Massachusetts General Hospital: Quantum BioPharma Announces Joint Clinical Study With Massachusetts General Hospital Scientists to Validate a Novel Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Technique to Monitor Demyelination In Multiple Sclerosis

Quantum BioPharma Ltd. announced that on March 31, 2025 it has entered into a joint clinical study with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) scientists to validate a novel positron emission tomography (PET) imaging technique to monitor myelin integrity and demyelination in people with multiple sclerosis (MS).Dr. Pedro Brugarolas, investigator in the department of Radiology at MGH and Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, is the principal investigator of the clinical study entitled ?Preliminary Evaluation of [F]3F4AP PET as a potential tool to monitor non-immunomodulatory drugs in multiple sclerosis.? Dr. Eric Klawiter, director of the Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica Unit at MGH and Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, will serve as co-investigator. In the clinical study, serial [F]3F4AP PET scans will be performed along with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in people with both progressive and relapsing-remitting forms of MS. In previous studies in rodents and monkeys, [F]3F4AP was highly sensitive to demyelinated lesions, suggesting that it holds promise as a biomarker to monitor changes in demyelination in response to remyelinating or neuroprotective drugs in MS. PET imaging with [F]3F4AP may thus complement MRI imaging by providing an ultra-sensitive and quantitative assessment of demyelination. Quantum BioPharma Ltd. announced that on March 31, 2025 it has entered into a joint clinical study with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) scientists to validate a novel positron emission tomography (PET) imaging technique to monitor myelin integrity and demyelination in people with multiple sclerosis (MS).Dr. Pedro Brugarolas, investigator in the department of Radiology at MGH and Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, is the principal investigator of the clinical study entitled ?Preliminary Evaluation of [F]3F4AP PET as a potential tool to monitor non-immunomodulatory drugs in multiple sclerosis.? Dr. Eric Klawiter, director of the Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica Unit at MGH and Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, will serve as co-investigator. In the clinical study, serial [F]3F4AP PET scans will be performed along with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in people with both progressive and relapsing-remitting forms of MS. In previous studies in rodents and monkeys, [F]3F4AP was highly sensitive to demyelinated lesions, suggesting that it holds promise as a biomarker to monitor changes in demyelination in response to remyelinating or neuroprotective drugs in MS. PET imaging with [F]3F4AP may thus complement MRI imaging by providing an ultra-sensitive and quantitative assessment of demyelination.