According to estimations, Alzheimer's disease affects approximately 860,000 people aged of more than 65 years in France. This disease is characterized by disorders of cognitive functions, including memory, associated with structural and functional modifications of the brain. These changes are evolving within the pathology progression and can be evaluated with neuropsychological tests (to assess capabilities such as language, orientation, etc.) and also with brain imaging (e.g. MRI). Alzheimer's disease is still poorly understood, nevertheless currently available treatments can slow its development if the disease is diagnosed early enough. Thus, the objective is to identify markers for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, to better describe the evolution of this disease. The three main objectives of this project are * to identify, compare and combine predictive markers of Alzheimer's disease * to make a significant contribution to the understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease * to study the ability of different neuroimaging techniques to follow the evolution of this pathology.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
295
University Hospital Côte de Nacre
Caen, France
University Hospital Roger Salengro
Lille, France
University Hospital Pontchaillou
Rennes, France
University Hospital Rouen
Rouen, France
University Hospital Tours
Tours, France
Rate of volume change of whole brain, hippocampus and other structural MRI measures
Time frame: 3 years
Rate of Decline as measured by: Cognitive Tests, Activities of Daily Living, and CDR Sum of Boxes
Time frame: 3 years
Rates of change on each specified biochemical biomarker
Time frame: 3 years
Rates of change of glucose metabolism (FDG-PET)
Time frame: 3 years
Extent of amyloid deposition as measured by 18F-AV45
Time frame: 3 years
Group differences for each imaging and biomarker measurement
Time frame: 3 years
APOE genotype
Time frame: 3 years
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