects based on standard deviations derived from Kreisel (7) and
our own previous studies (107,109,111), using an alpha of 0.05 and power of 0.80, our study is powered to detect an effect
size of > 1.6 which is not far off from the findings in the NIMH study. For the comparison of percentage post-LPS change
from baseline in AD and NC groups we are powered to detect an effect size of more than 2.
Endotoxin Administration (Dr. Cosgrove’s protocol.)
Endotoxin administration Subjects will receive intravenous administration of open-label endotoxin at a dose of 0.4 ng/kg
body weight. This will take place at the Yale PET Center. All subjects will fast for at least 8 hours before endotoxin
administration to reduce the risk of nausea, but they will be encouraged to hydrate well. They will be asked not to use aspirin,
NSAIDs, COX-2 inhibitors, or acetaminophen for at least 3 days prior to each study day. Clinical Center Reference
Endotoxin (CCRE) will be provided by the NIH Clinical Center and will be stored and prepared by the YNHH IDS pharmacy.
CCRE is an investigational drug, and investigator Kelly Cosgrove has obtained an Investigational New Drug (IND) for its
use in humans from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). CCRE vials will be stored at 2-8°C in a refrigerator in the
locked YNHH IDS pharmacy. Preparation of CCRE will be performed by the YNHH IDS research pharmacist. As
recommended by NIH, the pharmacist will dissolve the lyophilized CCRE in Sterile Water for Injection USP under a laminar
flow hood on the evening before each endotoxin administration. The dissolved CCRE will be stored at 4°C until the following
morning. Dissolved CCRE is stable for at least 24 hours at this temperature.
On the day of endotoxin administration, subjects will rest on a stretcher in the PET Center. An IV catheter will be placed to
allow for hydration with normal saline, endotoxin infusion, and optional blood draws. In the case of bradycardia or
hypotension, this catheter will be used for rapid bolus infusion of normal saline. To reduce the already low risk of adverse
cardiovascular events, subjects will be hydrated with 500 mL of saline prior to endotoxin administration, and they will receive
approximately 100 mL/hr thereafter for the duration of the endotoxin administration day.
After endotoxin administration, vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate and temperature) will be recorded every 15 minutes
for the first two hours. If vital signs change significantly, monitoring will continue at least every 30 minutes, or more
frequently as determined by the study MD, until they have returned to within 10% of the baseline values. All subjects will
be connected to continuous two-lead EKG monitoring for the duration of the challenge. All subjects will be carefully
monitored at all times by a research nurse and by a study physician, who will be present until 3 hours after endotoxin
administration. Any subject experiencing prolonged effects of endotoxin or any other adverse event may be transferred to
the Yale New Haven Hospital emergency room if appropriate.
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There is no evidence that experimental endotoxin administration causes hypoxemia in humans and therefore there is no
literature to support monitoring of this parameter (as opposed to parameters such as heart rate and blood pressure, which do
change and which will be monitored closely). Furthermore, pulse oximetry can be unreliable when there is significant
peripheral vasoconstriction, as occurs during e.g. experimental endotoxemia, sympathetic activation, and fever.
If an individual experiences bothersome symptoms after endotoxin administration and wants to stop the study, flu-like
symptoms may be treated with acetaminophen (650 mg every 6 hrs- no NSAIDs will be used because of the risk of antiplatelet
effects on the arterial line bleed), and anxiety may be treated with lorazepam (0.5 mg every 2 hrs for a maximum dose of 6
mg every 24 hrs). During screening each subject will be asked about medication allergies, and no medication to which a
subject may be allergic will be administered. If a subject request so, the study will be stopped and these medications may be
administered. In addition, if any of the following symptoms occurs, if of a severity such that it prevents normal activity, the
study in that individual subject will be stopped: Chills, headache, malaise, myalgias, arthralgias, fatigue, nausea and
vomiting. If a subject’s body temperature exceeds 39.2°C the study will be halted and the subject will receive acetaminophen
as described above. If these medications are insufficient to lower body temperature, subjects may be transferred to a higher
level of care. Subjects will be discharged at the end of the study day, provided that all of the following have occurred: their
blood pressure is within 10% of baseline AND their heart rate is within 20% of baseline AND their mental status is normal
AND they do not feel physically or mentally unable to return home. The determination will be made by the PI and/or the
study physician.
Monitoring of depressive symptoms Subjects will be rated for depressive symptoms using Geriatric Depression Scale before
each endotoxin administration and at several time points afterwards. Subjects will also be rated for fatigue and pain with
relevant rating scales.
4. Genetic Testing
N/A
A. Describe
i.
the types of future research to be conducted using the materials, specifying if
immortalization of cell lines, whole exome or genome sequencing, genome wide
association studies, or animal studies are planned
We will use 10 mL of blood to test for Ala147Thr polymorphism to identify and exclude PBR28 non-
binder. Polymorphism in this gene has not clinical significance except for PBR28 testing.
ii.
the plan for the collection of material or the conditions under which material will
be received
See above.
iii. the types of information about the donor/individual contributors that will be
entered into a database
The genetic polymorphism results will be entered. The results of this testing will be confidential, will not
be entered into the subject’s medical record, and will not be made available to the subject.
iv. the methods to uphold confidentiality
The results of genetic testing in locked file cabinets and by separating the personal identifying information
of the subjects from the genetic information.
B. What are the conditions or procedures for sharing of materials and/or distributing for future
research projects?
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No sharing is planned. Samples drawn for genetic testing will be sent to an outside lab and disposed of after testing
is complete.
C. Is widespread sharing of materials planned?
No.
D. When and under what conditions will materials be stripped of all identifiers?
It will not.
E. Can donor-subjects withdraw their materials at any time, and/or withdraw the identifiers that
connect them to their materials?
Yes.
F. How will requests to withdraw materials be handled (e.g., material no longer identified: that
is, anonymized) or material destroyed)?
Subjects will be informed that their material has been anonymized.
G. Describe the provisions for protection of participant privacy
Risks associated with genetic testing will be minimized by keeping the results of genetic testing in locked file
cabinets and by separating the personal identifying information of the subjects from the genetic information.
5. Subject Population: Provide a detailed description of the types of human subjects who will
be recruited into this study.
The subject sample of the PET study will contain both men (~50%) and women (~50%) aged 55-90. The sex ratio is
expected to reflect that of other and control samples. The sample is expected to reflect the racial diversity of the state
of Connecticut. Based on previous experience with similar studies in the Yale ADRU, we expect the sample to
comprise mostly Caucasians, African-Americans, and Hispanics, with a relatively smaller number of Asian
participants. The patients who are frail, morbidly obese, have liver disease or have multiple co-morbidities especially
immunologically related.
6. Subject classification: Check off all classifications of subjects that will be specifically
recruited for enrollment in the research project. Will subjects who may require additional
safeguards or other considerations be enrolled in the study? If so, identify the population of
subjects requiring special safeguards and provide a justification for their involvement.
Children
Healthy
Fetal material, placenta, or dead fetus
Non-English Speaking
Prisoners
Economically disadvantaged persons
Cognitively Impaired
Employees
Pregnant women and/or fetuses
Yale Students
Females of childbearing potential
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NOTE: Is this research proposal designed to enroll children who are wards of the state as
potential subjects?
Yes
No (If yes, see Instructions section VII #4 for further
requirements)
7. Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria: What are the criteria used to determine subject inclusion or
exclusion?
Inclusion Criteria:
a-
Mild AD Subjects:
1. NIA-Alzheimer’s Association core clinical criteria for probable AD
2. Age between 55 and 90 (inclusive)
3. Score on the MOCA greater than or equal to 17
4. Presence of a responsible caregiver who will accompany AD subjects to all procedures.
5. Biomarker evidence of Alzheimer’s disease via an amyloid PET scan or CSF amyloid 
measurement.
6. The patient should have a capacity to consent.
7. CDR global score greater than 0.
b- Cognitively normal elderly Subjects:
1. Absence of NIA-Alzheimer’s Association core clinical criteria for probable AD
2. Objective memory scores within normal range for age (do not meet MCI Subjects criterion 2)
3. Age between 55 and 90 (inclusive)
4. CDR global score of 0.0
Exclusion Criteria:
1.
Any significant neurologic disease (other than probable AD in the AD Subjects group), such as stroke,
Parkinson’s disease, brain tumor, seizure disorder, multiple sclerosis, or history of significant head trauma
followed by persistent neurologic deficits.
2.
Any significant systemic disease including hepatic failure, heart failure, renal failure, COPD, active
infection and autoimmune disease.
3.
Screening/baseline MRI scan with evidence of infection, infarction, or other focal lesions. Subjects with
multiple lacunes or lacunes in a critical memory structure are excluded.
4.
Any significant systemic illness or unstable medical condition, including: uncontrolled or insulin-
dependent diabetes mellitus, uncorrected hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism,coagulopathy, or systemic
cancer.
5.
Current or regular use of over-the-counter medication that may affect the immune system (e.g., ibuprofen),
including corticosteroids or immunosuppressant drugs; no use in 3 weeks prior to the PET scan
6.
Investigational agents are prohibited 4 weeks prior to entry and for the duration of the study. Previous
treatment with an investigational small molecule with anti-amyloid properties or passive immunization
against amyloid within 1 year of study entry. Previous treatment with an active immunization against
amyloid.
7.
History of schizophrenia or other major psychiatric disorder (DSM IV criteria).
8.
History of alcohol or substance abuse or dependence (DSM IV criteria) within the past 2 years.
9.
Clinically significant abnormalities on screening laboratory tests (B12, TFTs, hematology, chemistry,
urinalysis, ECG).
10. Pregnancy, as determined by screening pregnancy tests for pre-menopausal females
11. Impairment of visual or auditory acuity sufficient to interfere with study procedures.
12. Education level < 6 years.
13. Evidence of current depression as defined by a score of a score of ≥5 on the Geriatric Depression Scale.
14. Presence of pacemakers, aneurysm clips, artificial heart valves, ear implants, metal fragments or foreign
objects in the eyes, skin or body. The presence of claustrophobia, precluding MRI.
15. Current or recent participation in any procedures involving radioactive agents such that the total radiation
dose exposure to the subject in any given year would exceed the limits of annual and total dose
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commitment set forth in the US Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 Section 361.1.
16. Vaccination in the last month.
17. Drink more than 5 alcoholic drinks per week or any heavy drinking days in the last 30 days2
18. BMI > 35 or < 19
19. Women who are pregnant or nursing, or fail to use one of the following methods of birth control unless she
or partner is surgically sterile or she is postmenopausal (hormone contraceptives [oral, implant, injection,
patch, or ring], contraceptive sponge, double barrier [diaphragm or condom plus spermicide], or IUD
20.
Individuals who are classified as “low binders” for the rs6971 polymorphism (<10% of the population)
21. Patients on antiplatelet and anticoagulant medications will be excluded.
22. Any patient without capacity to consent will be excluded.
23. Unstable hypertension. If blood pressure is greater than 160/100, we will contact the subject’s primary care
physician to manage their blood pressure. If their blood pressure is not reduced to be consistently below
160/100 by the scanning day the subject will be excluded from the protocol.
24. Patients with contraindications for lumbar puncture procedure can be still involved and will be excluded
from the portion of the study with the lumbar puncture. These include existing intracranial space–
occupying lesion with mass effect, posterior fossa mass, risk of cerebral herniation by increased CSF
pressure or Arnold chiari malformation, as well as anticoagulant medication, coagulopathies and
uncorrected bleeding diathesis, congenital spine abnormalities, and local skin infection at the puncture site.
Collaborating Sites. The Yale Memory Clinic and Yale Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit (ADRU) will serve
as the recruitment and assessment centers in this study.
b- How will eligibility be determined, and by whom?
Eligibility to participate will be determined by the PI of this study after completion of the medical and psychiatric
evaluation of the potential participant. The PI has both neurology and internal medicine training.
c- Risks: Describe the reasonably foreseeable risks, including risks to subject privacy,
discomforts, or inconveniences associated with subjects participating in the research.
Risks associated with screening and evaluation.
During the screening interview, we will ask about psychiatric and medical history. Certain questions may make
subjects uncomfortable or anxious. Only trained and experienced research assistants will perform these interviews,
which will be done in a sensitive and gentle manner.
Risks associated with worsening of Alzheimer’s Symptoms:
Signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's dementia might be exacerbated as a consequence of study participation either
due to the fatigue, pain, or disruption of normal routine related to study procedures or due to the direct effects of
endotoxin administration.
The presence of acute on chronic deterioration will belong to one of the following scenarios:
1- There are changes in cognition but no changes in ADLs: the patient will be seen in the clinic by Dr. Mecca within
two weeks, a cognitive neurologist, and appropriate medical interventions and follow-up arrangements will be made.
2- There are changes in cognition, there are changes in ADLs, but there is no change to the level of care or the
ability of the carer to continue to care for the subject: the patient will be seen emergently in the clinic (within 48
hours) and appropriate arrangements will be made. Follow-up will track resolution.
3- There are changes in the level of care or the ability of the carer to care for the subject: we will admit the patient
into the hospital and provide appropriate treatments and case management.
Risks associated with confidentiality.
Although all information collected about each subject in this study will be protected by HIPAA and stored in locked
cabinets and in password-protected computers, it is possible that information could be accessed by individuals who
are not part of the study team. Such illegitimate access could have deleterious consequences for the subjects with
regards to employment, access to health insurance, and stigma. The protection of subject information is not absolute.
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It does not apply to any State requirement to report certain communicable diseases or to report cases of physical or
sexual abuse. Such duty to report will be explained to each subject during the consent process and if reporting becomes
necessary, we will inform the subject. We may release information that identifies subjects in some circumstances,
without their permission. For example, we may disclose medical information in the event of an emergency. We may
take steps, including notifying the authorities, to protect the subject or someone else from serious harm (including
child abuse and elder abuse).
Risks associated with blood drawing and with IV and radial catheter placement.
Blood drawing and venous catheter insertion can be associated with mild pain, bruising, infection, or clot formation.
These risks are minimized by the use of proper technique. No more than a total of 150 mL of blood will be drawn
during the entire study. This amount of blood loss over a period of 10 or more days should have no deleterious
consequences in a non-anemic individual. On the morning of the PET scan, a radial artery catheter will be inserted by
an experienced healthcare provider. The site will be anesthetized with lidocaine prior to arterial line insertion.
The arterial line will remain in place for the duration of the [11C]PBR28 scans, after which it will be removed. Arterial
sampling may be associated with mild-to-moderate pain or bruising at the puncture site. In rare instances, blocking of
the artery, poor healing, hematoma, inflammation, or infection at the catheter insertion site may occur. Certain
individuals may feel light-headed during arterial catheter placement.
Risks of radial artery cannulation are minimized by having the procedure performed by an experienced health care
provider. The health care provider would be either a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) with
experience in critical care and placement of arterial catheters, as is the practice at Yale-New Haven Hospital. For an
APRN to place the arterial line at the Yale PET Center, they must meet the following criteria:
1.) Be currently credentialed at Yale-New Haven Hospital or similar institute and
2.) Perform 3 arterial line procedures supervised by a currently privileged PET Center physician
The 3 supervised arterial line placements will be documented and signed off by both the APRN and supervising
physician. The completed document must be on file at the Yale PET Center prior to an APRN performing any arterial
line catherizations independently.
Risks associated with optional CSF Collection
-Post-lumbar puncture headache. Up to 25 percent of people who have undergone a lumbar puncture develop a
headache afterward due to a leak of fluid into nearby tissues. The headache typically starts several hours up to two
days after the procedure and may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting and dizziness. The headaches are usually
present when sitting or standing and resolve after lying down. Post-lumbar puncture headaches can last from a few
hours to a week or more. See below for mitigation.
-Back discomfort or pain. The patient may feel pain or tenderness in his/her lower back after the procedure. The pain
might radiate down the back of his/her legs.
-Bleeding. Bleeding may occur near the puncture site or, rarely, into the epidural space.
-Brainstem herniation. Increased pressure within the skull (intracranial), due to a brain tumor or other space-occupying
lesion, can lead to compression of the brainstem after a sample of cerebrospinal fluid is removed.
Risks associated with radiation.
The Yale University Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC) will review the use of radiation in this research
study, and no subjects will be enrolled until RSC approval is obtained. This research study involves exposure to
radiation from two 20 mCi doses of [11C]PBR28 and from the transmission PET scanning. This radiation exposure is
not necessary for medical care and is for research purposes only. The amount of radiation subjects will receive in this
study is below the dose guidelines established by the federal government and adhered to by the Yale University
Radioactive Drug Research Committee (YU RDRC) for research subjects. This guideline is an effective dose of 5
roentgen equivalents in man (rem) per scan and 15 rem/year. The targeted amount of radiation an individual subject
will receive in this study is from two injections of 20 mCi of [11C]PBR28, for a total of 40mCi of [11C]PBR28.
Although each organ will receive a different dose, the targeted amount of radiation exposure subjects will receive
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from this study is equal to an effective dose equivalent of 1.628 rem. This calculated value is used to relate the dose
received by each organ to a single value.
In addition to the values given above, subjects who have an 11C-PIB-PET scan under this protocol may be exposed to
radiation from one 15mCi injection of 11C-PIB. This radiation exposure is not necessary for medical care and is for
research purposes only. Subjects who undergo the 11C-PIB scan will receive a total of 15mCi 11C-PIB and 40mCi 11C-
PBR. Although each organ will receive a different dose, the targeted amount of radiation exposure subjects will receive
from this study is equal to an effective dose equivalent of 1.888 rem. The amount of radiation subjects will receive in
this study is below the dose guidelines established by the federal government and adhered to by the Yale University
Radioactive Drug Research Committee (YU RDRC) for research subjects. This guideline is an effective dose of 5
roentgen equivalents in man (rem) per scan and 15 rem/year
In situations where a PET scan is not successful following the radiotracer infusion (e.g., problems with the PET
camera) the subject may receive an additional radiotracer infusion(s), if deemed appropriate. If an additional injection
is completed and the 11C-PIB-PET scan WAS NOT performed, subjects would receive a total radiation dose of 2.44
rem. If an additional injection is completed and the 11C-PIB-PET scan WAS performed, subjects would receive a total
radiation dose of 2.70 rem.
The effects of radiation exposure on humans have been studied for over 60 years and no harmful effect to humans has
been observed from the levels of radiation subjects will receive while taking part in this research study. However,
scientists disagree on whether radiation doses at these levels are harmful. It is unclear whether already low doses of
radiation could cause cancer. Even though no effects have been observed, some scientists believe that radiation can
be harmful at any dose - even low doses such as those received during this research study.
Subjects will be asked to tell the research team if they have taken part in other research studies or received any medical
care at any hospitals or any other place that used radiation. This is done to confirm that subjects will not receive
excessive radiation. Examples of the types of radiation exposure considered include x-rays taken in radiology
departments, cardiac catheterization, and fluoroscopy as well as nuclear medicine scans in which radioactive materials
were injected into their body. However, the possibility exists for a rare reaction to any of the substances or procedures
to which a subject is exposed.
Risks of MRI:
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging carries a risk for subjects who are claustrophobic or have pacemakers, metal pieces,
aneurysm clips, large colored tattoos, or any other contraindications for MR. MR is a technique that uses magnetism
and radio waves, not x-rays, to take pictures and measure chemicals of various parts of the body. The United States
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set guidelines for magnet strength and exposure to radio waves, and we
carefully observe those guidelines. Subjects will be watched closely throughout the MR study. Some people may feel
uncomfortable or anxious. If this happens, the subject may ask to stop the study at any time and we will take them out
of the MR scanner. On rare occasions, some people might feel dizzy, get an upset stomach, have a metallic taste or
feel tingling sensations or muscle twitches.
These sensations usually go away quickly but we will ask subjects to tell the research staff if they have them. There
are some risks with an MR study for certain people. If subjects have a pacemaker or some metal objects inside their
body, they may not be in this study because the strong magnets in the MR scanner might harm them. Another risk is
the possibility of metal objects being pulled into the magnet and hitting a subject. To reduce this risk, we require that
all people involved with the study remove all metal from their clothing and all metal objects from their pockets. We
also ask all people involved with the study to walk through a detector designed to detect metal objects. It is important
to know that no metal can be brought into the magnet room at any time. Also, once subjects are in the magnet, the
door to the room will be closed so that no one from outside accidentally goes near the magnet. We want subjects to
read and answer very carefully the questions on the MR Safety Questionnaire related to their personal safety. We will
be sure that subjects have read the MR Safety Questionnaire and tell us any information they think might be important.
This MR study is for research purposes only and is not in any way a clinical examination. The scans performed in this
study are not designed to find abnormalities. The PI’s, the lab, the MR technologist, and the Magnetic Resonance
Research Center are not qualified to interpret the MR scans and are not responsible for providing a diagnostic
evaluation of the images. If a worrisome finding is seen on a subject’s scan, a radiologist or another physician will be
asked to review the relevant images. Based on his or her recommendation (if any), the PI or consulting physician will
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contact the subject, inform them of the finding, and recommend that they seek medical advice as a precautionary
measure.
The decision for additional examination or treatment would lie solely with the subject and their physician. The
investigators, the consulting physician, the Magnetic Resonance Research Center, and Yale University are not
responsible for any examination or treatment that a subject receives based on these findings. The images collected in
this study are not a clinical MR exam and for that reason, they will not be made available for diagnostic purposes.
Pregnancy and Breast Feeding:
Since the acceptable levels of radioactivity are lower for pregnant individuals, women will be excluded from
participating in this study if they are currently pregnant or might become pregnant during the study. They will be
tested for pregnancy as part of the routine laboratory tests. If the test is positive, they will not be included in the
study. Before starting the study, we will ask women to avoid becoming pregnant and what precautions they plan to
take. We ask women to tell us immediately if they change their minds about becoming pregnant. If the woman is
currently breast-feeding, she will be excluded from the study. Women will be given one pregnancy test during the
initial physical evaluation, and in addition on day of
the PET scans, prior to radiotracer injection.
Lipopolysaccharide Administration:
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS, also called endotoxin) is a large molecule found on the outer membrane of gram-negative
bacteria that has been widely used to evoke a robust immune response. We propose to use the same dose and protocol
of LPS that we have successfully used in our recent study (4): 0.4 ng/kg, IV bolus. Specifically, on the day of the
[11C]PBR28 PET scans, LPS (0.4 ng/kg, IV) will be administered 3 hours prior to the second PET scan. Vital signs
(systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate and respiration rate) and sickness and psychiatric symptoms will be
monitored before drug administration and every 15 to 30 min up to 360-min after LPS administration. Because of the
risk of nausea and emesis, subjects are required to fast for the day of the study until after the scan. In our experience
to date (18 subjects total 57 have received LPS at the dose of 1.0 ng/kg), no subjects have reported nausea that was
significant enough to require stopping the study. If significant nausea or other adverse events occur, the study will be
stopped.
If an individual experiences bothersome symptoms after LPS administration and wants to stop the study, flulike
symptoms may be treated with acetaminophen (650 mg every 6 hrs), or ibuprofen (400 mg every 6 hrs), and anxiety
may be treated with lorazepam (0.5 mg every 2 hrs for a maximum dose of 6 mg every 24 hrs). During screening each
subject will be asked about medication allergies, and no medication to which a subject may be allergic will be
administered. If a subject requests the study will be stopped and these medications may be administered. If a subject’s
body temperature exceeds 39.2°C the study will be halted and the subject will receive ibuprofen or acetaminophen as
described above. If these medications are insufficient to lower body temperature, subjects may be transferred to a
higher level of care.
At the end of the PET scan day, subjects will be assessed (physical and vital signs) by the study physician. Subjects
will be discharged when vital signs are within normal limits and when behavioral changes (if any) are found to be not
clinically significant by the MD attending to the subject at the PET Center. If subjects experience any adverse events,
they will be treated until they become asymptomatic, prior to discharge. In the proposed study and in our ongoing
studies, psychiatric patients who are administered a challenge drug may be admitted to an inpatient unit if psychiatric
symptoms worsen or become dangerous on the PET scan day. If required the patients will be assessed by Dr. Adam
Mecca in the neurology clinic and may be sent to emergency department, Yale New Haven Hospital, for admission if
necessary. All subjects are followed for 1 week (in person the following day and by phone thereafter) following LPS
administration or until potential symptoms (self-report and by assessment) resolve.
Background and potential side effects of LPS administration:
LPS administration in human subjects is a generally safe experimental procedure that has been used in at least 2,200
subjects (116). Intravenous LPS administration at doses from 2 to 4 ng/kg causes flu-like symptoms such as fever,
chills, rigors, malaise, and increased heart rate (117-119). These effects peak at around 90 minutes, and completely
disappear within 6-8 hours or less. Of the 2,200 subjects who have received LPS, only four severe adverse events have
been reported, all involving bradycardia or sinus arrest (5). This occurred in subjects who either had a history of
vasovagal syncope and/or who participated in a protocol in which they were not adequately hydrated. In large cohorts
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of subjects who received adequate hydration, no such effects occurred (116). We have administered LPS (0.8-1.0
ng/kg) to >30 subjects, including both healthy controls and individuals with psychiatric disorders, at Yale with no
unexpected or serious adverse effects. A small study (119) detected gender differences in peripheral cytokine levels
after LPS administration, with females having a more pronounced response than males; 50% of our sample will be
women so we will be able to explore sex differences. We have not noted particular behavioral differences (e.g.,
sickness behavior) between men and women receiving LPS to date. A review of the literature published in 2007 (120)
describes all the studies wherein LPS was given to human subjects. All articles were reviewed for any potential adverse
effects, morbidity or mortality; however, no long-term morbidity or mortality was reported in these more than 1000
healthy volunteers. At a 5 ng/kg dose of EC-5, subjects experienced nausea, vomiting and fever. Consequently, doses
of ≤4 ng/kg have been subsequently used. We are giving 1/10 of that dose. LPS given at 2 ng/mg is not associated
with known longterm sequelae or serious adverse events in healthy populations. Subjects (up to 4 total) who did have
side effects at doses as low as 2 ng/kg were found to have underlying medical issues. When side effects have occurred,
they are remarkably similar. Typically, within 50-90 min following LPS, subjects describe flu-like symptoms such as
fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, myalgias, headache, nausea, and often chills that resolve within 3-4 h. Fever, however,
is the hallmark of LPS infusion. After a latent period up to 120 min, there is a monophasic increase in fever which
peaks at 1-2°C above baseline. The fever may last up to 3-4 h (depending on dose) and resolves without residual
effect.
This critical review of all the cases of LPS administration in human subjects concludes as follows, “for well over a
century, endotoxin has been intentionally administered to humans for therapeutic purposes, for the evaluation of anti-
inflammatory reagents as well as to address basic scientific questions of endotoxin biology. Much has been learned
from the use of this model, and it has proved to be remarkably safe. Well over 1,000 subjects have been studied, yet
we were able to find documentation of only five serious adverse events, and these were in subjects who were later
shown to have vagal hypersensitivity,” (120). Thus, all the available data support that LPS administration in healthy
human subjects is safe.
Although there are no studies applying the lipopolysaccharide to Alzheimer’s disease population, endotoxin has been
used in the elderly population with age distributions that approximate our cohort. In one study eight healthy young
volunteers (median age 24 yr) and nine healthy elderly volunteers (median age 66 years) were compared for their
blood pressure, heart rate, core temperature and hourly plasma catecholamine concentration after the administration
of 2ng/kg of endotoxin. At baseline the elderly had a higher mean arterial pressure (MAP) of about 10 mm Hg, after
the administration of the endotoxin there was a reduction of about 20 mm Hg in the MAP. In almost all cases the
maximal response occurred 4-7 hours after the administration of the endotoxin and was associated with fever. In no
cases there were hemodynamically critical changes to the blood pressure (128). The same cohort also showed the
presence of overactive initial response and prolonged elevation of the inflammatory markers compared to people in
their third decade of life (129). The difference between our experimental design and theirs is: 1- we use 1/5 the dose
they used as a bolus. 2- We will have a low threshold for using antipyretics. The changes to MAP seem to have most
closely followed the temperatures.
Lipopolysaccharide, or Clinical Center Reference Endotoxin (CCRE) will be provided by the NIH Clinical Center and
will be stored and prepared by the YNHH IDS pharmacy. CCRE is an investigational drug, Dr. Kelly Cosgrove has
obtained an Investigational New Drug (IND) for its use in humans from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
CCRE vials will be stored at 2-8°C in a refrigerator in the locked YNHH IDS pharmacy. Preparation of CCRE will
be performed by the YNHH IDS research pharmacist. As recommended by NIH, the pharmacist will dissolve the
lyophilized CCRE in Sterile Water for Injection USP under a laminar flow hood on the evening before each endotoxin
administration. The dissolved CCRE will be stored at 4°C until the following morning. Dissolved CCRE is stable for
at least 24 hours at this temperature.
Fatigue associated with cognitive testing and the discomfort during the PET scanning:
The entire duration of cognitive testing will be approximately 3 hours, raising the potential risk of fatigue. Fatigue
will be addressed by providing appropriate breaks as needed. Also even though the PET and MRI studies are
considered safe procedures and do not cause the subject any pain, they are somewhat uncomfortable as the subject
must be motionless during the scans.
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Minimizing Risks: Describe the manner in which the above-mentioned risks
will be minimized.
To minimize risks associated with endotoxin
- Using 1/10 of the maximum safe dose
- Medically evaluating subjects and including only those with no history of cardiovascular disease, liver
failure, atopy, morbid obesity (BMI>35), underweight (BMI<19), vasovagal syncope, acute or chronic
inflammatory conditions.
- Adequately hydrating with saline,
- NPO to reduce the risk of vomiting.
- Close monitoring of blood pressure, heart rhythm, and subjective symptoms, and by the continuous presence
of two trained medical professionals.
To Minimize the risk of liver damage
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We will recruit only non-obese patients with laboratory results with normal LFTs, bilirubin, and
PT ranges.
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We will exclude any subject with clinical or laboratory signs of liver damage. Those who are vulnerable
to liver damage as a result of the endotoxin exposure will not be studied, making this group very similar
to the groups of HC who had tolerated the endotoxin in the past, without problems.
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We will measure LFTs, bilirubin and PT after endotoxin administration to ensure these values do not go
up significantly.”
To minimize the risk of an exaggerated systemic inflammatory response in the Elderly- We are using a
lower dose.
To minimize risks associated with blood drawing Only experienced staff and proper technique will be used
tominimize risks associated with use of an arterial catheter. Individuals on anti-coagulation and anti-platelet
therapy are excluded from the study.
To minimize risks associated with lumbar punctures:
Related to CSF Leak
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Post-lumbar puncture headache. We ask the patients to remain recumbent for one hour and to remain
hydrated for the 48 hours following the procedure, during which they should refrain from lifting heavy weights
or bending over for as long as possible. If the headache persists more than 24 hours the patients are instructed to
contact us. If persistent headache exists the patient would be encouraged to try bedrest and hydration for a
further 3 days. If that is insufficient we may bring them into the headache clinic for hydration and/or caffeine
administration or refer them for a blood patch.
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Brainstem herniation. Increased pressure within the skull (intracranial), due to a brain tumor or other
space-occupying lesion, can lead to compression of the brainstem after a sample of cerebrospinal fluid is
removed. The patients all have MRI imaging that precludes space occupying lesion, making this a very rare
adverse event. Brain herniation when it very rarely happens, occurs at the time of the procedure and is a medical
emergency and internal emergency mechanism will be activated.
Related to other AE
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Back discomfort or pain. The participant may feel pain or tenderness in his/her lower back after the
procedure. The pain might radiate down the back of his/her legs. If the pain persists for more than 72 hours the
patients are instructed to contact us. If the pain remains after simple analgesia then we will refer the patients to
the pain clinic.
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Bleeding. Bleeding may occur near the puncture site or, rarely, into the epidural space. Bleeding into
epidural space is a rare event. The patients are instructed to contact us if there is any weakness, numbness in the
legs or there is urinary/bowel incontinence. This would be a medical emergency.
Risks of radial artery cannulation These are minimized by having the procedure performed by an experienced
healthcare provider. Pain is minimized by local anesthesia. Bleeding is prevented by local pressure applied for a
minimum of 15 minutes after catheter removal. Subjects will have their hand and finger blood supply examined
after arterial cannulation and again following catheter removal. Also, subjects will be asked to abstain from using
aspirin and other NSAIDs for 7-10 days prior to arterial line insertion and 7-10 days following arterial line removal.
Subjects will be
provided a 24-hour physician telephone number (2037854085) to call if they encounter pain,
discoloration, numbness,
tingling, coolness, hematoma, inflammation, or any other unusual symptoms in the wrist
or hand, or fever, chills or drainage from the vascular puncture sites, following the procedure. In addition, if an
emergency arises at the time of cannulation or scanning, 911 will be called, and the subject will be sent to the
Emergency Department for evaluation
and treatment. Nurses will provide the subjects an instruction sheet
documenting problems to watch for and procedures to follow should such problems occur. Infection is avoided by
adequate cleansing of the skin prior to intravascular line insertion.
To minimize the risks associated with radiation We will ensure that the radiation exposure in each subject does not
exceed Federal guidelines. Information about [11C]PBR28 dosimetry was obtained from published data as described
above. The dose of radiation will be submitted for approval to the Yale University Radioactive Drug Research
Committee (YU RDRC). All scans will be done in the presence of medical supervision and trained nursing staff
in an institution specifically designed to support imaging studies. In the event of serious medical complications,
the Yale University PET scan facilities have immediate access to or consultation with specialized medical units at
the Yale-New Haven Hospital. Preparation of radiopharmaceuticals and execution of PET scans will be
performed by
radiochemists, physicians, and technologists of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale
University School of
Medicine. These professionals are qualified by training and experience in the safe use and
handling of radionuclides.
Subjects will be asked about their previous radiation exposure, and those who have had
research exposure within the past year will be excluded if their cumulative annual exposure (including the present
study) exceeds FDA limits.
No PET studies will be performed on pregnant or potentially pregnant women, as confirmed by pregnancy testing
during evaluation and on each scan day before initiation of any scan procedures. If subjects are breastfeeding they will
not be able to participate in this research study.
To minimize risks associated with MRI, each subject will fill out the Yale Magnetic Resonance Research Center
MRI Safety Questionnaire before the study. Only subjects who fulfill the criteria by this questionnaire will be eligible
for the study. In addition, subjects will remove all metal (watch, hair pins, jewelry) and change into scrubs immediately
prior to the study and pass through the metal detector in the MRRC before entering the MRI room. If the subject has
any metallic prostheses/implants they will be excluded from the study. If a subject becomes anxious during the scan
they can request that the MRI scan be stopped.
To minimize risks associated with pregnancy and breastfeeding we will not enroll women who are pregnant
or breast-feeding.
Data and Safety Monitoring Plan: Include an appropriate Data and Safety Monitoring Plan
(DSMP) based on the investigator’s risk assessment stated below. (Note: the HIC will make the
final determination of the risk to subjects.) For more information, see the Instructions, page 24.
a.
What is the investigator’s assessment of the overall risk level for subjects
participating in this study?
This study is associated with moderate risk. The PI, Dr. Adam Mecca will meet with Dr. Christopher van Dyck to
review adverse event data no less than one time per year before IRB renewal, and ad hoc any time an unforeseen
adverse event occurs.
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b. If children are involved, what is the investigator’s assessment of the overall risk
level for the children participating in this study?
No children are involved.
c.
Include an appropriate Data and Safety Monitoring Plan. Examples of DSMPs are
available here http://www.yale.edu/hrpp/forms-templates/biomedical.html for
i. Minimal risk
ii. Greater than minimal
1. We do not view the risks associated with endotoxin administration as minimal.
2. We do not view the risks associated with the combination of older subjects and endotoxin as minimal.
3. Given the now established safety and validity of the current protocols in our prior work, we do not view the
proposed studies as high risk.
4. Given our rigorous screening of patients we do not consider the combination of age and endotoxin as high
risk.
2. Although we have assessed the proposed study as one of moderate risk, the
potential exists for anticipated and/or unanticipated adverse events, serious or
otherwise, to occur since it is not possible to predict with certainty the absolute
risk in any given individual or in advance of first-hand experience with the
proposed study methods. Therefore, we provide a plan for monitoring the data and
safety of the proposed study as follows:
Greater Than Minimal Risk Data Safety Monitoring Plan
1. Personnel responsible for the safety review and its frequency:
The principal investigator will be responsible for monitoring the data, assuring protocol
compliance. He will achieve this by convening a safety committee consisting of:
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Adam Mecca (PI- geriatric psyc)
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Christopher Van Dyck (Director of Alzheimer’s disease research unit (ADRU) and Yale
ADRC – geriatric psychiatrist)
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Kelly Cosgrove (Associate Professor, Department of psychiatry)
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Martha MacAvoy (Neuroscientist at ADRU)
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Susan Good (Advanced nurse practitioner at ADRU)
We will review safety data every 4 months or after every 4 patients whichever happens first
(including when re-approval of the protocol is sought). During the review process, the principal
investigator and the safety monitoring evaluate whether the study should continue unchanged,
require modification/amendment, or close to enrollment. Either the principal investigator, the IRB
or the FDA have the authority to stop or suspend the study or require modifications.
A start-up meeting is scheduled for Jan 12 to address this risk of extra scans within a one-
year period, and an effective monitoring plan established. The meeting would be attended
by Arash Salardini, David Matuskey (Medical Director PET Center), Ming-Kai Chen
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(Medical Director PET Center), Richard Carson (PET Center Director), Shannon Henry
(Administrator) and some other people.
2. The risks associated with the current study are deemed greater than minimal for the
following reasons:
1. We do not view the risks associated with endotoxin administration as minimal.
2. We do not view the risks associated with the combination of older subjects and endotoxin
as minimal.
3. Given the now established safety and validity of the current protocols in our prior work,
we do not view the proposed studies as high risk.
4. Given our rigorous screening of patients we do not consider the combination of age and
endotoxin as high risk.
5. We do not view the risks associated with the lumbar puncture as minimal risk.
6. We do not view the risks associated potential future genetic testing as minimal risks. The
risks are due to concerns with privacy.
7. Given the now established safety and validity of the current genetic testing and lumbar
puncture in our prior work, we do not view the proposed studies as high risk.
Although we have assessed the proposed study as one of greater than minimal risk, the potential
exists for anticipated and/or unanticipated adverse events, serious or otherwise, to occur since it
is not possible to predict with certainty the absolute risk in any given individual or in advance of
first-hand experience with the proposed study methods. Therefore, we provide a plan for
monitoring the data and safety of the proposed study as follows:
3. Attribution of Adverse Events:
Adverse events will be monitored for each subject participating in the study and attributed to the
study procedures / design by the principal investigator (Adam Mecca) according to the following
categories:
a.) Definite: Adverse event is clearly related to investigational procedures(s)/agent(s).
b.) Probable: Adverse event is likely related to investigational procedures(s)/agent(s).
c.) Possible: Adverse event may be related to investigational procedures(s)/agent(s).
d.) Unlikely: Adverse event is likely not to be related to the investigational
procedures(s)/agent(s).
e.) Unrelated: Adverse event is clearly not related to investigational procedures(s)/agent(s).
4. Expected adverse effects:
We divide the adverse effects into expected and unexpected. For expected adverse effects
related to LPS, based on the previous studies of human experimental endotoxemia:
a) Flu-like symptoms: chills, headache, myalgias and arthralgias, nausea and photophobia can
seems to peak about one hour after the administration of the LPS. The phenomenon has a
lot of inter- individual variation but within an individual it is dose dependent.
The
incidence of flu-like symptoms below the dose of 2ng/kg is unrecorded in the literature 1,2.
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b) CNS-related adverse effects: in young healthy individuals at 0.8 ng/ml of LPS (2 x the dose
we are using), there was some effects on memory, with anxiety and depression emotions.
At 0.1 ng/ml there was an improvement in memory recall. Also from clinical experience,
which cause much higher levels of inflammation, we know that there is at least a theoretical
risk of acute delirium. The course of possible CNS effects follows TNF-alpha which peaks
90 minutes after the administration of the LPS3.
c) CVS-related adverse effects: the most common side effect in the healthy population is
tachycardia where there is an increment of roughly 20 beat/min. In a previously pre-
disposed individual the administration of LPS can theoretically precipitate arrhythmias 4.
d) Pulmonary related adverse effects: There is an association between high dose
administration of LPS and increases in the respiratory rate and possibly dyspnea 2.
e) Liver and gastrointestinal organs: The administration of high dose (4ng/ml) may change
the metabolism of other drugs. Liver is also the main site of removal of LPS from the
blood stream. We will exclude patients with evidence of liver damage both semiologically
and baseline laboratory values. 3
The expected adverse effects from lumbar puncture:
Though lumbar punctures are generally recognized as safe, they do carry some risks. These
include:
a) Post-Lumbar Puncture headache: Headache, which occurs in 10 to 30 percent of patients,
is one of the most common complications following LP. Post-LP headache is caused by
leakage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the dura and traction on pain-sensitive
structures. Patients characteristically present with frontal or occipital headache within 24
to 48 hours of the procedure, which is exacerbated in an upright position and improved in
the supine position. Associated symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, dizziness,
tinnitus, and visual changes.
b) Infection: Infections are rare after LP; in typical patients no techniques beyond usual
aseptic technique are required.
c) Bleeding: The CSF is normally acellular, although up to five red blood cells (RBCs) are
considered normal after LP due to incidental trauma to a capillary or venule. A higher
number of RBCs is seen in some patients in whom calculation of the white blood cell
(WBC)-to-RBC ratio and the presence or absence of xanthochromia may differentiate
LP-induced from true central nervous system (CNS) bleeding. Serious bleeding that
results in spinal cord compromise is rare in the absence of bleeding risk.
d) Cerebral herniation: Increased pressure within the skull (intracranial), due to a brain
tumor or other space-occupying lesion, can lead to compression of the brainstem after a
sample of cerebrospinal fluid is removed.The most serious complication of LP is cerebral
herniation. Suspected increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is a relative contraindication
to performance of an LP and also requires independent assessment and treatment.
e) Radicular symptoms and low back pain: It is not uncommon for patients to experience
transient electrical-type pain in one leg during the procedure. However, more sustained
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radicular symptoms or radicular injury appear to be rare. Up to one-third of patients
complain of localized back pain after LP; this may persist for several days, but rarely
beyond.
5. Expected severity of adverse events:
In our study we will use low dose (0.4 ng/kg) in an older population. Since there are no previous
studies which use low dose endotoxin in the elderly, we have reviewed the use of low dose
endotoxin in the young population and one study of high dose LPS in the elderly. We have also
commented below on the AD specific adverse effects for endotoxin challenge:
a) Based on previous studies of low dose LPS studies in healthy young individuals: have
reviewed the effects of low dose endotoxemia on human subjects, in this case 0.4-
0.8ng/kg. The inflammatory response to 0.4 ng/kg of endotoxin is relatively muted: in one
study the administration of LPS caused an peak increase in IL-6 of 150 and TNF-alpha of
50 pg/ml 5. Compare this with patients with sepsis with IL-6 levels of 42,154 +/- 181,966
and TNF-alpha levels of 273 +/- 648 pg/ml.6 The following two studies are representative
of the effects of low dose experimental endotoxemia:

Eisenberger and others 7 used E-Coli (O:113) endotoxin to study mood changes in
response to 0.8 ng/kg of iv LPS, in 39 healthy adults. Profile of Mood States
(POMS), which is not a commonly used scale, is scored between 0 (no depression)
to 4. The scale was used in this study. It was found there was an increase of 0.4
in the POMS scale in the endotoxin group and not in the saline group.

In another study Grigoleit and others 5 administered LPS at doses of 0.4 ng/kg and
0.8 ng/kg to 18 and 16 healthy individuals respectively. In both groups there was
an increase in the temperature (1 degree) and heart rate (~15 bpm) peaking around
3 hours.
The authors used Multidimensionaler Befindlichkeitsfragebogen
(MDBF) for measurement of neurobehavioral parameters. The results were dose
dependent. Changes in mood, calmness, alertness and state anxiety were 6,3,5 and
9 for the 0.8 ng/kg group vs. 2, 2, 2 and 3 for the 0.4 ng/kg group. 2-back task was
used to measure working memory: there were no changes in the accuracy of the
task while there was improvement in reaction time in the 0.8 ng/kg group. For the
24 hour memory test 72 random pictures from the International Affective Picture
System were used, half of which elicited high arousal (i.e. emotional content).
There was slightly reduced memory accuracy for emotionally arousing pictures
for the low LPS group.
b) Based on previous studies of high dose LPS study in healthy older individuals: There
is one experiment which involves elderly patients receiving endotoxin (published in two
papers) 8-9. Nine elderly patients (median 66 years of age, 61-69) were compared to eight
young healthy controls. Administering 2ng/kg intravenously of LPS caused an increase
in temperature which was not significantly different between the two groups, but the
normalization of the temperature was marginally slower in the elderly group compared to
controls. For example at 8 hours there was a 0.7 degree difference between the two
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groups. There was a greater TNF-alpha increase in the elderly which had a small delay in
termination compared to the control group. They also looked at reduction in mean arterial
pressure. The reduction peaked in the young (magnitude 10 mm Hg on average) in the
third hour after the administration of the LPS. For the elderly the trough of mean arterial
pressure (20 mm Hg on average from a larger baseline MAP) was 6 hours after the LPS.
c) Alzheimer specific adverse events: the effect endotoxin administration to subjects with
Alzheimer’s disease is unknown but two theoretical vulnerabilities may be surmised:

Vulnerability to Delirium- delirium is a subacute neuropsychiatric syndrome
characterized by disturbance and fluctuation of attention, changes in the level and
content of consciousness, perceptual disturbance, circadian disruption and other
cognitive problems. The relationship between inflammation and delirium is related
to the high incidence of delirium in patients with inflammatory, often infectious
ailments and higher than normal inflammatory markers 10. Additionally, delirium
is more common in patients who are older and have baseline cognitive impairment.
Although we do not anticipate 0.4 ng/kg of endotoxin to cause delirium even in
this vulnerable population, we will monitor the incidence of delirium in our study
(please see under cognitive safety).

Potential effects of inflammation on Alzheimer’s pathology: As discussed in detail
in the research plan, there is an association between Alzheimer’s pathology and
inflammation but whether it is beneficial or detrimental is still not determine.
Again although we do not anticipate significant changes to the course of early AD
after LPS challenge (as many other inflammatory events occur in the course of the
year which are likely more prolonged and severe than 0.4 ng/kg LPS
administration), we will monitor long term effects (please see under cognitive
safety).
Expected severity of Lumbar puncture related adverse effects:
LP is a relatively safe procedure, but minor and major complications can occur even when
standard infection control measures and good technique are used. The common complications
include Post-LP headache, bleeding, cerebral herniation, minor neurologic symptoms such as
radicular pain or numbness and back pain. In addition, an LP is the easiest procedure to perform
a CSF pressure measurement. Given the use of CSF analysis for diagnosis, LPs are currently
often performed to perform research to discover novel diagnostic biomarkers and understand
brain pathology. A recent large international, multicenter study on LP feasibility by Duits et al.
that included 3868 patients in a memory clinic setting, similar to our study population showed
that LPs can be safely performed 11.
Post-lumbar puncture headache (PLPH): Up to 25 percent of people who have undergone a
lumbar puncture develop a headache afterward due to a leak of fluid into nearby tissues. ounger
age is the most important and well-known risk factor for PLPH and post-LP back pain that is not
the case with our study. PLPH typically begins within three days after the procedure in most
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patients. If a patient develops typical PLPH, bed rest, adequate hydration, and simple analgesics
should be started. The headaches are usually present when sitting or standing and resolve after
lying down. Post-lumbar puncture headaches can last from a few hours to a week or more 12,13.
More than 85% of PLPH will resolve without any other specific treatment. The only evidence-
based treatment for typical severe PLPH (severe usually frontal headache possibly accompanied
by nausea and vomiting which is relieved by recumbent posture) is an epidural blood patch. This
procedure has a success rate of 70%–98% if carried out more than 24 hours after the LP. If a first
epidural blood patch fails to resolve the headache, repeating the procedure has a similar success
rate 14.
Back discomfort or pain: The patient may feel pain or tenderness in your lower back after the
procedure. The pain might radiate down the back of legs. In the review of subjects in memory
clinic, number of LP attempts was the only procedure-related risk factor for occurrence of local
back pain that we would try to minimize. It is recommended to use 25G atraumatic needles. A
total of four LP attempts is an acceptable maximum, active CSF withdrawals should be avoided.
It is advised to perform LP in the lateral recumbent position, and collection up to 30-mL CSF is
well tolerated and safe. There is no recommendation to apply local anesthesia and bed rest after
the LP to reduce postpuncture complaints 11.
Bleeding: Bleeding may occur near the puncture site or, rarely, into the epidural space. Serious
bleeding that results in spinal cord compromise is rare in the absence of bleeding risk. Patients
who have thrombocytopenia or other bleeding disorders or those who received anticoagulant
therapy prior to or immediately after undergoing LP have an increased risk of bleeding. In one
series, spinal hematoma developed in 7 of 342 patients (2 percent) who received anticoagulant
therapy after undergoing LP; five of these patients developed paraparesis. In one literature
review, 47 percent of 21 published cases of spinal hematoma following LP occurred in patients
with a coagulopathy 15,16.
Brainstem herniation: The most important contraindication for LP is an intracranial space–
occupying lesion with mass effect as well as a posterior fossa mass because it can lead to
herniation of the cerebellar tonsils, regardless of the volume of CSF that is sampled. Other
contraindications for LP include a risk for cerebral herniation caused by abnormal intracranial
pressure due to increased CSF pressure or Arnold-Chiari malformation 17. Based on our
protocol, We perform Brain imaging for our study before CSF collection and we would notice
any existing incidental finding that might be a contraindication for lumbar puncture. We would
exclude patients with contraindications from LP portion of the study.
6. Plan for Grading Adverse Events:
For grading the severity of adverse events noted during the study we will adopt a general scheme
from FDA publication Guidance for Industry: Toxicity Grading Scale for Healthy Adult and
Adolescent Volunteers Enrolled in Preventive Vaccine Clinical Trials (FDA, Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research, September 2007)18:
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Mild
(Grade 1)
Moderate
(Grade 2)
Severe
(Grade 3)
Potentially Life
Threatening (Grade
4)
No interference
with activity
Some interference
with activity not
requiring medical
intervention
Prevents daily
activity and
requires medical
intervention
ER visit or
hospitalization
1- For most of the anticipated adverse effects we will use this guidance and parameters set:
For arterial cannulation:
Mild
(Grade 1)
Moderate
(Grade 2)
Severe
(Grade 3)
Potentially Life
Threatening (Grade
4)
Pain
Does not
interfere with
activity
Repeated use of non-
narcotic pain reliever >
24 hours or interferes
with activity
Any use of
narcotic pain
reliever or
prevents daily
activity
Emergency room
(ER) visit or
hospitalization
Tenderness
Mild discomfort
to touch
Discomfort with
movement
Significant
discomfort at rest
ER visit or
hospitalization
Erythema/Redness * 2.5 - 5 cm
5.1 - 10 cm
> 10 cm
Necrosis or
exfoliative
dermatitis
Induration/Swelling
**
2.5 - 5 cm and
does not
interfere with
activity
5.1 - 10 cm or
interferes with activity
> 10 cm or
prevents daily
activity
Necrosis
* In addition to grading the measured local reaction at the greatest single diameter, the measurement
should be recorded as a continuous variable.
** Induration/Swelling should be evaluated and graded using the functional scale as well as the actual
measurement.
For vital signs:
Vital Signs *
Mild
(Grade 1)
Moderate
(Grade 2)
Severe
(Grade 3)
Potentially Life
Threatening
(Grade 4)
Fever (°C) **
(°F) *
38.0 – 38.4
100.4 – 101.1
38.5 – 38.9
101.2 – 102.0
39.0 – 40
102.1 – 104
> 40
> 104
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Tachycardia - beats
per minute
101 – 115
116 – 130
> 130
ER visit or
hospitalization for
arrhythmia
Bradycardia - beats
per minute***
50 – 54
45 – 49
< 45
ER visit or
hospitalization for
arrhythmia
Hypotension
(systolic) – mm Hg
85 – 89
80 – 84
< 80
ER visit or
hospitalization for
hypotensive shock
Respiratory Rate –
breaths per minute
17 – 20
21 – 25
> 25
Intubation
* Subject should be at rest for all vital sign measurements.
** Oral temperature; no recent hot or cold beverages or smoking.
*** When resting heart rate is between 60 - 100 beats per minute. Use clinical judgement when
characterizing bradycardia among some healthy subject populations, for example, conditioned athletes.
For systemic symptoms:
Systemic
(General)
Mild
(Grade 1)
Moderate
(Grade 2)
Severe
(Grade 3)
Potentially Life
Threatening (Grade
4)
Nausea/vomiting
No interference
with activity or 1 -
2 episodes/24 hours
Some interference
with activity or > 2
episodes/24 hours
Prevents daily
activity, requires
outpatient IV
hydration
ER visit or
hospitalization for
hypotensive shock
Diarrhea
2 - 3 loose stools or
< 400 gms/24 hours
4 - 5 stools or 400 -
800 gms/24 hours
6 or more watery
stools or >
800gms/24 hours or
requires outpatient
IV hydration
ER visit or
hospitalization
Headache
No interference
with activity
Repeated use of
non-narcotic pain
reliever > 24 hours
or some
interference with
activity
Significant; any use
of narcotic pain
reliever or prevents
daily activity
ER visit or
hospitalization
Fatigue
No interference
with activity
Some interference
with activity
Significant;
prevents daily
activity
ER visit or
hospitalization
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Myalgia
No interference
with activity
Some interference
with activity
Significant;
prevents daily
activity
ER visit or
hospitalization
For laboratory values:
Serum *
Mild
(Grade 1)
Moderate
(Grade 2)
Severe
(Grade 3)
Potentially Life
Threatening
(Grade 4)**
Sodium – Hyponatremia mEq/L
132 – 134
130 – 131
125 – 129
< 125
Sodium – Hypernatremia mEq/L
144 – 145
146 – 147
148 – 150
> 150
Potassium – Hyperkalemia mEq/L
5.1 – 5.2
5.3 – 5.4
5.5 – 5.6
> 5.6
Potassium – Hypokalemia mEq/L
3.5 – 3.6
3.3 – 3.4
3.1 – 3.2
< 3.1
Glucose – Hypoglycemia mg/dL
65 – 69
55 – 64
45 – 54
< 45
Glucose – Hyperglycemia
Fasting – mg/dL
Random – mg/dL
100 – 110
110 – 125
111 – 125
126 – 200
>125
>200
Insulin
requirements or
hyperosmolar coma
Blood Urea Nitrogen
BUN mg/dL
23-26
27 – 31
> 31
Requires dialysis
Creatinine – mg/dL
1.5 – 1.7
1.8 – 2.0
2.1 – 2.5
> 2.5 or requires
dialysis
Calcium – hypocalcemia mg/dL
8.0 – 8.4
7.5 – 7.9
7.0 – 7.4
< 7.0
Calcium – hypercalcemia mg/dL
10.5 – 11.0
11.1 – 11.5
11.6 – 12.0
> 12.0
Magnesium – hypomagnesemia
mg/dL
1.3 – 1.5
1.1 – 1.2
0.9 – 1.0
< 0.9
Phosphorous – hypophosphatemia
mg/dL
2.3 – 2.5
2.0 – 2.2
1.6 – 1.9
< 1.6
CPK– mg/dL
1.25 – 1.5 x
ULN***
1.6 – 3.0 x
ULN
3.1 –10 x ULN > 10 x ULN
Albumin – Hypoalbuminemia g/dL 2.8 – 3.1
2.5 – 2.7
< 2.5
--
Total Protein – Hypoproteinemia
g/dL
5.5 – 6.0
5.0 – 5.4
< 5.0
--
Alkaline phosphate – increase by
factor
1.1 – 2.0 x
ULN
2.1 – 3.0 x
ULN
3.1 – 10 x
ULN
> 10 x ULN
Liver Function Tests –ALT, AST
increase by factor
1.1 – 2.5 x
ULN
2.6 – 5.0 x
ULN
5.1 – 10 x
ULN
> 10 x ULN
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Bilirubin – when accompanied by
any increase in Liver Function Test
increase by factor
1.1 – 1.25 x
ULN
1.26 – 1.5 x
ULN
1.51 – 1.75 x
ULN
> 1.75 x ULN
Bilirubin – when Liver Function
Test is normal; increase by factor
1.1 – 1.5 x
ULN
1.6 – 2.0 x
ULN
2.0 – 3.0 x
ULN
> 3.0 x ULN
Cholesterol
201 – 210
211 – 225
> 226
---
Pancreatic enzymes – amylase,
lipase
1.1 – 1.5 x
ULN
1.6 – 2.0 x
ULN
2.1 – 5.0 x
ULN
> 5.0 x ULN
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For Lumbar Puncture :
Post-Lumbar
Puncture symptoms
Mild
(Grade 1)
Moderate
(Grade 2)
Severe
(Grade 3)
Potentially Life
Threatening (Grade
4)
Cerebrospinal fluid
leakage
postural care
indicated
persistent
moderate
symptoms; blood
patch indicated
Severe symptoms;
medical
intervention
indicated
Life-threatening
consequences;
urgent
intervention
indicated
Post-lumbar
Puncture Headache
Mild pain, No
interference with
activity, transient.
Postural Care
Indicated
Moderate pain;
limiting
instrumental ADL,
persistent
moderate
symptoms; blood
patch indicated
Severe pain;
limiting self care
ADL; medical
intervention
indicated
Life-threatening
consequences;
urgent
intervention
indicated
Back Pain
Mild pain, No
interference with
activity
Moderate pain;
limiting
instrumental ADL
Severe pain;
limiting self care
AD
Cerebral Herniation
Life-threatening
consequences;
urgent
intervention
indicated
7. Plan for surveillance of cognitive adverse effects
Cognitive adverse effects can occur because of the effect of endotoxin administration (see section
5c) and because of disrupting patient’s daily routine and fatigue.
Imaging studies which are
common in Alzheimer’s research, and often in more cognitively impaired individuals, often follow
more rigorous procedures of testing. We anticipate that the latter is less likely to be a factor in the
cognitive adverse effects.
For our purposes we classify cognitive adverse effects as acute and
chronic.
We following the conventional practice of measuring global cognitive changes by
monitoring functional status19 (ADCS-ADL in this case) and multi-domain screening instruments
(MOCA in this case) 20.
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7.1 Protocol for the monitoring of acute cognitive
changes for a one-time or test-dose administration of
agents
-
Thepatient’s studypartnerhasthePI’s
cell phone whom s/he can contact with
any concerns
-
If called, then patient screened with
CAM over the phone21
-
If not called, then the patient is
screened with CAM after 48 hours
-
If intervention is required that will be
prioritized
-
If not, then depending on the latest possible
interval for late effects there is re-screening.
Otherwise Stop.
-
If there is delirium, then CAM is repeated
every24hoursuntilresolutionAND
ADCS- ADL will be performed in a week
to gauge the severity of the adverse
effects for reporting.
-
MOCA will be performed in a week
regardless; and weekly using
alternative versions until resolution if 
2 change in score.
-
8. Plan for Grading Cognitive Adverse Events:
The FDA guidance does not contain guidance regarding grading of cognitive adverse effects. We
use the general scheme from the FDA guidance as the starting point. Grading of cognitive function
in the elderly is often based on functional abilities. This approach appears to be in harmony with
the general intent of FDA’s guidance.
Assessment of cognitive safety is the assessment of “the impact of clinical treatments on the ability
to perceive, process, understand, and store information, make decisions and produce appropriate
responses” 22. As with many systemic adverse effects of medications the severity is often expressed
in terms of functional capacity. This is particularly apt for cognition for three basic reasons:
1- There is no ecologically valid single indicator of “cognition” which may be accepted as
reliable surrogate for the overall brain cognitive ability, say when compared to the role of
ejection fraction in cardiac ischemic complications.
2- The most useful indicators of organ system integrity rely on measuring surrogates of broad
functions of those organ system.
For example, renal side effects may be detected by
measuring creatinine clearance and proteinuria. It is possible and in fact in some cases
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necessary to look at renal parameters in greater detail including size, filtration rate, active
transport mechanism and endocrine function. Especially in patients whose creatinine is
shown to be affected However, these are often unnecessary in a majority of cases. Activities
of daily living may provide a similar overall surrogate for cognitive function if and only if
all other factors (chiefly mobility) remain the same.
3- The Dementia research community defines stages of dementia in terms of their impact on
activities of daily living. Several scales including the Clinical Dementia Rating23 are based
on this idea.
8.1 Protocol for stratification of acute cognitive adverse effects for reporting
No adequate guidelines at present exist for grading of serious adverse effects of
administered agents pertainingtoacutecognitivechanges. Wewilladoptthefollowing
scheme:
WeuseCTCAE4.02forguidance24:DL=dependence level(seebelow)
Grad
e
Definitions
MaximaldailyDL
change in first
week
ChangeofDLin1
week
1
Mild; asymptomatic or mild symptoms; clinical or
diagnostic observations only; intervention not
indicated.
2
1
2
Moderate; minimal, local or noninvasive
intervention indicated; limiting age-appropriate
instrumental ADL*.
3
2
3
Severe or medically significant but not
immediately life-threatening; hospitalization or
prolongation of hospitalization indicated;
disabling; limiting selfcare ADL.
4
3
4
Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention
indicated.
N/A
N/A
5
Death related to AE.
N/A
N/A
TheDLisdeterminedusingapublishedalgorithm 25:
DL
Typesof
Impairment
Care Needs
Scoring Algorithm versus Care Needs
0
No IADL/BADL
impairment
None
NoimpairmentsinADCS-ADL
1
Some
supervision
needed on
isolated
Independen
t living
with check-
ins
Level 2 on any 1 item from the following clusters:
Household activities, Communication and
Engagement, Outside Activities
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2
Supervision
on multiple
IADLs or loss
of at least 1
Household
Activity
Limited/inf
or mal
home care
services
Level 2 on items from at least 2 of the following
clusters: Household activities, Communication and
Engagement, Outside Activities, OR Level 1 on any
item from the following clusters: Household
activities, Communications and Engagement,
Outside Activities
3
Supervision
on all types
of IADLs or
home- bound
Extensive
home care
services
w/
supervisio
n OR
Level 2 for all items from the following clusters:
Household activities, Communications and
Engagement, Outside Activities, OR Level 0 on 1
item of Outside Activities, OR Level 2 for either
item: Eating (Q1), Bathing (Q4)
4
Supervision
on some
BADLs
Assisted living
+
nursing
Score<2 foritemDressing(Q6B),ORLevel1 or0 or
for any items: Grooming (Q5), Bathing (Q4), OR
Level 2 for item Toileting (Q3), OR Level 0 for
5
Impaired
transfer OR
complete
incontinenc
Nursing home Level1forWalking(Q2),ORLevel0forToileting(Q3)
9. Plan for Determining Seriousness of Adverse Events:
In addition to grading the adverse event, the committee will determine whether the adverse event
meets the criteria for a Serious Adverse Event (SAE). An adverse event is considered serious if
it results in any of the following outcomes:
1. Death;
2. A life-threatening experience in-patient hospitalization or prolongation of existing
hospitalization;
3. A persistent or significant disability or incapacity;
4. Any other adverse event that, based upon appropriate medical judgment, may jeopardize
the subject’s health and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of
the other outcomes listed in this definition.
An adverse event may be graded as severe but still not meet the criteria for a Serious Adverse
Event. Similarly, an adverse event may be graded as moderate but still meet the criteria for an
SAE. It is important for the PI to consider the grade of the event as well as its “seriousness”
when determining whether reporting to the IRB is necessary.
8. Stopping criteria of the study in response to Adverse Events:
Any of the following will be sufficient reason for cessation of the experiment. Items i-ix were
added with the guidance of FDA:
i.
One Serious Adverse Event (SAE) that is possibly or probably study-related;
ii. One Grade 3 bradycardia or two Grade 2 bradycardias that are considered to be possibly
or probably related to endotoxin administration;
iii. One episode of sinus pause;
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iv. One Grade 2 or 3 tachyarrhythmia (e.g., atrial, supraventricular, etc.);
v. One Grade 3 or two Grade 2 systolic hypotension episodes that persist and require
interventions, other than passive leg raising:
vi. Death of an enrolled subject unless unequivocally not attributable to study drug (e.g.,
traumatic injury);
vii. Occurrence of a life-threatening allergic/hypersensitivity reaction (anaphylaxis) requiring
hemodynamic support with vasoactive medications or mechanical ventilation, the
signs/symptoms of which include any of the following: bronchospasm, dyspnea,
wheezing, stridor, hypoxemia urticaria, angioedema, hives, and facial or oropharyngeal
edema;
viii.
Grade 4 toxicity in a major organ system (liver, kidney, lungs, heart, etc.) in one
subject; OR
ix. Any Grade 3 toxicity in the same major organ system (liver, kidney, lungs, heart, etc.) in
two subjects. Grade 3 abnormalities of multiple laboratory parameters that indicate
malfunction of a single organ system (e.g., aspartate aminotransferase, alanine
aminotransferase, and bilirubin for liver function; blood urea nitrogen and creatinine for
renal function) in a subject will be regarded as a single toxicity for purposes of this
stopping criterion.
x. One grade 3 cognitive adverse effect which persists beyond 1 week or two grade 2
cognitive side effects which persist after a week.
10. Plan for expedited reporting of UPIRSOs and Serious Adverse Events to the IRB and
the FDA
The principal investigator will report the following types of events to the IRB and FDA:
Any incident, experience or outcome that meets ALL 3 of the following criteria:
1. Is unexpected (in terms of nature, specificity, severity, or frequency) given (a) the
research procedures described in the protocol-related documents, such as the IRB-
approved protocol and informed consent document and (b) the characteristics of the
subject population being studied; AND
2. Is related or possibly related to participation in the research (possibly related means
there is a reasonable possibility that the incident, experience, or outcome may have
been caused by the procedures involved in the research); AND
3. Suggests that the research places subjects or others at greater risk of harm (including
physical, psychological, economic, legal, or social harm) than was previously known
or recognized.
Unanticipated Problems Involving Risks to Subjects or Others (UPIRSOs) may be medical or
non-medical in nature, and include – but are not limited to – serious, unexpected, and related
adverse events and unanticipated adverse device effects. Please note that adverse events are
reportable to the IRB as UPIRSOs only if they meet all 3 criteria listed above.
These UPIRSOs/SAEs will be reported to the IRB in accordance with IRB Policy 710, using the
appropriate forms found on the website. All related events involving risk but not meeting the
prompt reporting requirements described in IRB Policy 710 should be reported to the IRB in
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summary form at the time of continuing review. If appropriate, such summary may be a simple
brief statement that events have occurred at the expected frequency and level of severity as
previously documented. In lieu of a summary of external events, a current DSMB report can be
submitted for research studies that are subject to oversight by a DSMB (or other monitoring
entity that is monitoring the study on behalf of an industry sponsor).
12. Plan for expedited reporting adverse events to FDA, co-investigators on the study,
DSMBs, study sponsor (NIA).
Written reporting to FDA will be completed in a time period equal or fewer than five
calendar days for all UPIRSO’s and serious adverse effects.
For the current study, the following individuals, funding, and/or regulatory agencies will be
notified:
All Co-Investigators listed on the protocol.
Food and Drug Administration (Physician-Sponsored IND #_______)
NIA
Our safety committee
The principal investigator (Adam Mecca) will conduct a review of all adverse events upon
completion of every study subject. The principal investigator will evaluate the frequency and
severity of the adverse events and determine if modifications to the protocol or consent form are
required.
Statistical Considerations: Describe the statistical analyses that support the study design.
Primary Outcome:
The 16 enrolled subjects will have 11C-PBR28 using the bolus/infusion method. Measurements will be made at
baseline and 180 minutes after the injection of LPS. We will measure Total Volume of Distribution (VT) for 12 brain
regions defined by MRI scan, as described (111). All primary outcomes will use the parietal ROI for calculations of
both baseline activation and microglial activation reserve. For our primary outcomes we will choose the microglia
activation reserve index defined as MARI = [(VT(LPS)-VT(baseline))/ VT(baseline))] X %100. In the NIMH study
the greatest difference in the regional PBR28 binding between AD and cognitively normal subjects was found in the
parietal lobe (7). We also found the greatest microglia activation reserve index in the parietal lobe when we applied
our paradigm to young healthy controls (109). Other ROIs will be used in secondary analyses.
Statistical Considerations and Sample Size: Several comparisons of 11C-PBR28 VT brain level and microglia
activation reserve index in the parietal lobe will be made using Student T-test to test for a difference between group
means: young healthy group vs. elderly cognitively normal, as well as AD vs. elderly cognitively normal. Although
this is intended as a pilot study we have performed some basic power analyses. For the comparison of baseline
activation in AD vs. aged matched cognitively normal subjects based on standard deviations derived from Kreisel (7)
and our own previous studies (107,109,111), using an alpha of 0.05 and power of 0.80, our study is powered to detect
an effect size of > 1.6 which is not far off from the findings in the NIMH study. For the comparison of percentage
post-LPS change from baseline in AD and NC groups we are powered to detect an effect size of more than 2.
Expected Result
1- Baseline binding: We expect increases in baseline binding (i.e. volume of distribution) of PBR28 in the parietal
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lobe. This is both where most of the amyloid is deposited in early disease and also the location of the strongest positive
findings in the NIMH study.
2- Microglia activation reserve index: We also expect to have significant up-regulation of the microglia activation
reserve index. The calculations will be done using the parietal lobe ROI, this is the region that shows the most
inflammatory response in our previous study of normal patient with LPS and also where most marked change in the
PBR28 binding was found in the NIMH study. However we expect increases in the inflammatory response in the brain
diffusely especially affecting the parts which were shown to have increased inflammation at baseline such as
precuneus and mesial temporal areas.
Interpretation
We know of the presence of increased inflammation in AD and not MCI or cognitively normal individuals. This jump
in neuroinflammation from MCI to AD may represent increased sensitivity of microglia to stimulus, most specifically
constituents of the amyloid plaque. Microglia are activated when they come into contact with molecular patterns which
indicate the presence of cell damage or pathogens. If MARI is increased in patients with AD, one may reasonably
surmise that the response of the microglia to amyloid may also be stronger compared to subjects with normal cognition
or MCI. This transition to a higher microglial reactivity may turn out to be an important step in the progression of AD.
Pitfalls and Limitations.
1- Small subject numbers: The considerable resources required for applying this paradigm to each patient means that
the number of patients that can be enrolled in this study will necessarily be small. However, this grant will serve to
collate preliminary data for a larger project which may include larger numbers as well as more longitudinal data, as
well as inclusion of patients with mild cognitive impairment.
2- Uptake may represent differing inflammatory phenotype: PBR28 imaging does not differentiate between the
different phenotypes of microglial or astrocytic activation (113,114). As such we cannot know with certainty whether
the inflammation we are measuring in one patient is directly comparable with another (however to think that LPS will
give two different phenotypes of microglial activation seems implausible). For example, it is known that astroglia also
express TSPO in the event of inflammation and reactive astrogliosis. However, having done immunohistochemistry
on a baboon brain after the administration of LPS we co-localized TSPO like immunoreactivity with morphologically
amoeboid (inflammatory) CD68 positive cells and not with GFAP positive astroglia or resting microglia (106).
3- Activation by LPS is not supramaximal: For a quantitative assay a supramaximal stimulation of the immune system
with LPS may seem desirable. However, using 100,000x more potent doses of LPS in baboons than in humans (109),
we had similar immune responses of 30-60%.
4- Selection bias due to LPS side effects: The application of LPS to elderly patient will prompt us to exclude more
frail elderly from our experiment for fear of complications. This would introduce a selection bias which will be
partially addressed with having similar selection processes for the normal controls also.
Secondary Analyses:
a-
Effects of aging on MARI: Senescent microglia increase their propensity to up-regulate in response to the
presence of DAMPs and PAMPs and takes longer to deactivate after these influences are removed (66). In
the elderly there appears to be an up-regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines and MHC Class II expression
increasing the propensity of microglia to be activated (112). We aim to demonstrate the efficacy of LPS
stimulated PBR28 imaging in showing age related changes in immunity.
b-
Effects of amyloid on MARI: Additionally, we will have the opportunity to explore whether exposure to
amyloid increases the reactivity of the microglia to stimulation. This may be achieved by correlating the
microglia activation reserve index with the amyloid regional SUVRs. If there is a correlation and we suspect
that there will be then this may suggest a mechanism for the dysregulation of the innate immunity in AD.
c-
Effects of MARI on cognition: we will compare the result of the neuropsychological testing with MARI and
baseline inflammation. If inflammation is one of the determinants of neuronal damage, then one may expect
to find worse cognition in areas with higher inflammation. This will likely reflect the observe inflammation
pre-LPS rather than the capacity of the microglia to react. We will also make two composite scores: an
executive and a memory composite. These will be formed by averaging the Z scores of the individual test
pertaining to executive or memory function. We will then correlate these with frontal and mesial temporal
inflammation.
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SECTION VI: RESEARCH INVOLVING DRUGS, BIOLOGICS, RADIOTRACERS, PLACEBOS AND
DEVICES
If this section (or one of its parts, A or B) is not applicable, state N/A and delete the rest of the
section.
A. DRUGS, BIOLOGICS and RADIOTRACERS
1. Identification of Drug, Biologic or Radiotracer: What is (are) the name(s) of the drug(s)
biologic(s) or radiotracer(s) being used? Identify whether FDA approval has been granted and for
what indication(s).
-
[11C]PBR28 or [O-methyl-11C]N-acetyl-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)-2-phenoxy-5-pyridinamine. This
radiotracer is not approved by the FDA. It will be used under the auspices of the RDRC.
-
Endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide) is an experimental drug used under IND # 13598.
-
11C-PIB - Use of this radiotracer is approved by the Yale University RDRC
All protocols which utilize a drug, biologic or radiotracer not approved by, but regulated by, the FDA,
or a radiotracer regulated by the RDRC, must provide the following information:
a.
What is the Investigational New Drug (IND) number assigned by the FDA?
-
Endotoxin: BB IND 13598
b. Who holds the IND?
- Dr Kelly Cosgrove
c. All protocols which utilize a radiotracer not approved by, but regulated by the FDA must
provide the IND number: _______________
Alternatively, use of the investigational radiotracer may be under RDRC/RSC oversight: (check
if appropriate)_____X____
For all investigational radiotracers, attach a copy of the RDRC/RSC application (for
radioisotopes used in the PET Center, PET Center personnel may complete this step)
Go to http://rsc.med.yale.edu/login.asp?url=myApps.asp. When you have logged in, complete
the application and attach a copy to this submission.
Alternatively, an exemption from IND filing requirements may be sought for a clinical
investigation of a drug product that is lawfully marketed in the United States. If there is no IND and
an exemption is being sought, review the following categories and complete the category that applies
(and delete the inapplicable categories):
Exempt Category 1
The clinical investigation of a drug product that is lawfully marketed in the United States can be
exempt from IND regulations if all of the following are yes:
i. The intention of the investigation is NOT to report to the FDA as a well-controlled study in support
of a new indication for use or to be used to support any other significant change in the labeling for
the drug.
Yes
No
ii. The drug that is undergoing investigation is lawfully marketed as a prescription drug product, and
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the intention of the investigation is NOT to support a significant change in the advertising for the
product.
Yes
No
iii. The investigation does NOT involve a route of administration or dosage level or use in populations
or other factor that significantly increases the risks (or decreases the acceptability of the risks)
associated with the use of the drug product.
Yes
No
iv. The investigation will be conducted in compliance with the requirements for institutional (HIC)
review and with the requirements for informed consent of the FDA regulations (21 CFR Part 50
and 21 CFR Part 56).
Yes
No
v. The investigation will be conducted in compliance with the requirements regarding promotion and
charging for investigational drugs.
Yes
No
Exempt Category 2 (all items i, ii, and iii must be checked to grant a category 2 exemption)
i. The clinical investigation is for an in vitro diagnostic biological product that involves one or
more of the following (check all that apply):
Blood grouping serum
Reagent red blood cells
Anti-human globulin
ii. The diagnostic test is intended to be used in a diagnostic procedure that confirms the
diagnosis made by another, medically established, diagnostic product or procedure; and
iii. The diagnostic test is shipped in compliance with 21 CFR §312.160.
Exempt Category 3
The drug is intended solely for tests in vitro or in laboratory research animals if shipped in
accordance with 21 CFR 312.60
Exempt Category 4
A clinical investigation involving use of a placebo if the investigation does not otherwise
require submission of an IND.
2. Background Information: Provide a description of previous human use, known risks, and data
addressing dosage(s), interval(s), route(s) of administration, and any other factors that might
influence risks. If this is the first time this drug is being administered to humans, include relevant
data on animal models.
Dosimetry studies of [11C]PBR28 in humans
Studies to date suggest that [11C]PBR28 binds to TSPO specifically and with high affinity and has the potential to
serve as a ligand for in vivo imaging of microglial activation. PBR28 has been used in humans and have been shown
to be safe and well tolerated after administration to healthy subjects (125,126). According to Brown et al. (127)
“Intravenous injection of 11C-PBR28 (carrier PBR28, 0.019 ± 0.006 µg/kg, n = 5) produced no clinically observable
effects. Blood pressure, pulse, and respiratory rate during the 2 h after injection as well as blood and urine tests on the
next day had clinically insignificant changes. After injection of 11C-PBR28, brain, lungs, liver, heart, kidneys, spleen,
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and urinary bladder were visually identified as source organs with moderate-to-high activity in most subjects. Lungs
had the highest uptake, with a peak value of 35% injected activity (n = 6) during the first frame acquisition (0–2 min).
Peak values of the percentage injected activity in liver, kidneys, brain, spleen, heart, and gallbladder were 15%, 14%,
5%, 4.5%, 3.7%, and 1%, respectively, all occurring within 10 min. The residence times of organs were calculated
from 2D planar images. The effective dose was 6.6 µSv/MBq, and the 3 organs with highest radiation-absorbed doses
were kidneys (53 µSv/MBq), spleen (26 µSv/MBq), and lungs (22 µSv/MBq).
Based on these numbers, the critical organ is the kidney (52.6 mSv/MBq, i.e., 194.7 mrem/mCi), and we estimate that
the maximum allowable injection dose for [11C]PBR28 is 25.6 mCi per single injection. The proposed radioactivity
dose is 20 mCi per single administration for this study, which is below the permissible single study radiation dosage
of 25.6 mCi based on dosimetry calculations.
PET Tracer 11C-PIB. Human experience to date
To date, over 250 human PET measurements have been conducted with 11C-PIB in CN, AD, and MCI groups.
There have been no adverse events associated with the administration of the radiopharmaceutical.Endotoxin
In 1976, endotoxin derived from E. coli (group O 113:H10:K negative) was processed to serve as a national standard
for experimental studies of inflammation in humans. When this lot was depleted in 1998, the NIH Clinical Center in
conjunction with FDA processed, under good-manufacturing-practice guidelines, endotoxin derived from the original
bulk material extracted from E. coli O:113. This Clinical Center Reference Endotoxin (CCRE) has been used in
multiple human research studies since then. CCRE is an investigational drug, and the PI has been allowed by FDA to
use it in humans under an IND (BB IND#13598). The finished injectable dosage forms of CCRE are manufactured
by the Bureau of Biologics and vialed by MARP/NCI-FCRDC, Frederick, MD. Each 5 cc vial contains 10,000 unites
of lyophilized endotoxin (approximately 1 microgram), 10 mg of lactose and 1 mg of polyethylene glycol. Vials should
be stored refrigerated and reconstituted in 5 cc of Sterile Water for Injection at the time of use. CCRE is administered
intravenously or by lung instillation through bronchoscopy. The most commonly used dose is 2-4 ng/kg body weight
by IV bolus. Preparation of the standardized CCRE will be performed by our clinical research pharmacist.
3. Source: a) Identify the source of the drug or biologic to be used.
b) Is the drug provided free of charge to subjects?
Yes
No
If yes, by whom?
Radiotracer will be synthesized and radiolabeled by the Yale University PET Center under the supervision of Dr.
Henry Huang.
Endotoxin will be provided by the NIH Clinical Center.
4. Storage, Preparation and Use: Describe the method of storage, preparation, stability information,
and for parenteral products, method of sterilization and method of testing sterility and
pyrogenicity.
Check applicable Investigational Drug Service utilized:
YNHH IDS
Yale Cancer Center
YNHH IDS Pharmacy
West Haven VA
PET Center
None
Other:
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Note: If the YNHH IDS (or comparable service at YNHH IDS or WHVA) will not be utilized,
explain in detail how the PI will oversee these aspects of drug accountability, storage, and
preparation.
Due to the short half-life, PET drugs are prepared and formulated immediately before administration, and therefore
there are no issues with storage or stability. PET drug products are stored at room temperature and are stable for at
least 60 min after preparation.
The preparation of sterile PET drug products is validated prior to human use. Sterility is achieved by passing the PET
drug product through a 0.22 micron membrane filter during the last step in the formulation process. Prior to release
for administration, a bubble point test is performed on the membrane filter used for terminal sterilization in order to
validate and verify its integrity during the filtration process. Due to the short half-life, a sample of the PET drug
product is tested for sterility after administration for further confirmation.
The level of endotoxin in each batch of the final PET drug product is determined quantitatively prior to release for
administration using the FDA approved Charles River Laboratory’s Portable Testing System (Endosafe®-PTS).
[11C]PBR28
[11C]PBR28 will be prepared at the Yale PET Center in accordance with procedures and quality specifications
described in local Drug Master File (DMF) approved by the Yale University Radioactive Drug Research Committee
(YU RDRC) and the Yale University Radiation Safety Committee (YURSC). Briefly, [11C]PBR28 is radiolabeled by
O-methylation of the phenolic group of the O-desmethyl-precursor with [11C]methyl iodide or [11C]methyl triflate.
The PET drug is purified first by semi-preparative HPLC, and then followed by solid-phase extraction to remove the
HPLC buffer mixture. Finally the PET drug is formulated in <10% ethanolic saline solution, and the resulting PET
drug product is finally passed through a 0.22 micron membrane filter for terminal sterilization.
Endotoxin
Preparation and storage of CCRE will be done by the YNHH IDS pharmacy, according to the recommendations by
the NIH Clinical Center. CCRE is inherently pyrogenic and will therefore not be tested for pyrogenicity.
5. Use of Placebo:
Not applicable to this research project
If use of a placebo is planned, provide a justification which addresses the following:
1.
Describe the safety and efficacy of other available therapies. If there are no other
available therapies, state this.
b. State the maximum total length of time a participant may receive placebo while on the study.
c.
Address the greatest potential harm that may come to a participant as a result of receiving
placebo.
d. Describe the procedures that are in place to safeguard participants receiving placebo.
6. Use of Controlled Substances:
Will this research project involve the use of controlled substances in human subjects?
Yes
No
See HIC Application Instructions to view controlled substance listings.
If yes, is the use of the controlled substance considered:
Therapeutic: The use of the controlled substance, within the context of the research, has the
potential to benefit the research participant.
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Non-Therapeutic: Note, the use of a controlled substance in a non-therapeutic research study
involving human subjects may require that the investigator obtain a Laboratory Research License.
Examples include controlled substances used for basic imaging, observation or biochemical
studies or other non-therapeutic purposes. See Instructions for further information.
7. Continuation of Drug Therapy After Study Closure
Not applicable to this project
Are subjects provided the opportunity to continue to receive the study drug(s) after the study has
ended?
Yes If yes, describe the conditions under which continued access to study drug(s) may apply
as well as conditions for termination of such access.
No
If no, explain why this is acceptable.
B. DEVICES
1.
Are there any investigational devices used or investigational procedures performed at Yale-
New Haven Hospital (YNHH) (e.g., in the YNHH Operating Room or YNHH Heart and
Vascular Center)? ☐Yes ☐No
If Yes, please be aware of the following requirements:
a.
A YNHH New Product/Trial Request Form must be completed via EPIC: Pull down the
Tools tab in the EPIC Banner, Click on Lawson, Click on “Add new” under the New
Technology Request Summary and fill out the forms requested including the “Initial
Request Form,” “Clinical Evidence Summary, “ and attach any other pertinent
documents. Then select “save and submit” to submit your request; and
a.
Your request must be reviewed and approved in writing by the appropriate YNHH
committee before patients/subjects may be scheduled to receive the investigational device
or investigational procedure.
3. What is the name of the device to be studied in this protocol?
Has this device been FDA approved?
Yes
No
If yes, state for what indication.
4. Background Information: Provide a description of previous human use, known risks, and
any other factors that might influence risks. If this is the first time this device is being used in
humans, include relevant data on animal models.
5. Source:
a) Identify the source of the device to be used.
b) Is the device provided free of charge to subjects?
Yes
No
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6. What is the PI’s assessment of risk level (significant or non-significant) associated with the
use of the device?
Significant Risk (SR) Device Study: A study of a device that presents a potential for serious
risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a participant and 1) is intended as an implant; 2) is used in
supporting or sustaining human life; or otherwise prevents impairment of human health; 3) is of
substantial importance in diagnosing, curing, mitigating or treating disease, or otherwise prevents
impairment of human health; or 4) otherwise presents a potential for serious risk to the health,
safety, or welfare of a participant.
Significant Risk Devices require an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) issued by the FDA.
What is the IDE number assigned by the FDA?
Did the FDA approve this IDE as Category A (experimental/investigational) or as Category B
(non-experimental/investigational)?
Who holds the IDE?
Non-Significant Risk (NSR) Device Study: A study of a device that does not meet the
definition for a significant risk device and does not present a potential for serious risk to the health,
safety, or welfare of participants. Note that if the HIC concurs with this determination, an IDE is
not required.
7.
Abbreviated IDE or Exempt IDE: There are abbreviated requirements for an IDE and
there also are exemptions to the requirement for an IDE. See the criteria in the HIC
Application Instructions, Section VI.B.4 at
http://www.yale.edu/hrpp/resources/docs/100FR1aHICProtocol_Application_Instructions5-
25-11.pdf to determine if these pertain to this study.
Abbreviated IDE or Exempt IDE – If criteria set forth in the HIC Application Instructions
are met, copy and paste the completed relevant section from the Instructions into this application.
8.
Investigational device accountability:
a.
State how the PI, or named designee, ensures that an investigational device is used only in
accordance with the research protocol approved by the HIC, and maintains control of the
investigational device as follows:
Maintains appropriate records, including receipt of shipment, inventory at the
site, dispensation or use by each participant, and final disposition and/or the return of the
investigational device (or other disposal if applicable):
Documents pertinent information assigned to the investigational device (e.g., date, quantity, batch
or serial number, expiration date if applicable, and unique code number):
Stores the investigational device according to the manufacturer's recommendations with respect to
temperature, humidity, lighting, and other environmental considerations:
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Ensures that the device is stored in a secure area with limited access in accordance with applicable
regulatory requirements:
Distributes the investigational device to subjects enrolled in the IRB-approved protocol:
SECTION VII: RECRUITMENT/CONSENT AND ASSENT PROCEDURES
1. Targeted Enrollment: Give the number of subjects:
a.
targeted for enrollment at Yale for this protocol_up to 10 cognitively normal subjects
and 10 MCI subjects. This is larger than the 16 subjects discussed above because we
may need to enroll up to 3 additional subjects in each cohort to identify 7 cognitively
normal AND amyloid negative and two additional to identify 7 MCI and amyloid
positive subjects (total 9) due to possible failures in completing the study.
b.
If this is a multi-site study, give the total number of subjects targeted across all
sites___
2. Indicate recruitment methods below. Attach copies of any recruitment materials that will be used.
Flyers
Internet/Web Postings
Radio
Posters
Mass E-mail Solicitation
Telephone
Letter
Departmental/Center Website
Television
Medical Record Review
Departmental/Center Research Boards
Newspaper
Departmental/Center Newsletters
Web-Based Clinical Trial Registries
YCCI Recruitment database
Clinicaltrials.gov Registry (do not send materials to HIC)
Other (describe):
3.
Recruitment Procedures:
a.
Describe how potential subjects will be identified.
The subjects will be recruited through Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit which has an extensive
referral base in the community. These patients come under two categories:

Patients that are originally clinical patients of mine referred to the ADRU.

Patients who contact the ADRU to see what trials are available.
Additionally, Volunteer Patients will be recruited through YCCI’s recruitment database.
b.
Describe how potential subjects are contacted.
The referred subjects are contacted by research assistants on the phone. The volunteers will be reaching
us in responding to YCCI’s email.
c.
Who is recruiting potential subjects? See IRES-IRB
4. Screening Procedures
a.
Will email or telephone correspondence be used to screen potential subjects for
eligibility prior to the potential subject coming to the research office?
Yes
No
b.
If yes, identify below all health information to be collected as part of screening and
check off any of the following HIPAA identifiers to be collected and retained by the
research team during this screening process.
HEALTH INFORMATION TO BE COLLECTED:
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description of symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, MR/CT date, result, other medical problems,
meds, psychiatric problems, drug alcohol and substance use, family history.
HIPAA identifiers:
Names
All geographic subdivisions smaller than a State, including: street address, city, county, precinct, zip codes and their
equivalent geocodes, except for the initial three digits of a zip code if, according to the current publicly-available data from
the Bureau of the Census: (1) the geographic unit formed by combining all zip codes with the same three initial digits contains
more than 20,000 people, and (2) the initial three digits of a zip code for all such geographic units containing 20,000 or fewer
people is changed to 000.
Telephone numbers
Fax numbers
E-mail addresses
Social Security numbers
Medical record numbers
Health plan beneficiary numbers
Account numbers
All elements of dates (except year) for dates related to an individual, including: birth date, admission date, discharge
date, date of death, all ages over 89 and all elements of dates (including year) indicative of such age, except that such ages
and elements may be aggregated into a single category of age 90 or older
Certificate/license numbers
Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers
Device identifiers and serial numbers
Web Universal Resource Locators (URLs)
Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers
Biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints
Full face photographic images and any comparable images
Any other unique identifying numbers, characteristics, or codes
5. Assessment of Current Health Provider Relationship for HIPAA Consideration:
Does the Investigator or any member of the research team have a direct existing clinical
relationship with any potential subject?
Yes, all subjects
Yes, some of the subjects
No
If yes, describe the nature of this relationship.
The PI is one of the sources of referral to ADRU.
6. Request for waiver of HIPAA authorization: (When requesting a waiver of HIPAA Authorization
for either the entire study, or for recruitment purposes only. Note: if you are collecting PHI as part of
a phone or email screen, you must request a HIPAA waiver for recruitment purposes.)
Choose one:
☐For entire study
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☒For recruitment purposes only
☐For inclusion of non-English speaking subject if short form is being used
i. Describe why it would be impracticable to obtain the subject’s authorization for
use/disclosure of this data;
N/A – requesting waiver of signed authorization only. We will obtain verbal authorization
for use/disclosure of data.
ii. If requesting a waiver of signed authorization, describe why it would be
impracticable to obtain the subject’s signed authorization for use/disclosure of this
data; for telephone screening
We will conduct phone screens for recruitment purposes. Subjects will contact the ADRU
about their interest in the study and we will complete a phone screen. At the beginning of
the phone call, we will ask permission to ask questions about their health to evaluate their
eligibility for the study. Because these screens will not be conducted in person, it is
impracticable to obtain the subject’s signed authorization. At the end of a phone screen,
individuals are read a paragraph for authorization for storing screening information (see
HIC protocol 0307025374). If authorization is denied, all screening information is
destroyed.
By signing this protocol application, the investigator assures that the protected
health information for which a Waiver of Authorization has been requested will not
be reused or disclosed to any person or entity other than those listed in this
application, except as required by law, for authorized oversight of this research
study, or as specifically approved for use in another study by an IRB.
Researchers are reminded that unauthorized disclosures of PHI to individuals outside of the Yale
HIPAA-Covered entity must be accounted for in the “accounting for disclosures log”, by subject
name, purpose, date, recipients, and a description of information provided. Logs are to be
forwarded to the Deputy HIPAA Privacy Officer.
7. Required HIPAA Authorization: If the research involves the creation, use or disclosure of
protected health information (PHI), separate subject authorization is required under the
HIPAA Privacy Rule. Indicate which of the following forms are being provided:
Compound Consent and Authorization form
HIPAA Research Authorization Form
8.
Consent Personnel: List the names of all members of the research team who will be obtaining
consent/assent: See IRES-IRB
9. Process of Consent/Assent: Describe the setting and conditions under which consent/assent will
be obtained, including parental permission or surrogate permission and the steps taken to ensure
subjects’ independent decision-making.
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The patient will be met at the ADRU, 1 Church St., where they will be screened for eligibility. The PI intends to
consent most patient himself unless clinical schedule conflicts interfere. Otherwise this task may be performed by
one of the above named individuals.
Since the cutoff is MOCA of 17, the patient will be able to consent for
themselves in all cases.
10. Evaluation of Subject(s) Capacity to Provide Informed Consent/Assent: Indicate how the
personnel obtaining consent will assess the potential subject’s ability and capacity to consent to the
research being proposed.
The Consent Personnel obtaining informed consent will make a judgment about whether the
subject is providing informed consent. This judgment will be based on an overall impression of
the subject’s ability to comprehend relevant information and make reasoned decisions.
Participants who are not capable of providing informed consent will be excluded from the study.
11. Documentation of Consent/Assent: Specify the documents that will e ubsed during the
consent/assent process. Copies of all documents should be appended to the protocol, in the same
format that they will be given to subjects.
PBR-Consent.docx
Adult Consent/Authorization form will be used. The study will not include assenting subjects.
Copies of the signed consent forms will be given to subjects. We will document that the consent
process occurred on the screening clinic note in the subject’s chart.
12. Non-English Speaking Subjects: Explain provisions in place to ensure comprehension for
research involving non-English speaking subjects. If enrollment of these subjects is anticipated,
translated copies of all consent materials must be submitted for approval prior to use.
As we do not have the capacity to perform neuropsychometry in any language except English we will not enroll
non-English speakers.
12(a) As a limited alternative to the above requirement, will you use the short form* for
consenting process if you unexpectedly encounter a non-English speaking individual interested
in study participation and the translation of the long form is not possible prior to intended
enrollment?
YES ☐NO ☒
Note* If more than 2 study participants are enrolled using a short form translated into the same
language, then the full consent form should be translated into that language for use the next time
a subject speaking that language is to be enrolled.
Several translated short form templates are found on our website
at: http://www.yale.edu/hrpp/forms-templates/biomedical.html. If the translation of the short
form is not available on our website, then the translated short form needs to be submitted to the
IRB office for approval via amendment prior to enrolling the subject. Please review the
guidance and presentation on use of the short form available on the HRPP website.
If using a short form without a translated HIPAA Research Authorization Form, please
request a HIPAA waiver in the section above.
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13. Consent Waiver: In certain circumstances, the HIC may grant a waiver of signed consent, or
a full waiver of consent, depending on the study. If you will request either a waiver of consent,
or a waiver of signed consent for this study, complete the appropriate section below.
Not Requesting a consent waiver
Requesting a waiver of signed consent
Requesting a full waiver of consent
A. Waiver of signed consent: (Verbal consent from subjects will be obtained. If PHI is
collected, information in this section must match Section VII, Question 6)
Requesting a waiver of signed consent for Recruitment/Screening only
If requesting a waiver of signed consent, please address the following:
a. Would the signed consent form be the only record linking the subject and the research?
Yes
No
b. Does a breach of confidentiality constitute the principal risk to subjects?
Yes
No
OR
c. Does the research activity pose greater than minimal risk?
Yes If you answered yes, stop. A waiver cannot be granted. Please note:
Recruitment/screening is generally a minimal risk research activity
No
AND
d. Does the research include any activities that would require signed consent in a non-
research context?
Yes
No
Requesting a waiver of signed consent for the Entire Study (Note that an information
sheet may be required.)
If requesting a waiver of signed consent, please address the following:
a. Would the signed consent form be the only record linking the subject and the research?
Yes
No
b. Does a breach of confidentiality constitute the principal risk to subjects?
Yes
No
OR
c. Does the research pose greater than minimal risk?
Yes If you answered yes, stop. A
waiver cannot be granted.
No
AND
d. Does the research include any activities that would require signed consent in a non-
research context?
Yes
No
B. Full waiver of consent: (No consent from subjects will be obtained for the activity.)
Requesting a waiver of consent for Recruitment/Screening only
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a. Does the research activity pose greater than minimal risk to subjects?
Yes If you answered yes, stop. A waiver cannot be granted. Please note:
Recruitment/screening is generally a minimal risk research activity
No
b. Will the waiver adversely affect subjects’ rights and welfare?
Yes
No
c. Why would the research be impracticable to conduct without the waiver?
d. Where appropriate, how will pertinent information be returned to, or shared with
subjects at a later date?
Requesting a full waiver of consent for the Entire Study (Note: If PHI is
collected, information here must match Section VII, question 6.)
If requesting a full waiver of consent, please address the following:
a. Does the research pose greater than minimal risk to subjects?
Yes If you answered yes, stop. A waiver cannot be granted.
No
b. Will the waiver adversely affect subjects’ rights and welfare?
Yes
No
c. Why would the research be impracticable to conduct without the waiver?
d. Where appropriate, how will pertinent information be returned to, or shared with
subjects at a later date?
SECTION VIII: PROTECTION OF RESEARCH SUBJECTS
Confidentiality & Security of Data:
a.
What protected health information (medical information along with the HIPAA identifiers)
about subjects will be collected and used for the research?
Required private identifiable information about individuals, such as their medical history, current medications,
psychiatric problems, and family history, will be collected by research staff and be used for research purposes and
charting after consent is obtained.
b. How will the research data be collected, recorded and stored?
The data are collected and recorded by trained research personnel. The data will be recorded on Excel spreadsheets
that will be saved onto a server or will be in the form of questionnaires that are filled out by the subject or the
researcher. These paper research materials containing confidential information are stored in locked filing cabinets.
Additional brain data is collected during the brain imaging scans by trained technologists and is stored on
password-protected and encrypted computers with identifying information carefully in compliance with HIPAA
regulations.
c.
How will the digital data be stored?
CD
DVD
Flash Drive
Portable Hard
Drive
Secured Server
Laptop Computer
Desktop Computer
Other
d.
What methods and procedures will be used to safeguard the confidentiality and security of
the identifiable study data and the storage media indicated above during and after the subject’s
participation in the study?
Do all portable devices contain encryption software?
Yes
No
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If no, see http://hipaa.yale.edu/guidance/policy.html
All staff members that come into contact with the data are fully trained to the current HIPAA regulations and are
informed as to the proper use of all data.
Identifiable paper information is kept in locked file drawers and password protected computer files. Results are
published as group data without the use of characteristics that would identify individual subjects. We quote
information only by number in conference discussions, scientific reports, or publications, in order to maintain
anonymity.
Identifiable research data, including recruitment and screening information and code keys, are stored on a secure
database located on the internal PE Center Network. The PET network is protected by a Cisco PIX firewall operated
by ITS. All research data are backed up nightly to a Dell PV-136T library wit 4 IBM Ultrium-TD2 tape drives using
the backup software Legato Networker 7.3 from EMC. Human subjects enrolled in the study are assigned a subject-
specific random identifier. Subject identifiers and the means to link the subject names and codes with the research
data are stored in separate locations within the database. The software of the database limits the ability to connect the
random identifier to the actual subject identification information to research team members only. Access to the
database is password protected and each research team member is required to have a unique ID and password to gain
access to the database. Authorized users employ their netid and authentication is performed using Yale’s central
authentication server. Users always access research data through the random identifier only. Direct identifiers
belonging to subjects who withdraw from the study, will be stripped from the key.
e.
What will be done with the data when the research is completed? Are there plans to destroy
the identifiable data? If yes, describe how, by whom and when identifiers will be destroyed. If
no, describe how the data and/or identifiers will be secured.
The data will be stored in locked filing cabinets and on the password-protected secure database on
the internal Yale University PET Center Network for at least 7 years, accessed only by authorized
personnel.
f. Who will have access to the protected health information (such as the research sponsor, the
investigator, the research staff, all research monitors, FDA, Yale Cancer Center Data and Safety
Monitoring Committee (DSMC), SSC, etc.)? (please distinguish between PHI and de-identified
data)
The investigator and research staff (e.g., PET center nuclear technologists, recruiters) will have access to the PHI
only on as needed to know basis. The FDA may also have access to the PHI.
g. If appropriate, has a Certificate of Confidentiality been obtained?
NA
h. Are any of the study procedures likely to yield information subject to mandatory reporting
requirements? (e.g. HIV testing – reporting of communicable diseases; parent interview -
incidents of child abuse, elderly abuse, etc.). Please verify to whom such instances will need to
be reported.
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Yes, a positive test result for HIV, hepatitis B or C will be reported to the Connecticut Department of Public Health
per Connecticut law.
SECTION IX: POTENTIAL BENEFITS
Potential Benefits: Identify any benefits that may be reasonably expected to result from the
research, either to the subject(s) or to society at large. (Payment of subjects is not considered a
benefit in this context of the risk benefit assessment.)
This study offers no direct individual benefit to participating subjects with AD. All participants in this study may
derive subjective benefit from volunteering to take part in a study for the advancement of scientific knowledge.
Subjects with AD could benefit from future treatments developed based on the results of this study. The potential
future benefits for AD subjects as a population are large and clearly outweigh the individual risks of the subjects who
choose to participate in this study.
SECTION X: RESEARCH ALTERNATIVES AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
1.
Alternatives: What other alternatives are available to the study subjects outside of the research?
The alternative to participation in this research protocol is to not participate. Subjects will be informed that they are
free to choose not to participate and, if they do agree to become a subject, they will be free to withdraw from the
study at any time during its course. They will also be informed that if they choose not to participate or if they
withdraw, it will not adversely affect their relationship with their doctors or the hospital (see attached Consent
Form).
2.
Payments for Participation (Economic Considerations): Describe any payments that will be
made to subjects, the amount and schedule of payments, and the conditions for receiving this
compensation.
The following payments will be offered to the patients:
Screening 25
Baseline assessments 50
One week follow up 25
50 for MRI
50 for A-line
350 for each [11C] PRB 28 scan=700 total
250 for each [11C] PiB Scan
Lipopolysaccharide 150
6- month follow up 150
Cogstate testing (before and after LPS) 50
CSF Draw 350
Total: $1850
3.
Costs for Participation (Economic Considerations): Clearly describe the subject’s costs
associated with participation in the research, and the interventions or procedures of the study that
will be provided at no cost to subjects.
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There will be no costs to subjects related to participation in this research intervention.
4.
In Case of Injury: This section is required for any research involving more than minimal risk.
a.
Will medical treatment be available if research-related injury occurs?
b.
Where and from whom may treatment be obtained?
c.
Are there any limits to the treatment being provided?
d.
Who will pay for this treatment?
e.
How will the medical treatment be accessed by subjects?
Medical treatment will be offered to the subjects for any physical injuries that they receive as a result of participating
in this research. However, the subject or his/her insurance company is responsible for the cost. Federal regulations
require that subjects be told that if they are physically injured, no additional financial compensation is available.
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COMPOUND AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT FOR PARTICIPATION IN A RESEARCH 
PROJECT
200 FR. 4 (2014-1) 
YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 
Study Title: PBR28 brain PET imaging with lipopolysaccharide challenge for the study of microglia function in 
Alzheimer’s disease
Principal Investigator:  Adam Mecca, MD, PhD, 1 Church Street, Suite 800, New Haven, CT 06510
Funding Source: 
Invitation to Participate and Description of Project
You are invited to take part in a six months long research study designed to examine whether the immune system 
contributes to Alzheimer’s dementia and to help determine how the brain reacts when the immune system is 
activated. In particular, we are interested in examining inflammation processes in the brain (neuroinflammatory 
and microglia markers). You are being enrolled in this study because you are either have Mild Cognitive 
impairment/Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis or you are a healthy control. We will use lipopolysaccharide (LPS), 
also known as endotoxin, a substance produced by bacteria, to activate your immune system. When LPS is 
injected into a person, the immune system “believes” that bacteria have entered the body, and an immune response 
happens.  Your immune system acts as if you had been infected, although you actually have not been infected.  
In some respects, this is similar to a vaccine.  Vaccines also activate the immune system without causing an 
infection. 
We will use a type of brain scan called Positron Emission Tomography (PET), which involves injection of a 
tracer, a substance that is radioactive and that binds to receptors in the brain.  The proposed study will fill a major 
gap in our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease. This information may help in the development of better 
treatments for various populations. You have been asked to take part either as someone with Alzheimer’s disease 
or as a healthy control.
  
In order to decide whether or not you wish to be a part of this research study you should know enough about its 
risks and benefits to make an informed decision.  This consent form gives you detailed information about the 
study, which a member of the research team will discuss with you.  This discussion should go over all aspects of 
this research: its purpose, the procedures that will be performed, any risks of the procedures and possible benefits.  
Once you understand the study, you will be asked if you wish to participate; if so, you will be asked to sign this 
form.
Description of Procedures
If you agree to take part in this study, you will undergo a screening appointment. Before you are accepted into 
the study, you will be interviewed to find out if you qualify for the study.  During the screening, you will have a 
medical evaluation including a medical history, physical examination, blood tests and urine tests, and an 
electrocardiogram (EKG) to ensure that you are medically healthy. You will also be asked questions about 
psychiatric or medical problems you may have had including medication allergies.  All this information will 
determine if you are eligible to participate in the study.   
The blood sample will be tested for hepatitis and HIV in addition to the other required blood tests listed above 
for this study; this is to screen out patients who may be at increased risk of complication when exposed to lipo-
polysaccharide. Results of these tests are confidential. A qualified physician will report any clinically important 
results of these tests to you in person. Positive hepatitis and HIV tests must be, by law, reported to the State 
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Department of Public Health and you will be given access to appropriate counseling and advice about the next 
steps to take. If any of these tests are positive, you will not be able to participate in the study. If you do not want 
to risk this possibility, you can refuse to have these tests done, but then you cannot participate in the study.  The 
results of these tests will be handled according to HIPPA outlined below under the section on Confidentiality and 
Privacy, which among other things, explains the importance and commitment to protecting the privacy of your 
medical information. 
The screening and baseline evaluation may occur over one or two days depending on your preference and 
our estimation of your ability to tolerate the long test days.  
If you are eligible you will be scheduled for MRI and PET scans.  If you participate you must agree not to drink 
any alcohol or take any drugs that will affect your mind for one week before and during the PET study. We also 
ask that you not take medications such as aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve), or celecoxib 
(Celebrex) for 3 days before the PET scans.  If you need to use any prescription or over-the-counter medications 
during this study, we ask that you tell us.  If you take any medication without speaking to us first, this may 
disqualify you from the study. 
Genetic Testing
We will draw some blood samples for genetic testing at your screening.  One tube will be used to measure 
radiotracer binding potential.  Another tube may be used to look at other genes related to inflammation in the 
brain or response to endotoxin.  The blood samples that are collected for DNA analysis will be kept until the 
sample is completely gone.  The DNA samples will be de-identified.  
MRI Scans
For the MRI scan, members of the research staff will escort you to the MRI Center at The Anlyan Center for 
Medical Research & Education (TAC). We will review whether you are carrying any metallic objects before 
approaching the magnet.  These objects will be held for you in a locked cabinet to avoid having these objects fly 
toward the magnet when you come close to it. You will have an MRI scan of your brain.  You will be lying still 
on a table inside the scanner. The scanner looks like a deep tunnel. You will be inside from your head to knees. 
You will not be able to see out of it, but you will be able to hear us and be heard if you wish to say anything. You 
will hear a drumming noise when the scanner is taking pictures of your brain. The MRI scan takes up to 1 hour. 
The MRI scan serves as a map to help identify different parts of the brain on the PET scan.
We will also perform sessions of testing of your memory, attention, and concentration. This will take 
approximately 1hr total. This may take place on the same day as the MRI scan, or on another day prior to PET 
scans if that works better with your and staff schedule.
PET scans
You will be scheduled for two PBR PET scans as part of this study. However, prior to these scans, you may also 
complete what is called an amyloid PET scan to ascertain whether you have evidence of Alzheimer’s pathology. 
If this scan has already been performed on a clinical basis or through another research study, then we will not 
need to repeat it. If it has not been completed, you will have an amyloid PET scan prior to completing the PBR 
PET scans. If you have the amyloid PET scan, you will have a total of three PET scans during this study.   
PBR PET scan day/s
Here is your schedule on the scan day: 
Step 1:
1. arterial line placement (there is no suitable reference region)
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2. 1st scan – 120-min emission
Step 2:
3. LPS injection 3 hours prior to 2nd scan, fasting for 8 h prior to this injection
4. 2nd scan – 120-min emission
Steps 1 and 2 may occur over one or two days depending on your preference and our estimation of your ability to 
tolerate the long test days.  
You will have up to two scans to gauge the activity of your brain immune system: Scans are done at baseline and 
3 hours post endotoxin administrations.  The timing of the additional scans will be determined by the camera and 
chemistry availability at the Yale PET Center. You will come to the Yale University PET Center, 801 Howard 
Avenue, New Haven, at your pre-scheduled appointment time.  We ask that you do not eat anything after midnight 
the night before.  Research personnel will test for alcohol and drug use, and do a urine pregnancy test if you are 
a woman.  If you are pregnant or nursing you cannot take part in this study.  A nurse or CNMT (certified nuclear 
medicine technologist) will place up to two IVs (plastic tubes) in a vein in your arm to get blood samples and 
allow for hydration with normal saline during the study and to inject the radiotracer during the PET scans.
A healthcare provider will insert an arterial catheter in your wrist area.  The arterial catheter is about 2 inches 
long and looks like a regular IV tube, but it is inserted into an artery, not a vein.  The blood flow in the arteries 
can tell us about your blood pressure.  If an arterial catheter is in place, we can measure your blood pressure 
continuously.  The other main reason to put in an arterial catheter is to be able to draw blood samples rapidly, 
repeatedly, and without causing you pain.  Here is what happens when an arterial line is placed.  First, the skin is 
cleaned with betadine solution (contains iodine) so that it is sterile and protected against infection.  Second, the 
insertion area is numbed with a local anesthetic, so that you feel less pain when the catheter is inserted.  You will 
probably just feel pressure but may also feel pain.  This pain is usually like the pain you feel when an IV is placed 
and only rarely is it worse.  Third, the catheter will be flushed regularly during your scan with a salt solution, 
which prevents clogging of the catheter with a blood clot.  Fourth, after the catheter is removed, local pressure is 
applied for a minimum of 15 minutes to prevent bleeding under the skin.  A pressure dressing and a clear dressing 
(tegaderm)will then be applied for a minimum of 15 minutes to prevent bleeding under the skin. You will need 
to keep it clean and dry. Do not exercise too much and do not lift heavy objects weighing more than 5 pounds. 
Avoid making the same movements for 48 hours. You may remove the pressure dressing at bedtime and the clear 
dressing after 48 hours, but do not put your hand and wrist in water for a full 72 hours. Since the catheter is in for 
a minimal period, there is a low risk of infection.
You will have 2 PET scans.  During each PET scan you will be asked to lie very still on a table.  Each scan takes 
about 2 hours.  To do the PET scans we will administer a radiotracer at the beginning of each scan.  For both 
scans we will use a radiotracer called PBR28.  A radiotracer is a molecule that is labeled with a very small amount 
of a radioactive substance.  It binds to molecules in your brain and can be detected by the PET scanner.  We do 
not expect that you will feel anything when you receive the radiotracer.  The first PET scan is a baseline scan to 
measure the level of Translocator Protein (TSPO) and the activity of a cell called microglia in your brain.   
Microglia are the immune cells of the brain which are activated in response to inflammatory substances including 
the LPS which we are administering to you.  When they are activated they produce more of the TSPO protein.  
Our hypothesis is that in Alzheimer’s disease the microglia have a dysfunctional response to the stimulation.  
After the end of your first PET scan, you will receive endotoxin.  Approximately four hours after the endotoxin 
you will have your second PET scan.  This scan is identical to your first scan.  The purpose of this second scan is 
to see whether the endotoxin caused any changes in the level of TSPO or the activity of microglia in your brain. 
 
After the PET scans you will be allowed to leave.  We may request that you return for additional PET scans. 
Should there be problems with the PET scanning equipment or production of the PET radiotracer, it may be 
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necessary to schedule an additional arterial line placement, tracer injection, and endotoxin administration to 
complete this study. 
You will be provided with a telephone number you can call any time after the study if you need assistance for 
problems related to the study procedures. You will also receive a phone call 48 hours after the testing is done to 
make sure that you feel well. You will be asked a series of questions to make sure the exhaustion and length of 
testing as well as the administration of the medication has not caused you to become confused or disoriented.  We 
do not anticipate this to be the case but the procedure is part of our standard “cognitive safety” protocol.  We do 
not expect major adverse effects but we have contingency plans. If at any stage we feel there is a change in your 
health we may ask you to come to the research clinic or, in extreme cases, organize for you to be hospitalized. 
If you are prescribed a blood pressure lowering medication by your doctor, we will ask you to bring the medication 
to the PET center on scanning day. We will take your blood pressure before the scan, and if it above the normal 
level we will ask you to take the medication to lower your blood pressure. If your blood pressure is above the 
normal level and you are not prescribed blood pressure lowering medication or you forgot to bring it with you, 
we will give you blood pressure lowering medication. 
Optional Additional Blood draw during PET Scan visit for storage
During the PET scanning we would like to take more blood in small increments for banking and future testing.  
The blood will be obtained from one of catheters placed and will not require breaking the skin again.  This part 
of the study is optional and it is not required to participate in the rest of the study.  If you agree to this extra blood 
draw, four 10mL tubes of blood will be drawn.  These blood samples will be deidentified and stored securely at 
Yale University.  The samples will be used by only the investigators on this project; they will not be made 
available to outside researchers.
Genetic Testing
We will not store your genetic testing blood sample taken at the screening visit after we find out whether your 
microglia can be imaged using PET scan.  In some people the radiotracer we use does not bind to the target we 
are studying.  We screen for this prior to the scan using a genetic test.  This sample from your screening visit will 
be destroyed after we perform this genetic test. We do not test for any other inherited condition.  The result of our 
test is of no interest to your future health, however we have strong safeguards for privacy of genetic information. 
identifiers will be removed from the identifiable private information or identifiable biospecimens and that, after 
such removal, the information or biospecimens could be used for future research studies.
If you agree, we would like to draw blood and store some of your blood samples taken during PET scan visit and 
for future research and further investigations.  This may help researchers in the future learn more about how to 
prevent, find and treat Alzheimer’s disease. We will keep your specimens for as long as we can use them for 
research. Future research may look at genes other than the one we tested for during screening. A gene is the code 
in each cell in your body that controls the behavior of that cell. Parents pass the genes down to their children. 
Genes are responsible for many things about you such as eye color, hair color, blood type and hundreds of other 
traits.  Future research may find out the details of how your DNA is put together. We may use your specimen for 
whole exome, genome sequencing, or genome wide association studies. That means we will look at all genes, not 
just those related to a specific disease.  The cells may be injected into animals in some of the research.
We may share your specimen and information with other researchers at Yale university as well.  We will do our 
best to protect your identity. We will code your samples and your information. We will only share coded samples 
and information with others. They will not be able to link the code to you.  We follow strict security safeguards 
to avoid other people knowing your identity.
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Allowing us to use your specimens for research will not help you.  We do hope the research results will help 
people in the future. There is a risk that your information could be used in ways we did not plan. The chance of 
this happening is very small.  We have protections in place to lower this risk.  There can also be a risk in 
uncovering genetic information.  Researchers may find out new health information about you or your family 
members.  Very rarely, health or genetic information could be misused by employers, health insurance companies, 
and others.  There is a federal law called the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) that, in general, 
makes it illegal for health insurance companies, group health plans, and most employers (except those with fewer 
than 15 employees) to discriminate against you based on your genetic information.  However, it does not protect 
you against discrimination by companies that sell life insurance, disability insurance, or long-term care insurance.
We will use your specimens and information for research only. We will not sell them.  It is possible that the 
research will lead to development of products that will be sold for profit.  If this happens, there is no plan to share 
any financial gain with you. We will not return research results to you or your doctor.  If we publish the research 
results, we will not include your name or any other personal information.
The choice to take part in blood draw and sample storage is up to you.  You may choose not to let us share your 
genetic and other information, and your care will not be affected by this decision.  If you decide that we can 
share your information, you may change your mind at any time.  Contact the study staff by phone or mail at 
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit, 1 Church Street, Suite 600 New Haven, CT 06510 
Telephone:203.764.8100 Fax: 203.764.8111  to let them know you do not want your genetic and other 
information shared any longer.  We can either destroy the information or make them anonymous. we will 
destroy the code linking them to you too.  
Your specimens and information will only be used for research and will not be sold.  There is a possibility that 
this research may lead to development of products that will be commercialized.  If this happens, there is no plan 
to share any financial gain with you.
Research results will not be returned to you or your doctor.  If research results are published, your name and 
other personal information will not be given.
__ I agree to allow my genetic and other information to be stored and used for future research as described above
__ I do not agree to allow my genetic and other information to be stored and used for future research: (initial your 
choice).
Optional research: Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Sample collection:
If agreed to participate in this portion of the study, up to 7 days after LPS injection, CSF will be collected via a 
lumbar puncture, which is the procedure of taking fluid from your spine in the lower back using a thin, hollow 
needle. The procedure will be performed by a trained clinician at the same visit or another additional visit based 
on your convenience and the availability of the performing physician. Before the lumbar puncture, your lower 
back will be cleaned and the clinician will inject a numbing medicine. The needle will then be inserted to withdraw 
the CSF. We will draw approximately up to 25cc (5 teaspoons) of CSF. The entire visit for this procedure should 
take one hour or less. If you agree to this extra lumbar puncture these samples will be deidentified and stored 
securely at Yale University. The samples will be used by only the investigators on this project; they will not be 
made available to outside researchers.
Optional research: Cog-State Neuropsychological Testing:
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The neuropsychological testing will take place in one of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit, Church St. 
Research Unit, the Analyn Center, or the Clinical Neurosciences Imaging Center during the week before LPS 
injection and the second visit the week after the LPS injection. These assessments are performed with an ipad.  
You may be asked to remember a list of several words or to perform several ipad tasks. This will take 
approximately 1-1.5 hr total.
Risks and Inconveniences
Possible risks from participation in this study include 1) radiation exposure, 2) risks associated with 
lipopolysaccharide, 3) having intravenous lines placed into your veins, 4) having arterial lines placed in your 
arteries, 5) MRI scanning.  
1.  Radiation Exposure
This research study involves exposure to radiation from positron emission tomography (PET). Please note that 
this radiation exposure is not necessary for your medical care and is for research purposes only. 
X-rays, CT scans, PET scans, bone scans, and MUGA scans use radiation to make pictures, or images, of parts 
of the body. Rarely, radiation can cause a new cancer. Sometimes chemicals are put into a blood vessel to make 
or improve the pictures. These can cause kidney injury, especially in people who already have some kidney 
damage.
If you DO NOT have an amyloid PET scan
The targeted amount of radiation you will receive in this study is from up to 2 [11C]PBR28 scan ( each 20 
millicuries or less) and from transmission scans of your head used to help obtain the PET images.
Although each organ will receive a different dose, the amount of radiation exposure you will receive from this 
PET study is equal to a uniform whole-body exposure of 1.628 rem, which is the equivalent of approximately 5.5 
years of natural environmental exposure. This calculated value is known as the “effective dose equivalent” and is 
used to relate the dose received by each organ to a single value. This amount of radiation exposure is below the 
annual limit of 5 rem set by the federal government for research subjects. 
In situations where a PET scan is not successful following an injection (e.g. problems with the PET camera),  you 
may receive  one additional injection, up to a study maximum of 3 radiotracer  injections. Although each organ 
will receive a different dose, the maximum amount of radiation exposure you will receive if you complete a third 
injection of [11C]PBR28 is equal to 2.44 rem, which is equivalent to approximately 8 years of natural 
environmental exposure. 
If you DO have an amyloid PET scan
The targeted amount of radiation you will receive in this study is from up to 2 [11C]PBR28 scan ( each 20 
millicuries or less), 1 [11C] PIB scan (15 millicuries or less) and from transmission scans of your head used to 
help obtain the PET images.
Although each organ will receive a different dose, the amount of radiation exposure you will receive from this 
PET study is equal to a uniform whole-body exposure of 1.888 rem, which is the equivalent of approximately 6.2 
years of natural environmental exposure. This calculated value is known as the “effective dose equivalent” and is 
used to relate the dose received by each organ to a single value. This amount of radiation exposure is below the 
annual limit of 5 rem set by the federal government for research subjects. 
In situations where a PET scan is not successful following an injection (e.g. problems with the PET camera),  you 
may receive  one additional injection, up to a study maximum of 3 radiotracer  injections. Although each organ 
will receive a different dose, the maximum amount of radiation exposure you will receive if you complete a third 
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injection of [11C]PBR28 is equal to 2.70 rem, which is equivalent to approximately 9 years of natural 
environmental exposure. 
The effects of radiation exposure on humans have been studied for over 60 years. In fact, these studies are the 
most extensive ever done of any potentially harmful agent that could affect humans. In all these studies, no 
harmful effect to humans has been observed from the levels of radiation you will receive by taking part in this 
research study. However, scientists disagree on whether radiation doses at these levels are harmful. Even though 
no effects have been observed, some scientists believe that radiation can be harmful and may cause cancer at any 
dose- even low doses such as those received during this research.
Please tell your study doctor if you have taken part in other research studies at Yale or other places/hospitals that 
used radiation. This way we can make sure that you will not receive too much radiation. You should consider x-
rays taken in radiology departments, cardiac catheterization, and fluoroscopy as well as nuclear medicine scans 
in which radioactive materials were injected into your body. Before you take part in any future studies that use 
radiation, you should also tell those study doctors about your participation in this study.
2.  Risks associated with lipopolysaccharide 
This is a substance of the cell wall of bacteria.  LPS is sterile and does not cause an infection, however it tricks 
the body’s immune system into reacting as if there were an infection.  The doses used in this study will produce 
flu-like symptoms in most subjects. These symptoms will be mild to moderate and only last 1-3 hours.   From 
prior studies we know that LPS (at 2.5 times the dose we are using in this project) causes symptoms similar to 
the flu, such as chills, body aches, headache, and tiredness.  Sometimes it can cause nausea.  The effects of LPS 
are very short-lived compared to having the flu; these symptoms will only last at most 2-4 hours.  
We expect that after receiving LPS you will feel mild depressive symptoms, such as tiredness, nervousness, 
reduced interest, reduced appetite, and sleepiness.  These symptoms should only last for 2-3 hours and then 
disappear.  Although very unlikely, it is possible that these symptoms last longer.  If this is the case, or if you 
have severe depressive symptoms, we would monitor you until the symptoms improve, or refer you for 
appropriate treatment.  LPS has been given to over 2,200 human subjects over the past twenty years.  Among all 
these subjects, only four experienced serious side-effects.  These four subjects had a slowing of the heart rhythm 
which had to be treated, but there was no lasting harm.  This happened in two subjects with higher doses of LPS 
(twice as high as in this study), in two subjects with a similar dose to that used in the current study, and only in 
subjects who were either dehydrated (had too little fluid in their body) or who fainted easily.  In this study we 
will ensure that you have enough fluid in your body and that you do not have a history of fainting.  Importantly, 
the dose used in this study has never before caused any dangerous effects in human subjects, and no human subject 
receiving LPS at any dose has ever died or suffered any permanent damage.  Some changes in blood pressure and 
heart rate have been found with higher doses, though such changes are unlikely to occur at the dose used in this 
study.  It is possible that you are more sensitive to LPS than most people and you could experience an 
unpredictable reaction.  This is a potential risk with any substance that is introduced into the body, including 
approved medications that you can buy over the counter.  In the very unlikely event that a serious side-effect 
occurred, it would be treated appropriately.  A physician and nurse will be present during the entire LPS 
procedure.  If you have any symptoms after you go home, you can contact a member of the research staff.
A review of the literature from 2007, describes all studies wherein endotoxin was given to human subjects.  All 
articles were reviewed for any potential adverse effect, morbidity or mortality; however, no long-term morbidity 
or mortality was reported in these more than 1,000 healthy volunteers.  A critical review of all the cases of 
endotoxin administration in human subjects concludes that endotoxin has been used for well over a century and 
has proven to be remarkably safe.  All available data support that endotoxin administration in healthy human 
subjects is safe.
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Should there be problems with the radiotracer or PET camera, and you are rescheduled for an additional endotoxin 
administration, you will be scheduled for no sooner than one week after your first endotoxin administration.  
3. Risks associated with IV line and blood draws 
Mild discomfort can be expected with placement of an IV into a vein. Sometimes bruising or swelling will occur 
at the puncture site and on rare occasions a blood clot or infection. Very rarely fainting may occur.  A total of no 
more than 8 ounces (half a pint) of blood will be drawn during the study.  A pint of blood is the amount of a 
typical donation to a blood bank. You should not donate blood for at least eight weeks after the study.
4. Risks Associated with Use of an Arterial Catheter
Important: You cannot take part in the study, if you have ever had a bleeding disorder or are taking medication to 
thin your blood. Tell us if you have had a bad reaction to lidocaine, novocain, or other drugs used to numb the 
skin in the past. 
The insertion of the arterial line may be painful and you can get bruises. The arterial puncture may cause a spasm. 
You may get a clot and your blood flow will slow down for a little while. You can get hematoma (swelling of 
blood within the tissues). The site can bleed or get inflamed (become red, swollen, hot, and painful). These 
feelings will go away after some time, usually 24 to 72 hours after the procedure. Rarely, you may experience 
blocking of the artery. The insertion site may not heal as fast or you may get infection. This is why a healthcare 
provider will insert the arterial line and a trained nurse will look after for you. 
Check your wrist and arm every day for two days after the study visit with the arterial line.
Call right away your study team or the PET Center Physicians, Dr. David Matuskey at 203-370-1403 (voice mail 
pager) or Dr. Ming-Kai Chen 203-675-0120 (cell), if you notice any of the following:
• You feel a lot of pain; 
• Your wrist or arm is tender, swollen, or red; 
• You see some blood or other fluids coming out of the injection site, 
• The color of your skin changes,
• Your arms feel numb,
• You feel pins and needles in your arm, 
• Your arm that had the catheter does not feel as strong. 
You may experience a rare allergic reaction to the medicine used to numb your skin prior to placement of the 
arterial catheter. Severe allergic reactions can be life threatening. Do not take aspirin and other anti-inflammatory 
drugs (such as Motrin or Aleve) for 7-10 days before arterial line placement and 7-10 days after the study visit.
5. MRI Scan
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses magnetic fields and radio waves to take pictures of the body. Millions 
of people have had MRI scans with no known safety issues. MRI uses a strong magnet, which can pull strongly 
on some metals. These metals must not be brought into the scan room. They could be pulled towards the magnet 
and cause serious injuries if they hit you. People entering the scan room must remove all metal from their body, 
clothing and pockets. This includes jewelry, hearing aids, watches, cell phones, keys, coins, and wallets. Some 
metal objects could also heat up during the MRI, burning you. Electrical devices such as pacemakers could go 
wrong or stop working. You must also tell us if you are wearing anything that could contain metal. For example, 
some medication patches have a metal backing. Some clothing can contain metal fibers that could also heat up 
during the MRI. We will therefore ask you to fill out an MRI safety form to check if you have anything in your 
body which might be dangerous in the MRI. It is very important that you fill out this form accurately and ask if 
you are unsure about anything. 
During the MRI scan, you may feel uncomfortable or worried. When the MRI scanner is making pictures, it makes 
loud tapping, buzzing, and beeping noises. Without protection, this could damage your hearing. We will give you 
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with earplugs and/or headphones to reduce the sound to a safe level. While the scanner is making noises, we will 
not be able to hear you. We will give you a squeeze bulb for you to contact us.
This MR study is for research purposes only and is not in any way a health care examination of the brain. The 
scans performed in this study are not designed to find abnormalities. The principal investigator, the lab, the MR 
technologist, and the Magnetic Resonance Research Center are not qualified to interpret the MR scans and are 
not responsible for providing a health care evaluation of the images. If a worrisome finding is seen on your scan, 
a radiologist or another physician will be asked to review the relevant images. Based on his or her recommendation 
(if any), the principal investigator or consulting physician will contact you, inform you of the finding, and 
recommend that you seek medical advice as a precautionary measure. The decision for additional examination or 
treatment would lie only with you and your physician. The investigators, the consulting physician, the Magnetic 
Resonance Research Center, and Yale University are not responsible for any examination or treatment that you 
receive based on these findings. The images collected in this study are not a health care MR exam and for that 
reason, they will not be made available for health care purposes. 
6. Genetic Information
There is a risk that if people other than the researchers get your genetic information, your information could be 
misused.  We have strict privacy and confidentiality protection procedures in place to lower this risk, so the 
chance of this happening is very small.  To help prevent this, your name will not be included with your samples 
or your genetic information. There can also be a risk in uncovering genetic information.  New health 
information about inherited traits that might affect you or your blood relatives could be found during a research 
study.  Very rarely, health or genetic information could be misused by employers, health insurance companies, 
and others.  
There is a federal law called the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) that generally makes it 
illegal for health insurance companies, group health plans, and most employers to discriminate against you 
based on your genetic information. This law generally will protect you in the following ways:
• Health insurance companies and group health plans may not request your genetic information that we get from 
this research.
• Health insurance companies and group health plans may not use your genetic information when making 
decisions regarding your eligibility or premiums.
• Employers with 15 or more employees may not use your genetic information that we get from this research 
when making a decision to hire, promote, or fire you or when setting the terms of your employment.
However, this federal law does not protect you against discrimination by companies that sell life insurance, 
disability insurance, or long-term care insurance.
7. Risk of Taking Anti-Hypertensive Medication
There is a small risk that taking a medication to lower your blood pressure may cause your blood pressure to 
drop below the normal level. If this happens and you are asymptomatic then we will monitor you at the PET 
center until your blood pressure reaches a normal levels again. If you are symptomatic i.e. have some slight 
nausea or dizziness, then we may give you some intravenous hydration as a way of increasing your blood 
pressure. If low BP causes severe symptoms such as fainting or vomiting, or if the blood pressure does not 
improve with fluid, we will send you to the emergency department at Yale New Haven Hospital. 
8. Risks with optional CSF Collection
This involves putting a needle between two spine bones to get to the fluid that surrounds the spinal cord. This 
can cause headache. Rarely, removing the fluid causes the brain to shift, which can cause brain injury or death
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You will probably feel a brief pinch or sting when the numbing medication is given. You may feel brief 
pressure or pain when the spinal needle is inserted or re-positioned. During the procedure, the needle may touch 
one of your spinal nerves and cause a tingling feeling, like a light electrical shock running down one of your 
legs. The needle will not touch or damage the spinal cord. 
Some people develop a headache after having a lumbar puncture. Sometimes the headache can be severe and 
accompanied by nausea and neck pain. These headaches generally last 24 to 48 hours and go away on their 
own. Pain medication may help, but you are also advised to lay flat for several hours after the procedure, which 
may help to ease the headache. On average, 1 to 3 out of 10 people who undergo a lumbar puncture may 
develop a headache. In some cases, a leak of cerebrospinal fluid may develop after a lumbar puncture. The 
symptom of this is a headache that will not go away after 1 to 2 days. The need for intervention for this leak is 
rare, but if needed will be arranged by the principal investigator, Dr. Adam Mecca. Some people may be feel 
nauseous and lightheaded during and/or after the procedure. If this occurs, you will be asked to continue to lie 
down until you are feeling better. 
There are two rare but potentially very serious complications from a lumbar puncture. If you have a mass in 
your brain, there may be a small risk of a brain herniation, which means that the brain can shift and press on 
important tissues and blood vessels. After viewing you Brain MRI images, if there is any question that you have 
a brain mass, you will not be allowed to participate in this study. Also, very rarely, there can be bleeding 
between the outer membrane of the central nervous system and the skull. If you have a bleeding disorder, you 
will not be allowed in this study. Both of these complications can be fatal. 
To reduce the possibility of any risks, the lumbar punctures will be performed by a trained and experienced 
physician.
Risks associated with screening and evaluation. 
During the screening interview, we will ask about psychiatric and medical history. Certain questions may make 
you uncomfortable or anxious. Only trained and experienced research assistants will perform these interviews, 
which will be done in a sensitive and gentle manner.
Risks associated with confidentiality. 
Although all information collected about your participation in this study will be protected by HIPAA and stored 
in locked cabinets and in password-protected computers, it is possible that information could be accessed by 
individuals who are not part of the study team. Such illegal access could have negative outcomes for the you with 
regards to employment, access to health insurance, and stigma.  To reduce this risk, your identifiable research 
data, including recruitment and screening information and code keys, are stored on a secure database
Identifiers will be removed from the identifiable private information or identifiable biospecimens and that, after 
such removal, the information or biospecimens could be used for future research studies or distributed to 
another investigator for future research studies without additional informed consent, if this might be a 
possibility.
Benefits
There are no direct benefits to you for participating in this study. We hope that your participation will benefit 
society in the future by helping us to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease.
Economic Considerations
The following payments will be offered to you:
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After the completion of the screening visit
$25
After the completion of the baseline assessments 
$50 
After the completion of the one-week follow-up 
$25 
After the completion of MRI
$50
After the completion of A-line
$50
After completion for each [11C]PBR28 PET scan
$700 total
After completion of [11C] PiB PET scan
$250
After the administration of lipopolysaccharide 
$150
After the completion of 6- month follow-up 
$150
After optional Cog-state testings(before and after LPS injection)$50
After optional CSF donation                                                      $350
Total: $1850
You will not receive additional payment if you consent to the additional blood draw during PET scanning.
You will receive payment(s) via a Bank of America pre-paid debit card. Please note that your name, address, 
and telephone number will be shared with Bank of America for ePayments. After your first payment milestone 
(initial visit), you will receive a card in the mail which you will need to activate over the phone. Any 
subsequent milestones payments will automatically add additional funds to your card.
If you previously received payment via a Bank of America pre-paid debit card for participation in a study at the 
Yale Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit, you will receive payments for this study on the card you previously 
received.  If you no longer have that card, please let the study staff know.
 
Payment received as a research subject may be taxable income to you. If payment is more than $600.00 in a 
calendar year, the study clinic is required to report this to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). An IRS Form 1099 
(Miscellaneous Income) will be issued to you and a copy sent to the IRS
Treatment Alternatives/Alternatives
The alternative to participating in this study is to not participate.  
Confidentiality and Privacy
Any identifiable information that is obtained in connection with this study will remain confidential and will be 
disclosed only with your permission or as permitted by U.S. or State law.  Examples of information that we are 
legally required to disclose include abuse of a child or elderly person, or certain reportable diseases. When the 
results of the research are published or discussed in conferences, no information will be included that would reveal 
your identity unless your specific consent for this activity is obtained.  
We understand that information about you obtained in connection with your health is personal, and we are 
committed to protecting the privacy of that information.  If you decide to be in this study, the researcher will get 
information that identifies you and your personal health information.  This may include information that might 
directly identify you, such as your name.  Identifiers will be removed from the identifiable private information or 
identifiable biospecimens and that, after such removal, the information or biospecimens could be used for future 
research studies without additional informed consent. This information will be de-identified at the earliest 
reasonable time after we receive it, meaning we will replace your identifying information with a code that does 
not directly identify you. The principal investigator will keep a link that identifies you to your coded information, 
and this link will be kept secure and available only to the PI or selected members of the research team. Any 
information that can identify you will remain confidential.  The research team will only give this coded 
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information to others to carry out this research study. The link to your personal information will be kept for 7 
years post study completion, after which time the link will be destroyed and the data will become anonymous. 
The information about your health that will be collected in this study includes: 
Research study records
Medical and laboratory records of only those services provided in connection with this Study.  
The following information: 
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Records about phone calls made as part of this research
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Records about your study visits
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Information obtained during this research regarding:
HIV / AIDS, hepatitis infection, sexually transmitted diseases, and/or other reportable infectious 
diseases, physical exams, laboratory, x-ray, and other test results, diaries and questionnaires, diagnosis 
and treatment of a mental health condition, use of illegal drugs or the study of illegal behavior
o
Records about any study drug you received
Information about you and your health which might identify you may be used by or given to: 
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) agencies
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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Representatives from Yale University, the Yale Human Research Protection Program and the Yale 
Human Investigation Committee (the committee that reviews, approves, and monitors research on 
human subjects), who are responsible for ensuring research compliance.  These individuals are required 
to keep all information confidential. 
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Those individuals at Yale who are responsible for the financial oversight of research including billings 
and payments
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The Principal Investigator, Dr. Adam Mecca
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Governmental agencies to whom certain diseases (reportable diseases) must be reported
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Health care providers who provide services to you in connection with this study.
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Laboratories and other individuals and organizations that analyze your health information in 
connection with this study, according to the study plan.
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Food and drug administration which has approved the use of lipopolysaccharide on an investigational 
basis.
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Study Coordinator and Members of the Research Team 
By signing this form, you authorize the use and/or disclosure of the information described above for this 
research study.  The purpose for the uses and disclosures you are authorizing is to ensure that the information 
relating to this research is available to all parties who may need it for research purposes.
All health care providers subject to HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) are required 
to protect the privacy of your information.  The research staff at the Yale School of Medicine, Alzheimer’s 
disease research unit and Yale PET Center is required to comply with HIPAA and to ensure the confidentiality 
of your information.  Some of the individuals or agencies listed above may not be subject to HIPAA and 
therefore may not be required to provide the same type of confidentiality protection. They could use or disclose 
your information in ways not mentioned in this form.  However to better protect your health information; 
agreements are in place with these individuals and/or companies that require that they keep your information 
confidential. 
You have the right to review and copy your health information in your medical record in accordance with 
institutional medical records policies. However, by deciding to take part in a single or double blinded treatment 
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study and sign this permission form, you will not be allowed to look at or copy your study related information 
until after the research is completed.  
This authorization to use and disclose your health information collected during your participation in this study 
will never expire.
Certificate of Confidentiality
If you decide to take part in this research study, you will be required to give us information about your personal 
health. We have obtained a Certificate of Confidentiality (CoC) issued by the National Institutes of Health. 
Once granted, the researchers can use this Certificate to legally refuse to disclose information that may identify 
you in any federal, state, or local civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, or other proceedings, for example, if 
there is a court subpoena. The researchers will use the Certificate to resist any demands for information that 
would identify you, except as explained below.
The protection offered by the CoC does not stop us from voluntarily reporting information about suspected or 
known sexual, physical, or other abuse of a child or older person, or a participant’s threats of violence to self or 
others. If any member of the research team is given such information, he or she will make a report to the 
appropriate authorities. 
Because this research is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services through the National 
Institute of Mental Health, staff from that and other DHHS agencies may review records that identify you only 
for audit or program evaluation. They cannot report anything that would harm you or other research subjects.
Even when a CoC is in place, you and your family members must still continue to actively protect your own 
privacy. If you voluntarily give your written consent for anyone to receive information about your participation 
in the research, then we may not use the CoC to withhold this information.
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In Case of Injury
If you are injured while on study, seek treatment and contact the study doctor Dr. Adam Mecca on (203)435-
6178 as soon as you are able. 
Yale School of Medicine and Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit do not provide funds for the treatment of 
research-related injury. If you are injured as a result of your participation in this study, treatment will be 
provided. You or your insurance carrier will be expected to pay the costs of this treatment. No additional 
financial compensation for injury or lost wages is available. You do not give up any of your legal rights by 
signing this form.
Voluntary Participation and Withdrawal
Participating in this study is voluntary. You are free to choose not to take part in this study. You are free to 
choose not to take part in the additional volunteer visits during this study. Refusing to participate will involve 
no penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled (such as your health care outside the study, the 
payment for your health care, and your health care benefits).  However, you will not be able to enroll in this 
research study and will not receive study procedures as a study participant if you do not allow use of your 
information as part of this study.
Withdrawing From the Study
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If you do become a subject, you are free to stop and withdraw from this study at any time during its course.  To 
withdraw from the study, you can call a member of the research team at any time and tell them that you no 
longer want to take part.  This will cancel any future appointments. The researchers may withdraw you from 
participating in the research if necessary.
Withdrawing from the study will involve no penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled.  It 
will not harm your relationship with your own doctors or with Yale University, Yale Hospital Research Unit, 
Yale New Haven Hospital, the Alzheimer’s disease research unit or with the Yale PET Center.
Withdrawing Your Authorization to Use and Disclose Your Health Information
You may withdraw or take away your permission to use and disclose your health information at any time. You 
may withdraw your permission by telling the study staff or by writing to PI, Dr. Adam Mecca, 1 Church Street, 
8th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.
 If you withdraw your permission, you will not be able to stay in this study.
When you withdraw your permission, no new health information identifying you will be gathered after that date.  
Information that has already been gathered may still be used and given to others until the end of the research 
study, as necessary to insure the integrity of the study and/or study oversight.  
Questions
We have used some technical terms in this form.  Please feel free to ask about anything you don't understand and 
to consider this research and the consent form carefully – as long as you feel is necessary – before you make a 
decision.
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Optional Research:
I would like to participate in the “optional blood draw portion during PET scan visit” of the study (initial your 
choice):
_____YES
______No
I would like to participate in the optional Lumbar Puncture portion of the study (initial your choice):
_____YES
______No
I would like to participate in the optional cognitive assessment by Cog-State portion of the study (initial your 
choice):
_____YES
______No
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Authorization and Permission
I have read (or someone has read to me) this form and have decided to participate in the project described above.  
Its general purposes, the particulars of my involvement and possible hazards and inconveniences have been 
explained to my satisfaction.  My signature also indicates that I have received a copy of this consent form.
By signing this form, I give permission to the researchers to use [and give out] information about me for the 
purposes described in this form.  By refusing to give permission, I understand that I will not be able to be in this 
research. 
Name of Subject:_____________________________
                        
Signature:___________________________________
Date:______________________________________
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Signature of Principal Investigator
Date
                                      or
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Signature of Person Obtaining Consent
Date
If after you have signed this form you have any questions about your privacy rights, please contact the Yale 
Privacy Officer at (203) 432-5919.
If you have further questions about this project or if you have a research-related problem, you may contact the 
Principal Investigator, Dr. Adam Mecca, 203-764-8100  If you would like to talk with someone other than the 
researchers to discuss problems, concerns, and questions you may have concerning this research, or to discuss 
your rights as a research subject, you may contact the Yale Human Investigation Committee at (203) 785-4688. 
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