Comprehensive Assessment of Neurodegeneration and Dementia

Overview

This is a longitudinal observational study recruiting individuals between the ages of 50 and 90 with different types of dementia as well as a comparison group without cognitive deficits. Participants are/will be recruited at sites across Canada and will undergo assessments, neuroimaging, and biological sample collection.

This is a longitudinal observational study that started in Phase I with the recruitment of 1173 participants between the ages of 50 and 90 years with Subjective Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment with subcortical vascular lesions, Alzheimer's Disease, Mixed dementia, Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson's Disease Dementia, Parkinson's Disease with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Frontotemporal Dementia as well as healthy elderly subjects without cognitive complaints or deficits. These participants were enrolled in 30 different centres across Canada. All subjects involved in the study underwent rigorous evaluations at baseline, including clinical assessment, neuropsychological assessment, genomics and neuroimaging. Biological samples from blood, saliva, urine, fecal matter, buccal cells and cerebrospinal fluid were collected, stored, and analyzed. Longitudinal follow-up determining if there has been any change in their diagnosis was carried out annually and longitudinal re-evaluation was carried out at two times: Time 2 and Time 3. In Time 3, 400 participants across the non-dementia cohorts (Cognitively Unimpaired, Subjective Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment with a Vascular Component, Parkinson's Disease with no Cognitive Impairment, Parkinson's Disease with Mild Cognitive Impairment) with up to 12 years of education will be recruited.

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