Meaningful benefits: a framework to assess disease-modifying therapies in preclinical and early Alzheimer's disease

SS Assunção, RA Sperling, C Ritchie… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2022 - Springer
Background The need for preventive therapies that interrupt the progression of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) before the onset of symptoms or when symptoms are emerging is urgent and …

Clinical trial endpoints and their clinical meaningfulness in early stages of Alzheimer's disease

S Cohen, J Cummings, S Knox, M Potashman… - The journal of …, 2022 - Springer
As the focus of Alzheimer's disease (AD) therapeutic development shifts to the early stages
of the disease, the clinical endpoints used in drug trials, and how these might translate into …

Long-term prognosis and educational determinants of brain network decline in older adult individuals

MY Chan, L Han, CA Carreno, Z Zhang, RM Rodriguez… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
Older adults with lower education are at greater risk for dementia. It is unclear which brain
changes lead to these outcomes. Longitudinal imaging-based measures of brain structure …

Plasma tau and neurofilament light in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and Alzheimer disease

I Illán-Gala, A Lleo, A Karydas, AM Staffaroni… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To test the hypothesis that plasma total tau (t-tau) and neurofilament light chain
(NfL) concentrations may have a differential role in the study of frontotemporal lobar …

Genome-wide association study identifies four novel loci associated with Alzheimer's endophenotypes and disease modifiers

Y Deming, Z Li, M Kapoor, O Harari, JL Del-Aguila… - Acta …, 2017 - Springer
More than 20 genetic loci have been associated with risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but
reported genome-wide significant loci do not account for all the estimated heritability and …

Vascular risk factors promote conversion from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer disease

J Li, YJ Wang, M Zhang, ZQ Xu, CY Gao, CQ Fang… - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: Growing evidence suggests that vascular risk factors (VRF) contribute to cognitive
decline. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of VRF on the conversion from …

Serum GFAP differentiates Alzheimer's disease from frontotemporal dementia and predicts MCI-to-dementia conversion

P Oeckl, S Anderl-Straub, CAF Von Arnim… - Journal of Neurology …, 2022 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective Reactive astrogliosis is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal
dementia (FTD) but differences between the diseases and time course are unclear. Here, we …

Medical comorbidities and ethnicity impact plasma Alzheimer's disease biomarkers: important considerations for clinical trials and practice

SE O'Bryant, M Petersen, J Hall… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Despite the clinical implementation, there remain significant gaps in our
knowledge regarding the impact of race/ethnicity or common medical comorbidity on plasma …

Frontotemporal dementia due to C9ORF72 mutations: Clinical and imaging features

SJ Sha, LT Takada, KP Rankin, JS Yokoyama… - Neurology, 2012 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To describe the phenotype of patients with C9FTD/ALS (C9ORF72)
hexanucleotide repeat expansion. Methods: A total of 648 patients with frontotemporal …

The validity and reliability of the mini-mental state examination-2 for detecting mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease in a Korean population

MJ Baek, K Kim, YH Park, SY Kim - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Objective To examine the validity and reliability of the MMSE-2 for assessing patients with
mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a Korean population …