Wake Forest Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Core

Status: Recruiting
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Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

Efforts to find treatments for AD have yielded only modest benefits, likely because longstanding AD pathological processes induce irreversible neurological compromise. These processes begin years before the onset of clinical symptoms. This possibility has been incorporated into a model describing stages of AD development, articulated by the NIA/Alzheimer's Association preclinical workgroup of which the Co-Director of the Kulynych Alzheimer's Research Center, Dr. Suzanne Craft, was a member. According to this model, the best hope for countermanding the effects of AD lies in intervening at the earliest possible point in the pathological cascade. There are several important ongoing efforts in adults with preclinical AD that directly target amyloid aggregation. Although this strategy addresses an important aspect of the AD pathological cascade, we believe that addressing metabolic dysfunction affecting glucose and insulin regulation offers a complementary approach, in that it may reduce amyloid burden and toxicity, while also directly enhancing synaptic health, brain metabolism, tau regulation and neurovascular function. The purpose of the ADCC is to identify and characterize early risk factors that predict cognitive decline and dementia in asymptomatic adults and adults with early signs of cognitive impairment. The data obtained from this study, collected at enrollment and follow-up will allow us to examine disease trajectory in individuals with and without prediabetes and other measures of glucoregulatory dysfunction in this process. The enrollees, who will be well-characterized with regard to cognitive and metabolic status through ADCC assessments, will provide an important resource for other local (institution) and national investigations. Data collected from participants enrolled in the ADCC will be stored indefinitely for future investigations.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 55
Healthy Volunteers: t
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⁃ Group 1: Cognitively Normal (CN)

• No subjective complaints of cognitive impairment

• No cognitive impairment evident on formal testing interpreted by expert adjudication committee (typically, performance not worse than 1 SD below demographically relevant norms)

• Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) = 0 or 0.5

• Normal glycemic control as indicated by American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines for normal 2 hour glycemic response to a glucose tolerance test (\< 140 mg/dL).

• Reliable collateral or study partner available to attend Visit 1 at a minimum

⁃ Group 2: Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

• Objective evidence of memory and/or executive function deficits on neuropsychological testing (typically 1.5 SD below demographically relevant norms)

• CDR = 0 or 0.5

• Reliable collateral or study partner

⁃ Group 3: Alzheimer's Disease (AD)

• Diagnosis of probable mild AD, diagnosed with NIA-AA criteria, or mixed AD and vascular pathology as long as there is not a large vessel territory stroke, adjudicated by expert consensus panel.

• Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE) score ≥ 10; CDR = ≥0.5

• Normal glycemic control or prediabetes

• Reliable collateral or study partner available to attend all visits

Locations
United States
North Carolina
Wake Forest Baptist Health
RECRUITING
Winston-salem
Contact Information
Primary
Lauren Latham
lauren.latham@advocatehealth.org
(336) 716-6317
Backup
Karen Gagnon
Karen.Gagnon@Advocatehealth.org
(336) 713-8010
Time Frame
Start Date: 2014-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2031-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 850
Treatments
Cognitively Normal
This group will include 300 healthy volunteers with no apparent memory problems. Participants will complete an assessment at enrollment and once per year for the following 5 years. In addition to memory assessments at baseline and year 4, participants will have a brain MRI, OGTT A reliable study partner will need to attend the visits or be available via telephone to complete study interviews.
Mild Cognitive Impairment
This group will include 400 volunteers who have mild memory problems that are observed during cognitive testing. Participants will complete an assessment at enrollment and once per year for the following 5 years. In addition to memory assessments at baseline and year 4, participants will have a brain MRI, OGTT A reliable study partner will need to attend the visits or be available via telephone to complete study interviews.
Alzheimer's disease
This group will include 150 volunteers with mild stage Alzheimer's disease dementia. Participants will complete an assessment at enrollment and once per year for the following 5 years. In addition to memory assessments at baseline and year 4, participants will have a brain MRI, OGTT A reliable study partner will need to attend visits to complete study interviews.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Leads: Wake Forest University Health Sciences

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