Analysis of Clinical Data and Diagnosis in Any Person Requiring an Assay of Alzheimer Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal Fluid

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

Cognitive neurodegenerative diseases are a major public health issue. At present, the diagnosis of certainty is still based on anatomopathological analyses. Even if the diagnostic tools available to clinicians have made it possible to improve probabilistic diagnosis during the patient's lifetime, there are still too many diagnostic errors and sub-diagnostic in this field. The arrival of biomarkers has made it possible to reduce these diagnostic errors, which were of the order of 25 to 30%. This high error rate is due to different parameters. These diseases are numerous and often present common symptoms due to the fact that common brain structures are affected. These diseases evolve progressively over several years and their early diagnosis, when the symptoms are discrete, makes them even more difficult to diagnose at this stage. In addition, co-morbidities are common in the elderly, further complicating the diagnosis of these diseases. At present, the only cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers that are routinely used for the biological diagnosis of neurodegenerative cognitive pathologies are those specific to Alzheimer's disease: Aβ42, Aβ40, Tau-total and Phospho-Tau. These biomarkers represent an almost indispensable tool in the diagnosis of dementia. It is therefore important to determine whether Alzheimer's biomarkers can be disrupted in other neurodegenerative cognitive pathologies, but also to find biomarkers specific to these different pathologies by facilitating the implementation of clinical studies which will thus make it possible to improve their diagnosis.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Patients with lumbar puncture (LP)

• Patients with accurate clinical diagnosis

Locations
Other Locations
France
Service d'évaluation et Centre Mémoire de Ressources et de Recherche (CM2R), Hôpital de jour Saint François - Pôle de Gériatrie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Hôpital de la Robertsau
RECRUITING
Strasbourg
Contact Information
Primary
Frédéric BLANC, MD/PhD
frederic.blanc@unistra.fr
33388155858
Backup
Olivier BOUSIGES, PharmD/PhD
olivier.bousiges@chru-strasbourg.fr
33388128909 / 33368854039
Time Frame
Start Date: 2010-02
Estimated Completion Date: 2030-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 10000
Treatments
Patients with cognitive impairment
All patients with cognitive disorders observed at the memory center of Strasbourg and in whom a lumbar puncture is performed as part of the patient's diagnosis.
Sponsors
Leads: University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

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