Evaluating dopamine transporter imaging as an enrichment biomarker in a phase 2 Parkinson’s disease trial
Hutchison R, Evans K, Fox T, Yang M, Barakos J, Bedell B, Cedarbaum J, Brys M, Siderowf A, Lang A. Evaluating dopamine transporter imaging as an enrichment biomarker in a phase 2 Parkinson’s disease trial. BMC Neurology 2021, 21: 459. PMID: 34814867, PMCID: PMC8609885, DOI: 10.1186/s12883-021-02470-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDAT-SPECTParkinson's diseaseClinical trialsDisease trialsPhase 2 trialDopaminergic nerve terminalsEarly Parkinson's diseaseDisease-modifying therapiesIdiopathic Parkinson's diseaseMulticenter clinical trialParkinson's disease trialStudy design aspectsSingle photon emissionStages of progressionDegenerative parkinsonismEnrichment biomarkerResultsIn totalClinical assessmentNerve terminalsBlinded neuroradiologistsClinical diagnosisDopamine transporterMonoclonal antibodiesCentral laboratoryTrials