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ArticlePloS one2022

A possible blood plasma biomarker for early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

Sandra Anne Banack, Aleksandra C Stark, Paul Alan Cox

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03062449 (A Phase IIa Proof of Concept, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of the Effects of L-serine on Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03062449 phase2terminatednot on this map

A Phase IIa Proof of Concept, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of the Effects of L-serine on Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorAleksandra StarkRan2017 to 2021Enrolled29ConditionsAlzheimer DiseaseArmsL-Serine, Placebo Gummy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exercise to Counteract Alzheimer's Disease: What Do Fluid Biomarkers Say?International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sandra Anne BanackBrain Chemistry Labs, Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America.
Aleksandra C StarkDartmouth-Hitchock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America.
Paul Alan CoxBrain Chemistry Labs, Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-6401-2981
Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We sought to identify a usable biomarker from blood samples to characterize early-stage Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, in order to facilitate rapid diagnosis, early therapeutic intervention, and monitoring of clinical trials. We compared metabolites from blood plasma in early-stage Alzheimer's disease patients with blood plasma from healthy controls using two different analytical platforms: Amino Acid Analyzer and Tandem Mass-Spectrometer. Early-stage Alzheimer's patient blood samples were obtained during an FDA-approved Phase IIa clinical trial (Clinicaltrial.gov NCT03062449). Participants included 25 early-stage Alzheimer's patients and 25 healthy controls in the United States. We measured concentrations of 2-aminoethyl dihydrogen phosphate and taurine in blood plasma samples. We found that plasma concentrations of a phospholipid metabolite, 2-aminoethyl dihydrogen phosphate, normalized by taurine concentrations, distinguish blood samples of patients with early-stage AD. This possible new Alzheimer's biomarker may supplement clinical diagnosis for early detection of the disease.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersClinical Trials, Phase II as TopicHumansPhosphatesPlasmaTaurineBiomarkersPhosphatesTaurine

Identifiers

PMID35446894
PMCPMC9022864
OpenAlexW4224246019

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