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Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN)


Sponsor

Washington University School of Medicine

Enrollment

700 participants

Start Date

Jan 1, 2009

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify potential biomarkers that may predict the development of Alzheimer's disease in people who carry an Alzheimer's mutation.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria5

  • Written informed consent obtained from participant and collateral source prior to any study-related procedures.
  • Aged 18 (inclusive) or older and the child of an affected individual (clinically or by testing) in a pedigree with a known mutation for ADAD.
  • Cognitively normal to very mild or mild cognitive impairment (CDR score range 0-1.0). Primary enrollment will focus on the recruitment of asymptomatic adult children who are more than 15 years younger than the estimated age of symptom onset. Enrollment of new participants with moderate cognitive impairment is allowed with the prior approval of the DIAN Coordinating Center.
  • Has two persons who are not their full-blooded siblings who can serve as collateral sources for the study.
  • Fluent in a language approved by the DIAN Coordinating Center at about the 6th grade level (international equivalent) or above.

Exclusion Criteria4

  • Under age 18
  • Medical or psychiatric illness that would interfere in completing initial and follow-up visits
  • Requires nursing home level care
  • Has no one who can serve as a study informant

Locations(26)

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Indiana University-Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Columbia University

New York, New York, United States

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Butler Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, United States

Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia" (FLENI) Instituto de Investigaciones Neurológicas Raúl Correa

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI)

Salta, Argentina

Neuroscience Research Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Mental Health Research Institute, University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Sir James McCusker Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Edith Cowan University

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo

São Paulo, Brazil

McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging

Verdun, Quebec, Canada

Grupo Neurociencias de Antioquia

Medellín, Colombia

German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Munich, and University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) Munich

Munich, Germany

German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Tübingen and Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen

Tübingen, Germany

Niigata University

Niigata, Japan

Osaka City University

Osaka, Japan

Tokyo University

Tokyo, Japan

Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía "Manuel Velasco Suarez"

Mexico City, Mexico

Amsterdam UMC

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Asan Medical Center

Seoul, Songpa-Gu, South Korea

Hospital Clinic Barcelona

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Institute of Neurology, Queen Square

London, United Kingdom

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