This is a prospective, observational, case control study in a real-world cohort of patients referred by a primary care physician to a tertiary memory clinic for cognitive concerns. This study's main objective is to determine the effect of using standardized criteria (based on eligibility for disease modifying treatment (DMT)) to triage patients towards biological staging of disease with biomarker testing.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
Parkwood Institute
London, Ontario, Canada
Determine the feasibility of integrating a CSF biomarker into diagnostic decision making for AD.
Analysis of resources needed to conduct testing including personnel required, time requirements, space, and resources/equipment
Time frame: through study completion, approximately 1 year
Evaluate the clinical utility of CSF and PET biomarkers in the diagnostic algorithm.
Measured by investigator pre and post biomarker questionnaire indicating clinical suspicion, confidence of clinical suspicion, tests to be ordered, and management plan.
Time frame: through study completion, approximately one year
Evaluate the impact of biomarker results on participants
Determined by Participant Pre and Post Biomarker Questionnaire
Time frame: through study completion, approximately one year
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