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ReviewAlzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2015

Revolutionizing Alzheimer's disease and clinical trials through biomarkers.

Niklas Mattsson, Maria C Carrillo, Robert A Dean, Michael D Devous, Tania Nikolcheva, Pedro Pesini, Hugh Salter, William Z Potter, Reisa S Sperling, Randall J Bateman and 2 more

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Review in Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Niklas MattssonClinical Memory Research Unit, Lund University, Sweden.
Maria C CarrilloAlzheimer's Association, Chicago, IL, USA.
Robert A DeanEli Lilly & Co, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Michael D DevousAvid Radiopharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Tania NikolchevaF. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland.
Pedro PesiniAraclon Grifols, Zaragoza, Spain.
Hugh SalterAztraZeneca, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
William Z PotterFoundation for the NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Reisa S SperlingBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Randall J BatemanWashington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Lisa J BainElverson, PA, USA.
Enchi LiuJanssen Research and Development, LLC., San Diego, CA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Alzheimer's Association's Research Roundtable met in May 2014 to explore recent progress in developing biomarkers to improve understanding of disease pathogenesis and expedite drug development. Although existing biomarkers have proved extremely useful for enrichment of subjects in clinical trials, there is a clear need to develop novel biomarkers that are minimally invasive and that more broadly characterize underlying pathogenic mechanisms, including neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, and synaptic dysfunction. These may include blood-based assays and new neuropsychological testing protocols, as well as novel ligands for positron emission tomography imaging, and advanced magnetic resonance imaging methodologies. In addition, there is a need for biomarkers that can serve as theragnostic markers of response to treatment. Standardization remains a challenge, although international consortia have made substantial progress in this area and provide lessons for future standardization efforts.

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Alzheimer's diseaseAmyloidBiomarkersBlood biomarkersCerebrospinal fluidClinical trialsCSFImagingMRIPETTau

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PMID27239522
PMCPMC4879481

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