Identifying Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease

Status: Recruiting
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Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

Alzheimer's disease is a severe neurodegenerative disorder of the brain that is characterized by progressive loss of memory and cognitive decline. With the ageing population, AD is a major public health problem affecting nearly 35 million people worldwide with numbers projected to rise to 115.4 million by 2050. AD is the only cause of death among the top ten causes that has no prevention or cure . It is believed that novel treatment of AD needs to start early or even at the prodromal stage in order to be effective. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find accurate methods of early detection before patients with AD develop clinical dementia. This study aims to identify biomarkers for AD in local Chinese population. this study hypothesizes blood-based proteomics, retinal imaging, ASL-MRP and tau PET can improve the accuracy and staging of AD.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 20
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Chinese ethnicity

• \[For dementia group, clinical diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease according to recommendation from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association workgroups (NIA-AA)

Locations
Other Locations
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Chinese University of Hong Kong
RECRUITING
Hong Kong
Contact Information
Primary
Pualine Kwan
paulinekwan@cuhk.edu.hk
+852 26352160
Backup
Elyia Han
elyiahan@cuhk.edu.hk
+852 2697 5027
Time Frame
Start Date: 2018-09-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2030-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 300
Treatments
Normal cognition
75 subject without any of the following: subjective memory complaint and cognitive impairment base on cognitive assessments
Subjective Cognitive Disorder
75 subjects without cognitive impairment based on cognitive cognitive assessments but with subject memory complaint
Mild Cognitive Impairment
75 subjects with both subjective memory complaints and mild cognitive impairment base on cognitive assessments
Dementia
75 subjects with both subjective memory complaints and moderate to severe cognitive impairment base on cognitive assessments
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Chinese University of Hong Kong

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