Apathy-related Neurobehavioral Markers of Cognitive Decline in Old-age Bipolar Disorders: Proof-of-concept

NCT ID: NCT06914284

Last Updated: 2025-04-06

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-07-01

Study Completion Date

2029-01-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to identify reliable markers of apathy in elderly subjects with bipolar disorder, age between 70 and 85 years, in order to accurately identify subjects at high risk of progressing to dementia by measuring motor activity (actimetrics), recorded language and analysing brain changes (MRI).

Actimetry is the measurement and recording of body movements using an actimeter. This device is worn on the wrist and contains sensors capable of measuring and recording all movements, including those of very low intensity. An automated speech analysis using artificial intelligence is used to detect low-intensity anomalies, and we want to test whether individual differences correspond to individual differences in brain anatomy and function.

Researchers will compare elderly subjects with bipolar disorder and healthy volunteer, age between 70 and 85 years.

Participants will be asked to:

* Perform an MRI
* Complete 3 cognitive tests: verbal memory, verbal fluency and an emotional storytelling task, in which you will be asked to describe a memory orally using positive, negative and neutral emotions.
* wear an actimeter on your wrist for 4 days.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Apathy Bipolar Disorder

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Old Age Bipolar Disorder

the strategy procedure will consist of using actigraphy and MRI.

The wGT3X-BT actigraph (wGT3x-BT) will be worn on the wrist for 5 days. The set up is made at Day 1. The actigraph will be programmed to automatically switch off after 4 full days of use (96 hours). After 5 full days (120 hours), the participant returns to the research center so the data are downloaded on a secured computer dedicated to store and analyse the data. At day 5, a MRI will be perform.The total acquisition time is about 45 minutes:

* Degenerative: anatomical 3DT1 (\~5 minutes acquisition).
* Inflammation: multicompartment imaging models (\~15 minutes acquisition) such as the Neurite Orientation and Dispersion Index (NODDI) are used to quantify in-vivo microstructure inflammation.
* Vascular: 3D Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR \~5 minutes acquisition) and Arterial Spin labelling (ASL, \~8 minutes acquisition)
* Functional connectivity: rs BOLD (\~10 minutes acquisition)

Actigraphy and MRI

Intervention Type OTHER

All participants will wear a wGT3X-BT actigraph (wGT3x-BT) for 4 days. Actigraphs are collected back at Day 4, after full 96 hours, when coming to the MRI platform. There, they will undergo 45 minutes MRI that acquire MRI signals to quantify degenerative, inflammatory, vascular and functional cerebral features.

Healthy Controls

the strategy procedure will consist of using actigraphy and MRI.

The wGT3X-BT actigraph (wGT3x-BT) will be worn on the wrist for 5 days. The set up is made at Day 1. The actigraph will be programmed to automatically switch off after 4 full days of use (96 hours). After 5 full days (120 hours), the participant returns to the research center so the data are downloaded on a secured computer dedicated to store and analyse the data. At day 5, a MRI will be perform.The total acquisition time is about 45 minutes:

* Degenerative: anatomical 3DT1 (\~5 minutes acquisition).
* Inflammation: multicompartment imaging models (\~15 minutes acquisition) such as the Neurite Orientation and Dispersion Index (NODDI) are used to quantify in-vivo microstructure inflammation.
* Vascular: 3D Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR \~5 minutes acquisition) and Arterial Spin labelling (ASL, \~8 minutes acquisition)
* Functional connectivity: rs BOLD (\~10 minutes acquisition)

Actigraphy and MRI

Intervention Type OTHER

All participants will wear a wGT3X-BT actigraph (wGT3x-BT) for 4 days. Actigraphs are collected back at Day 4, after full 96 hours, when coming to the MRI platform. There, they will undergo 45 minutes MRI that acquire MRI signals to quantify degenerative, inflammatory, vascular and functional cerebral features.

Interventions

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Actigraphy and MRI

All participants will wear a wGT3X-BT actigraph (wGT3x-BT) for 4 days. Actigraphs are collected back at Day 4, after full 96 hours, when coming to the MRI platform. There, they will undergo 45 minutes MRI that acquire MRI signals to quantify degenerative, inflammatory, vascular and functional cerebral features.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Population: Age between 70 and 85 years-old, living at home (Participants living in nursing homes are not included).
2. Condition: OABD type 1, type 2 and type 3 assessed by the DSM5 criteria
3. Stable: no MDE or hypomanic state within the last 6 months
4. Ambulatory setting only
5. General condition: Successful Gait speed test from the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB): beingable to walk 4 meters in 4 seconds (SPPB NIH Toolbox)44
6. Person affiliated to a social security regime
7. Patients who have given their free, informed and written consent to take part in the study

Exclusion Criteria

1. Psychiatric conditions and or co-morbidities

1. Unipolar depression
2. Recurrent unipolar depression
3. Substance use disorder according to DSM5 criteria. Benzodiaepine and/or z-drugs dependence are accepted.
2. Neurological and cerebral co-morbidities

1. Major Cognitive Disorder: significant cognitive decline characterized by extensive cognitive tests or at least a standardized clinical evaluation AND at least loss of autonomy in complex instrumental daily living function, not related to delirium (DSM5 criteria)
2. Medical history of known degenerative disorders: Alzheimer's disease, Lobar Degenerative Fronto-temporal disorders, Lewy Body disease, corticobasal degenerative disorder, Supranuclear Palsy, epilepsy.
3. Medical history of known Parkinson's disease (according to the Movement Disorder Society (MDS)45 criteria)
4. Medical history of known stroke
5. Severe Parkinsonism (defined by MDS-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale46 \> 20)
3. MRI contra-indications: metallic implants, severe claustrophobia
4. Adults under legal protection (safeguard of justice, curatorship, guardianship), persons deprived of their liberty.
5. Hospitalized at inclusion
Minimum Eligible Age

70 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Rennes University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fondation de l'Avenir

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Center Guillaume Régnier

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Gabriel RG ROBERT

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

HC Guillaume Regnier

Locations

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Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Regnier

Rennes, Ile Et Vilaine, France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Gabriel RG ROBERT

Role: CONTACT

0299333937 ext. +33

Nathalie AN ALLETON

Role: CONTACT

0222514121 ext. +33

Facility Contacts

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Gabriel RG ROBERT, MD

Role: primary

0299393337 ext. +33

Nathalie AN ALLETON

Role: backup

0222514121 ext. +33

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Other Identifiers

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ID-RCB

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

RC24_01_GR/ANACONDA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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