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ArticleAlzheimer's research & therapy2025

Prediction of cognitive conversion within the Alzheimer's disease continuum using deep learning.

Siyu Yang, Xintong Zhang, Xinyu Du, Peng Yan, Jing Zhang, Wei Wang, Jing Wang, Lei Zhang, Huaiqing Sun, Yin Liu and 7 more

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Article in Alzheimer's research & therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00106899 (Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

TypeobservationalSponsorAlzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS)Ran2005 to 2011Enrolled818ConditionsAlzheimer's DiseaseArmsMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Lumbar Puncture (LP)
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Siyu Yang *Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China.
Xintong Zhang *Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Xinyu DuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China.
Peng YanDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China.
Jing ZhangDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China.
Wei WangDepartment of Neurology, Nanjing Second Hospital, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210003, China.
Jing WangChina-Australia Joint Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Centre, Xi'an, Shanxi, 710061, China.
Lei ZhangChina-Australia Joint Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Centre, Xi'an, Shanxi, 710061, China.
Huaiqing SunDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China.
Yin LiuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China.
Xinran XuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China.
Yaxuan DiDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China.
Jin ZhongDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China.
Caiyun WuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China.
Jan D ReinhardtInstitute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610207, China. reinhardt@scu.edu.cn.
Yu ZhengDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China. zhengyu8710@163.com.
Ting WuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China. wuting80000@126.com.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81772454The Key Project of Jiangsu Province's Key Research and Development Program BE2023023-2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEarly diagnosis and accurate prognosis of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is important to timely assignment to optimal treatment modes. We aimed to develop a deep learning model to predict cognitive conversion to guide re-assignment decisions to more intensive therapies where needed.

methodsLongitudinal data including five variable sets, i.e. demographics, medical history, neuropsychological outcomes, laboratory and neuroimaging results, from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) cohort were analyzed. We first developed a deep learning model to predicted cognitive conversion using all five variable sets. We then gradually removed variable sets to obtained parsimonious models for four different years of forecasting after baseline within acceptable frames of reduction in overall model fit (AUC remaining > 0.8).

resultsA total of 607 individuals were included at baseline, of whom 538 participants were followed up at 12 months, 482 at 24 months, 268 at 36 months and 280 at 48 months. Predictive performance was excellent with AUCs ranging from 0.87 to 0.92 when all variable sets were considered. Parsimonious prediction models that still had a good performance with AUC 0.80-0.84 were established, each only including two variable sets. Neuropsychological outcomes were included in all parsimonious models. In addition, biomarker was included at year 1 and year 2, imaging data at year 3 and demographics at year 4. Under our pre-set threshold, the rate of upgrade to more intensive therapies according to predicted cognitive conversion was always higher than according to actual cognitive conversion so as to decrease the false positive rate, indicating the proportion of patients who would have missed upgraded treatment based on prognostic models although they actually needed it.

conclusionsNeurophysiological tests combined with other indicator sets that vary along the AD continuum can improve can provide aid for clinical treatment decisions leading to improved management of the disease. TRAIL REGISTRATION INFORMATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00106899 (Registration Date: 31 March 2005).

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Alzheimer DiseaseCognitive DysfunctionDeep LearningAgedAged, 80 and overCohort StudiesDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleNeuroimagingNeuropsychological TestsPrognosisAlzheimer’s diseaseCognitive conversionMachine learningPrediction model

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