Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network: Clinical Core

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Abstract

Core B: Clinical PROJECT SUMMARY The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN), Core B: Clinical is responsible for the protocol implementation of all clinical operations for the research studies, including participant recruitment, retention, and protection, performing clinical evaluations including CDR and psychometric testing, completing imaging, blood and CSF collections, and offering genetic counseling and testing. The study of longitudinal progression of dominantly inherited Alzheimer disease will likely lead to a better understanding of the causes of Alzheimer disease. DIAN studies inform about potential methods of detecting AD and the sequence of events at the earliest stages of the illness, even before clinical symptoms have begun. The DIAN-Observational study will continue to support and enable preventative treatments to be tested. The Clinical Core will obtain highly sensitive clinical evaluations to determine the earliest symptoms and progression rates. A remote assessment platform will be added to aid in the study of lifestyle factors as contributors to disease heterogeneity. The longitudinal study of cognitive and clinical measures will be analyzed by estimated years to symptomatic onset and followed longitudinally to estimate progression and rates of change. The data generated from these studies will be used by DIAN investigators to advance the understanding of the causes of Alzheimer disease, methods of early detection, and support ongoing and future preventative treatments.

Key facts

NIH application ID
10017827
Project number
5U19AG032438-09
Recipient
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator
JOHN MORRIS
Activity code
U19
Funding institute
NIH
Fiscal year
2020
Award amount
$469,887
Award type
5
Project period
2008-09-15 → 2024-06-30