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Alzheimers Dement. 2021 Dec;17(12):2043-2055. doi: 10.1002/alz.12350. Epub 2021 May 21.

The Longitudinal Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS): Framework and methodology.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Liana G Apostolova, Paul Aisen, Ani Eloyan, Anne Fagan, Keith N Fargo, Tatiana Foroud, Constantine Gatsonis, Lea T Grinberg, Clifford R Jack, Joel Kramer, Robert Koeppe, Walter A Kukull, Melissa E Murray, Kelly Nudelman, Malia Rumbaugh, Arthur Toga, Prashanthi Vemuri, Amy Trullinger, Leonardo Iaccarino, Gregory S Day, Neill R Graff-Radford, Lawrence S Honig, David T Jones, Joseph Masdeu, Mario Mendez, Erik Musiek, Chiadi U Onyike, Emily Rogalski, Steve Salloway, David A Wolk, Thomas S Wingo, Maria C Carrillo, Bradford C Dickerson, Gil D Rabinovici,

Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
  2. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Center for Neuroimaging, Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
  3. Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
  4. Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute, University of Southern California, San Diego, California, USA.
  5. Department of Biostatistics, Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
  6. Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  7. Charcot-Marie Tooth Research Foundation, Naperville, Illinois, USA.
  8. Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
  9. Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
  10. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
  11. Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
  12. Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  13. Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
  14. Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, California, USA.
  15. Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
  16. Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
  17. Taub Institute and Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
  18. Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
  19. Nantz National Alzheimer Center, Houston Methodist and Weill Cornell Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
  20. Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
  21. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  22. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  23. Department of Neurology, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
  24. Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  25. Department of Neurology and Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  26. Medical & Scientific Relations Division, Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  27. Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 34018654 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12350

Abstract

Patients with early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD) are commonly excluded from large-scale observational and therapeutic studies due to their young age, atypical presentation, or absence of pathogenic mutations. The goals of the Longitudinal EOAD Study (LEADS) are to (1) define the clinical, imaging, and fluid biomarker characteristics of EOAD; (2) develop sensitive cognitive and biomarker measures for future clinical and research use; and (3) establish a trial-ready network. LEADS will follow 400 amyloid beta (Aβ)-positive EOAD, 200 Aβ-negative EOnonAD that meet National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association (NIA-AA) criteria for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or AD dementia, and 100 age-matched controls. Participants will undergo clinical and cognitive assessments, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), [

© 2021 The Authors. Alzheimer's & Dementia published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Alzheimer's Association.

Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; EOAD; LEADS; YOAD; early-onset; young onset

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