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ArticleThe journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease2016

Re-Engineering Alzheimer Clinical Trials: Global Alzheimer's Platform Network.

J Cummings, P Aisen, R Barton, J Bork, R Doody, J Dwyer, J C Egan, H Feldman, D Lappin, L Truyen and 3 more

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Article in The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Dementia registries around the globe and their applications: A systematic review.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2017
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  2. Development of a web platform to advance data-driven recruitment for ADRD research.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  10. Validity of Online Versus In-Clinic Self-Reported Everyday Cognition Scale.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2022
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  15. The IGNITE trial: Participant recruitment lessons prior to SARS-CoV-2.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

J CummingsCleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
P AisenUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
R BartonEli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
J BorkPintail Solutions, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
R DoodyBaylor College of Medicine, Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorder Center, Baylor, TX, USA.
J DwyerGlobal Alzheimer's Platform Foundation, USA.
J C EganEli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
H FeldmanUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, USA.
D LappinFaegreBD Consulting, Washington, DC, USA.
L TruyenJohnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
S SallowayBrown University, Providence, RI, USA.
R SperlingHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
G VradenburgPintail Solutions, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

Funding

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative - SupplementU01AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE RES &EDUC · PI WEINER, MICHAEL W · 2004 to 2015
$121.0M
TRIAL OF VALPROATE TO ATTENUATE THE PROGRESSION OF ADU01AG010483 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI AISEN, PAUL S. · 1991 to 2012
$116.2M
Renewal of Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) (Phase 2) CNTN - ResubmissionP20GM109025 · NIGMS · CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION · PI Robert J. Fox, Jefferson Kinney · 2015 to 2026
$22.8M
VITAMIN E TRIAL IN PERSONS WITH DOWN SYNDROMER01AG016381 · NIA · INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RES IN DEV DISABIL · PI DALTON, ARTHUR · 2000 to 2009
$11.8M
A Phase 2 Trial of AAV-NGF Gene Delivery in Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG030048 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI AISEN, PAUL S. · 2008 to 2012
$5.3M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG016381NIA NIH HHS R01 AG030048NIA NIH HHS U01 AG010483NIA NIH HHS U01 AG024904NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) drug development is costly, time-consuming, and inefficient. Trial site functions, trial design, and patient recruitment for trials all require improvement. The Global Alzheimer Platform (GAP) was initiated in response to these challenges. Four GAP work streams evolved in the US to address different trial challenges: 1) registry-to-cohort web-based recruitment; 2) clinical trial site activation and site network construction (GAP-NET); 3) adaptive proof-of-concept clinical trial design; and 4) finance and fund raising. GAP-NET proposes to establish a standardized network of continuously funded trial sites that are highly qualified to perform trials (with established clinical, biomarker, imaging capability; certified raters; sophisticated management system. GAP-NET will conduct trials for academic and biopharma industry partners using standardized instrument versions and administration. Collaboration with the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) European Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease (EPAD) program, the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) and other similar international initiatives will allow conduct of global trials. GAP-NET aims to increase trial efficiency and quality, decrease trial redundancy, accelerate cohort development and trial recruitment, and decrease trial costs. The value proposition for sites includes stable funding and uniform training and trial execution; the value to trial sponsors is decreased trial costs, reduced time to execute trials, and enhanced data quality. The value for patients and society is the more rapid availability of new treatments for AD.

Indexed as

Alzheimer’s diseasecertificationclinical trialsdrug developmentdrug discoveryGlobal Alzheimer Platformrecruitmentregistry

Identifiers

PMID28459045
PMCPMC5408881

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