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ReviewNeuroRx : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2005

Neuroimaging biomarkers for clinical trials of disease-modifying therapies in Alzheimer's disease.

Bradford C Dickerson, Reisa A Sperling

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Review in NeuroRx : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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58 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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2 authors.

Bradford C DickersonDepartment of Neurology and the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA. bradd@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
Reisa A Sperling

Funding

Structural-functional MRI Studies of Memory in MCI &ADK23AG022509 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DICKERSON, BRADFORD C · 2003 to 2007
$783k
FACE-NAME ASSOCIATION: FMRI STUDIES IN AGING &MILD ADK23NS002189 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SPERLING, REISA A. · 2000 to 2004
$758k
NIA NIH HHS K23 AG022509NIA NIH HHS K23-AG22509NINDS NIH HHS K23 NS002189NINDS NIH HHS K23-NS02189
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pathophysiologic process leading to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is thought to begin long before clinical symptoms develop. Existing therapeutics for AD improve symptoms, but increasing efforts are being directed toward the development of therapies to impede the pathologic progression of the disease. Although these medications must ultimately demonstrate efficacy in slowing clinical decline, there is a critical need for biomarkers that will indicate whether a candidate disease-modifying therapeutic agent is actually altering the underlying degenerative process. A number of in vivo neuroimaging techniques, which can reliably and noninvasively assess aspects of neuroanatomy, chemistry, physiology, and pathology, hold promise as biomarkers. These neuroimaging measures appear to relate closely to neuropathological and clinical data, such as rate of cognitive decline and risk of future decline. As this work has matured, it has become clear that neuroimaging measures may serve a variety of potential roles in clinical trials of candidate neurotherapeutic agents for AD, depending in part on the question of interest and phase of drug development. In this article, we review data related to the range of neuroimaging biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease and consider potential applications of these techniques to clinical trials, particularly with respect to the monitoring of disease progression in trials of disease-modifying therapies.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersBrainBrain ChemistryHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingPositron-Emission TomographyBiomarkers

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PMID15897955
PMCPMC1064996

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