The Alzheimer's disease assessment scale–cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog): modifications and responsiveness in pre-dementia populations. a narrative review

JK Kueper, M Speechley… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
Abstract The Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale–Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog) was
developed in the 1980s to assess the level of cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease …

Role of disease progression models in drug development

JS Barrett, T Nicholas, K Azer, BW Corrigan - Pharmaceutical Research, 2022 - Springer
The use of Disease progression models (DPMs) in Drug Development has been widely
adopted across therapeutic areas as a method for integrating previously obtained disease …

Quantitative comparisons of progressive supranuclear palsy rating scale versions using item response theory

M Gewily, EL Plan, E Yousefi, F König… - Movement …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative, late‐onset
disease that is challenging in terms of assessment. The Progressive Supranuclear Palsy …

Longitudinal analysis of natural history progression of rare and ultra‐rare cerebellar ataxias using item response theory

A Hamdan, N Hendrickx, AC Hooker… - Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Degenerative cerebellar ataxias comprise a heterogeneous group of rare and ultra‐rare
genetic diseases. While disease‐modifying treatments are now on the horizon for many …

New scoring methodology improves the sensitivity of the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) in clinical trials

N Verma, SN Beretvas, B Pascual, JC Masdeu… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction As currently used, the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive
subscale (ADAS-Cog) has low sensitivity for measuring Alzheimer's disease progression in …

Simultaneous modeling of Alzheimer's disease progression via multiple cognitive scales

L Kühnel, AK Berger, B Markussen… - Statistics in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Analyzing the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is challenging due to lacking
sensitivity in currently available measures. AD stages are typically defined based on …

Dissecting the domains of Parkinson's disease: insights from longitudinal item response theory modeling

S Luo, H Zou, GT Stebbins… - Movement …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Longitudinal item response theory (IRT) models previously suggested that the
Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS‐UPDRS) motor …

Modeling Alzheimer's disease progression utilizing clinical trial and ADNI data to predict longitudinal trajectory of CDR‐SB

S Jamalian, M Dolton, P Chanu… - CPT …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is strong interest in developing predictive models to better understand individual
heterogeneity and disease progression in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We have built upon …

Longitudinal Meta‐Analysis of Historical Parkinson's Disease Trials to Inform Future Trial Design

U Arshad, F Rahman, N Hanan, C Chen - Movement Disorders, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background The outcome of clinical trials in neurodegeneration can be highly uncertain due
to the presence of a strong placebo effect. Objectives To develop a longitudinal model that …

Item response theory as an efficient tool to describe a heterogeneous clinical rating scale in de novo idiopathic Parkinson's disease patients

S Buatois, S Retout, N Frey, S Ueckert - Pharmaceutical research, 2017 - Springer
Purpose This manuscript aims to precisely describe the natural disease progression of
Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and evaluate approaches to increase the drug effect …